and i'm a big stan van gundy fan. i covered him, but i question veteran leadership and not going with rafer alston amongst the other things that i said. >> anita, you're one of five fans of stan van gundy. >> i'm one of the five. i admit it. >> you're one of the five. you laid it out there very well. i'm going to go with lack of execution on the orlando magic's part in every facet of the game. usually you look at the lakers and say they're a better team, but the lakers haven't played better this series. kobe bryant hasn't finished like we've expected him to finish. the lakers have had holes. there have been kinks in the armour. but the orlando magic just haven't taken advantage. courtney lee, if he executes and makes that layup, it's a tough play, it looks easier on tv, but you got to finish in that game. the free throws, the lack of defense on derek fisher, smoke the situation. guard that three-point line. the lack of a good shot late. pietrus, what are you thinking about? get the ball to hedo turkoglu. he was so goo

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he looked somewhat effective, stan van gundy said i made a mistake, i played him too long. who would you handle the situation in game two? >> it's a tough situation. first of all, it takes communication. it sounded like rafer alston was caught off guard. you have your all-star but now rafer also needs to help get you to this point along with anthony johnson, his backup. maybe a little bit better communication. like coach van givenedy said, maybe play him shorter spurts instead of 12 straight minutes. >> only one field goal made in game number one. they only took six shots. ism know he had a lot of shots because he got fouled a lot by the lakers. how do you keep them on the offensive end? >> i know everybody's been talking about dwight howard's offense. he needs to play better defense. he's the defensive player of the year. he didn't defend the paint well, didn't play the post-up well or the peacekeeper-and-roll. getting the ball early in transition. the players have to make what we call california as coaches on time, on target passes. when he's open, get him the ball on tim

orlando coach stan van gundy speaking prior to game three, lakers-magic.narcotic we take you live -- amway arena. we take you live on espnews. >> i'm not going to get into calls. calls didn't decide that game. >> next question for coach. right here in the second row. do you have a question? >> you know, stan, you were in college, you were the leading free throw shooter in your school still to this day. have you done anything in the last couple days to help your players maybe concentrate at free throw shooting. >> hey, look, the one thing you have to understand about my free throw shooting is in four years i probably got to the line 120 times. i mean, i wasn't good enough to get on the court most of the time, and that was playing for my father, okay. so that tells you how good i was. and when i was there, i certainly wasn't beating anybody off the dribble and going into the paint. and drawing a lot of fouls. so while i appreciate that, i was an awful player, and no, i have not done anything differently with our guys in terms of free throw shooting lately at

. >> we heard stan van gundy, they didn't lose on that specific play. rachel, magic need a whip.t are the things the coaches are telling the players? >> the biggest thing is turnovers. they turned the ball over a playoff high 20 times in the last game. 20 chances to score. so they're looking to cut that number in half. if you don't have the ball you can't score and that's something the magic coaches have to emphasize. they want dwight howard to pass out more. he is getting double-teamed and he says, there's in my lap. so they want him to pass out of the double-team. let the guards go at and it have the offense run through him. >> rachel nichols down in orlando, game three, magic and lakers in orlando. coverage on abc at 8:30 eastern time. enjoy the matchup. >> thank you. >> and don't forget when the game is over, postgame news conferences for you. you can catch them here on "espnews." >> ed werder is reporting that the vikings have stopped but suring brett favre after he didn't make it to practice. >> taking a look at the favre timeline. since then he has sent x-rays to the vikin

just as martin luther king took lessons from gundy and his struggle for civil rights -- ghandi and his struggles for civil rights, i think iran could take the same lessons. i remember the iconic photos and films of the alabama protest and the civil-rights protests. i remember ghamdi pantages people -- ghandi and his people sacrificing hundreds of lines for machine guns to gain independence. i think -- the iconic photo of a young student being slain. i compare that to the point of a person being cradled in the arms of iran. those are the kinds of images that will turn not just heads of around the world, but also create a pressure on the brutal regime. any thoughts on that? guest: i agree with you that learning lessons on how to make non-violent protests more effective is key to the iranians being able to keep pressure on the regime's. the government is aware of the old tactics. this government has tried to preempt protests by filling public squares with police before demonstrators can get there. they are blocking communications. perhaps sit end in mosquessit- ins in m -- sit ins in mosq

. >> stan van gundy, motivational genius. andre, magic win game three. both teams go back to the drawing board. give us a mindset of what each team is thinking. >> what is the best thing for your team to think after a loss or win, what type of momentum do you have and that's huge. if you're the lakers you save day they played the best basketball and that's the peak and we only lost by two points. if you're he magic you say we were down game one, we lost big. game two we had in our hands, should be up 2-1, so we have the capability of beating this people and now we have our confidence. so it's going to be exciting and looks like it's going to distance. >> the magic shoot 63%, an nba finals record. 40-64 is the -- that they did to set the report. oting team for sure. what do you think about the way they passed the basketball. alston was the scorer if not the facilitators. you look at his high. tour, lie and lewis combined for 12 assists. >> you take a look at who was the guy everyone wants to shoot the ball, and obvious the lakers want skip to shoot the ba