Hoops

Lakers @ Magic - Game 4 **Spoiler**

LA Boy, I think you missed that I was joking about Bill Russell's comment to Howard! He was clearly just giving Howard obvious advice - to give his body a break before he ramps up training again for next season.

20+ rows back isn't bad if they're free mate! If prices are anything like they were in Boston 2 years ago, thats at least $180-200 worth of tickets per game! (I splashed out and got two tickets about 15 rows back for a regular season game in 2007 and that cost me just over $200!!!)

LA Boy, that's some privileged info you have access to there! Do you actually work for the Lakers organisation?

Speaking of Howard developing some post moves, did anyone see the Russell inteview with him at half time? I like how he encouraged Howard to take it easy in the off-season. Maybe Russell wants him to develop that post game in 2010-11 so his boy KG can get another ring for the Celtics first? ;-P

Let's be serious though, free throws cost the Magic the game. They missed more than 15 for the game - 15! That is more than the young tackers I coach miss!

Absolutely right SKUX. An even better idea than getting in Fisher's grill and risking a shooting foul would have been NOT double teaming the inbounds receiver in the backcourt when they had a foul to give with 10 secs left! That freed up Fisher to get across half court and get balanced for the shot. Magic should not have doubled, and then someone would have been close enough to foul Fisher the instant he set foot across half court, no risk of a shooting foul then.

OMG - the curse of Nick Anderson strikes again!

Magic should easily have won this game, and gone into game 5 confident of sending the series back to LA up 3-2.

This loss hurts them badly. They may just have thrown away the series today.

Props to Fisher for some big shots at the end though. Telecast said he has the third most threes in NBA finals history after Jordan and Horry!

Magic played very well in first half. I do hope they win!

Howard with a huge first half 14 boards and 5 blocks... Go Magic!!!

Gasol, Bynum and now Odom all have 2 fouls each in the first quarter.

God start by the Magic. Howard doing good and has the Lakers big men in foul trouble early.

Can someone confirm if this nickname for Dusty originated from Steve Carfino. That is who I first heard mention the name. I think it is a shocking name and not very flattering. The so called "garbage" results in valuable points and rebounds that the team cannot do without. How it is referred to as garbage is beyond me. I take it that the garbage is actually what others in the team dish out and he picks it up and makes something good out of it. If that is the case why not call him "Midas" or something along those lines.