" Over a lot of credit sporadic with your NBA playoff preview presented by the 2009 Honda Ridgeline. Please be joined by. -- Marcus Johnson Lakers magic. Give up for the finals which start Thursday night at Staples Center Marcus and -- before this -- yeah I am indeed it it's interesting last year the Celtics for the Lakers you pick the -- yes I Connecticut and my old coach Dunn wouldn't pick this up because they beat the Lakers twice in the regular season so it'll -- it'll what you're saying is thing you're not gonna go get them more than I do about this out to let let's start with Superman Dwight Howard. Shortest good against the Cavaliers -- gosh this and marriage are no match obviously. For Howard and a Lakers stop and inside. Well again it's it's that old thing Randy meet you don't look -- released -- but making work extremely hard for his point it's going to be tough because he's playing with a lot of confidence right now knocking down a higher percentage of free throws for for a Dwight Howard. In their last series against Cleveland. And he's just so strong and -- hurt you the most is not so much with the individual matchup down in the post where. He really kills you is the loose balls the 5050 balls they're called he is so quick to the basketball he looked like he's got the ball in his shoulder and he's just so powerfully built. And you let him get anything within five into the paint. He's taken off the life you know Kryptonite may work but they even that would have launched -- the -- so you don't think they need to double -- well. Here's what do you do. That was the good Orlando this team is just killed their poems in the fourth quarter and as a reason for that that's because they go to Dwight Howard early in the game elect to establish him right away not -- build out of three pointers early. I think what you should do was double team him in the first quarter. When the shooters haven't necessarily develop the rhythm and then once the game -- get to that fourth quarter that you try -- lack -- outstanding three point it is but it's it's it's it's a pick your poison situation. This is too good of a team planned to what. I didn't think they can beat the Cavaliers an attitude of -- Rashard Lewis proven long Hedo Turkoglu pray for all -- an outstanding Japanese team is a reflection of that coach two questions all the Lakers. We'll have our hands -- how we agree on that bought the -- what to do what Kobe Bryant they could stop LeBron so. How that of the ambulance tackle well again you know bonds scores a big numbers for Cleveland and what happens that the magically outstanding team deep into gets everybody else and when the basketball game but. They've got a guy. Michael McHale Pietrus had open -- the name but Guadalupe. Air France and what he calls and that he's gotten that the French blood in his -- but but he does a great job defensively and did a terrific job. I guess LeBron James that -- not going to stop LeBron or Kobe from 130 point tonight but what you want to do is not allowed them to shoot -- new book and it's an all so. Makes it difficult for them to be that the creators in the facilitators of Kobe elect to be with this team especially early in ball games so. Pitchers get his hands full but this team against them and -- he comes up with these deep at the schemes they got a great team because of concert. And they are long sought that you could expect Pete just a crowd Kobe make it penetrate and then he'll be looking at Eckstein and Dwight Howard extinguish struggle with six and Hedo Turkoglu. Go to the basking in well you mentioned to Orlando's three point shooting actually live and die. By the three if you're Phil Jackson how do you defend against that and again will -- I didn't know that Rashard Lewis led the regular season and India in the regular season and three -- reporters may 223 pointers made this is Eckstein got dragon I thought you know the the last our member Sharon Lewis he was crying and the -- because he -- get drafted in the first roster -- like -- little -- But now this -- until May at all and it Eddie -- hit two Big Three quarters in there in there in a matchup against Cleveland. That would just usually he has shown that you either elevate his game he's a whole different player. I think you gap that. Place size with size I think Cleveland made a mistake putting Delonte West the Musharraf Lewiston and -- putting Ben Wallace a creaky -- Ben Wallace on a struggle without on the perimeter. I think power but also with eleven minutes on him. I think united I think Luke Walton with an eleven minister ever -- the eleven minutes and and Lamar Odom is another got to think could be a big factor in this game. You know there's talk of Jameer Nelson possibly coming back. And playing in this series if he does how effective can he. Is going to be tough he's been out for months and he says he feels good he he could handle contact at this point. But this team is playing so well right now but -- EE ticket you bought a guy -- to play forty NBA championship and -- the guy who had this team and at and -- juggernaut in January plane at the top of his game they bring in Rafer Alston and pretty -- don't miss a beat. But I don't think he'd be effective I think it if it becomes. Chemistry disrupt her. For the -- at this stage of the game because up as Willis are planning for -- and is acceptable terrific in crunch in clutch situation -- Cleveland. You don't want to -- that -- at this point and -- timing and conditioning have got to -- big question -- but you know -- thinking about those two games they beat the Lakers which Nelson went on average 28 points a game in those two -- Orlando and that's one -- smokers I would -- about but Boston last year -- beat the Lakers twice neuroses and just dominated them and and Orlando did the same -- this year -- going to be much tougher -- about the -- when -- based -- that. Coach wooden would probably go with Orlando where there's an article of yesterday idea that critical just as the decadent but but I would so we would but. It got me I'm more with the Lakers just because I think they've got the the size to match up on the perimeter and Lamar Odom I think it's going to be huge he has deep bids against Rashard Lewis powerless so we'll start out on on Lewis on the outside Bynum against Howard in the inside. But -- palatable to -- the going to have to play Lamar -- big minutes and here's a name for you. DJ Mbenga. I -- in a DJ back he's going to see time going to see he's got it and is powered. His hot free throw shooting a clutch free throw shooting. DJ they got will see minutes and and."

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