10:30 EDT | ESPN 42-25 @ 47-20 Pythagorean Record: 47-20 Pythagorean Record: 48-19 Pace: 92.2 (15th) Pace: 90.7 (22nd) Offensive Rating: 108.2 (11th) Offensive Rating: 111.6 (3rd) Defensive Rating: 102.1 (4th) Defensive Rating: 104.6 (8th) Staples Center | Magic lead season series 1-0
Monthly Archive: March 2011
Mar 14
Monday’s Magic Word
Zach McCann of the Orlando Sentinel: “Marcin Gortat spent years with the Orlando Magic backing up superstar center Dwight Howard, a relationship that benefited the both of them. Gortat learned and improved while playing with the NBA’s best center every day in practice, and Howard was fortunate to have a hungry and competitive backup, someone …
Mar 14
Orlando Magic and Amway Center named finalist in Sports Business Journal’s 2011 Best in Sports Awards
Photo by Fernando Medina Via the Orlando Magic: The Orlando Magic has been named a finalist in the Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal and Sports Business Daily’s annual Sports Business Awards in the categories of “Sports Team of the Year” and “Sports Facility of the Year.” It is the first time in the history …
Mar 14
Rest, scheduling, and efficiency in the Eastern Conference
Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images People all over the country have weighed in on Orlando’s struggles. Some have cited poor effort, poor defense or Dwight Howard’s foul trouble. Has anyone mentioned Matt Winick and his computer? Matt Winick, one of David Stern’s minions, is the NBA’s official schedule maker. This year, his scheduling of Orlando …
Mar 14
Welcome Matt Scribbins to Magic Basketball
Goodbye to the Big Three. Hello to the Fearsome Foursome. Magic Basketball is done adding writers to the stable, let that be known, but not before opening its arms to another writer that will team up with Nate Drexler and Danny Nowell to provide more content about the NBA and Orlando Magic. Matt Scribbins recently …
Mar 14
Sneak Preview: Orlando Magic at Los Angeles Lakers
Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel: “Hey, who else to give out medical advice but Grant Hill? Hill, who told the Sentinel he plans on playing until he is 40, warned Magic SG J.J. Redick to be wary of his lower abdominal injury. Hill sustained a sports hernia or athletic sports pubalgia, when he played …
Mar 13
Recap: Orlando Magic 111, Phoenix Suns 88
BOX SCORE The Orlando Magic were able to defeat the Phoenix Suns by the score of 111-88 in a reunion, of sorts, between two teams that made a blockbuster trade on December 18. Also, the Magic were able to win a game in Phoenix for the first time since 2001, taking advantage of Steve Nash’s …
Mar 13
Preview: Orlando Magic at Phoenix Suns
3:30 EDT | ABC 41-25 @ 33-30 Pythagorean Record: 45-21 Pythagorean Record: 31-32 Pace: 92.2 (15th) Pace: 94.5 (6th) Offensive Rating: 108.1 (11th) Offensive Rating: 109.8 (9th) Defensive Rating: 102.2 (4th) Defensive Rating: 110.0 (25th) US Airways Center | Magic lead season series 1-0
Mar 11
Friday’s Magic Word
Zach McCann of the Orlando Sentinel: “Among Stan Van Gundy’s memorable Monday of this week — when he infamously called out David Stern on the topic of officials’ treatment of Dwight Howard — he also gave a nice little jab to the Miami Heat. It was a day after the Heat’s crying incident, and Van …