In the end, it’s about faith. Faith in yourself. Faith in your teammates. Faith to persevere. Faith that you will bounce back after adversity. Faith that when the game is on the line and in overtime you will execute. It’s about faith rewarded. The Lakers did execute when it mattered, and Orlando was 1 of […]
Archives for June 2009
Lakers/Magic Game 4 Chat
I think I should come clean for the many new people here about why I am so confident the Lakers will beat the Magic in this series. Simply put, my wife isn’t pregnant. I have three amazing daughters, who I would not trade for anything on the planet. Not for 15 more Lakers championships I […]
Lakers/Magic Game 4 Preview
While I still have an almost unshakable confidence that the Lakers are going to win this series (and I know they are 6-0 after a playoff loss this year), at no point do I think this is going to be easy. Orlando is not here because nobody else wanted it, they earned it. And unlike […]
The Practical Fan
It’s kind of amazing how different I feel as a fan during these finals. If the Lakers had lost a game exactly like Game 3 back in December, there would be a post talking about needing to hit free throws, of wanting more diversity in the offense under pressure, of execution. Mostly, we’d talk about […]
Lakers/Magic Game 3 Chat
Here we go. I think we all have said this may be the toughest game for the Lakers to win. It will come down a lot to defense, and I like what Zephid said: If I were the Lakers, I’d take a big chance in Game 3 and let Dwight Howard get his in favor […]
Lakers/Magic Game Three Preview
Even though yesterday was a travel day, everyone was still talking about strategy and changes. (I was on the Roto Experts radio show, which you can catch here.) I think we will certainly see some adjustments in game three from both team — really more extensions of what worked and counters by the other side […]
2 Mo’
The words written on the Lakers locker room white board: 2 Mo’ They are going about their business and saying all the right things. As a fan, I am smiling a little more now. Despite how close game two was, I feel more confident after that game than I did before it started, and not […]
Lakers/Magic Finals Game 2 Chat
We’ve talked about how Game 2 really sets the tone for the series. This one will be closer than game one, let’s see if the Lakers can play up another level.
Lakers/Magic Game Two Preview
Game One Thursday in some ways reminded me of Game One a year ago — one team, the more experienced veteran team, came out with a much higher level of energy and execution on the biggest stage, while the other team looked overwhelmed by the moment. It’s just that this year the roles were reversed […]
View From Orlando
I wanted to get a feeling for what the people in Orlando are thinking after game one, so I reached out to Zach from Orlando Magic Daily and he kindly answered a few questions. (Follow the link and read my answers to his questions as well, too.) 1) What is the mood of Magic fans […]