Fernando Medina/Orlando Magic Via the Orlando Magic: When it opened last October, Orlando’s Amway Center was widely hailed as the finest arena not only in the NBA, but in all of North America. And largely because of the dazzling new facility – not to mention the game-day promotions and friendly, accessible environment – the Orlando …
Tag Archive: Portland Trail Blazers
Apr 13
The awards ballot
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 …
Mar 08
Tuesday’s Magic Word
Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel: “Dwight Howard has said repeatedly that the Orlando Magic need to hit their stride in the home stretch of the regular season, just as the playoffs approach. Now would be a good time for that to happen. The Magic flew from Orlando to California on Tuesday to begin their …
Mar 08
A glimpse at life without Dwight Howard
Photo by Fernando Medina/NBAE via Getty Images Via Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel: Brandon Bass, Ryan Anderson and Earl Clark, power forwards disguised as centers, tried to replace him. It took all three of them. They did a commendable job, combining for 31 points, 23 rebounds and five blocks — an all-star kind of …
Mar 07
Recap: Portland Trail Blazers 89, Orlando Magic 85
BOX SCORE The Portland Trail Blazers were able to defeat the Orlando Magic by the score of 89-85, taking advantage of Dwight Howard‘s absence and sweeping the season series in the process. The Magic deserve a ton of credit for playing with energy and effort, knowing that they had to pour everything out on the …
Mar 07
Monday’s Magic Word
Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel: “[Dwight] Howard will sit out tonight’s Magic game against the Portland Trail Blazers because he has accumulated 16 technical fouls this season. In the NBA, a player receives an automatic one-game suspension without pay if he compiles 16 techs during the regular season. A player also receives an additional …
Mar 07
Video Analysis: Anatomy of a 40-9 run against the Miami Heat
Despite a disappointing loss to the Chicago Bulls on Friday, which culminated with a one-game suspension for Dwight Howard that’ll be served tonight against the Portland Trail Blazers, last week was fairly successful for the Orlando Magic. After Howard pleaded with his teammates to bring more to the table after losing to the Sacramento Kings …






Mar 18
What do The Strokes and Jameer Nelson have in common?
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by Nate Drexler
at 7:00 amPhoto by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images A few weeks ago I read a headline that all but sent me running through my neighborhood chanting, “they’re back!” The Strokes were releasing a new single, the first music from them since 2005. I first heard about them in 2002 while I was at prom and a buddy popped …
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Tags: Brandon Bass, Gilbert Arenas, Golden State Warriors, Hedo Turkoglu, J.J. Redick, Jameer Nelson, Kevin Garnett, Nazr Mohammed, New York Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings, Stan Van Gundy, Tony Parker, Wilson Chandler
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