Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma, left, shoots as Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, in Los Angeles. The Lakers won 113-100. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Associated Press
The Cavaliers are 1-13 against the Western Conference, so it probably doesn’t matter much at all that former Cleveland star LeBron James is out with a groin issue.
What does matter is that someone named Kyle Kuzma went for 41 in the Lakers’ last home game, a dismantling of the Pistons Wednesday. We’d tune in just to hear his name bandied about a couple of dozen times . . .