We have the champs and Facebook is killing me

It is not my intention to recap the last night's game or do any analysis about it. I got already about 100 feeds with recaps, so there's nothing new I can add. Asides from my disappointment, that Magic didn't try to fight it over, making the series longer, or at least providing some reasonable entertainment in the game 5. They had a good first quarter, but didn't manage to build a huge lead in the first half, as their standard third quarter collapse came into second quarter. Lakers collected well deserved NBA trophy, Kobe collected a comment or two, that he cannot win the 'ship without Adam Morrison. Same old, same old.

As the Twitter will be silent during the evenings now, I decided to come back and have a look on Facebook, from which I almost completely separated around March Madness. Main reason for separation was the depth of analysis in 'Trade Bosh' & 'Raptors need to get tougher' topics, which I just couldn't face anymore. I didn't want to get to deep on my first go, so I just innocently set up a status as 'Lakers are the NBA Champions' to give a hint to my 'friends' that I've been watching ball lately and I am hmm... open for discussions. After 5 minutes I got a comment: 'shaq to the cavs'. So I politely asked about any further info - like who would you trade him for, how does it work for both teams, etc. The 'Facebook-deep-analysis' came after about an hour: 'pav and big ben! I think it would take some depth away, but that would turn them into a whole new kinda monster.. similar to the lakers "kobe / oneal campaign". It works out financially for the suns and thats about it... i dont see ben or pav fitting into the run and gun offence immediately. Lastly nah lol'. I kept the original grammar. And no, I am not coming back to Facebook. I'll read the archives of my favorite blogs in the off-season. Or take a bartending course. Or something.

Magic magically falls to 1-3

Although Magic dominated through the first half, and Dwight Howard had stunning 21 rebounds, 16 points and 9 blocks, Lakers took another win. The lead gained in the first half disappeared in the third quarter (famous third quarter collapse by Magic). It looked like Orlando team had a chance when they were up by 3 points nearing the end of regulation and the ball went into Derek Fisher hands, who was 0-5 from behind the arc that night. The shot hit nothing but net. Magic had another chance to take the lead, but Mikael Pietrus missed last second shot, and the game went to overtime, which started with Rashard Lewis 3-pointer. That was the shot that was supposed to fall in the end of regulation! Another 3-pointer by Fisher gave the Lakers leading with 31 seconds left in the overtime, and the Los Angeles team prevailed.

Questions were asked.
- Shouldn't the ball have gone to Lewis in the dying seconds of regulation? Yes, I believe it should. He is deadly from that spot in the clutch time.
- Was playing Jameer Nelson in the 4th quarter and overtime a good idea? No. With all respect to Jameer Nelson and his outstanding game against Lakers during the regular season, it's Rafer Alston who took the team to the playoffs. Although sometimes annoying ball-hog, it was Skip who helped that Magic team to win in the previous series. With a huge help of Anthony Johnson. Fisher said about his 3-pointer, that he had to shoot it, because Nelson gave him so much space! While Skip and AJ were glued to the bench! What were you thinking about SVG? How would it taste to be 2-2 now instead of 1-3?
- Is Rashard Lewis overpaid? My favorite question. Everytime he misses or his team loses, there's always a bunch of people remembering how big his salary is. That he gets money like he was number 1 option not number 2. Really? Really? Boston has 4 players with number 1 option salaries. They're not in the Finals. And last time I checked their best paid player was spending playoffs in the street clothes shouting obscenities at opponents.
- Does Magic have a chance? Not anymore. Even if they somehow win the next game, we're going back to Los Angeles. And that will be the end of season for Magic. They are great great team and played fantastically through the playoffs but Lakers are certainly a better team. That's the beastly Lakers team we used to watch in the regular season, not the Fakers that had problem with injury-devastated Rockets in the Conference-Semis.

Other news - somebody stole Michael Jordan's autographed jersey from Tony Parker's house and placed it on craigslist. Beware jersey collectors!

About draft and the Finals

I don't know how much truth is in the fact that Demar Derozan didn't want to come to train with the Raptors, but it doesn't make him a desirable player. How can a young boy who didn't smell NBA yet already grade teams he wants to play or not? Kid, Tim Duncan you're not. You might end up being Hoffa / having a 15 win team.

Scottie Raynolds decided to stay one more year in college which I find a very good decision. I like 'Nova basketball and I like Scottie, and I hope he'll improve much for the next year draft. He can end up being closer to top picks and we may end up getting him if we suck another year.

Magic - Lakers tonight and I am starting to seriously doubt if the Magic can make it. First game was a blow-out by Lakers and a brick festival by Magic. Game 2 was a close one, and when it was tied with 0.6 seconds left, I kept my breath waiting for Hedo Turkoglu to inbound a lob to Dwight Howard. The ball went to Courtney Lee, who missed a layup, sending the game to the overtime, when Lakers collected the W. Third game was won by Orlando, but they needed a record-breaking shooting (62.5% with 75% in the first half!) to win JUST by 4 points! No way LA defense won't adjust for the next game. Well, we'll see.