Essentials Teams: Miami Heat at Orlando Magic Date: March 25, 2013 Time: 7:00 p.m. Television: ESPN Arena: Amway Center Records Heat: 55-14 Magic: 18-52 Probable starters Heat: Mario Chalmers Mike Miller LeBron James Udonis Haslem Chris Bosh Magic: Jameer Nelson E’Twaun Moore Maurice Harkless Tobias Harris Kyle O’Quinn Advanced stats Heat: Pace: 93.8 (8th of …
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Mar 06
Preview: Orlando Magic at Miami Heat
Essentials Teams: Orlando Magic at Miami Heat Date: March 6, 2013 Time: 7:30 p.m. Television: Fox Sports Florida Arena: American Airlines Arena Records Magic: 17-44 Heat: 44-14 Probable starters Magic: Jameer Nelson Arron Afflalo Maurice Harkless Andrew Nicholson Nikola Vucevic Heat: Mario Chalmers Dwyane Wade LeBron James Udonis Haslem Chris Bosh Advanced stats Magic: Pace: …
Mar 22
Linking the NCAA Tournament and the NBA together, Part II
Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images Part I of this mini-series looked at the draft position of players who have recently appeared in the NCAA National Finals. Today, we will look at the teams who pursued these players, and how these players performed in the NBA. Tomorrow, Part III will explore two different one-and-done scenarios, and the …
Mar 03
Sneak Preview: Orlando Magic at Miami Heat
Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel: “Dwight’s practically invisible. His numbers have grown to ridiculous sizes lately, but you hear little chatter about his MVP candidacy. If it’s not LeBron James leading the conversation, it’s Derrick Rose. Or vice-versa. As a voter, I say [Dwight] Howard has joined them in the stretch run. He’s on the red …
Feb 03
Interview with Surya Fernandez of NBA FanHouse
Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images Later tonight, the Orlando Magic and Miami Heat will square off in a game that has a chance to be special. Or not. Right now, the Magic are a team struggling to right the ship. Brandon Bass, the starting power forward for Orlando, is sidelined for the foreseeable future and …
Sep 01
Wednesday’s Magic Word
Ben Q. Rock of Orlando Pinstriped Post: “The [Orlando] Magic/Heat rivalry has proven fairly one-sided in Orlando’s favor since 2007, but the Heat’s appearance has more to do with their future roster than the one that’s struggled against Orlando in the recent past. Indeed, among the 18 players the Heat have under contract, only Joel Anthony, …
Aug 18
Wednesday’s Magic Word
John Denton of OrlandoMagic.com: “I think Miami’s moves have absolutely lit a fire under players all around the NBA, and more specifically ones in Orlando. Jameer Nelson, Rashard Lewis, Vince Carter, [J.J.] Redick and others have already pointed out that every summer drill and track session is done with Miami in mind. It’s absolutely on this …