The Magic have fought through adversity this entire season.
Everything from losing Jameer Nelson in the middle of the season, having Dwight Howard to suspended one game in the Philadelphia series, to being pushed to the brink by the Celtics and the Magic have still fought back every time.
Now they find themselves down 2-0 in the NBA finals to a Lakers team that seems almost mistake-free right now. If anyone come back from this two-game deficit, it's the Magic.
They're going to have to win both games in Orlando to have a chance at winning their first NBA title. Tuesday's Game 3 couldn't be a better time for the Magic to win their first NBA Finals game in franchise history. They're currently 0-6 all time in the NBA Finals.
It's very possible for Orlando to win both games at home. After all, they're one botched lay-up by Courtney Lee from this series being tied 1-1 and everything being completely different. Not to put too much emphasis on one play, but that missed lay-up may cost them the series considering how difficult it is to win on the road at this point in the playoffs.
Jameer Nelson's minutes have to be cut more in Game 3. Rafer Alston has only played 11 more minutes than Nelson in the first two games and that could be disrupting the chemistry that Orlando built in the first three rounds of the playoffs with Alston running the point. Don't try to fix what's not broken.
Alston has been unable to catch any sort of a rhythm offensively since Nelson has been sharing time with him. Alston is only shooting 3 of 17 from the field during this series. Nelson isn't doing much better shooting 4 of 12 from the field, which should be expected since he's been out for so long.
As I've said time and time again, never count the Magic out. This series is still very capable of going seven games.
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