Essentials Teams: Orlando Magic at Los Angeles Clippers Date: January 12, 2013 Time: 3:30 p.m. Television: Fox Sports Florida Arena: Staples Center Records Magic: 12-22 Clippers: 28-8 Probable starters Magic: Jameer Nelson Arron Afflalo DeQuan Jones Andrew Nicholson Nikola Vucevic Clippers: Chris Paul Willie Green Caron Butler Blake Griffin DeAndre Jordan Advanced stats Magic: Pace: …
Monthly Archive: January 2013
Jan 11
3-on-3 roundtable: #ORLrank debate
Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Images There’s little debate the top 10 players are among the very best in Magic franchise history. But how exactly do you order them? If #ORLrank must split hairs at this point, so be it. Rage on, debate, rage on. Which players deserve their spots in the top 10? Who should …
Jan 10
Thursday’s Magic Word
Kelly Dwyer of Ball Don’t Lie: “The Orlando Magic continue to acquit themselves well. They play hard and truly attempt to compete athletically with opponents night in and night out, but this team just doesn’t have the spring to make it work.” Video of a pair of dunks from DeQuan Jones and Josh McRoberts in …
Jan 10
Recap: Denver Nuggets 108, Orlando Magic 102
AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez BOX SCORE With the score tied at 99 apiece and 2:14 remaining, the Orlando Magic found themselves in a familiar place — in position to win the game late. This time against the Denver Nuggets. Once again, Orlando came away with a loss. And once again, it was a game full of …
Jan 09
Preview: Orlando Magic at Denver Nuggets
Essentials Teams: Orlando Magic at Denver Nuggets Date: January 9, 2013 Time: 9:00 p.m. Television: Fox Sports Florida Arena: Pepsi Center Records Magic: 12-22 Nuggets: 20-16 Probable starters Magic: Jameer Nelson Arron Afflalo DeQuan Jones Andrew Nicholson Nikola Vucevic Nuggets: Ty Lawson Danilo Gallinari Andre Iguodala Kenneth Faried Kosta Koufos Advanced stats Magic: Pace: 91.4 …
Jan 09
Wednesday’s Magic Word
Joe Kaiser of ESPN Insider lists Gustavo Ayon as one of the NBA’s top trade chips: “Ayon is the perfect backup big man — an energy guy who rebounds, defends and comes at a low cost. But if you’re Orlando, a loser of nine straight with its sights suddenly more on next season and its …
Jan 09
Revisiting the Ryan Anderson trade
Photo by Fernando Medina/NBAE via Getty Images Rob Hennigan’s decision not to match the Hornets’ four-year, $34 million offer sheet for Ryan Anderson in July during the offseason was a polarizing one. On the one hand, Anderson was the reigning Most Improved Player and had proven himself a more-than-reliable floor-spacing big, and a contract in …
Jan 08
Tuesday’s Mini-Magic Word
Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports: “‘Melo waiting by the bus brought a reminder of when former Nuggets coach George McCloud punched then-Magic star Ron Mercer after a game in 2000. Mercer’s head hit a steel beam after the punch.” With a 125-119 overtime loss to the Portland Trail Blazers in last night’s game, the …
Jan 11
Andrew Nicholson, the Magic’s identity, and tanking
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by Nate Drexler
at 11:08 amPhoto by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images If you’re a Magic fan and don’t find yourself a little fatigued by the incessant jerking between excitement, pessimism, disappointment, approval, and ambivalence toward this team, then maybe you’re not paying attention. I’m going to talk about Andrew Nicholson, but first some context. At the outset of the season, fans …
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