Apr 13
Via the Orlando Magic: The National Basketball Association has announced that the Orlando Magic will begin its 2011 first round, best-of-seven NBA playoff series against the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday, April 16th at 7 p.m. at the Amway Center. The game will be televised nationally by ESPN and locally by either Sun Sports or FOX …
Apr 13
Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images With the regular season winding down and the postseason just a mere six days away, I figured I’d do what other writers have been doing lately — reveal my awards ballot. I know that I’m not a member of the Pro Basketball Writers Association, which means I …
Apr 12
Josh Cohen of OrlandoMagic.com: “Ignore the regular season series between the [Orlando] Magic and Hawks because every game they played was inconsequential evidence of what to expect in this rematch of last year’s conference semifinals. The first meeting was before Orlando’s blockbuster trades; the second collision was during the Magic’s stomach virus epidemic, the third …
Apr 12
Via the Orlando Magic: The Orlando Magic will honor their fans when they host Fan Appreciation Night on Wednesday, April 13 as they face the Indiana Pacers in the last regular season game at Amway Center. Tip-off is scheduled for 8 p.m. and doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Highlighting Fan Appreciation Night will be …
Apr 12
Photo by Scott Cunningham/NBAE via Getty Images Pythagorean wins The Orlando Magic (4) and Atlanta Hawks (5) will square off in the first round of the 2011 NBA Playoffs. The seeding would indicate this series is evenly matched, but one measure tells a different story. Orlando has 55 Pythagorean wins on the season, and the …
Apr 11
BOX SCORE Sparked by Dwight Howard‘s return to the starting lineup, the Orlando Magic were able to defeat the Philadelphia 76ers by the score of 95-85 in a game that was more lopsided than the end result indicates. Although the win was meaningless in the sense that the Magic are locked in to the No. …
Apr 11
Via the Orlando Magic: The Florida Lottery today announced that James Kidd, 46, of Davenport, Fla. is the lucky winner of an Orlando Magic Playoff Fly Away Trip from the final contest of the Lottery’s Orlando Magic Fan Experience Second Chance promotion. During halftime at the Orlando Magic versus the Chicago Bulls game at Amway …
Apr 11
Via the Orlando Magic: On Thursday, April 7 the Orlando Magic and Amway Center were awarded with six Downtown Orlando Partnership Golden Brick Awards for projects which affected the Downtown Development District. The awards included Interior Projects (courtside club at Amway Center); Public Art (Amway Center Art Collection); Office Building Project (Magic Amway Center offices); …