Essentials Teams: Orlando Magic at New York Knicks Date: March 20, 2013 Time: 7:30 p.m. Television: Fox Sports Florida Arena: Madison Square Garden Records Magic: 18-50 Knicks: 39-26 Probable starters Magic: Jameer Nelson E’Twaun Moore Arron Afflalo Maurice Harkless Tobias Harris Knicks: Raymond Felton Pablo Prigioni Iman Shumpert Carmelo Anthony Kenyon Martin Advanced stats Magic: …
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Mar 19
Recap: Orlando Magic 85, Denver Nuggets 82
BOX SCORE Coming off a five-game road trip, the Orlando Magic were able to defeat the Denver Nuggets by the score of 85-82. Jameer Nelson was the hero for the Magic, as he was able to make a game-winning three-pointer with time expiring. The stage was set when Orlando had a two-point lead with 23.9 …
Sep 15
For Jameer Nelson, All Eyes on Him
Photo by Elsa/Getty Images If there’s one player for the Orlando Magic that could have a major impact on the season this year, aside from Dwight Howard, it’s fellow captain Jameer Nelson. In the 2010 NBA Playoffs, there was no question that Nelson was the second-best player for the Magic. To some, that was a surprise. …
Jun 03
Thursday’s Magic Word
Ben Q. Rock of Orlando Pinstriped Post: “Overall, [Dwight] Howard ranked in the 85th percentile of offensive players in 2008/09, compared to the 90th percentile this season. There is no way to argue that he got worse. None. I guess the commercials he filmed didn’t actually affect his game then, right? But plenty of people, it seems, …
Jun 02
Evaluating Jameer Nelson’s Offense in the Playoffs
Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images Second in a three-part series, I’m going to analyze this year’s playoff performances of several Orlando Magic players. These posts will be offense-centric, given that I will be writing up player evaluations next week, so I’ll reserve analysis on the defense of Dwight Howard – for example — until then. …
May 03
Interview with Ben Q. Rock of Orlando Pinstriped Post, Part II
Photo by Fernando Medina/NBAE via Getty Images No introduction necessary. A few days ago, I was able to ask Rock a few questions to preview the 2010 NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals between the Orlando Magic and the Atlanta Hawks. Do you foresee Jameer Nelson having his way on offense in his matchup with Mike Bibby …
Apr 25
Sunday’s Magic Word
John Denton of OrlandoMagic.com: “Much of Charlotte’s gameplan in this series was to trap the 6-foot [Jameer] Nelson and force him into making mistakes. But Nelson has shredded those double teams and he’s repeatedly torched the Bobcats off the pick-and-roll. His seven-for-seven, 19-point first quarter was one for the ages in [Orlando] Magic history. He made …