Stan Van Gundy once again seats a hot Rafer Alston in the game 4 overtime loss. A decrease in playing time for Alston has been a theme in all three of Orlando’s loses in the finals. Jameer Nelson doesn’t seem to be playing at the level he was in the regular season or even up to the level Anthony Johnson was playing at throughout the playoffs. Van Gundy seems to be the only person in Orlando that hasn’t fallen in love with Rafer.
Missed free throws at the end of the fourth quarter helped give the Lakers a shot at tying the game, which they took full advantage of. Derek Fisher, poorly guarded by Jameer Nelson, put up a 3 pointer with less than 5 seconds to tie the game, after two missed free throws by Dwight Howard.
Watching the Magic lose the early lead was reminiscent of early playoff games. Just like the Lakers were able to dominate the second half they dominated over time. Kobe Bryant seemed unstoppable. His shots were dropping like Jameer Nelson after an elbow from Kobe.
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Gasol touched the net on Lee's potential game winner and even though Howard's was much worse and more obvious, you can't use that. Pietrus, I'll give you, that was a double dribbled. Let's not get into big discussions about the officiating, because it's pretty awful both ways.
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