Jan 17
For head coach Stan Van Gundy, his defense-first philosophy is one of the main reasons that the Orlando Magic have won 52 games or more in four seasons under his watch. With Dwight Howard manning the middle, some of the Magic’s defensive tenets are as followed: limit shot opportunities at the rim, don’t foul as …
Jan 16
BOX SCORE On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Orlando Magic were able to defeat the New York Knicks by the score of 102-93, extending their winning streak to a season-high four games and sweeping a four-game road trip that started on the West Coast. In a rare matinee game, the Magic started off slow …
Jan 16
AP Photo/Seth Wenig Orlando Magic 102 Final Recap | Box Score 93 New York Knicks Dwight Howard 3-6 FG | 2-9 FT | 3 BLK | 10 REB | 8 PTS | +2 Howard has had better days. Tyson Chandler toed the line with his post defense, utilizing tactics that generally aren’t allowed (outstretching his …
Jan 16
1:00 ET | Sun Sports 8-3 @ 6-6 Pythagorean Record: 7-4 Pythagorean Record: 6-6 Pace: 89.8 (24th) Pace: 94.0 (4th) Offensive Rating: 109.5 (1st) Offensive Rating: 100.0 (23rd) Defensive Rating: 103.9 (18th) Defensive Rating: 100.6 (8th) Madison Square Garden | First meeting this season
Jan 16
Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images With one-sixth of the regular season in the books, the Orlando Magic are 8-3, Dwight Howard hasn’t been traded yet, Ryan Anderson may be emerging as a star, and J.J. Redick is off to the best start of his career. There’s a lot of positives to point out …
Jan 13
Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel: “The Orlando Magic already have completed one-sixth of their regular season, and enough games have passed to start drawing some conclusions. As coach Stan Van Gundy surveys his team, he sees plenty of valid reasons for concern. But even the unabashed worrier sees something that he loves about this …
Jan 13
Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images I have two very simple observations regarding Hedo Turkoglu at the moment. The first is that he is showing signs of improvement, and the second is that he is not back to 2009 form. Obviously the first things to take notice of are Turk’s offensive improvements. He’s scoring at a …
Jan 13
BOX SCORE In a Wild West shootout that featured a lot of intentional fouling and little defense, the Orlando Magic were able to defeat the Golden State Warriors by the score of 117-109. With the win, the Magic went 3-0 on their West Coast road trip. Dwight Howard’s struggles at the free-throw line are well-documented, …
Jan 13
Magic Basketball Weekly: Hack-a-Dwight and Mark Jackson
Commentary
by Danny Nowell
at 12:00 pmAP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez Every morning on my way to work I listen to this awful local radio show called Bob and the Showgram. I think every town has one of these shows, where some fat-sounding man alternately wheezes and yells into a microphone while slack-jawed cronies occasionally pipe in with nonsense. It’s racist, homophobic, …
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