Kobe Bryant acknowledges fatigue in Lakers’ loss to Detroit

Game stories

--The Times’ Mike Bresnahan highlights Kobe Bryant’s acknowledgment he felt fatigued in the Lakers’ 88-85 overtime loss Tuesday to the Detroit Pistons.

--The Orange County Register’s Kevin Ding centers his game story on Bryant’s struggles.

--The Detroit Free Press’ Vince Ellis and the Detroit News’ Vincent Goodwill credit Rodney Stuckey’s contributions.

--The Daily News’ Elliott Teaford focuses on the Lakers’ continual road struggles.

Notebooks

--The Times’ Bresnahan and the Daily News’ Teaford focus on Mike Brown’s contention Bryant deserves the regular-season MVP award.

--The Orange County Register’s Ding also highlights the Lakers’ road struggles.

--The Detroit News’ Goodwill marvels at Bryant’s longevity.

Sidebars

--The Orange County Register’s Janis Carr presents a photo slideshow on Andrew Goudelock’s progress with the Lakers.

--The Detroit News’ Vincent Goodwill explains how Lakers assistant coach John Kuester and his former Pistons players have moved on from any bad feelings.

--The Detroit Free Press’ Ellis talks to Lakers assistant coach Darvin Ham about his role in the Pistons winning the 2004 NBA Finals against the Lakers.

Columns

--Fox Sports Detroit’s Dave Hogg focuses on Bryant’s late-game decision-making.

--The Detroit News’ Terry Foster argues Kuester always tried avoiding confrontation.

--ESPN Los Angeles’ Ramona Shelburne argues the Lakers’ performances will dictate whether the Lakers make a move before the March 15 deadline. Shelburne also mentions the NBA fined Bryant for missing media availability and a league-sanctioned charity event during All-Star weekend.

--The Detroit Free Press’ Drew Sharp credits Ben Wallace for doing the little things.

Blogs

--Ball Don’t Lie’s Eric Freeman mentions Bryant looked like a crime fighter in his black mask.

--Ball Don’t Lie’s Dan Devine breaks down Bryant’s post game.

--ESPN Los Angeles’ Brian Kamenetzky breaks down the Lakers’ loss to Detroit.

--Lakers.com’s Mike Trudell provides a running diary of the Lakers-Pistons game.

--Forum Blue and Gold’s J.M. Poulard highlights the good, bad and ugly in the Lakers’ loss to the Pistons.

Tweet of the Day: “Kobe (8 for 26) said he was ‘definitely’ fatigued: ‘I should have stayed in bed like I’ve been doing instead of coming to shoot-around.’ ” -- Mike_Bresnahan (L.A. Times Lakers beat writer Mike Bresnahan)

Rick Friedman Reader Comment of the Day: “Kobe is really an intelligent guy and he has shown in the past he can adjust if he is having a bad shooting night, like 7th game against Boston. Why not feed Bynum/Pau more and often? I don’t care if Bynum has 50 as long as we’re winning. Very few teams can defend against our twin tower tandem and they seems to be playing good one with each other, so I just simply don’t understand Kobe hoisting so many shots when Detroit cannot contain Bynum at all and he was having a field day. Mind boggling…” -- LAL_Fan