The 22-year-old came on with 16 seconds remaining in the Kings' 116-111 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Sleep Train Arena.
A few days back, the 7-foot-5-inch Canada-born centre had become the first player of Indian descent to sign an NBA contract. He had signed a 10-day contract to join the Kings' roster.
It was the moment he had been waiting for and Bhullar said he hoped he could help grow the game in India.
"Hopefully more kids growing up will see there's a player of Indian descent on the court and hopefully they can follow the game a bit more and grow passion for it to pursue it in future and we can get a couple more Indian NBA player," he added.
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Bhullar, whose family migrated to Canada from Punjab, has already made waves in his blossoming career overcoming weight and height issues. Though he lost about 16kg to get in shape for NBA, the Toronto-born player still weighs little over 160kg.
Sacramento Kings is owned by Indian businessman Vivek Ranadive.