let's hear now from rashard lewis. one of five magic players with at least 18 points. >> how shocking was it the first two games you struggled to shoot and tonight to break through. >> it was good to start knocking down shots. we knocked down shots all season long but there's always a game wheney don't shoot well and it hasn't during the playoffs as well, but eventually they start following. i thought we moved the ball around a lot and made the defense move from side-to-side. >> mark on the table. >> mark, "boston globe." rashard, talk about what has been the key for you offensively for the series. you have been pretty consistent. >> i think obviously with gasol in the game, you like stay around the paint, but i give a lot of credit to dwight howard. the way you run the pick-and-roll, two guys have to pick him up. they have to play close to him and it's leaving me wide open to shoot threes. odom was trying to go to the basket but a lot of the credit goes to dwight. when he pass the ball to him and gets crowded, he made

why would you go to nelson when rashard lewis is wide open? maybe that's why the lakers are trailing at halftime. then, j.j. redick. slips, no problem, turk alieu, and right now, the lakers have managed only 37 in the first half. turkoglu pacing the magic with 15 points. >> as soon as this is over, right now, right now, dwight howard, is standing by at the half. >> you did not get your first couple of field goals until late in the second period. yet you had a major influence on the first half. what were you looking to do early? >> trying to be the first one on the defensive end. block shots, rebound, and make it toughe for those guys to score. but we've got two more quarters, so we've got to keep it up. >> your defense solid in the first half. lakers under 40%. what are you doing to influence them on the defensive end? >> we're moving our feet. we're not going for a lot of pump fakes and we're just having fun. >> thank you. >> all right, as soon as this game is over, espnews, of course, is where you want to be after the game. and if it continu

orlando magic, their bigs struggled, dwight howard with one field goal, hedo turkoglu with three, rashard lewis with two field goals in the game. how do they get better for the next one? >> dwight howard, first and foremost his activity, he normally gets going because he's rebounding, because he's running the floor, because he's blocking shots, getting steals. normally that fuels his offense. to have one field goal that's totally unacceptable. that means his activity level wasn't high. and as he got the ball near the basket, a lot of times he wasn't in position to make the shot because the lakers did a good job of keeping his post catches out of the paint. jameer nelson, however, he is a guy that can get to the paint. that's why it's going to be imperative if he's going to be effective in this series to be able to penetrate and drop it off to dwight so dwight can get high-percentage shots but also, the lakers did a tremendous job of crowding dwight, forcing the orlando magic to become a jump-shooting team, but pick and choose who is shooting those shots, like i say a lot of times when i'm

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 vick officially released by the falcons today. he's still officially suspended from the nfl. in regards to football, what should the next move be? >> well, the next move is allowing mike vick to go to a training camp with someone. mike vick, no time like the present. i understand he's not been out of jail long, but he's lost years off his career, years off of his life. as soon as he's available to go to a training camp, i say go for it. let tony dungy advice him. let him get his life back together. his life thus far has been all about football. that's all this guy knows. maybe he can turn it around off the field by going back ontd the field and playing football once again. are there any teams out there who want him? that's the big question. but if goodell gives him the green light, why wait? go back right now. restart your career. see if y