Kyle Kuzma’s scalding hot rookie season continues, and he soared to some new heights in Wednesday’s upset win over the league-best Houston Rockets.
The LA Lakers forward finished with a career-high 38 points on 12-of-17 shooting and 7-of-10 from deep as the Lakers snapped the Rockets’ 14-game winning streak with a 122-116 victory in Houston. He also added seven rebounds and four assists for good measure.
Those numbers put him in historic territory, per Lakers reporter Mike Trudell.
Via Lakers PR, @kylekuzma
is the first rookie in NBA history to score at least 38 points, with 7+ made three pointers, while shooting at least 70% from the field.— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) December 21, 2017
The 22-year-old Kuzma was all business after his career night, however.
Kuz wasn’t too impressed with himself postgame. Said he expected to be scoring like this. Confidence for days. pic.twitter.com/GTxiwtLz3K
— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) December 21, 2017
Kuzma, who went No. 27 overall in this year’s draft, entered play Wednesday averaging 16.8 points and 6.5 rebounds per game on 49.8 percent shooting from the field and 37.8 percent from deep. Some of his NBA peers can already tell how special he is going to be, and it’s probably time for everybody else to start recognizing The Legend of The Kuz as well.
