lamar odom has been there. his supporting cast hasn't stepped up. >> he can be there all he wants, but if he's not playing well, experience doesn't matter. it was open for the magic. kobe hasn't been himself. he's tired after the olympics, after the griexd of the season, after the whole playoff run. the magic just haven't taken advantage. >> but also kobe bryant has been able to help his team elevate their game because they clearly understand that he can do it by himself, but he tonight need. to trevor ariza has a big third quarter, lamar odom, pau gasol, derek fisher, even jordan farmar. we have not seen that from the orlando magic. dwight howard is supposed to be the leader. outside of rafer alston in game three, a lot of guys have not been able to elevate their game. someone please get rashard lewis off the milk carton. outside of game two that's where he's been. kobe hasn't had a great series, but others players have elevated, one of the reason the lakers up are 3-1. >> let's move to our next topic. michael

lamar odom says he wants to stay with the champs. the power forward is an unrichted freeing.hat's a problem with trevor aariza also in the same situation. he averaged 14 boards nine points a game. >> i know i can play and i know i can help any team that i play on. you sit here today, it seems like it just went by so fast. you know, from not making the playoffs to winning the championship, now being an unrestricted free agent with the opportunity to leave. feels a little surreal, as a champion as well. hopefully embling will work out and i get to stay hope. >> he brings up a good point. she getting paid. >> 14.1, that's paid. >> let's get paid again. with kobe on board, lakers don't need odom to score as much. but look at the points and what they did in the playoffs. odom made quite a difference in making them a championship team. coming up on "sportscenter" -- how do you like my role now? what's keeping pedro from pitching in the majors again? mark martin showing the young guns a thing or two. see how he's doing snag m.j., the robert, brett favre couldn't. only one way to mak

other notable selections include terry cummings, danny manning, lamar odom and darius miles. >> the angels have won five straight and sit atop the a.l. west. a game and a half ahead of the rangers. they begin a three-game series in arlington. crushes the offering from padilla. a two-run jack. his 13th of the season. angels up 3-2. next batter, moralis. back-to-back jacks for moralis. angels win it 5-2. easy out there, guys. always a lot of fun until somebody gets hurt. rivera, his eighth home run in june that ties him for the second most in major league baseball. the angels have won six straight and 13 of their last 16. >> the a.l. central leading tigers continue their nine-game three city road trip in oakland. 6-1, they trail. rick had been 7-1 in his last 10 starts, he goes 4 1/3, allowing five earned runs, mark ellis and sweeney both homer. oakland has -- [inaudible] >> back to wimbledon now, serena williams on a collision course with her sister, taking on daniella, first set on serve, serena, big two-handed backhand. set up break points. gees. the ball clips the net, falls in. serena w

other notable selections include terry cummins, danny manning, lamar odom and darius miles. >> the indianshalf ahead of the angels. they began a three-game series in arlington. top of the sixth, crushes the offering. padilla, a two-run jack. his 13th of the season. next batter, moralis, oh, boy, back-to-back jacks for moralis. his 13th of the season. the angels win it 5-2. easy, easy out there, guys. >> always a lot of fun until somebody gets hurt. for rivera, his eighth home run in june, that ties him for the second most in major league baseball. the angels have won six straight and 13 of their last 16. >> how about the a.l. central leading tigers. continuing their nine-game three city road trip in. oakland the a's up 5-0. top of the sixth, one out. suzuki, an rbi single. back to wimbledon now, serena williams on a collision course with her sister. taking on daniella, first set on serve. serena, a big two-handed backhand that set up a break point. gees. the ball clips the net, falls in a little luck there. match point here, in the second set, crosscourt, backhand coming up for serena. she

that dwyane wade is totally different from rafer alston and rafer alston is totally different from lamar odom and so on and so on. i think that's the way... one way i see his adjustment from then to now. and now he's more into being a little more uplifting as opposed to so negative as he was in miami. you see him rant and rave down the sideline, but i can tell you, the next day in practice and film session, he's more inspiring than he is... than what you see on the game floor. >> how much a role does he play in your ability to bounce back? what does it say to you after those tough losses, like a lebron shot or those plays in philadelphia? >> he is instrumental in a few ways. one, he tells us to keep believing, to understand that we're a good team. there's a reason we've gotten this far. and two, he's really big on taking the blame. you don't see that from a lot of coaches. if he makes a mistake, as you mentioned, the lebron shot, the glen davis shot, he quickly takes the blame and tells us he's failed us. we quickly turn around and tell him, we're the guys on the floor. we should have made th

. >> lamar odom -- he had a double-double in game one. kobe bryant put up big numbers. andrew bynum came up big and pau gasol had 16 and eight. l.a. leading the series 1-0. game two on sunday. >> after every nba finals game is over on abc, turn over to espnews for the post-game news conferences. >> coming up on espnews. more baseball. when we last saw carlos zambrano, he was using a bat to smash a water cooler. friday he used a bat to smash something else. >> no smashing involved when it comes to zack greinke this year -- at times unhittable, major league leader in e.r.a. coming for some reason greinke forgot to take his best stuff to toronto with him resulting in his worst outing of the year. plus, who would have ever thought it would end this way. we'll tell you what has tom glavine feeling betrayed and still wanting to pitch. and with rafa nadal out at the french open, the road to history should have been an easy one for roger federer, right? you are so wrong. we'll fill you in. and roger's buddy, tiger woods, playing a tournament he has won three times but woods wil