GM1 of finals a false high

kevin_405 · Post #1 » by **kevin_405** » Fri Jun 5, 2009 3:11 pm

Although we won handily i think this was just a false high.. If we want to end on the winning side we are going to run into a much tougher road than shown by the first game.

Why?

1> Magic Team
The youth of the Magic were awed by the occasion.. Van gundy himself had a bad coaching game..
Look for the team to play much better..

2> Dwight and Rashad
No way both will have such bad games.. Magic made a mistake of not attacking Pau on the offensive end.. Dwight drew a foul every time he faced up Andrew.. So Andrew will not have the same game next time round and Pau will have to work on defense against Rashad as well..
They kept going to hedo in the beginning .. all that did was take Trevor out with 2 quick fouls, but it brought in Luke a much better matchup for the lakers.. Magic will this time round run their offense through Rashad..

3> Kobe
Magic will make it much harder for Kobe to get open looks on the mid range jump shots and will be difficult for him to have a 40 pt game at such high efficiency.

So all things said we need to ignore this win as an anomaly and we have to play really hard in the next 2 games ,because not losing home court is important and the first game in orlando is the only game i see us having a chance to beat them..

Our defensive effort was more impressive than our offense which kept keeping D12 out of the paint on boards and put backs.. this is important and will break the Magic offensive rhythm and is our key to the victory..

NetsForce · Post #2 » by **NetsForce** » Fri Jun 5, 2009 3:12 pm

No one has slowed Kobe down this postseason. He's unstoppable I say. UNSTOPPABLE.

chyau.00 · Post #3 » by **chyau.00** » Fri Jun 5, 2009 3:51 pm

did you watch the game? lol..seriously..they cant have done a better job on kobe... he was just...UNSTOPPABLE...

there were so many times when kobe was going in for the shot that you'd see THREE magic players challenging him. They just couldnt stop him. NOBODY can.

TMACDJD · Post #4 » by **TMACDJD** » Fri Jun 5, 2009 3:51 pm

Im a Magic fan and agree with NetsForce here. Yes Kobe is Unstoppable BUT the others are. Just like Cleveland the Magic have the players to shut the others down, just didnt turn up in GM1. Kobe can have his 40, 50, 60 or 81 but if the magic close out the others then Lakers will struggle. Look for the Magic to take game 2 with a vengeance. 1-1 back to Amway

SashAlex · Post #5 » by **SashAlex** » Fri Jun 5, 2009 4:06 pm

TMACDJD wrote:Im a Magic fan and agree with NetsForce here. Yes Kobe is Unstoppable BUT the others are. Just like Cleveland the Magic have the players to shut the others down, just didnt turn up in GM1. Kobe can have his 40, 50, 60 or 81 but if the magic close out the others then Lakers will struggle. Look for the Magic to take game 2 with a vengeance. 1-1 back to Amway

Haha ! Not this time, boy. :wink:

Kobe and the Lakers already forgot Game 1 and will get the job done in Game 2.

TMACDJD · Post #6 » by **TMACDJD** » Fri Jun 5, 2009 4:09 pm

Agreed they prob have forgot it already disagree job done in game 2. lol you LA fans have had too much Cali sun. go cool yourself's off with some Lebron Vitamin drink

itsvic · Post #7 » by **itsvic** » Fri Jun 5, 2009 4:19 pm

TMACDJD wrote:Agreed they prob have forgot it already disagree job done in game 2. lol you LA fans have had too much Cali sun. go cool yourself's off with some Lebron Vitamin drink

I prefer the Kobe one rather then Lebron or Dwight. PS - Enjoy your English tea

LAKESHOW · Post #8 » by **LAKESHOW** » Fri Jun 5, 2009 4:40 pm

i think the'll do the 'ol blitzkrieg on kobe. send 2 and get the ball out of kobes hands. and i would say that is an excellent strategy, IF IT HAD NOT BEEN DONE BEFORE.

the nuggets did that and it forced kobes hand and we got full motion out of the triangle. once we get that going, orlando will have an extremely tough time. because unlike cleveland, we do have other athletes and a much better compliment of players. our passing game is superior to a dead passing game of cleveland. and we actually have a cutting game that is second to none. we send cutters deep box. middle box. free throw line cutters. top of the key. differing layers. that should they send 2, we will cut the guy across the lane like gasol, then send a secondary guy cutting from deep box for an easy jam.

anyhow, thats what i see what orlando will do. IF THEY DONT SEND 2 AT KOBE. no way. no freakin way pietrus nor lee can guard kobe. his range is too far spread. 5 footers, 10, 15, deep. he can hit them all. where bron is deep 3 and dunk.

Verbal · Post #9 » by **Verbal** » Fri Jun 5, 2009 4:49 pm

false high?

I slept through the first half, took a look during the 2nd half...

victory was ours.

Verbal · Post #10 » by **Verbal** » Fri Jun 5, 2009 4:51 pm

NetsForce wrote:No one has slowed Kobe down this postseason. He's unstoppable I say. UNSTOPPABLE.

kevin_405 · Post #11 » by **kevin_405** » Fri Jun 5, 2009 4:53 pm

I like the way Kobe took the victory as just another game and taking care of business..
We cant letup now...

