Lakers-Magic: After Courtney Lee Miss, Magic Might Already Be Asking, “What If?”

Every NBA Finals has its "what ifs."

Usually these come up in retrospect.

What if Magic Johnson and Byron Scott had played in the 1989 Finals versus the "Bad Boy" Pistons?

What if the officials had called Michael Jordan for pushing off the Utah Jazz's Bryon Russell in the deciding game of the 1998 Finals?

What if Trevor Ariza and Andrew Bynum had played in the 2008 Finals versus the Celtics?

But this year's "what if" has already been asked.

What if Courtney Lee had made that alley-oop layup as regulation expired and tied the Lakers-Magic series at a game apiece with the series heading back to Orlando for three games?

If Thursday's 25-point drubbing was a punch in the face, Sunday night's five-point overtime victory was a knee in the groin...

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