The Lakers v. Magic may have looked and felt like Game 7 of the NBA Finals, and judging from some of the reaction here and around the nation, a number of you do think the Lakers have completely unraveled and the Magic really did just win it all. Yeah, that or the Lakers lost by a bucket to a team that was in the NBA Finals last year, in their house, in a game they needed even worse than L.A. A team L.A. beat last year for the title. To quote, Chris Johnson…"c'mon son"…

The Lakers' season isn't imploding any more than the Magic got revenge yesterday with that win. What are you going to tell me next? That the Magic are now the team to beat, because they've have a Kobe stopper in Matt Barnes? That Barnes somehow got in the "Mamba's" head, under his skin, took him out of his game and intimidated him?

Really, that's all it takes to rattle the game's mentally toughest player? Get up into him a bit physically, gum-bump some four letter bombs and rock a bunch of neck tats. And for that, now, he owns Bryant? No he doesn’t. "C'mon son."…

Don't confuse owning, with getting his attention. Owning would have been getting him to flinch when he ball-faked him to his grill. But Bryant didn't. He doesn't flinch. The Lakers don't panic. And a loss the first week of March, on the road, by a bucket to one of the league's best teams…means nothing. The Lakers are fine even if Pau Gasol thinks they're not.

Again, don't confuse "we're not fine", with "I'm not getting enough touches".