nuinely feel bad for him, that was a tough play and it was nothing like Nick Anderson". For everyone that doesn't know who Nick Anderson is; he was the shooting guard on the '95 Magic Finals team and missed 4 free throws in a crucial game 1 of the finals (here is the link, go to the 2:50 min mark to watch what happened). So after Dave said that, the first thing I did when I got home was watch replays of those 2 lay ups. I must have watched the replays about 50 times. And the first thing I noticed was the degree of difficulty on this shot. Not only did he have a 7 footer (Gasol) trying to block his shot, his head was literally behind the backboard has he is trying to make the lay up. His head was behind the backboard people! How many slam dunk contests have we seen where players take 5-10 attempts to convert plays like this. Courtney Lee had .6 sec. While his head was also behind the backboard, he was moving extremely fast as well. OK, so what about the first lay up he blew? Well for whatever reason Turkoglu gave Courtney Lee the ball with 3 seconds left on the shot clock, with 3 Lakers around him and he either could have hoisted up a contested 3 or do something about it. He then penetrated the lane and missed a running lay up as Lamar Odom is flying at him. Both of these plays were a high degree of difficulty and no one should be talking or blaming Courtney Lee.What we should be talking about is how the Lakers are up 2-0 in this series. I mean we can say all we want about Lee or Jameer Nelson, but the bottom line is Dwight Howard has be
en a no show in the first 2 games. Dwight Howard is on the All-NBA team and was held to 1-6 from the field in game 1 of the flippin finals! He is getting D-ed up big time by Bynum, Gasol and Odom. The Lakers bigs right now look unstoppable really, really strong on the defensive end. They're rotations have been quick and the help has been unpredictable (keeping Howard guessing on every possession). The Lakers defense has been the catalyst so far for the first 2 games. Oh yeah, it also helps to have Mr. KB 24 aka The Black Mamba on your team as well.
en a no show in the first 2 games. Dwight Howard is on the All-NBA team and was held to 1-6 from the field in game 1 of the flippin finals! He is getting D-ed up big time by Bynum, Gasol and Odom. The Lakers bigs right now look unstoppable really, really strong on the defensive end. They're rotations have been quick and the help has been unpredictable (keeping Howard guessing on every possession). The Lakers defense has been the catalyst so far for the first 2 games. Oh yeah, it also helps to have Mr. KB 24 aka The Black Mamba on your team as well. 
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This excerpt from Mark Heisler says it best about Kobe:
If Michael Jordan was the best ever, it was because of his consistency at a level no one had ever reached. Bryant goes to Jordan's level all the time -- and beyond, where no one ever went before -- between dips.
If Jordan was a straight line across the top of the graph, Bryant is a wavy line, with the highs going off the chart, as in Tuesday's first quarter, in one of the great 12-minute bursts anyone has ever played.
Dave would have made that layup easily. Like i said in my post on the game 4 blog, you can't blame any one player for a loss. If the magic would have hit another shot here of there or got one extra stop, Lee wouldn't have even been in that position.
I just don't understand the rationale of Lee (or Stan Van) for putting a rookie Hilltopper who really hasn't played a game of nearly that magnitude in the position to take the final two shots of the game. What the hell was that about?
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