Kyle Kuzma rebounds with career-high 41 points in three quarters

LOS ANGELES -- A week after suffering a lower back contusion and two days after missing 16 of the 20 shots he attempted in his return to the court, Kyle Kuzma scored a career-high 41 points in the Los Angeles Lakers' 113-100 win over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday.

And he did it in just three quarters.

"My teammates allowed me to get a lot of shots, finding me," said Kuzma, who shot 16-for-24 from the field and eclipsed his previous best of 38 points. "And I think for the most part everything was in the rhythm of the offense, which was a good thing for everybody."

Kuzma, who says he grew up modeling his game after Kobe Bryant, warmed up pregame wearing a pair of Nike Zoom Kobe 1s, the same…