Oct 30
Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images BOX SCORE Revenge is a dish best served cold. After months of the Orlando Magic yapping away and tossing verbal grenades towards the Miami Heat in the offseason, it shouldn’t be too surprising that they got what was coming to them last night. In their regular season home opener in …
Oct 29
8:00 EDT | ESPN 1-0 @ 1-1 Pythagorean Record: 1-0 Pythagorean Record: 1-1 Pace: 99.1 (11th) Pace: 89.6 (28th) Offensive Rating: 113.0 (8th) Offensive Rating: 97.0 (23rd) Defensive Rating: 83.8 (1st) Defensive Rating: 95.9 (8th) AmericanAirlines Arena | 2010-2011 NBA Opening Week
Oct 29
Zach McCann of the Orlando Sentinel: “Perhaps the most surprising element of the Orlando Magic’s 112-83 victory was the play of Mickael Pietrus; specifically, the fact that he didn’t play in the first half. Stan Van Gundy wanted to stick to a nine-man rotation, and that surprisingly left both Pietrus and Ryan Anderson on the …
Oct 29
Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images There is no rivalry between the Orlando Magic and the Miami Heat. There is no rich history between the two franchises. Celtics vs. Lakers it is not. History? Boston and L.A. have decades of it. Geography? They are the East vs. West. Bad blood? Five words: Kevin McHale clotheslines Kurt …
Oct 29
Photo by Drew Hallowell/Getty Images After nearly four months, the wait is over. We know the story by now. LeBron James and Chris Bosh joined forces with Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat to create the SuperFriends. Afterwards, general manager Otis Smith and head coach Stan Van Gundy had a few words to say about …
Oct 28
Photo by Fernando Medina BOX SCORE Welcome to the Amway Center. Again. In front of a nationally televised audience, the Orlando Magic christened their regular season home opener by defeating the Washington Wizards by the score of 112-83. For the Magic, they tied the largest margin of victory for a home opener in franchise history. …
Oct 28
8:00 EDT | TNT 26-56 @ 59-23 Pythagorean Record: 28-54 Pythagorean Record: 61-21 Pace: 91.6 (21st) Pace: 92.0 (18th) Offensive Rating: 104.2 (25th) Offensive Rating: 111.4 (4th) Defensive Rating: 109.4 (18th) Defensive Rating: 103.3 (3rd) Amway Center | 2010-2011 NBA Opening Week
Oct 28
Zach McCann of the Orlando Sentinel: “So, Dwight Howard can hit mid-range jumpers now? That doesn’t concern the Washington Wizards. Coach Flip Saunders and center JaVale McGee both reiterated the same point: they’d rather have Howard shooting jumpers than scoring in the paint. [...] Saunders mentioned Karl Malone as a player who expanded his game …