Lakers and Kobe beat down the Pistons

There was a bad buzz building around the Los Angeles Lakers against the Detroit Pistons. They had lost four of six, and Kobe Bryant had a message for his teammates.
Pau Gasol scored 21 points and the Lakers finally found a sub.-500 team they could beat easily, winning 108-83 against the struggling Pistons.
Andrew Bynum finished with 13 points, teaming with Gasol to give the Lakers a 60-40 edge in the paint. Lamar Odom had 16.
Bryant added 17 points, moving him past Dominique Wilkins into 10th on the NBA’s career scoring list with 26,671.
Tracy McGrady and Greg Monroe scored 14 points each, and Tayshaun Prince added 12 for the Pistons, who lost their fifth straight to the Lakers and fell to 3-16 on the road.
But they had an easier time against the Pistons, even if it took them an entire half to get going.
The Lakers took control in the third quarter after stumbling through a poor-shooting first half. Bryant was 4 of 15 with nine points at the break, after going 0 for 9 in the opening quarter.