Although the time difference wasn't all that great, the players needed to arrive a little early and adjust so they'd be in the best possible shape for Game Six.
As for Wang Yi, he didn't travel to Sacramento with the team that afternoon.
That was because Wang Shiying and Wang Shiyu had a basketball game that afternoon.
Before the game, however, at two o'clock, Lawyer Luo's case had already gone to court.
Little Dreadlocks, who had spread rumors that Wang Yi had bribed the referee, was brought before the court.
In fact, the two sides had already held two hearings before the trial. They had presented most of their evidence, so the defense attorney had little room to maneuver.
The defense attorney was a young lawyer from Toronto. He was ambitious and sharp, and he'd won several cases over the past few years, giving him plenty of confidence.
He knew the evidence was conclusive, so an acquittal was impossible. All he could do was try to reduce his client's sentence.
He was fairly confident he could manage that.
But after the first hearing, his confidence had already begun to waver. The Chinese lawyer on the other side had prepared far too thoroughly.
Especially when Lawyer Luo produced evidence that the defendant had tried to flee after committing the crime. That made it impossible to argue for a reduced sentence and could even make the punishment more severe.
The young defense attorney felt rather defeated.
After the first hearing, he gathered a great deal of evidence to use in his defense. But at the second hearing, Lawyer Luo produced more evidence that Little Dreadlocks had spread rumors about other celebrities.
All the young lawyer's efforts had gone to waste.
By the time court opened that day, the defense attorney had practically