Kings-Coyotes Begins A Busy Day At Staples Center, Which Ends With Clippers-Spurs Tonight . . . Maybe
By Jason Lisk
The Kings host the Coyotes in Game 4, which begins at 12:15 local time. Los Angeles is looking to become just the 2nd #8 seed to reach the Stanley Cup Final (Edmonton, 2006) since the league re-organized from the old Adams/Patrick/Norris/Smythe Divisions in 1994, and the first to win it. They appear to have the series in hand with the 3-0 lead. They could do their NBA co-hosts a solid favor by not taking too long in getting there.
The Clippers-Spurs game is set for 7:30 local time, 7 hours after the Kings start. According to this ESPNLA story, it takes 2 hours and 15 minutes to convert the floor to basketball, then the 90 minute warmup time for the NBA. If the game goes to overtime, according to that report, then the NBA could postpone the Clippers-Spurs Game 4 until Monday at 4 pm. No drop-dead time for a postponement has been given, but doing some quick math, if the game goes to double overtime it would be finishing less than 3 hours before tipoff. If it ends in a first overtime period, then it will be close.
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