Magic worst final team in NBA history?

[gtc08]

One dimensional team, no true post threat, all just 3 point jumpers.

were lucky to win the 1 game in my opinion.

 

[celticGreen+]

what about those 76ers /w AI... I remember that series being pretty ugly

 

[DoggieInvestor]

lakers almost lost 3 games to them so I guess that makes the lakers worst champions ever.

 

[Bennyshoe]

they WERE a good team but in the Finals just sucked. Probably inexperience.

 

[gtc08]

thats true. in the nba you usually dont win the title right away.

 

[STACKSONDECK]

lakers almost lost 3 games to them so I guess that makes the lakers worst champions ever.

@)

 

[Pish Posh]

One dimensional team, no true post threat, all just 3 point jumpers.

were lucky to win the 1 game in my opinion.

Magic easily could have had a 3-1 series lead

They should have won game #2 they won game #3 and had game #4(most important game in a best of seven series) in the bag and blew it

 

[Rawpimple]

magic live and die by the 3....

they lived against cleveland as all their shots win in and against the lakers they died.....they were brutal shooting except one game...

 

[gtc08]

right, which is why i bring up the fact that they may be the worst final team ever. like rawpimple said, all they did was shoot 3's. they had no other game.

 

[guitarjosh]

They tried to imitate Houston's formula to win 2 titles, get a dominate big man and surround him with shooters.

 

[THawk+]

Those Iverson 76er teams were weak. If he did not score a boatload of points they had no chance..

That is the worst team I can remember being in the finals

 

[gtc08]

one problem though, howard isnt a dominant big man. he doesnt play like a true center. he has the physical tools, but not the low post moves yet. couple years from now itll be a different story.

 

[guitarjosh]

one problem though, howard isnt a dominant big man. he doesnt play like a true center. he has the physical tools, but not the low post moves yet. couple years from now itll be a different story.

I know, but that is what they were trying to do. But Dwight is no Hakeem yet.

 

[LongboardLarry]

i would not say WORST , Cavs got SWEPT by SPURS, at least magic showed up for ONE GAME, but they stunk losing 4-1

 

[TuArmedMan]

Wow Lakers not getting any credit for playing solid defense in this series. They shut down Howard and Hedo, and didn't give many open 3's to the Magic guards and Lewis. It's not like Magic just forgot how to play for 5 games, give the Lakers some credit.

 

[Mr_Mark]

not the worse but their performance in the finals showed their inexperience to the pressure and shooting 3's will only get you so far in todays game

 

[fugazi]

serious man, give the Lakers some credit here. Magic are a legit team and played well, Lakers just played better. If Magic faced Denver they'd be champions.
Magic played good in every game except game 1 and from the midway point through the 2nd quarter of this game. Lakers would just answer everything they had. LAkers have Houston to thank for the title run, I really think that the Houston series helped the Lakers to develop that killer instinct and toughened the Lakers up defensively. Houston definitely gave the Lakers a wakeup call and made them better.
Magic are legit.
Worst Finals team was Cavs 2 years ago or Philly with AI. Both pathetic teams who had no business being in the finals.

 

[whateva]

give the lakers credit for what? they got the experience and the magic didn't. it was the magic the gave the series to the lakers. the lakers played one good game and that was the first and rest was due to the poor playing and coaching by the magic

 

[fugazi]

Sorry hater, but the magic didn't give the Lakers anything, the Lakers took it from the Magic.

 

[whateva]

c'mon clipper fan i'm not a hater. don't need to make excuses cause my team loss. magic gave the series and you know it with poor plays and bad coaching.