Uh because the Magic made adjustments? Alston had 5 points at halftime. Cleveland did do pretty well in the first half the other night.

James guarded the point guard. This is fact. Not opinion.

After one quarter, Orlando has scored 16 pts...7 coming from jackson and alston. Interesting.

Notice that lebron was switching off of the initial screen and then instantly doubling the post? Remember...he cant stay in the paint to double or else its illegal defense.

In all fairness, Lebron played Alston straight up in the intial possession...or about as close as you can come to such a self check. After that, pretty much all zone until they brought johnson in and after two possession they switched lebron to courtney lee and then rashaad lewis (4)

Any disagreement now is just being stuborn. lebron is a remarkable talent but he can't cover 5 positions effectively. That is all i said.

How is any of what you said proof of anything? You just said he covered a 1, a 2 and a combo 3/4. Doesn't that get me 80% there?

LOL. in a zone you cover everyone.

You ready to change the record? There are far more interesting things to disagree about. Obviously no one is waving the white flag here.

Do you disagree that this game is over?

They dont play zone. This game is over.

You cant get much more zone than what they were playing without being illegal.

yes, 100 percent. It's the second quarter.

correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty certain they didn't call the game at halftime in game 1.

scrambler...i will lay 10-1 right now that this is over.

max bet 10 dollars

deal?

What does over really mean?? I mean you could have said the same thing at halftime of game 1 and Lewis misses the 3 or West makes the last 3 and teechinically you would be right. I think the Cavs will win, but I'll bet you the Magic cut the deficit to under 4 points at some point in this game.

I'll lay the 10-1 that the deficit gets under 4, not a win or loss.

even money?

ON a side note, Redick's a third of the way to seattleallstar's 15 point quarter.

IN the end, the Magic are just as close now as they were at halftime last game shooting much, much worse than game 1. This game is not over. Not even close.

yeah, I'll fax you a dollar if the Magic don't cut it to under 4 at some point. You got it.

even money that this game won't be within 4?

yes, I said yes. The game will get within 4 at some point.

10 dollars?

Fine, but I really don't want $10. So honestly it went from 23 to 11, you really think it can't go from 12 to 4??

I want 10 dollars if i win:)

No, this game is over.

existentially every game is over before it starts. You know it will end at some point. I mean, so far this series, the team with double digit leads at halftime is winless. You can structure anything anyway you want to. Based on that stat, I'm a guaranteed winner of this bet.

Its fun having so many NBA coaches on one
website...

Anyways.

I think Phil's problem is that Fischer is so bad. But...
he is the only guard besides Kobe that can
consisently handle the ball (except Fischer aint
going anywhere with it). Farmar has been given
plenty of chances in the regular season. I seriously
dont think Kobe trusts him. It has got to be very
hard to play with Kobe,
dont put it all on Phil (as much as I dislike him).

The Lakers might be able to go big with all 3 but
as I said last year, this really puts a strain on their
D. They become really slow, especially with Fisher at
point. Somebody had stated how great they would be
with these 3 at the same time and I just dont think they
have any perimeter D. Denver would/should just move Anthony
and Billups off high screens and spread the floor out.
You got open 3's and lanes when you make those
bigger guys help up top on screens.

Anthony has been a huge problem because not only is he
hitting his shot, he is getting very easy put backs and this is
the important part, easy put backs WHILE beating Kobe up.

Personally I like teams that wear down other teams by
making them play defense. Carmello is putting a whole bunch
of strain on the Lakers inside. He is forcing multiple people to
cover him on the drive, and then pushing Ariza and Kobe
all over the lane off the ball on offensive rebounds. He is making
Kobe play very hard.