Orlando Magic

Magic Johnson would go along with LeBron James' plan to have NBA players stop wearing No. 23. Magic Johnson would go along with LeBron James' plan to have NBA players stop wearing No. 23.

Magic Johnson would go along with LeBron James' plan to have NBA players stop wearing No. 23. James said last week he would change jersey numbers next season in honor of Michael Jordan, and said no other players should wear it, either. Critics of his plan said other players before Jordan deser...

Rashard Lewis is back tongiht against the Bobcats, and not a minute too soon considering the sad state of the Magic. Marcin Gortat isn't expected to play because of an illness, J.J. Redick is doubtful and Brandon Bass will be less than full strength.

By Mike from Illinois(noreply@blogger.com) Jameer Nelson: 16 points (5 of 10 FGs), 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals Vince Carter: 15 points (5 of 12 FGs) Dwight Howard: 14 points (4 of 5 FGs), 11 rebounds Ryan Anderson (bench): 12 points (5 of 9 FGs) Mickael Pietrus: 10 points (3 of 7 FGs), 6 rebounds Rashard Lewis: 10 points (4 of 15 FGs)

By reebokforthree Tonight’s starting lineup will be something close to this, Jameer Nelson at the point, Vince Carter at the two, Rashard Lewis at the three, Ryan Anderson at power-forward, and Dwight Howard at the center position. Orlando 125   -   Bobcats 88

Orlando's superstar center Dwight Howard had his best all-around game of the season, throttling the Nets for 26 points, 12 rebounds and five blocked shots in the Magic's 88-72 defeat of the short-handed, winless Nets.

By Mike from Illinois(noreply@blogger.com) Injury-riddled New Jersey, led by former Magic PG Rafer Alston's triple-double, gave the Magic a pretty good game for a half, and trailed by just six points with under ten minutes remaining in the game before the Magic went on a 10-0 run to seal the victory. The Magic were missing Brandon Bas...

The unquestioned stars in the game were Orlando's Dwight Howard and Vince Carter and Cleveland's Shaquille ONeal and LeBron James, but it was Mo Williams who stole the show with a near perfect first half.

By Mike from Illinois(noreply@blogger.com) Amway Arena The Magic (6-2) won’t have much time to prepare for their most anticipated contest of the season: an Eastern Conference Finals re-match with the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers (4-3) on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET. The Magic swept the Cavaliers at home (3-0) during the 2009 Eastern Conf...

Back from a sprained ankle that had kept him out of the past three games and four of the previous five, Vince Carter shot the ball well from the perimeter and sparked Orlando to a 93-81 defeat of the Charlotte Bobcats.

By Mike from Illinois(noreply@blogger.com) The Magic, missing Rashard Lewis (suspension), Vince Carter (ankle), and Ryan Anderson (ankle), were no match for Oklahoma City Sunday night, as the Magic were dominated in virtually every statistical category, in one of their worst losses of the Stan Van Gundy era.

By Mike from Illinois(noreply@blogger.com) Dwight Howard: 22 points (7 of 8 FGs), 12 rebounds, 2 blocks Matt Barnes: 18 points (4 of 12 FGs), 9 rebounds Jameer Nelson: 18 points (8 of 15 FGs), 8 assists J.J. Redick: 16 points (3 of 7 FGs) Brandon Bass (bench): 13 points (5 of 9 FGs), 6 rebounds Ryan Anderson: 11 points (4 of 7 FGs)

By Mike from Illinois(noreply@blogger.com) TOPPING OFF" CEREMONY Construction on the new Amway Center in downtown Orlando met a milestone today as the placement of the final steel beam was recognized by the traditional "Topping Off" ceremony. The 875,000 square foot Amway Center will open in the fall of 2010 and compete to host maj...

By Mike from Illinois(noreply@blogger.com) The Pistons kept their hex on the Magic, using an aggressive brand of offense while the Magic settled for mainly outside shots and three pointers, and missed the majority of those. Dwight Howard also had foul problems and shoulder problems that limited him to just 17 minutes in the Magic's...

By Mike from Illinois(noreply@blogger.com) Despite missing starters Vince Carter (ankle), Mickael Pietrus (flu-like symptoms) and Rashard Lewis (suspension), the Magic had four players score 20+ points with a career game from J.J. Redick, an All-Star performance from Jameer Nelson, and spectacular free throw shooting from Dw...

By WeRDevos(noreply@blogger.com) Gortat vs. Gortat -- He really came into his own in the playoffs last year, and deserves to eventually start. Right now he is easily a top ten center in the East. SVG needs to get him more minutes this year. His energy is great when he comes in for Howard. He's no Howard, but the team hardly misses anyt...

Dwight keeps cracking Carter The Orlando Magic didn't practice their basketball skills Friday, but they did work on their one-liners. The team's annual "Thank You Luncheon" allowed their coach and several of their stars an opportunity to display their comedic talents.

Former Orlando Magic player adjusts to life with the Houston Rockets Happy memories flooded over Trevor Ariza as he stood inside Amway Arena's visiting locker room the other night.

The Orlando Magic signed Matt Barnes primarily because he should help as a defender and rebounder. But Coach Stan Van Gundy has said the 6-foot-7 small forward also could assume one of the roles that made Hedo Turkoglu so valuable: as an inbounds passer late in games.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Dwight Howard won't be available for the Orlando Magic for Game 6 of the playoff series tonight against Philadelphia. Howard was suspended by the NBA for one game — punishment for throwing an elbow at Samuel Dalembert as the pair fought ...

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In the (only) good news lately for the Celtics, they probably can't fall much farther. Last week's loss in Orlando left them tied for No. 2 in the East, with one prize left to contest: home-court advantage should they play the Magic. Bad as that is, ...

