Kobe knows who he is.

Whereas Lebron just gets told who he is supposed to be. Already the two vs. Magic series have nothing in common. The Lakers won game 1 at home convincingly. So all my fancy analysis amounts to shit.

I think though the Lakers key advantage is their 2-starting line-ups. Big with Bynum or fast with Odom. But both have their options offensively against Magic, so Bynum can get in foul trouble early and just play the same sort of minutes that he has been. Dwight's far more likely to get in foul trouble than Kobe, but unlike the Lakers' line up that destroys their ability to spread the floor.

And most crucially they actually shut down the Magics 3-point game even with Dwight in the paint. I'm not sure they can count on that during games 3 + 4 when Magic's accuracy will pick up at home.