The Magic shot the ball incredibly well tonight, and for the most part maintained a consistent pace all game. Their first half was just incredible. They shot 75%, an NBA record for a half in the Finals, and than 63% for the game, also an NBA record. Ridiculous. What's more ridiculous is that they barely won. They played their best game of the playoffs, we play one of our worst, and we still had a chance at the end. This is why we're still taking this series in 6.
75% at the halftime, Pietrus getting 18, Alston killing us, Dwight hitting freethrows better than Kobe, Kobe sucking at 4th quarter(WTF??). All these things lead the game to last possession - we're more than fine! Game 4 is ours, no doubt!
The article is amusing. They talk about Howard hitting is FTs and his 65% FT shooting in the playoffs being poor. Yet he hit 11 of 16 in the game and was making his FTs. 11/16 = 68.8%, or roughly the same.
