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Originally Posted by Regorium
That's the answer. I guess it happens in the NHL too. The refs put their whistles away in the OT frame, and the Magic plan was to drive and get Gasol/Odom/Fisher/Ariza fouled out. Had they sent the memo to the magic saying "I don't care what happens we're not calling fouls in the OT frame", maybe they would've taken their open shots instead of driving the lane into a ton of contact, or trying to draw offensive fouls.
I don't think there was favoritism. They just completely changed the way that they called the game in OT, and it just so happened that it benefited the Laker plan (which was to take jump shots) much more so than the Magic plan (get the Lakers fouled out).
Either way I'm the first to admit the Magic should've won this before OT and maybe experience or lack of execution caused them to buckle. They've basically given away 2 games this series, which is why I'm kind of amused at all the "Lakeshow" fans that the Magic are somehow so much worse than them. Funny enough, the Lakers took two more 3's than the Magic that game.
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I agree with pretty much everything you said. I have definitely been impressed with the Magic thus far, they were damn close to winning games 2 and 4. I just hate it when fans say the refs purposely favored the Lakers when if they actually watched the game they would see that the reffing was horrible and inconsistent all night long. Some terrible calls for both teams, it just so happens the Lakers got a break or 2 in OT that cost Orlando.
At the end of the day poor FT shooting and a bad defensive plan (Nelson standing inside the 3 pt line on fisher) led to a critical loss. I personally think the series is over, but the Magic are still only down 3-1 and they have battled back from some pretty bad losses earlier in the postseason so we'll have to see what happens!