Couldn’t have asked for a better start to the back half of the season.
The Lakers came back from an 11-point deficit Saturday night to win a much-awaited national TV road matchup against the Rockets.
And if LeBron James was the team’s best player – he was, as usual, with a dominant 31-5-12 performance in 35 minutes – then Kyle Kuzma was clearly the difference-maker.
LBJ credited the third-year forward for helping tame Russell Westbrook after a magnificent first half by one of Houston’s stars.
“I think offensively he was very good, but defensively in that third quarter he took the challenge on Russ,” James said during his walk-off interview.