My feeling

I had a feeling Orlando was going to win this game. It's foolish to think this was going to be a sweep. Orlando's an effin resilient team and I even said before the series started that I wouldn't be surprised if it goes either way. The Magic, in many ways, are a bad match-up for the Lakers. I mean the Lakers are allergic to perimeter defense. We all know that. The Orlando Magic shot 62.5 percent. That's a Finals record, along with their first half shooting of 75 percent. The Lakers, of course, need to defend better but there's not much you can say when Orlando was making the tougher shots. It was amazing that the Lakers kept the game close despite the outstanding Magic shooting. The Magic will NOT shoot this well again. L.A. did a terrible job defending in this game. Orlando will keep playing its offense and I think Bryant will pace himself a bit better.

Los Angeles trailed 104-102 in the finals seconds of the game and were looking to tie the contest, but Bryant had the ball poked away by Mickael Pietrus and the game was sealed. Orlando captured their first NBA Finals win in franchise history.Orlando shot an NBA Finals record 62.5 percent from the field. The hot shooting percentage beats the old mark held by the Chicago Bulls in the 1991 NBA Finals against Los Angeles. Orlando is now 1-6 all-time in NBA Finals history. Los Angeles tied an NBA record by dropping their seventh straight Finals game on the road. The Lakers now share the company of the Fort Wayne Pistons from 1955-56. The Lakers lost game 3 by a score of 108-104.

Game 4 of the 2009 NBA Finals is Thursday, June 11. All the action begins at 9:00 ET on ABC live from Amway Arena in Orlando.