Magic's Nelson, Lewis Slightly Delusional After Game 4 Loss to the Pistons - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog

Orlando suffered a crushing blow to their hopes of moving on in the playoffs with a tough Game 4 loss at home to the Pistons. Detroit is the only team to win a road game in this round of the playoffs, and did so by just a single point and without their starting point guard, Chauncey Billups. So maybe that's why Jameer Nelson and Rashard Lewis still feel that they have a chance to take the series, even though they find themselves in a 3-1 hole and facing a possible elimination game in Detroit.

Nelson, right after the Game 4 loss, didn't hesitate to predict that things would be different in Game 5:

"You know what, we're going to make some adjustments, and we're going to go there and win this (next) game," Nelson boldly predicted. "I'm not being arrogant or cocky or anything like that, but (Saturday) we let it slip out of our hands, let Game 2 slip out of our hands, and we're going to win this (next) game in Detroit.

Whatever you say, Jameer. Rashard Lewis isn't predicting anything at the moment, but after losing three out of four to Detroit, he somehow feels like he's playing for the better team:

We had our chance and let it slip away. For some reason, I feel we're still the better team," Magic forward Rashard Lewis said. "We just made too many mistakes at the end.

"It was our mistakes, nothing they did. They still got to beat us one more time."

I suppose you want your players to be confident, even when facing elimination and the unlikely prospect of trying to beat the Pistons three straight games, two of which would be in their building. But guaranteeing victories and saying you're on the better team at this point just sounds like these guys are out of touch with reality.