The Trail Blazers and Lakers game started at seven o'clock in the evening, Pacific time.
On the other side of the Earth, in Italy, when the game started, it was four in the morning.
Little Kobe Bryant had set his alarm clock, and at four o'clock in the morning, he woke up on time, tiptoed into the living room, turned on the television, tuned to the sports channel, and watched the broadcast of the game. The family's television could receive the CBS signal.
He had been looking forward to this game for a long time, his two favorite players would be competing against each other in this game, Magic Johnson vs. Ah Gan, he couldn't sleep at all last night.
Outside, it was still dark, pitch-black, and in order not to disturb his family's sleep, Little Kobe didn't turn on the lights; only the television was lit up in the living room. He turned the TV volume down to the lowest.
He sat on the floor, facing the glowing TV, waiting for the game to start.
