8:00 EDT | Sun Sports, TNT 59-23 @ 44-38 Pythagorean Record: 61-21 Pythagorean Record: 45-37 Pace: 92.0 (18th) Pace: 90.4 (26th) Offensive Rating: 111.4 (4th) Offensive Rating: 104.4 (24th) Defensive Rating: 103.3 (3rd) Defensive Rating: 102.8 (1st) Time Warner Cable Arena | Magic lead series 3-0
Monthly Archive: April 2010
Apr 26
Sneak Preview: Orlando Magic at Charlotte Bobcats, Game 4
Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel: “The [Orlando] Magic will face Jordan’s desperate team tonight and try to accomplish something never done during the Dwight Howard era: Sweep a playoff series. In fact, the Magic have never won a seven-game series with a sweep — and they’ve had seven chances since 1994. The Magic have recorded only one …
Apr 25
Dwight Howard Leaves Goodwin Sports
Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Images Via Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports: In what could be considered a risky upheaval for such a crucial time of the season, Dwight Howard has left his long-time agent, Aaron Goodwin, multiple sources told Yahoo! Sports. Howard’s next move is unclear, although sources say he planned to lean more toward …
Apr 25
Sunday’s Magic Word
John Denton of OrlandoMagic.com: “Much of Charlotte’s gameplan in this series was to trap the 6-foot [Jameer] Nelson and force him into making mistakes. But Nelson has shredded those double teams and he’s repeatedly torched the Bobcats off the pick-and-roll. His seven-for-seven, 19-point first quarter was one for the ages in [Orlando] Magic history. He made …
Apr 25
Nelson Comes Up Big for Magic
As seen on ESPN’s Daily Dime. Entering Game 3, the Charlotte Bobcats were looking to do something they had never done before — win a playoff game. The Bobcats whiffed on their first two chances to do it against the Orlando Magic on the road in Games 1 and 2. However, Charlotte had a golden …
Apr 25
Second Look: Orlando Magic 90, Charlotte Bobcats 86
Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel: “Are the [Orlando] Magic conducting some bizarre experiment? It looks as if they’re now trying to invent new and different ways to win that don’t include four-time all-time star Dwight Howard and barely include eight-time all-star Vince Carter. Take Saturday’s game of charades. The Magic won despite committing 21 turnovers for …
Apr 24
Recap: Orlando Magic 90, Charlotte Bobcats 86
Photo by Brock Williams-Smith/NBAE via Getty Images BOX SCORE The Charlotte Bobcats entered today’s game looking for their first playoff win in franchise history but the Orlando Magic didn’t follow the script, as they defeated the Bobcats by the score of 90-86 to take a commanding 3-0 series lead in the first round of the …