Lakers’ Kyle Kuzma taking pride in getting more defensive

HOUSTON — Once the book is out, it’s hard to change. For a long time, the book on Kyle Kuzma has been that he doesn’t defend.
It wasn’t hard to detect a little bit of fire behind Kuzma’s words Saturday night as he talked about a key adjustment that had him take on the frenetic, fast-paced Russell Westbrook in the second half of a 124-115 win over Houston. Kuzma has rarely ever been pointed to as a defensive key to a game, but he hopes that he’s started to turn