<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The Lakers had a peculiar sort of travel delay after the game in Denver. They had to wait for Kobe Bryant to take care of his business, so to speak. Bryant was still at Pepsi Center more than two hours after the game ended, because it was his randomly selected time and place for an NBA drug test. Problem was, Bryant wasn't in the sort of physcial condition to fill it up to the rim, if you know what I mean. So Bryant wound up doing what he could to add fluids to his system. Putting the matter off wasn't an option, because as Bryant explained as he left the arena, it would count as a positive drug test if he didn't provide his sample when asked. And that's a headline he obviously would rather avoid. Meanwhile, the rest of the team had long left the arena for the airport on the team bus; Bryant stayed behind and headed out in a private car to join them -- after finally getting the job done. So at least he accomplished something Monday night; the Lakers otherwise continued looking like a team with no clue of their basic identity and no grasp for what is their best game -- hardly the way to be playing as you prep for postseason play. </div> Link
