After a disgusting lost in the game one of the best of seven final series which they blown out by the Lakers with an 25 point margin and a disappointing lost again in game two which they were in control of the entire game but losing their composure in the overtime and lost the game.

Yes, finally they got it on their home court last night beating the Lakers with a thin margin of four points. I saw different team of the Magic in their victory the execution of the play was very good, the movement, the bench and of course the attitude of the players. Dwight Howard was getting a lot of dishes from here teammates that converted into a lot of points. Rashad Lewis still having an awesome ballgame after scoring his playoffs career high of 34 points in game three. Rafer Alston bounce back from here worst performance in the previous two games scoring 20 points and shooting 67% on the field while Mikael Pietrus having a nice job defensively on Kobe Bryant limiting him to just 11 points in the second half after his unstoppable performance in the first half of the game. If this performance of the Magic will continue to look like this it is impossible that the Lakers will beat them and maybe they can tie the series or go ahead by one game. As two of the next games will still be played in their homecourt.

Again our Philippine National team lead by coach Yeng Guiao, goes home capturing the SEABA championship in Indonesia. This is in preparation in the upcoming major tournaments that the Philippine team will be participating. Next month the Philippine Team will joining the Jones Cup in Taipe, Taiwan expected there are powerhouse teams of USA, Quatar, Jordan, Israel and of course the Host team the Taipe. Then, on August this year they will go to China to participate in the tournament that they are preparing and aiming to win the FIBA Asia Championship, which if they win that tournament automatic they will be the one who will represent Asia in the FIBA World Championship next year.

Getting the title for the Nationals is not that easy as the Indonesians were very determined to win despite that they were out skills by the Filipino cagers. In the third quarter of the match the Indonesians keep the margin only down by three points before the RP team accelerate and never looked back giving them their largest margin at the end of the third quarter 91-54. In the start of the third quarter the Indonesians manage to have a run but the fire power of the RP team is unmathced closing the game with a 30 points margin over the Indonesians 68-98.

It was a balanced scoring ballgame for the RP squad each of the players scored atleast 7 points. Leading the way were the combination of Gabe Norwood, Jareed Dellinger, Cyrus Baguio and Mick Pennissi. The improvement of the team, the system and the way they play defense was noticed by the Indonesian coach much improved and the system are different compare to the last FIBA Asia qualifying tournament.

I was very frustrated last night as I saw the replay of the game two of the NBA final series between the Orlando Magic and the Los Angeles Lakers. Everyone to be sure not only me expected that the Orlando Magic will give Lakers a good fight and beat them up but it didn't happened, and now down two games to none it is very hard to them to comeback despite the next three games will be on their homecourt. For me it is not an advantage to them based on what I saw and observed the way they are playing in this series is too far on what the performace they have againts the Cleveland Cavaliers.

In the two games of the series I can saw the frustration of the Magic players especially Dwight Howard that sometimes he is not focusing on the game and keep on arguing with the officials. As I remembered in game one he only managed to have two points in the entire first half of that game and with no dunks at all after the game. The players who are playing consistently in this series is the two veterans Rashad Lewis and Rafer Alston and the rest are playing that good. Even though that their starting guard Jameer Nelson is back but he too is not playing that well and not on his perfect shape at all.

The reason why the Magic are down in the series it is because of their lack of experience in the finals that the Lakers are using that advantage againts them. Lakers with Phil Jackson, Kobe Bryant and Direk Fisher together have a total of four final apperance while this is the first time of the Magic under Stan van Gaundy and all of it's players.

I admit that I'm really a big fan of the Orlando Magic but I predicted that this series will be short and be finished in five games. Maybe this series will be extended if Dwight Howard and his company will play the way they punished Lebron James and the Cavaliers.

Next season we will expect the stronger and more competitive Boston Celtics team. I'm very confident of that as I saw the improvement of other Celtics players in this year playoffs, the players like Glenn Davis and Eddie house really step up their game in the last quarter of the regular season and in the playoffs.

But the most I amazed this year is Glenn "the baby" Davis in the absence of their star forward Kevin Garnett who hasn't played in the playoffs due to his injury. The baby answered the call for Celtics as he fill in the missing numbers that Garnett usually gave to the team. In the playoffs he played every game very consistent and efficient with an average of almost 16 ppg. and 11 rebounds behind the leaders Paul Pierce and Ray Allen.

Despite of being under size in his position as a power forward he still manage score consistently againts the bigger and talented Dwight Howard in the second round of the playoffs,
in that series he showed how talented he was, as he gave Howard a tough challenge in guarding him in his inside and outside game. But unluckily lost to the Magic in that playoff series.

But like the other teams Boston also have thier own problems and issues need to resolve next season and could that be their bench. At the end of this season two of their best bench players might be lost Glenn Davis and Tony Allen will be a free agent next season, maybe Davis will be aiming for bigger money if good offers come to him and Tony Allen will wait for the decision of the management if he will be re-sign for another season. And another is that to have a good back up pointguard for Rondo. If the Celtics want to be competitive next season they must have to solidify their bench, as I believe that it could be the factor that will help them to be successful next year as their key players are not getting younger anymore.