Though he looked resplendent, dressed in a sharp tan suit, while perched at the end of the Spurs' bench for the second half of Sunday's game, it wasn't hard to notice the frustration on Robinson's face as he watched Tim Duncan rim out one shot after another.

"Tim's out there being Superman," Robinson said, "and you really want to help him."

Of course, as anyone in this cell phone-and-silicone haven will tell you, there is only one Superman and he has the "S" tattooed on his left bicep to prove it.

With the Spurs threatening to steal the first game of this best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal series, Shaquille O'Neal turned in another of his telephone booth-to-savior performances. Freshly stitched up, he returned from the locker room in the fourth quarter to score 13 of his 23 points and deliver the Lakers an 86-80 victory in front of a Staples Center sellout crowd of 18,997.