Defense disappears down the stretch

Failed attempt at beating an easy 13 win team in the Pistons. Lakers lose in overtime 88-85 to the Pistons. Lakers played pretty good defense holding the Pistons to only 88 pts even through overtime but they couldn't play defense down the stretch in crunch time. Bynum came through with 30 big points followed by Pau's 20 and Kobe's 22. The masked mamba, Kobe made the 2 point shot to send the game into overtime but could not convert the last shot  that would of tied the game and sent it into a second overtime. The turning point in overtime was when Pau was called for the charge and Stuckey making those 2 free throws. Laker had a good lead after the first and half way through the second but then trailed at halftime. They held Detroit to only 9 points in the third quarter only to let them comeback in the 4th and eventually win it in OT. Overall a real tough loss on the road where the Lakers have struggled all season long! Tough way to get their 3 game win streak snapped but the Lakers will comeback strong tomorrow when they face the Wizards in DC tomorrow. Tip off at 5pm!