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I had every intential of putting up another trey after Orlando's Game Three win, but more lucrative deadlines intervened and prevailed. Hours before Game Four, let me just say that Orlando's backcourt made like Lazurus, especially Alston and Pietrus, who played incredibly well on Tuesday night. For that matter, the entire Magic squad pretty much rose to the occasion, setting a Finals record for FG accuracy at better than 62%.

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It occurs to me that the best way to recap the first three games of the Spurs-Lakers series is to point out all the places I was wrong. There are plenty of examples so let's get to it.

* A high scoring series

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Game #51, Home Game #26: LA Lakers 117, Minnesota 92

Season record: 10-41

1. Every Position

Road Game # 2: Minnesota 93, LA Lakers 107

Road Game # 3: Minnesota 93, Sacramento 100

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