I usually don't dabble much in sports on this blog, and probably never will again. But all I can say is that the Magic have handed this series to the Lakers on a golden platter. The Magic should be winning this series 3-1, hands down. The only game the Lakers should have won in is game 1, where the Magic couldn't even manage to shoot 30% from the floor.

To win game 2, the only thing the Magic had to do was hit 1 of 2 layups in the final 8 seconds. While the layup pass to Courtney Lee in the final second of the game would have been a good shot (although Lee said he makes it 90% of the time in practice), the wide open layup 7 seconds before was a gimme.



Game 4 is even harder to swallow. The Lakers needed the Magic to 15 miss free throws and give the ball over 19 times in order to make it an overtime game. If Dwight makes 1 of 2 free throws in the final seconds, the Magic win the game.

Funny thing is, the Magic could actually come back and win the series. My guess is now they'll just give up early instead of in the 4th quarter and get it over with. When that happens, I won't even give the Lakers credit. The Magic will lose this on their own and the Lakers will have nothing to do with it. Let's all hope the world ends before game 5.