The Los Angeles Lakers did their part and won the first two games in their arena. I don’t have the stats in front of me, but coming back from down 0-2 in the NBA Finals hasn’t probably been done too often. That’s the challenge that faces the Orlando Magic as the series moves to Florida for the next 3 games.

Last night, Courtney Lee of the Orlando Magic had a chance to win the game with .6 seconds left on the clock. Lee missed an ally-oop layup as time expired, forcing the game into overtime. The Lakers took advantage of the 5:00 minute extra quarter and outscored Orlando 13-8 to win the game.

The Lakers had great games from Pau Gasol, Kobe Bryant and Lamar Odom (who had 19 points and 8 rebounds coming off the bench). For the Magic, Rashard Lewis put on a show scoring 34 points, crashing 11 boards and dishing 7 assists. Jameer Nelson did play last night, though not as much as he did in game 1. He contributed only 4 points.

The Orlando Magic, down 0-2, are not technically in a ‘must win’ situation in this best of 4 series… but they are in a ‘dire need to win’ situation. If the Magic don’t win Game 3, then it’s all but over.

How do you think this series will pan out? Comment here or post in our sports discussion forums.

The Super Bowl is one of the few major events that travels to a new location ever year. Rarely does the host city actually have their own team playing in the game, giving it a neutral site feeling. There are several cities in the Super Bowl rotation, but other cities are awarded the big game if they build a new stadium, like Detroit and Indianapolis.

So today, I tried to “Stump Zeke” with Super Bowl trivia. I ask him “What city hosted three of the first five Super Bowls?” You will have to watch the video to find out the answer.

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College Baseball is heating up… there sixteen teams left fighting for one of eight spots to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. The Super Regionals start on Friday at noon and will go to a Game 3 if necessary. The first team to win 2 games in each Super Regional will advance to the CWS.

Check out the matchups for the 2009 NCAA Super Regional:

Austin Super Regional
No. 1 Texas vs. Texas Christian

Baton Rouge Super Regional
No 3. LSU vs. Rice

Chapel Hill Super Regional
No. 4 North Carolina vs. East Carolina

Fullerton Super Regional
No. 2 Cal State Fullerton vs. Louisville

Gainesville Super Regional
No. 8 Florida vs. Southern Miss

Oxford Super Regional
Mississippi vs. Virginia

Tallahasse Super Regional
Florida State vs. Arkansas

Tempe Super Regional
No. 5 Arizona State vs. Clemson

I have my eye on a few of the games, specifically Florida vs. Southern miss and North Carolina vs. ECU. Those are going to be great matchups.

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We Are Fanatics just launched a new addition to this site. We now have a sports talk discussion forum for fans to create threads and posts about all things sports! You can visit the forums through a convenient link in the top navigation bar. We’re excited to have a place for all our customers and blog readers to come together, no matter what sport or team they follow.

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The NBA Finals start tomorrow, so I wanted to try and stump Zeke with a basketball question. Knowing he follows Orlando Magic basketball I figured he would get this one right… but I went ahead and asked Zeke “who holds the NBA record for most assists in a single game?”

Think you know the answer? Check out the video to see if you’re right.