Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel: “After eight seasons of being tied to one franchise, you can understand why Howard relishes the prospect of becoming a free agent. He loves the spotlight and loves being courted, as everyone saw when the Magic beat the New Jersey Nets in Newark, N.J., on Feb. 22. Howard and …
Monthly Archive: March 2012
Mar 11
Recap: Orlando Magic 107, Indiana Pacers 94
AP Photo/John Raoux BOX SCORE With Jason Richardson injured (suffered a sprained left ankle against the Chicago Bulls on Thursday) and Hedo Turkoglu suspended (made contact with an official in the same game), other players for the Orlando Magic needed to pick up the slack in their absences if they wanted to beat the Indiana …
Mar 11
Preview: Indiana Pacers at Orlando Magic
Essentials Teams: Indiana Pacers at Orlando Magic Date: Mar. 11, 2012 Time: 6:00 p.m. Television: Sun Sports Arena: Amway Center Records Pacers: 23-15 Magic: 26-15 Probable starters Pacers: Darren Collison Paul George Danny Granger David West Roy Hibbert Magic: Jameer Nelson J.J. Redick Quentin Richardson Ryan Anderson Dwight Howard Advanced stats Pacers: Pace: 91.0 (19th …
Mar 09
Friday’s Magic Word
The Orlando Magic have a habit of amassing double-digit leads against opposing teams, then squander them and lose the game. It happened against the Charlotte Bobcats on Tuesday. It happened against the Chicago Bulls on Thursday. The difference is that the Magic held on to beat the Bulls. General manager Otis Smith used to make …
Mar 08
Recap: Orlando Magic 99, Chicago Bulls 94
AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast It’s fitting that, after Nate Drexler wrote a piece explaining why the Orlando Magic are not a contender, in large part due to the team’s inconsistent nature, they went out and beat the Chicago Bulls on the road. This happening two days after the Magic lost to the Charlotte Bobcats. In …
Mar 08
Preview: Orlando Magic at Chicago Bulls
Essentials Teams: Orlando Magic at Chicago Bulls Date: Mar. 8, 2012 Time: 8:00 p.m. Television: TNT Arena: United Center Records Magic: 25-15 Bobcats: 33-8 Probable starters Magic: Jameer Nelson Jason Richardson Hedo Turkoglu Ryan Anderson Dwight Howard Bulls: Derrick Rose Ronnie Brewer Luol Deng Carlos Boozer Joakim Noah Advanced stats Magic: Pace: 89.5 (27th of …
Mar 08
Thursday’s Magic Word
The Orlando Magic will have to do a lot of things to put themselves in a position to beat the Chicago Bulls in tonight’s game — like stopping or slowing down the Bulls’ transition game. Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel: “Stan would be the first guy to tell you that there are far more …
Mar 08
Orlando is not a contender unless …
Photo by Fernando Medina/NBAE via Getty Images With the Magic currently in third place in the East, I find myself wondering, “What’s so bad about this team? Why all the fuss about making trades?” In the second half of the season, fans need not worry about who is going to make the playoffs or who …
Mar 12
Magic Basketball Weekly: A special Monday edition starring Dwight Howard
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by Danny Nowell
at 2:50 pmPhoto by Fernando Medina/NBAE via Getty Images After some two weeks off from Magic Basketball Weekly (on account of a food illness thing and a trip to Boston to nerd out with the People From the Internet), I have returned to answer the tremendous backlog of all of the two emails that have been written …
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