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Lakers coach Mike Brown leaves before tipoff - USA TODAY Apr 14th 2012, 03:01 LOS ANGELES (AP) – Lakers coach Mike Brown left Staples Center shortly before tipoff Friday night for undisclosed personal reasons. By Soobum Im, US Presswire Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike Brown left before the start of his team's game against the Nuggets on Friday night. By Soobum Im, US Presswire Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike Brown left before the start of his team's game against the Nuggets on Friday night. Assistant coach John Kuester coached Los Angeles' game against the Denver Nuggets. Brown is in his first season with the Lakers (37-22), who are in first place in the Pacific Division. He attended his regular pregame media gathering about 90 minutes before game time. Kuester is a veteran NBA assistant who served as the Detroit Pistons' head coach for two seasons from 2009-2011. He was fired by Detroit last June. Kuester also coached the Lakers in Philadelphia on Feb. 6 while Brown served a one-game suspension for making contact with an official. Kuester spent two seasons as Brown's assistant with the Cleveland Cavaliers before taking over in Detroit. The Lakers also played without NBA scoring leader Kobe Bryant, who sat out his fourth straight game with a bruised shin. Devin Ebanks remained in Bryant's spot in the starting lineup. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. For more information about reprints & permissions, visit our FAQ's. To report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor Brent Jones. For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to letters@usatoday.com. Include name, phone number, city and state for verification. To view our corrections, go to corrections.usatoday.com. USA TODAY is now using Facebook Comments on our stories and blog posts to provide an enhanced user experience. To post a comment, log into Facebook and then "Add" your comment. To report spam or abuse, click the "X" in the upper right corner of the comment box. To find out more, read the FAQ and Conversation Guidelines.  This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.

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