Does this look like an easy shot to you? If you are one of the many essentially vilifying (or thanking) Orlando Magic guard Courtney Lee for missing a game-winning layup, then perhaps it does. Conversely, there’s been an uprising of folks — not limited to the Orlando Sentinel’s Mike Bianchi either — who [...]

Even if you are a Lakers fan, you have to feel for Courtney Lee — well, probably not — who missed not one, but two crucial late-game layups that could have given the Orlando Magic a Game 2 win, plus the home court advantage that came with such a victory. This morning, however, there’s [...]

For those of you who think the series is done (et tu, Florida?), ask yourself this: Are the Magic going to miss everything they take after the first quarter shoot under 30 percent from the floor for the rest of the series, when many, many, many, many (channeling Police Academy’s Commandant Lassard here) of [...]

I’ve been critical of Kobe Bryant in the past, but I’m also a “credit where credit is due” person and simply put, Kobe Bryant was nothing shy of brilliant in Game 1 against the Orlando Magic. His full offensive repertoire was on display as he dazzled the Staples Center crowd with a bevvy of [...]

Yeah, I know we’ve only been waiting since last Saturday for the NBA Finals to begin, but I’m simply tired of waiting. Thank god that wait comes to an end tonight. You know the match ups, you know the players, you know the storylines — the question is, who wins? Superman or [...]

I think I have a bone to pick with Orlando Magic guard Mickael Pietrus. Yesterday, word got around that the man who will be guarding Kobe Bryant would be switching shoes from Kobe’s Zoom IVs to a pair of Air Jordans — rightfully so considering the match up. Now, it appears as if [...]