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Lakers coach Byron Scott says players are fatigued, vows change

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Los Angeles Lakers coach Byron Scott said it was one of the first things he noticed on film from Friday’s 132-114 loss to the Sacramento Kings.

His players look fatigued.

So in a team meeting Saturday morning, Scott asked Lakers forward Brandon Bass how he was feeling.

“Because I know how hard he plays and on tape, I saw him kind of laboring,” Scott said after practice at the team’s facility here. “My whole thought process with that is, if he was tired, I know there was a lot of other guys tired as well.