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Lonzo Ball and Kyle Kuzma's Lakers Upset by Cavaliers Without LeBron James

#LonzoBall #KyleKuzma #Lakers #Cavaliers #LeBronJames  LeBron James remains out with a strained groin, but the Cleveland Cavaliers got some revenge against his new team with a 101-95 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday. Collin Sexton scored 17 and Tristan Thompson added 15 points and 14 rebounds as the Cavs snapped their 12-game losing streak with their first win since Dec. 18. Of course, Cleveland still has the worst record in the NBA at 9-35, the only team in the league without double-digit wins. The Lakers are now just 3-7 without James, falling to 23-21 despite 29 points and nine rebounds from Kyle Kuzma. Lonzo Ball had 13 points, eight rebounds and eight assists in the disappointing home loss. Lakers' Struggles Without LeBron Paint Bleak Picture James has now missed 10 games and could miss a few more. His groin is reportedly "progressing," but he won't be evaluated again until Jan. 16, according to Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN. We have seen eno...

LeBron James Is Already Winning Hollywood

As he prepares to debut with the L.A. Lakers, the NBA’s biggest star has emerged as one of the town’s hottest producers, setting up a dozen film and TV projects and starring in a new ‘Space Jam’ as he sounds off on Serena Williams (“I feel that struggle”) and becoming a Trump Twitter target: "What bothers me is that he has time to even do that." It's a Wednesday in early September, and LeBron James — newly minted Los Angeles Laker, $1 billion Nike endorsement juggernaut, noted Trump repudiator — is folded into a golf cart whirring across the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank. Shouts of "LaaaaaBraaaan" and "Welcome to L.A.!" pierce the air. Here, where star sightings are routine and treated with studied indifference, the 6-foot-8, 250-pound James is a different story. Strangers ask for selfies, tell him how thrilled they are that he's in town and divulge their hopes that he'll revive what was once the NBA's most glamorous franchise. James, 3...