Then it would've been a good chance that the game started earlier this afternoon because most of the nation has off on Saturday so they can have most of they're attendance there earlier unlike Monday through Friday. Plus Kobe wouldn't had made it in LA in time for Game 5 if it started earlier in the afternoon if it was the weekend. Plus the games at the Staples Center usually starts around 7:30 each night PST on weekdays. Thus, with the game not starting til 7:30 tonight (in LA), Kobe still has a chance at making the trip barring some weather impact. But whether Kobe is there or not, we need to come out from the start and just play like the situation we're in right now. Attack the glass early, and to keep taking it to the Laker forwards and Shaq to get them in foul trouble early because if we get Shaq in foul trouble early and Kobe ain't there, then YAO Ming has a good chance of a breakout game. Plus if they double team him or try to keep him out the paint, it'll open up our outside shooters and no matter how bad they shot last game, they need to keep taking them if they're wide open to regain that confidence. Hopefully for the Rockets, if the threes go down, LA will have to scramble that much harder on defense. I imagine the Staples Center will be rockin' tonight. Jack Nickelson will need STAPLES for hie ears.
