Pretty unwatachable overall. Kinda figured the Magic's magical shooting would eventually cool off. I wonder if it will come back anytime soon.
Pretty much an aberration for the Magic. For the rest of the series, there's no way they miss as many wide open shots as they did tonight. Howard shooting 1-6 also doesn't make any sense at all. The Lakers have no one with his strength, and they pull an easy double on him every time he gets the ball in the post. The Magic need to run the court more and the open looks will come.
Lakers did play good D and rebounded well. Their intensity was much better than in the early part of the playoffs. They have really picked it up the last 3 games.
The Lakers have picked it up. They also got some rest which they didn't get before the start of the last series. 8/23 from 3 isn't horrible for Orlando. They also got more FTs than LA. It was their overall shooting% though at 29.9% that killed them. You won't win in the NBA shooting like that. Their starters were 11 for 46 (23.9%). They were also outrebounded by 14. What is that stat when Phil Jackson has won the 1st game of a series.....oh yeh, never lost.
