51.   On the walls are clocks.

52.   Other than a skylight to differentiate day from night, there are no windows and there are no clocks on the walls.

53.   Referee Johnny Grier said he asked line judge Gary Arthur, who is responsible for the time, if the game clock was correct.

54.   Referee Eddie Jackson seemed to think the clock was all zeroes when the basket went through.

55.   Rented clocks are set to local time in Hong Kong, London, Moscow, New York and San Francisco.

56.   So are the clocks.

57.   Some bring their clocks to me to be fixed and I can make the needed repairs so the clock is as good as new.

58.   Some walls have gaping holes where clocks once were.

59.   Still, in the back of his mind, there is a clock ticking.

60.   That does not automatically mean that the new clock is a better timepiece.