Thanks for the replies. This is a sticky one, as I want to see the Tonight Show but I also want to make it for the game. One option I found is to rent an Avis car at Figueroa and 9th (using code A972200) for $35 incl. all tax. I can drive to NBC, park there, then haul a** after the Tonight Show back downtown, drop the keys in the night drop box and hopefully be at the Staples Center near the start of the game. Judging from everything I have read above, this might be my best bet of making the game, rather than missing a bus from NBC to Universal City. Google maps shows the trip from NBC back downtown is 13 mi and "45 min in traffic".