Hoping to avoid a 0-4 start to their season the Los Angeles Lakers will look to have their first victory of the season come Sunday at 9:30 p.m. ET when they host the visiting Detroit Pistons to the Staples Center.
The storied franchise has not lost its first four games since opening with seven straight defeats in 1957 when located in Minneapolis. The Lakers have not started 0-3 at home since 1959.
Los Angeles opened with a 99-91 home loss Tuesday to a Dallas team minus injured star Dirk Nowitzki. Despite 33 points from Dwight Howard and 30 from Bryant, the Lakers fell 116-106 at Portland the next night.
Against the Clippers, Bryant scored 40 in 42 minutes and Howard was held to 13 while battling foul trouble for the third straight contest.
The Lakers will have to once again play without veteran point guard Steve Nash in today's lineup.
Nash, who totaled nine points and eight assists in the first two games, sat out Friday's 105-95 loss to the Clippers with a bruised leg. The Lakers announced on Saturday that the 38-year-old point guard has a small fracture in his left leg and will be out for at least another week.
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