NBA FINALS GAME 1; Kobe and the LA Lakers Show the Orlando Magic their on a Mission!!
I thought that this was going to be a close game and a battle, even Vegas had the spread at 6 thinking it would be close, but it ended up being a blowout!!
It started out like it was going to be a good one, the score going back and forth and at the end of the 1st it was 24-22 Orlando. But that would be the last lead the Magic would have because K. Bryant came out in the second and took control of the flow of the game and the Lakers would not look back!!
It was strange because in the 1st Orlando was hitting the shots, but then they couldn't get a bounce or a stop leading to a melt down. D. Howard who just scored 40 against Cleveland was held to one hoop and only scored 10 points from the free throw line ending with only 12 points. While Lewis only had 8 points, Turkoglu 13 points(8 in the 1st) and Lee 7 and was not able to control Kobe on the defensive end. This will give the Lakers the game when Howard can't score and the threes are not dropping, Orlando was done, even with a little spurt off the bench by Nelson who was an all star, but has been out for over a month(played well for 15 min).
The Lakers also took control of the paint with Gasol scoring 16-points and 14 rebounds, Bynum 9 points and 9 rebounds and Odom with 11 points and 14 rebounds. With all that happening and then you have K. Bryant scoring a game high 40 points, 8 rebounds and a game high 8 assists the Lakers may be impossible to beat when they have it all working for them "good team work wins" and that why Orlando lost 100-75 in game 1. Even though in this one Kobe was the man and dominated the game LA put on a show as a team. So the only good news for the Magic is, it's game 1!! They have already been in this situation in this playoff series, so I'm sure they are going to come back stronger than ever and probably take game 2!! That's just what I believe, and log in and let me know what you think-- but either way we will see Sunday Night at 8 in LA. Go Red Sox, I mean Celtics no....what do you expect I'm from Boston!!!!!
Keywords: Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers, Orlando Magic
