"Kobe Bryant didn't have much to say Friday night, lowering the volume considerably after the Lakers misfired again and again during a 92-80 loss to the Orlando Magic and then walking silently toward the team bus.

He couldn't say why it all went wrong for the Lakers, whose offensive struggles have become considerably more than a minor annoyance and more like a recurring theme in the opening weeks of the 2011-12 season.

"We're struggling on offense, no doubt about it," Bryant said quietly in the understatement of the evening after the Lakers set season lows for points in a half with 31 and shooting percentage in a half (28.9 percent, 11 of 38).

Andrew Bynum couldn't offer much in the way of insight, either, after he got into foul trouble and couldn't stay on the floor long enough to make his much-anticipated battle with Orlando's Dwight Howard memorable in any way.

"Right now, we cannot score," Bynum said after the Lakers failed to reach 100 points for the 10th consecutive game and the 16th time in 17 games to start the season. "We've been scoring 70 points or 80 points. We can't win."

The Lakers are averaging a pedestrian 92.9 points, 19th in the NBA.

For all the fuss made over the only meeting this season between Bynum and Howard and the possibility that they could be traded for each other, what stood out most of all were the Lakers' struggles to play with the necessary offensive rhythm to win. "