Before
ValueforRent was a seasoned NBA guru, he used to run home from school to show
his A- report card to his mother. At the
time, I thought what I’d done was pretty decent. However, it was always overshadowed by my
sister who’d walk in moments later and clip her A+ on the fridge just ahead of
mine. Whatever I did never seemed to be
good enough, although maybe mom just didn’t love me as much? Well the Orlando
Magic have got to feel the exact same way.
No matter what they do, how hard they try, what they accomplish, it just
seems to never be good enough. This has
been a theme all season long. There was
a point during the regular season --Jameer Nelson was 100% healthy during this
time-- when
Some have
speculated tonight will be the game where the Lakers “step it up” and pull through.
The fact is they tried to do that in Game 3, and it didn’t work out. The Lakers aren’t a team that specializes in
feigning interest. When they don’t want
to there, they’ll let you know it. They
wanted to be there for Game 3. My
biggest concern when I backed the Lakers that evening was whether or not they’d
submit one of their infamous mail-ins and get killed. That didn’t happen; the Lakers brought it
that night.