Verbal wrote:false high?

I slept through the first half, took a look during the 2nd half...

victory was ours.

fareweatherfan · Post #12 » by **fareweatherfan** » Fri Jun 5, 2009 5:01 pm

Let me just explain one thing about how the Magic are playing Kobe in the pick and roll.

The Lakers are putting DH in the screen and roll. The Magic are having him sit back in the paint just like they did against Lebron. They do this to avoid DH picking up fouls.

It worked against Lebron b/c of his inconsistent mid-range, but Kobe torched the Magic from mid-range.

If you're telling me Plan B for the Magic is to hedge Kobe with DH, DH will be plagued by foul trouble.

Game, set, and match.

itsvic · Post #13 » by **itsvic** » Fri Jun 5, 2009 5:04 pm

Verbal wrote:victory was ours.

The Lakers completely earned it. But they cant back down, keep that same mentality for game 2 and so on. They will need it so they can steal on in Orlando.

Post #14 » by **dockingsched** » Fri Jun 5, 2009 5:13 pm

kevin_405 wrote:Although we won handily i think this was just a false high.. If we want to end on the winning side we are going to run into a much tougher road than shown by the first game.

so every game isn't going to be a 25 pt blowout? damn, what a buzz kill.

kevin_405 · Post #15 » by **kevin_405** » Fri Jun 5, 2009 5:21 pm

If u look at the houston series every game was a blowout win or a blowout loss.. we cant afford that against this Orlando team, which has a lot of offensive powers.

Our players cant relax is all i am trying to say.

dcash4 wrote:
kevin_405 wrote:Although we won handily i think this was just a false high.. If we want to end on the winning side we are going to run into a much tougher road than shown by the first game.

so every game isn't going to be a 25 pt blowout? damn, what a buzz kill.

LAKESHOW · Post #16 » by **LAKESHOW** » Fri Jun 5, 2009 5:35 pm

we win game 2, regardless of what anyone says, IT IS OVER!

now some say this is actually a different team since game5 vs. denver. and they definitely look like it. during the playoffs gigantic mood swings. big blowout win. big blowout loss. up and down. left and right.

but if this is truly a changed team since game5 denver, a team that has grown and morphed into something totally unstoppable. then we will and should win game 2.

and again, if we win game 2, THIS SERIES IS OVER.

tmac4real · Post #17 » by **tmac4real** » Fri Jun 5, 2009 5:56 pm

Magic weren't hitting their 3's, when they are you can't stop him.
Kobe was hitting some impossible shots, as great as he is he's not going to hit that all game.
34 shots or whatever he took is usually not a good idea. And will bite him in the ass when he's not feeling so Kobesque.

miggs · Post #18 » by **miggs** » Fri Jun 5, 2009 7:12 pm

tmac4real wrote:Magic weren't hitting their 3's, when they are you can't stop him.
Kobe was hitting some impossible shots, as great as he is he's not going to hit that all game.
34 shots or whatever he took is usually not a good idea. And will bite him in the ass when he's not feeling so Kobesque.

You must not have watched the game closely enough. Yes, the Magic struggled but the Lakers closed out well too. The lateral quickness was on point as were the defensive rotations and wow, what active hands out there. that's how they gotta play D every possession! anywho, so we've been saying that the Magic live and die by the 3 and so if they're depending on their 3 pointers to win them the NBA Finals well then they're in way over their head, too much fairy dust i guess.

NetsForce · Post #19 » by **NetsForce** » Fri Jun 5, 2009 7:14 pm

tmac4real wrote:Magic weren't hitting their 3's, when they are you can't stop him.
Kobe was hitting some impossible shots, as great as he is he's not going to hit that all game.
34 shots or whatever he took is usually not a good idea. And will bite him in the ass when he's not feeling so Kobesque.

Of course the Magic weren't going to hit their threes the Lakers wouldn't let them.

tmac4real · Post #20 » by **tmac4real** » Fri Jun 5, 2009 7:27 pm

miggs wrote:
tmac4real wrote:Magic weren't hitting their 3's, when they are you can't stop him.
Kobe was hitting some impossible shots, as great as he is he's not going to hit that all game.
34 shots or whatever he took is usually not a good idea. And will bite him in the ass when he's not feeling so Kobesque.

You must not have watched the game closely enough. Yes, the Magic struggled but the Lakers closed out well too. The lateral quickness was on point as were the defensive rotations and wow, what active hands out there. that's how they gotta play D every possession! anywho, so we've been saying that the Magic live and die by the 3 and so if they're depending on their 3 pointers to win them the NBA Finals well then they're in way over their head, too much fairy dust i guess.

Your missing the point. It's all about Momentum, had the Magic hit 3's there would have been a momentum change and the Lakers would have had to hurry back and score fast, as a pose to scoring when they want to.

The fact that the Magic didn't hit their shots means more htan just they didn't score poitns. When they hit those bak to back 3's or 6-8 3's in as core they have teams SCRAMBLINg to keep up.

Last night Lakers were executing them with no fightback from Magic. It's not going to be like that all series.

I'm not taking credit awy from lakers, I said they played D well, but Magic were downright HORRIBLE on 0 which transcended even psat the stellar defense of the Lakers.