Jameer Nelson’s performance in Game 1 of the NBA finals against the Los Angeles Lakers gave a bad impression to Orlando Magic’s Head Coach Stan Van Gundy. From 3-of-9 field goal attempts, he scored only 6. In the second quarter of the game, he played well but later on, he struggled in the second half of the game. He made a nice assists to Gortat’s dunk and Lewis’s 3-point shot. Orlando Magic takes a 33-28 lead in the second quarter when he scored a jumper and fed Courtney Lee for a driving lay-up.

The Orlando Magic team doesn’t have much to say about Nelson since he contributed a lot on their 2-0 victory against the Lakers during the season and averaged 27.5 points in the last two games. Nelson is one of the key players added to Magic’s lineup. When he suffered a shoulder injury, Alston was grabbed by the Magic closely before the ongoing playoffs. As soon as he’s recovering from a surgery in weeks later, Nelson has already been playing with his team during practice sessions in the playoffs. Nelson’s fast recovery shows that the management of his team has given their full support and has done a great job. Nelson’s injury was expected to fully recover in the month of August but luckily, he recovered earlier from the expected date because of his team’s total effort and workout.

Stan Van Gundy is still determined that they will make it to the finals even though Nelson’s performance in the Game 1 was bad. The Los Angeles Lakers scored 100-75 against the Orlando Magic giving them a 1-0 lead in the finals series.