Ivica Zubac lives and plays (rarely) in L.A., while his family watches from far away

Hope keeps alive the Lakers’ broadcasts that make it all the way to a little town called Citluk, part of wine country in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

On every game night, the Zubac family gathers around a computer — mom, dad, two brothers and a sister. Sometimes the game starts at 1 a.m., sometimes...