David Aldridge of NBA.com selects Nikola Vucevic as his choice for Most Improved Player: “Vucevic gets the nod for doubling his points and rebounds over his rookie season in Philadelphia. Traded south as part of the Dwight Howard-Andrew Bynum-Andre Iguodala four-team deal, Vucevic is second in the league in rebounding (11.9 rpg, behind only Howard) …
Tag Archive: Houston Rockets
Apr 02
Grades: Houston Rockets 111, Orlando Magic 103
Photo by Bill Baptist/NBAE via Getty Images Houston Rockets 111 Final Recap | Box Score 103 Orlando Magic Nikola Vucevic 5-19 FG | 2-2 FT | 13 REB | 2 AST | 12 PTS | -10 The last time these two teams met, Vucevic out-double-doubled the Rockets’ double-double machine. In their rubber match, Omer …
Apr 01
Preview: Orlando Magic at Houston Rockets
Essentials Teams: Orlando Magic at Houston Rockets Date: April 1, 2013 Time: 8:00 p.m. Television: Fox Sports Florida Arena: Toyota Center Records Magic: 19-55 Rockets: 40-33 Probable starters Magic: Beno Udrih DeQuan Jones Maurice Harkless Tobias Harris Kyle O’Quinn Rockets: Jeremy Lin James Anderson Francisco Garcia Greg Smith Omer Asik Advanced stats Magic: Pace: 92.1 …
Apr 01
Monday’s Magic Word
John Schuhmann of NBA.com: “Tobias Harris set his career high in points twice last week, dropping 29 on the Bobcats and 30 on the Wizards, a game Orlando actually won! He has averaged 16.3 points and 8.0 boards in his 19 games with the Magic, who got Nikola Vucevic back from a five-game absence on …
Mar 28
Grades: Charlotte Bobcats 114, Orlando Magic 108
Photo by Kent Smith/NBAE via Getty Images Charlotte Bobcats 114 Final Recap | Box Score 108 Orlando Magic Tobias Harris 10-20 FG | 7-8 FT | 9 REB | 6 AST | 29 PTS | +3 Harris has made a habit out of setting new career-highs with the Magic since coming over from the …
Mar 05
The Magic, analytics, and you
AP Photo/John Raoux This past weekend, six members of the Orlando Magic’s basketball operations department attended the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference at MIT. That group included general manager Rob Hennigan and assistant general manager Matt Lloyd. The event, founded by Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey, has been growing consistently in stature since its inception …
Mar 01
Grades: Houston Rockets 118, Orlando Magic 110
AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack Houston Rockets 118 Final Recap | Box Score 110 Orlando Magic Nikola Vucevic 8-13 FG | 2-2 FT | 10 REB | 1 AST | 18 PTS | -8 After a lackluster performance against the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday, Vucevic bounced back nicely with a double-double against the Rockets. Vucevic …
Mar 01
Preview: Houston Rockets at Orlando Magic
Essentials Teams: Houston Rockets at Orlando Magic Date: March 1, 2013 Time: 7:00 p.m. Television: Fox Sports Florida Arena: Amway Center Records Rockets: 31-28 Magic: 16-42 Probable starters Rockets: Jeremy Lin James Harden Chandler Parsons Donatas Motiejunas Omer Asik Magic: E’Twaun Moore Arron Afflalo Maurice Harkless Andrew Nicholson Nikola Vucevic Advanced stats Rockets: Pace: 96.3 …
Apr 03
Five creative ways to recover from a concussion
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by Spencer Lund
at 11:32 amPhoto by Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images Nikola Vucevic is back and a double-double machine again. He recorded his 39th double-double on the year when he dropped 12 points and grabbed 13 rebounds against the Houston Rockets on Monday. His solid showing was a long way from the fragile state he was in earlier last …
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