Saturday, December 20, 2008

LAKERS vs MAGIC (PRE-GAME REPORT)

Tough loss last night but now we move forward. Back to back olympic teammate meetings for Kobe this weekend. In a few hours Kobe and the Lakers take on the Orlando Magic, led by "Superman" Dwight Howard. It will be interesting to see the inside battles tonite with Bynum and Howard, but who will guard Pau now? Last year with A-Train injured, the Magic were able to adjust defensively throwing Howard on Gasol, now there will be a defensive mismatch on the inside. The best defender for Kobe on the Magic is probably Keith Bogans, but who is that? Jameer Nelson, point guard of Orlando, is having a great year and is shooting the ball well. The Magic has been shooting the ball beyond the arc extremely well, which is how they have been putting teams away (20-6). Hedo Turkoglu and Rashard Lewis are big forwards that can put the ball on the floor and are knock down shooters from the 3 point line. Let's see how the Lakers defend tonite and take advantage of our obvious mismatches.

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