Supposedly the NBA is about matchups.  How are the Lakers gonna find a better match up then the Magic.  The Cavs key flaw was the lack of guard defense.  The Lakers have that in bunches and have the likes of Vujucic, Famar, and Walton on the bench!  Alston will not have a single good game this series scoring wise.  Gasol has gone from soft to a presence on the inside, he will do well clogging up the lane so that the Lakers size advantage will be very apparent.  The Magic lack a Luis Scola/Artest, that can score from outside, drive on either side, draw fouls and play good inside D.  The have Dwight Howard, one guy.  IF coach is any kind of coach, which many haters will say he isn;t, he will get Howard in all kinds of trouble.  On top of that Dwight Howard just doesn;t have the ability at this point to carry his team to a championship, let alone a win against the lakers.  Without a dynamic scorer like Nelson the Magic are doomed.  The only wild card in this scenario is Rashard Lewis, he will be a tough matchup for the Lakers cause it may cause Gasolto come out to the perimiter on Defense.  However, I feel that Bynum, even though he is playing poorly should be good enough to keep the Magic from getting easy buckets in the paint, I know Lewis won't.  Lebron had a shot, cause he would have been unguardable, Kobe vs. Lebron would have been nice.  But we are all gonna have to take what is given to us and watch Kobe and his disgruntled ass easily march to an easy championship.

5 units for me



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