Magic win Game 3!... but Kobe will win his Fourth Ring without a Doubt.

All Kobe haters, go hide. The Orlando Magic put on a performance tonight as they played one of the most complete games in franchise history. Wow, it must have been an absolute blow out. What? The final score was 106-102? Kobe goes 5 for 10 from the charity strike and knows he could have easily turned that game 3 loss into a third win for the possible series sweep.

The Lakers showed signs of sloppiness and played outside of their normal offense, making it much more difficult on themselves. Kobe displayed more than enough frustration as he let a rookie out of a mid major school get to his head. Not so classy, Kobe. All the more reason why this series is over.

Kobe's face says it all as he knows better than
anyone that this loss could have been
easily avoided.

Kobe will enter game 4 with a fresh mindset, leaving behind whatever happened in game 3. Forget about the free throws, forget about Courtney Lee and his attempt of pulling a Rip Hamilton clone, forget about the turnovers that could have easily been avoided. Game 4 is yours for the taking Mr. Bryant.

A huge factor that some of you may have noticed was the foul trouble that Lamar Odom got into during the third quarter. Without Odom's versatility to spread the half court offense, the Lakers just aren't the same. Regardless, unless the Magic can manage to pull off an even more impressive shooting performance, they can forget about it as a W will be placed under the win column for the West Coast representatives.

It was as if Derek
Fisher was playing
defense with his
eyes closed as
Rafer Alston blew
past him on
numerous accounts.










#1 Rafer Alston will not have another game like tonight where points were nearly handed to him as the lanes were wider than Jared's old jeans before subway.
#2 Mickael Pietrus will not connect on another Kobesque fadeaway and he won't get so lucky with the nasty layups that he just throws up.
#3 Courtney Lee will not hold Kobe for a single second.
#4 The Black Mamba will get himself to the line for 20 free throws and shred the net as he drops 30+ while maintaining a field goal percentage above .500. Is that too low to be considered a prediction? Above .545. I'm livin' life!

Obviously anything could happen. I said Lakers in 6 but you can forget about that. Lakers in 5! Hate all you want, but don't hate the writer, hate the game! I said it.

-Jason C