Catfish | Kyle Kuzma

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Danielle

After about an hour I go into the Lakers gym. 

I grab a basketball and I shoot the ball from the free throw line. I miss the shot.

I was about to shoot again and right when I release the ball somebody yells breaking my shooting rhythm.

I end up missing the shot again.

I turn around to find out who yelled at me.

"No shot!" I hear Kyle say.

I roll my eyes. "Lemme see you do better?"

"I got you," he takes the ball from me and he dribbles to the three point line.

Right when he is about to shoot I yell.

Kyle still makes the shot.

"Oh okay Rookie, I see you!" I put my hand up to give Kyle a high five.

Right when Kyle was gonna high five me I put my hand down.

"Aha, sike you thought!"  I grab the ball and I dribble it between my legs.

"Wanna play one on one?" he asked.

I give him a look like 'Don't you have somewhere to be' .

"Come on!" he sighs, "We can go to five."

"I don't know," I pause. "I don't wanna injure you before your game." I joke.

"Nah, I'm a tough boy!" he winks.

I pretend I don't see him wink and I shrug my shoulders.

"We are playing blacktop style, so anywhere inside the three point line is worth one and a three is worth two." Kyle explains.

I pass him the ball. "Check,"

He passes it back. He gets into a defensive stance.

I dribble the ball with my left hand and I drive in for a layup.

Kyle blocks my shot and he grabs the ball.

He drives in towards the hoop and easily makes a layup.

"Winners or losers?" he asked.

"Losers." I reply.

He passes the ball to me and I catch it.

"You can't block my layups!" I say to him.

"Why not?" he questioned me.

"Your like a whole foot and five inches taller than me!" I say to him.

I dribble the ball to the right and Kyle steals it.

He shoots a mid range jumper and makes the shot.

"Two to zero." Kyle says smirking. "You like my jersey number or somethin? Cause you sure are stuck on zero."

"Shut up!" I laugh. I check the ball and Kyle passes the ball back.

I shoot a three. "Bank!" I call out.

My shot hits the backboard and goes in.

"Two to two. Now I'm my cousins number!" I giggle.

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Kyle ends up beating me.

The score was two to five.

"You gotta fix your form." Kyle says coming behind me.

"How?" I asked.

"You gotta flick your wrist like this." Kyle does that think were you act like your going to shoot the ball but you toss it into the air.

He holds his form. "See I flick my wrist."

I nod my head.  "But what if I'm a lefty?" I asked him.

"It's reversed for you then," He shows me how to shoot it.

I try to shoot  like he told me to, missing horribly.

"Here, lemme help you." he says. He puts my left hand behind the ball and my right one on the side of the ball.

He places his hands on top of mine and he moves closer to me.

He helps me flick my wrist and I make the shot.

A blush spreads across my face.
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After we finish playing one on one Kyle goes back into the locker room.

The fans are going to start entering the Staples Center so I go to the locker room too.

QOTD: Who is the finest Laker on the team right now?

For me its Kyle.