The Lakers head into Detroit to face the Pistons, one of the three teams they were able to outlast to earn a win this season. This game also serves as the halfway point of the team’s 8 game road trip, which will still send them to Toronto, Minnesota, San Antonio, and Houston. I have been talking about fatigue for several games now, but whatever hints at tiring will only grow more evident in the coming days as the team zips around the country (and to Canada on Monday) to finish off this trip.
One way to battle against fatigue is to cut down players’ minutes, but that doesn’t seem to be in the cards.