Essentials Teams: Los Angeles Clippers at Orlando Magic Date: February 6, 2013 Time: 7:00 p.m. Television: Fox Sports Florida Arena: Amway Center Records Clippers: 34-16 Magic: 14-34 Probable starters Clippers: Eric Bledsoe Willie Green Caron Butler Lamar Odom DeAndre Jordan Magic: Jameer Nelson E’Twaun Moore Maurice Harkless Josh McRoberts Nikola Vucevic Advanced stats Clippers: Pace: …
Monthly Archive: February 2013
Feb 06
Anatomy of a losing stretch
Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images As Noam Schiller noted on Tuesday, a big reason for Orlando’s recent losing stretch is because they’ve regressed badly defensively. The Magic went from having a top 10 defense in the first month and a half of the season to having one of the worst defenses in …
Feb 05
Tuesday’s Magic Word
Kendrick Lamar and Arron Afflalo speak to Elena Bergeron of ESPN the Magazine about “Black Boy Fly,” a track on Lamar’s album (Good Kid, M.A.A.D City) which talks about Afflalo back in high school in Compton, California. E’Twaun Moore with a highlight-reel play in last night’s game between the Orlando Magic and Philadelphia 76ers. Josh …
Feb 05
Recap: Philadelphia 76ers 78, Orlando Magic 61
Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images BOX SCORE There’s not a lot of things the Orlando Magic are good at. The Magic struggle to score and they can’t play defense. If there’s one thing the Magic do well, it’s lose games. Facing off against the Philadelphia 76ers, without the services of Jameer Nelson …
Feb 04
Preview: Orlando Magic at Philadelphia 76ers
Essentials Teams: Orlando Magic at Philadelphia 76ers Date: February 4, 2013 Time: 7:00 p.m. Television: Fox Sports Florida Arena: Wells Fargo Center Records Magic: 14-33 Sixers: 20-26 Probable starters Magic: Ish Smith E’Twaun Moore Maurice Harkless Josh McRoberts Nikola Vucevic Sixers: Jrue Holiday Evan Turner Nick Young Thaddeus Young Spencer Hawes Advanced stats Magic: Pace: …
Feb 04
Monday’s Magic Word
The Orlando Magic are going to be without Jameer Nelson, J.J. Redick, Arron Afflalo, and DeQuan Jones for tonight’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers. John Schuhmann of NBA.com: “The Magic have lost nine straight and are now 1-12 without Glen Davis, who is out for the season after breaking his foot on Wednesday. Jameer Nelson …
Feb 04
Recap: Milwaukee Bucks 107, Orlando Magic 98
Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images BOX SCORE Going into this game, it didn’t seem very likely that the Magic would have a shot. They were without three starters (Jameer Nelson, Arron Afflalo, and Glen Davis) and the Bucks’ depth looked to be too much for the inexperienced portion of Orlando’s roster that was …
Feb 02
Preview: Orlando Magic at Milwaukee Bucks
Essentials Teams: Orlando Magic at Milwaukee Bucks Date: February 2, 2013 Time: 8:30 p.m. Television: Fox Sports Florida Arena: Bradley Center Records Magic: 14-32 Bucks: 24-21 Probable starters Magic: E’Twaun Moore J.J. Redick Maurice Harkless Andrew Nicholson Nikola Vucevic Bucks: Brandon Jennings Monta Ellis Luc Richard Mbah a Moute Ersan Ilyasova Larry Sanders Advanced stats …
Feb 05
To tank or not to tank?
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by Noam Schiller
at 11:39 amPhoto by Rob Carr/Getty Images The Orlando Magic currently sit 8.5 games out of the Eastern playoff picture with 36 games left on their schedule. They have the league’s third-worst record (14-34) and sixth-worst efficiency differential (-5.1 points per 100 possessions), per NBA.com. The stingy defense that fueled their early season success has all but …
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