June 9, 2009
Lakers All The Way
The second game between the Lakers and Magic was surely more competitive than the first game, where the Magic were thrashed 100-75 by the Lakers. Despite the fact that the Magic managed to push the Lakers to overtime, the pure leadership qualities and experience of the Laker enabled them to pull off another win, 101-96, thereby allowing them to take a comfortable 2-0 lead in the 7 match series. As they say, the best players in the world, are often team players and Kobe Bryant proved nonetheless….. In this game all he played a less prominent role, allowing his teammates to get more involved despite the fact he scored a team high 29 pts. But this plan did workout and hence his team mates, Gasol contributed 24 pts, Odom who came off the bench with an amazing score of 19 pts while Fisher had 12 pts.
But the Magic have a lot to improve to if they are to beat the Lakers as the Magic missed almost 20 three point shoots as though they managed 10 which kept them on trail of the Lakers. Had this three point counts been different, the series would have been tied 1-1 as the Magic would have returned home victorious. The next two games are to be held at Orlando, with the next game scheduled for tomorrow. The fifth game, if necessary, will also take place at the Amway arena, whereas the last two games being held at Los Angles. The Magic are, sadly, 0-6 in all time in the NBA finals. Once again, Howard was shunted out of the game being held to 17 pts and 16 rebounds,though he did passed around with superior efficiency. However the positives from this game for the Magic was that Lewis contributed 34 pts and Turkoglu scored 22. This shows the potential of the Magic team which if proves to be more cohesive and efficient can outplay the Lakers.
In the first game, as the Lakers rallied behind Kobe’s 40 pts to rout the Magic by 25 pts with a 100-75 win. But in this game, Orlando cut the lead early in the 2nd half and held a two point lead (88-86) with less than a minute left in the fourth quarter. The stage was set for a nail biting finish as the Lakers equalized with 33 seconds to spare. But in overtime, all went wrong for the Magic as the Lakers used a 7-0 run to take the lead for good as the match finally ended after an array of nine free throws in favor of the Lakers.
Gasol in a post match news conference said “We’re in a good position right now” and how true his statement is as any team would love to have a 2-0 lead in the Finals. So as we approach the third game, fans of the two teams will be having different prayers….
One will be hoping to wrap the series as soon as possible as everything is going as per their will, while another will be hoping to comeback strong and turn the series in their favor…
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NBA Fan
June 9, 2009 at 9:34 am
I think the Magic can win one or two in Orlando. Rashard Lewis and Hedo Turkoglu shot 50% from 3-point range in game two. They need that kind of production again and if Dwight Howard can break out underneath, I think they can win one or two games. Howard has only had 12 and 17 points in the first two games because of the strong defense by Andrew Bynum, Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol. Howard is due for a breakout game. In the end, the Lakers will win the title, though, I think.