if howard stays out of foul trouble and they keep attacking the basket, they will be in good shape. it is a little scary that howard has 6 techs. kinds stupid that one more may determine who will win the series.
The Magic are proving that if you have a dominant big man who attracts double teams all the time, surrounding him with 3 point shooters is the ONLY strategy you need. Until we surround Yao with players that can shoot the three, Yao's championship chances look pretty slim
...or the fact that you don't need to double team him and can front him with one guy and he is rendered completely ineffective.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?page=NBAFinalsRoundup-090602 Oh Ric, you poor uninformed journalist....
pretty ironic considering that it's rafer's decision making that is his greatest attribute and his flaky shooting which is usually his downfall. i swear, rafer alston has to be the greatest enigma in the entire NBA. a walking paradox. this is a new york city point guard - playground legend that can't penetrate to the basket but at the same time rarely turns the ball over, never plays out of control, and typically does a great job of getting his team into its offense. i stopped trying to figure him out while he was here and i'm not about to start again now that he's in the finals. best of luck skip.
I think Turkoglu and Lewis are a little bit better than just "3 point shooters". Yao's chances have a lot more to do with him than who he will be surrounded by.
Mark Jackson -"Kobe Bryant is at his best when he shoots a high percentage". Gee thanks for that piece of info there mark....
what was that? bynum ties howard up for like 2 full seconds and then they just call a foul to get bynum in foul trouble right when he's about to come out. weak. then battie fouls gasol and they let it go.
