The Lakers Are Not Winning, the Magic Are Simply Losing

The NBA Final is a competition of the two best basketball teams in the world.  The winner will be king of the court for the next 12 months.  They will visit the president, have parades, and be enshrined in history as this year's champ.

Every team in the National Basketball Association would love to be playing instead of the Lakers and Magic.  Players such as LeBron James and Grant Hill are missing a championship ring, and would give anything just for the slim chance to win one.

The Orlando Magic are the best of the East, but they have been better at losing games than winning them in these Finals.  The Lakers are a great team, but the Magic are making Kobe Bryant's quest for a Shaq-less title easier and easier every time they play.

Game Four of this series tells the entire story of why the Magic will not be champs this year. 

In this game the Magic missed an amazing 15 free throws.  These guys are professional athletes that make millions.  There is no excuse for missing this many free throws.  You are at home—take advantage of the calls and make the free ones count.

The other stat that jumps off of the page is turnovers.  The Magic had 19 in the game.  In regulation, if just one had been an assist, the Magic would have won.

The Orlando Magic are all but eliminated from this championship.  All offseason they are going to look back at their play and kick themselves.  They missed shots that should have been made, played terrible defense, and could not capitalize on the opportunities at hand.  They are going to remember this series not as what they did, but what they could have done.