Orlando has a real chance of beating the Lakers. The Magic and the Lakers played twice in the regular season, with the Magic winning both times. In both of those games, Magic point guard Jameer Nelson had big games. He's been out with injury the last half of the season, but guess who's coming back to make a big Willis Reed type return. It'll be interesting to see how soon Nelson appears in the series.

I don't give much of a damn about the Orlando Magic, but I despise the Lakers. I lived in LA for three years and had to suffer with the LA media slobbering all over them. Not to mention the fact that I was a big Philadelphia 76'ers fan when I was a kid when they had Julius Erving, and they had a couple of run-ins with the Lakers. Matter of fact, when I was a kid we used to divide teams for pick-up basketball by Laker fans vs everyone else. That forced me to have to play with Celtic fans, and I hate the Celtics and their fans about as much as I loathe the Lakers.

Maybe Kobe Bryant can get caught up in another rape scandal or something.