Nov 04
AP Photo/Reinhold Matay BOX SCORE Of course I saw a 2-0 start for the Magic coming. Who wouldn’t have? The first half couldn’t have gone much worse, which was to be expected. With Jameer Nelson (strained groin) and Hedo Turkoglu (broken hand) sidelined, the Magic had two first-time NBA starters in their lineup in E’Twaun …
Nov 03
AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack BOX SCORE There’s a lot of things to take away from the Orlando Magic’s win against the Denver Nuggets in their regular season home opener, but here are a few that stood out. _______ Jacque Vaughn won his first game as an NBA head coach. Making his head coaching debut, Vaughn …
Oct 21
AP Photo/John Raoux BOX SCORE Perhaps the biggest takeaway from Sunday night is how legitimate Andrew Nicholson looked. The kid has all the tools. His footwork is sound, his court vision is above-average, and he is as deliberate as he is patient. The guy flat out executes and he’s not scared. As is the case …
Oct 08
AP Photo/Christian Palma BOX SCORE If you’re a Magic fan and you didn’t watch the game, it’s easy to look at the final score, see that the Orlando Magic lost, and shrug your shoulders in a display of indifference. With Stan Van Gundy sipping Diet Pepsi somewhere without an NBA head coaching gig, Dwight Howard …
May 09
Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images BOX SCORE Turbulent. If I were given only one word to describe the Orlando Magic’s season, turbulent would be it. And in that turbulence, the Magic persevered. First it was “The Indecision.” Next it was the Stan Van Gundy vs. Dwight Howard saga. Then it was Dwight’s season-ending back surgery. …
May 06
Photo by Fernando Medina/NBAE via Getty Images BOX SCORE With 8:14 left in the fourth quarter, the Orlando Magic were down by 19 points with the score at 82-63 in favor of the Indiana Pacers. The Pacers, just like in Games 2 and 3, used a strong third quarter surge (outscoring the Magic by 10 …
May 03
AP Photo/John Raoux BOX SCORE This is all you need to know after the Indiana Pacers beat the Orlando Magic on the road in Game 3 by the score of 97-74 to take a 2-1 series lead in their best-of-seven first round playoff matchup. In 63 minutes, the Pacers’ starting lineup (Hill-George-Granger-West-Hibbert) has outscored the …
May 01
AP Photo/Darron Cummings BOX SCORE In the first half of Game 2 between the Orlando Magic and Indiana Pacers, you couldn’t help but think you were watching a rerun of Game 1 on NBA TV. After a quick start from the Pacers, in which they jumped out to an 11-point lead midway through the first …
Apr 29
Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images BOX SCORE Heading into Game 1, not many people within the mainstream media and blogosphere were giving the Orlando Magic a chance in their first round playoff series against the Indiana Pacers. Pacers in 5 games seemed to be the most common prediction out there. Head coach Stan Van Gundy …