Los Angeles Lakers 100, Orlando Magic 75: The Morning After
thirdquartercollapse.com 6/5/2009 — Los Angeles Lakers crush Orlando Magic in Game 1 of NBA Finals Brian Schmitz recaps the Lakers' victory over the Magic last night. Kobe Bryant welcomed back the Magic to their first NBA Finals since 1995, scoring 40 points to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 100-75 rout in Game 1 at ...

Supporting Cast Wins Game for Magic: Finals Game 3 Running Diary
blog.celticstown.com 6/10/2009 — Pre-Game: Orlando needs this one, obviously. Back home, part of me expects them to come out and get the win, but I'm not sure at all - the Lakers have been the better team in each of the first two games. I saw on Kenny Smith's Twitter page that he predicted this game would be a blowout one ...

2009 NBA Finals: Lakers-Magic Game 3 Recap
talkhoops.net 6/10/2009 — Orlando Magic 108, Los Angeles Lakers 104 There's an easy way to break out of shooting slumps when you're looking down the barrel of a sweep and need to grab an extremely important Game Three during the NBA Finals - just make your shots. And that's exactly what the Orlando Magic did Tuesday ...

Magic Make Series 2-1 With 108-104 Win Over Lakers
mkrob.com 6/10/2009 — Nick Anderson, who lives in infamy in these parts for blowing four free throws in the final seconds of the 1995 Finals opener, walked to center court last night, intent on whipping the sellout crowd into a frenzy with a countdown to the tipoff of Game 3 of the NBA Finals. At one point, ...

What They're Saying At The Last Media Day Of The Season For The Orlando Magic
thirdquartercollapse.com 6/16/2009 — Magic SF Hedo Turkoglu opts out of contract Brian Schmitz updates the contract situation with Marcin Gortat and Hedo Turkoglu.  PG Rafer Alston must be let go if Magic want team unity Mike Bianchi suggests that the Orlando Magic should trade Skip. It's irrelevant whether the ...

Point taken: Rafer Alston leads Magic to Game 3 win
nbanoise.com 6/10/2009 — After two deservedly criticized games for the Orlando Magic backcourt, the Magic finally got a much-needed boost. That boost came in the form of Rafer Alston, who scored 20 points on a highly efficient 8 for 12 from the field. More importantly, it was ...

Behind the Box Score, where the Lakers were dominant
sports.yahoo.com 6/5/2009 — Los Angeles Lakers 100, Orlando 75 (Los Angeles leads series, 1-0)   Call me daft, but I'm still walking away from Los Angeles' blowout loss thinking that we haven't really learned a ton about these two teams, even after a decisive, ...

Pre-Game 3 Blog Smack: Lakers Of Fire vs. Fanball Orlando Magic Blog
lakersoffire.com 6/9/2009 — Don VanDemark of the Fanball Blog Network is back for another go round of Blog Smack as the Magic hope to get back into the series tonight in Game 3. W e’re picking up where we left off yesterday to get caught up on the conversation . Don defends his team: Saying that the Magic have ...

Magic win, but it doesn't quite feel right
orlandomagicdaily.com 6/10/2009 — I know right now should be a happy time. The Magic just won their first NBA Finals game ever and put themselves within 48 minutes of tying the series at 2-2. Dwight Howard took the Magic farther than that other big man ever could. This team is where ...

NBA Finals - Game 3 recap
probasketball-fans.com 6/11/2009 — On Tuesday night, the good people of Orlando, Fla., had to wait until just after 9 p.m. local time to see their first NBA Finals game in 14 years.

Orlando Magic Shoot Their Brains Out: NBA Finals Game Three Graphs — Bleacher Report - NBA
The Orlando Magic hosted the Lakers in Game Three of the NBA Finals, and they weren't exactly gracious hosts. The Lakers shot an exceptional 51.3 percent from the field, and cut the Magic lead to none within the final minutes of the game. The ...

Skip to My Lou, Superman help Magic climb into Finals — Bleacher Report - NBA
For the Orlando Magic, celebrations such as Courtney Lee's occurred constantly throughout a win they desperately needed. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) Orlando Magic center Dwight “Superman” Howard looked at forward Hedo Turkoglu, who ...

Lakers in the history books for the wrong reasons — L.A. Times - Basketball
After seeing Orlando shoot 75% from the field in the first half and 62.5% for the game, L.A. realizes it must do something different or hope the Magic can't continue that torrid pace. >  ...

What Game Is Phil Jackson Playing? — Bleacher Report - NBA
Fairly fascinating story here. You remember the defining moment of Game Two of the NBA Finals, when Magic rookie guard Courtney Lee missed a tough layup off a great inbounds pass at the buzzer? The one that if he had made it, the Magic would ...

Rafer Alston Skips To Relevance — Bleacher Report - NBA
>> I had just about written him off as another playground punk, but I’m glad that at least for one game, the man known on asphalt courts as Skip to My Lou, was the main catalyst for his team.  It was good to see Rafer Alston ...