Jump to content

  • Welcome!

    Register and log in easily with Twitter or Google accounts!

    Or simply create a new Huddle account. 

    Members receive fewer ads , access our dark theme, and the ability to join the discussion!

     

NBA Finals: Orlando Magic vs. Los Angeles Lakers

King Taharqa

By King Taharqa,
in Charlotte Hornets

Who will win?  

36 members have voted

  1. 1. Who will win?

    • Orlando Magic
      15
    • Los Angeles Lakers
      21

Recommended Posts

bLACKpANTHER Proficient

bLACKpANTHER

Posted
Posted

with the way the Lakers shot FTs so poorly and the Magic setting a NBA Finals record for FG%, and STILL only won by 4!?!?!?

i doubt the Magic can keep that kind of shooting % and i doubt the Lakers will slump from the FT like that again.. but still- C'mon Magic!!!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Johnny Rockets Rookie

Johnny Rockets

Posted
Posted

with the way the Lakers shot FTs so poorly and the Magic setting a NBA Finals record for FG%, and STILL only won by 4!?!?!?

i doubt the Magic can keep that kind of shooting % and i doubt the Lakers will slump from the FT like that again.. but still- C'mon Magic!!!

Keep in mind that Orlando is an inch or two (Lee's missed layup) from being up 2-1 in this series. Although I think the Lakers will win it, I don't think it is nearly as lopsided as some people would like to believe.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
frash.exe Apprentice

frash.exe

Posted
Posted

Hope you guys realize that the Lakers haven't lost twice in a row IN THE ENTIRE PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR. And considering the way the Lakers as a whole performed shooting, Phil Jackson's going to get these guys back on the right track for thursday. And then a pissed off Laker team isn't going to be good for any kind of opponent.

Magic's shooting was ridiculously excellent, which, I am skeptical they can keep up, and it STILL took Kobe missing 5 free throws for them to win.

It's funny as bad as we played and as good as they played, we lost the game on the free throw line. (nobody else's shooting there wasn't much better than Kobe's)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
frash.exe Apprentice

frash.exe

Posted
Posted

In the regular season, the Cavs were better. So the point is, there are no absolutes in sports, no matter what excellent stats that you have.

ok, up until the East finals, Cleveland swept two teams. They did not know how to react to a loss (similar to last year when the Lakers pretty much coasted to the finals and then started losing to the Celtics and got stuck in a hole). They beat up on the Pistons and the Hawks, they didn't have to face Utah or Houston, two better teams.

yes the cavs had the best record in the NBA and around the same record the Lakers had but face facts that East conference had 3 teams .500 or below make the playoffs, and the West's lowest seed had more wins than the East's 4th seed. Cleveland was not really as good as Los Angeles.

Yea orlando won last night but it took ridiculously good shooting and a bad free throw game by the Lakers to put them over the top. Can you honestly rely on both of those factors to come together again?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Kevin Greene Newbie

Kevin Greene

Posted
Posted

ok, up until the East finals, Cleveland swept two teams. They did not know how to react to a loss (similar to last year when the Lakers pretty much coasted to the finals and then started losing to the Celtics and got stuck in a hole). They beat up on the Pistons and the Hawks, they didn't have to face Utah or Houston, two better teams.

yes the cavs had the best record in the NBA and around the same record the Lakers had but face facts that East conference had 3 teams .500 or below make the playoffs, and the West's lowest seed had more wins than the East's 4th seed. Cleveland was not really as good as Los Angeles.

Yea orlando won last night but it took ridiculously good shooting and a bad free throw game by the Lakers to put them over the top. Can you honestly rely on both of those factors to come together again?

Orlando and the Lakers pwned the Cavs during the regular season as well.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
X-Clown Mentor

X-Clown

Posted
Posted

ok, up until the East finals, Cleveland swept two teams. They did not know how to react to a loss (similar to last year when the Lakers pretty much coasted to the finals and then started losing to the Celtics and got stuck in a hole). They beat up on the Pistons and the Hawks, they didn't have to face Utah or Houston, two better teams.

yes the cavs had the best record in the NBA and around the same record the Lakers had but face facts that East conference had 3 teams .500 or below make the playoffs, and the West's lowest seed had more wins than the East's 4th seed. Cleveland was not really as good as Los Angeles.]?

The conferences even out when you consider that the East only had one team that had less than 32 wins (the Wizards), and the West had six (Golden State, Memphis, Minnesota, Oklahoma City, Clippers, Sacramento). The top of the West fattended their records up against the bottom of the West. The conference argument was supposed to be why LA was better than Boston last year.

Yea orlando won last night but it took ridiculously good shooting and a bad free throw game by the Lakers to put them over the top. Can you honestly rely on both of those factors to come together again?

I've heard this argument ad nauseum from the talking heads, but that fails to account for the Magic being a missed layup from wininng game 2 in LA. The Lakers also shot 51% in Game 3 which even includes the last 5 or 6 shots that they were trying to get off in desperation which all missed. So it's not exactly like they played a bad game in Game 3. I'm sorry, but the Lakers are not an unstoppable juggernaut like you're making them out to be just because they dominated Game One in which Orlando couldn't hit the broadside of a barn. What will really determine the outcome of the series is the men with the whistles.

Orlando and the Lakers pwned the Cavs during the regular season as well.

Orlando also owned the Lakers during the regular season.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
love2hateroy Newbie

love2hateroy

Posted
Posted

Ok, I apologize in advance to any fellow Laker fans on here if I jinxed us by posting a picture of a broom after game 2. I still think the Lakers are the superior team, and that seems obvious to me. I do think though that Kobe's body is getting tired after such a long run of playing basketball. I'm not making excuses, he just looks tired to me. Hopefully he can find the energy and the Lakers win tonight, or I will really be worried.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Kevin Greene Newbie

Kevin Greene

Posted
Posted

win or lose...I'm just curious if you haters have seen enough yet to totally agree that officiating sucks ass...both for and against the Lakers? If not...then you truly are a hater!

That's the worst part about the NBA. Occasionally you have an abomination in football like what happened to the Chargers in Denver. Hockili should have been terminated immediately.

But in the NBA one side inevitably is livid.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...