Caldwell-Pope, Drummond help Pistons beat Lakers 111-91

“We are beating the teams we need to beat, and weve been doing the right things on offense.

Playing their third game in four days, the Pistons ran out of gas, dug an early hole in the first quarter and never catching up, falling to the Charlotte Hornets, 104-84, on Monday night at Time Warner Cable Arena.

Even Stan Van Gundy after the game talked about how this game should have shown fans to come out and cheer for the Pistons and not the visiting team. Kobe gave it all on the end of back-to-back games played, in the middle of an East Coast road trip, when he could have just shut it down and coasted through the dregs of his final campaign.

We want you to come home, to wear our colours, to represent our city, just as your father did before you.

“The player I had the most trouble with, individually, was Tony Allen”.

“This entire process has fortunately made me more mature”, Bryant said.

“I have great memories of being here watching my dad play”.

Drummond had his 12th game of at least 15 points and 15 rebounds.

For the second straight game the Lakers fell into a double-digit hole before scoring, this time a 15-0 deficit.

Bryant, hounded by Detroit small forwards Marcus Morris and Stanley Johnson, missed all seven of his first-half shot attempts. But the competition in the East is tougher and other teams are lurking around to make it into the top-eight. “It is going to feel really odd to play in a league next year that doesnt have him in it.”. He shoved Tolliver in the neck area after Tolliver’s hard foul in transition.

Slay met and got an autograph from Metta World Peace, who also said he wanted one of Slay’s jerseys. “I’m going to cut those minutes down, ‘” said Scott.

Bryant was at his best in the fourth with nine points in the frame, including a pair of threes, but any boost the Lakers got from the Kobe love was far outweighed by the sheer lack of experienced NBA-level talent on the roster. In the spring of 1993, he played in Magic Johnsons Roundball Classic — a high school All-Star game….

Jackson was called for his third foul at the 4:07 mark of the second quarter and he was followed by Drummond when the Pistons center picked up his third foul with 2:50 remaining in the first half. The Raptors have lost three of their last four games, including the first two contests of a six-game homestand.

The Lakers now sit at the bottom of the Western Conference standings with a 3-17 record, suggesting that the franchise is in full tank mode and ready to rebuild for the next season.