Jan 20
AP Photo/John Raoux Orlando Magic 92 Final Recap | Box Score 80 Los Angeles Lakers Dwight Howard 6-14 FG | 9-17 FT | 1 BLK | 23 REB | 21 PTS | +10 If it wasn’t clear at the start that Howard was playing with a chip on his shoulder after catching wind of Shaquille …
Jan 20
Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel: “Jameer Nelson is struggling largely because of the constant talk that Dwight Howard would love to play with Deron Williams or Chris Paul. That’s the opinion of Orlando Magic General Manager Otis Smith. [...] Nelson has started this season poorly, averaging just 8.3 points per game on 39 percent …
Jan 20
8:00 ET | ESPN 10-6 @ 10-4 Pythagorean Record: 10-6 Pythagorean Record: 9-5 Pace: 90.7 (20th) Pace: 89.9 (24th) Offensive Rating: 101.8 (19th) Offensive Rating: 107.5 (6th) Defensive Rating: 98.5 (6th) Defensive Rating: 102.0 (15th) Amway Center | First meeting this season
Jan 20
Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images In the summer of 1996, Shaquille O’Neal joined the Los Angeles Lakers as a free agent, leaving the Orlando Magic high and dry in the process. It’s been close to 16 years since that incident occurred so as the saying goes, time heals all wounds, right? Well, given that there’s …
Jan 19
Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel: “Stan Van Gundy plopped down into his chair for his postgame press conference and groaned. This loss hurt. If just one or two little things had gone differently, the Orlando Magic could have beaten the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night. Instead, the Magic lost 85-83 in overtime. Van …
Jan 19
Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images Every so often, the writers of Magic Basketball tackle the world’s most important issues. In this case, we make a grand sweep of the Eastern Conference in the NBA and examine the early storylines being talked about by the mainstream media and blogosphere. Are the Philadelphia 76ers for real? Have …
Jan 18
BOX SCORE The San Antonio Spurs were able to defeat the Orlando Magic in overtime by the score of 85-83. For the Spurs, it was their first road win of the regular season. For the Magic, it was their one and only back-to-back-to-back of the season and they were unable to sweep all three games. …
Jan 18
AP Photo/John Raoux San Antonio Spurs 85 Final Recap | Box Score 83 Orlando Magic Dwight Howard 9-15 FG | 6-10 FT | 3 BLK | 25 REB | 24 PTS | +8 Matched up primarily against Tim Duncan, Howard had a field day on offense. That goes to show that, at 35 years old …
Jan 20
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by Danny Nowell
at 12:00 pmPhoto by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images Today is a happy day for me, the culmination of a dream I’ve had lo these many weeks. Or two weeks. This is the week, dear readers, when you stepped up to the plate and offered me not two, not even three, but no fewer than FIVE emails …
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