洛杉矶——在没有受伤的勒布朗·詹姆斯的情况下，湖人在前六场比赛中输掉了五场，但现在他们已经开始强势起来，他们的一些年轻球员的表现令人印象深刻。 p>
对阵达拉斯小牛队时，布兰登·英格拉姆和隆佐·鲍尔联手拿下50分，带领球队战胜卢卡·东奇奇的球队。 p>
周三晚上，凯尔·库兹马(Kyle Kuzma)在对阵小牛的比赛中，20投4中，表现不佳。库兹马在场上的表现非常火爆，底特律活塞队在第二年的比赛中没有任何表现。他的24投16中，三分球10投5中，三节拿下职业生涯最高的41分。“我的队友让我投进了很多球，找到了我，”库兹马说。“我认为，在很大程度上，一切都在进攻的节奏中，这对每个人来说都是一件好事。 p>
主教练卢克沃顿谈到了库兹马在周三比赛后的反弹表现。沃顿告诉大家，库兹马在周二球队休息日的时候在体育馆，在对阵小牛队的比赛中，他的投篮表现不佳，但在准备迎战活塞队的比赛中，他的投篮命中率很高。 p>
"这说明他有多自信，他有多相信自己。很多人不知道的是，即使昨天是休息日，他在体育馆，投了500球。他在练习他的划水动作，他在练习他的姿势。从他在跳投失误中发现的情况来看，我们正在努力让情况好转。 p>
"他又不是刚出来就度过了一个炎热的夜晚。他努力工作，度过了一个愉快的夜晚。 p>
在他职业生涯最高的41分中只有8投不中之后，这位二年级前锋谈到了他本赛季的投篮。库兹马相信他是一个比他47.1%的命中率和30.6%的三分命中率更好的投手。“我的意思是，我知道我是一个伟大的射手，”库兹玛说。“我的命中率可能没有反映出这一点，但我总是对投篮充满信心。”我总是在健身房，只是想继续在每一天的工作。今天它得到了回报，所以要继续坚持下去。 p>
库兹马的重要夜晚不仅是他迄今为止最好的得分表现，而且是历史性的。他的41分是湖人球员在30分钟内得分最多的一次。他在周三打了29分钟多一点，然后缺席了整个第四节。 p>
由于勒布朗还将缺席至少一场比赛，库兹马将继续在这位超级前锋缺席的情况下帮助球队承担得分重任。 p>
周五湖人将在客场迎战爵士，同一天詹姆斯将接受腹股沟伤势的检查。他们将于周日回到主场，在斯台普斯中心迎战詹姆斯的前东家克利夫兰骑士队。
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Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma says ‘I know I’m a great shooter’ after dropping career-high 41 points
原文：
LOS ANGELES – After dropping five out of the first six games without an injured LeBron James, the Los Angeles Lakers have started to come on strong with some impressive performances from some of their talented young players.
Against the Dallas Mavericks, it was Brandon Ingram and Lonzo Ball that stepped up with both players combining for 50 points to lead the team to a win over Luka Doncic’s squad.
On Wednesday night, Kyle Kuzma took the reigns and had his best scoring performance to date after going a painful 4-for-20 against Dallas. Kuzma was red-hot from the field with the Detroit Pistons having no answer for the second-year forward. He torched Blake Griffin and company for a career-high 41 points in three quarters on 16-for-24 shooting and 5-of-10 from three-point range.
“My teammates allowed me to get a lot of shots, finding me,” Kuzma said. “I think, for the most part, everything was in the rhythm of the offense which was a good thing for everybody.”
Head coach Luke Walton talked about Kuzma’s bounce-back performance after the game on Wednesday. Walton let it be known that Kuzma was in the gym during the team’s off day on Tuesday and got up a lot of shots after his poor shooting performance against the Mavericks in preparation to take on the Pistons.
“It speaks about how much confidence he has and how much he believes in himself. What a lot of people don’t know is even though yesterday was an off day, he was in the gym, and he got off 500 shots. He was working on his stroke, and he was working on his form. From what he’s noticed on the breakdown of his jumper, we’re trying to get it better.
“It’s not like he just came out and had a hot night. He put in that work and had a really nice night.”
Following his career-high 41 points in which he only missed eight shots, the second-year forward talked about his shooting this season. Kuzma believes he’s a much better shooter than his 47.1 percent from the floor and 30.6 percent from the beyond the arc dictates.
“I mean, I know I’m a great shooter,” Kuzma said. “My percentage may not reflect that, but I’m always confident in shooting. I’m always in the gym just trying to continue to put work in every single day. It paid off today, so just got to continue to be consistent with that.”
Kuzma’s big night was not only his best scoring performance to date but a historic one. His 41 points became the most by a Lakers player in fewer than 30 minutes played in the shot clock era. He played just over 29 minutes on Wednesday before sitting out the entire fourth quarter.
With LeBron set to miss at least one more game, Kuzma will be looked upon to continue helping shoulder the scoring load in the absence of the superstar forward.
The Lakers will face the Utah Jazz on the road on Friday, which is the same day James will have his injured groin re-evaluated. They’ll be back home on Sunday to take on James’ former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, at the Staples Center.