In the midst of a long-awaited comeback in a sport he rules and on the eve of defending his championship at a golf tournament he loves, Tiger Woods was actually thinking about attending the Magic-Celtics game Wednesday night. He thought about it. Thought about it long hand hard. "I'd like to g...

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By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) Phoenix opened the game with an 11-0 run, led most of the way, perfectly executed an out of bounds play late in the game to score the go ahead layup--and still found a way to lose to their nemesis, the San Antonio Spurs. This time the dagger came in the form of a Roger Mason three pointer at the buzzer, delivering a 91-90 win for the Spurs. Tony Parker scored a game-high 27 points and tied Steve Nash for game-high honors with eight assists. Tim Duncan added 25 points and a game-high 17 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire led Phoenix with 25 points and 13 rebounds, while Shaquille O'Neal powered his way to 23 points, 12 rebounds and four blocked shots. O'Neal looked better than he has in quite some time; he opened the game with a spin move leading to a powerful dunk...   [read the full post]

By Tom Ziller What about the Magic? I mean, I even forgot them in my opening salvo. Among the contenders, only Boston and Orlando got worse when it comes to personnel (the C's losing James Posey, the Magic replacing Keyon Dooling and Mo Evans with, ahem, Anthony Johnson). Is improvement from Dwight Howar...

By Basketbawful When last we saw them: Finished 52-30, first in the Southeast Division, third overall in the East. Went buh-bye in the conference semis, courtesy of their semi-nemeses the Pistons. There: Carlos Arroyo, James Augustine, Keyon Dooling, Maurice Evans, Pat Garrity

By Will Brinson And last, but definitely not least ... yoooooooooooooooooooooour Atlanta Hawks. Actually, that's my Atlanta Hawks -- if you check out Rob Mahoney's post on Upside and Motor, you will find out that out that ... OHMISWEETLORD. I drafted the entire Hawks roster. Well, most of it anyway -- I pulled on J...

By J.E. Skeets Key Players Lost: Carlos Arroyo (overseas), James Augustine (waived), Keyon Dooling (insulted by Magic, traded to the Nets, insulted by Lawrence Frank's height), Maurice Evans (free agent, signed with Hawks), Pat Garrity (retired), Pat Garrity's chair (lonely)

Last night the Angels (in the immortal words of Captain Insano) ‘opened up a can of whoop-ass’ on the New York Yankees as they pummeled the Pinstripers 12-1. Nothing new there as the Angels have pretty much owned New York since the Joe Torre era. But things actually got physical between two gu...

By Eddie Johnson EASTERN CONFERENCE Boston Celtics vs. Atlanta Hawks Detroit Pistons vs. Philadelphia 76ers Orlando Magic vs. Toronto Raptors Washington Wizards vs. Cleveland Cavaliers Los Angeles Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets New Orleans Hornets vs. Dallas Mavericks Houston Rockets vs. Utah Jazz

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By noreply@blogger.com (David Friedman) Obviously, if Orlando Coach Stan Van Gundy thought that Redick could make a significant offensive contribution while also guarding Hamilton then he would have played Redick in the Magic's playoff series versus Detroit, during which Hamiliton was the leading scorer. Still, there are certainly cases in which a player has not received much playing time with his first team only to emerge as a valuable contributor with another team. I don't believe that this will happen with Redick for the reasons that I listed above and in my previous posts about him but it will be interesting to see what happens if Redick is indeed traded by the Magic.   [read the full post]

By noreply@blogger.com (David Friedman) The Detroit Pistons beat the Orlando Magic 91-86 on Tuesday to win that series four games to one and thus advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the sixth straight season. The Showtime Lakers from the 1980s are the most recent team to make it to the Conference Finals at least six years in a row (they did it from 1982-89), so this is quite an accomplishment for the Pistons. On the other hand, the Lakers did a much better job of taking advantage of those opportunities than the Pistons have: the Lakers made it to the Finals seven times and won four championships during their run while the Pistons have only made two Finals appearances and won just one title during their streak. Basically, the Pistons of the 2000s are like the Atlanta Braves of the...   [read the full post]

By noreply@blogger.com (FLCeltsFan) Well, the Pistons have finished off the Magic in 5 games. They won on the road and they did it without Chauncey Billups. That should concern the Celtics in that they haven't been able to get it done on the road in 5 tries at full strength. Another thing that is concerning is that the Pistons are now sitting back and resting while the Celtics are going to have to go at least 6 games and possibly 7 if the Celtics can find some heart somewhere. This is assuming that the Celtics can come back and win 2 more games. I used to think that the Celtics were a lock for the Eastern Conference finals but the way they have been playing I don't know any more.   [read the full post]

Oriole Magic’s Anthony Amobi can attest, as he joins The Pitch for its Orioles edition of the show’s 2008 MLB Season Preview. Fresh off a trip to O’s camp in Florida, Amobi evaluates the 10 players acquired in the trades of former Orioles Miguel Tejada and Erik Bedard, Baltimore’s attempt t...

By Atma Brother ONE Golden State of Mind: How much credit does new Magic head coach and Bay Area native Stan Van Gundy deserve for the Magic's impressive record this season? Does anyone in Orlando wish Billy Donovan stuck with the team instead of heading back to Gainesville?

By David Friedman Bianchi says that Hill's departure can be explained by five simple words uttered by Howard. Hill has refused to publicly comment on his dismissal but when Howard was asked about it recently he admitted that Orlando management asked his opinion prior to making the move. What did Howard say? "I was cool with it." Howard may as well have declared, "Off with his head!" It is extremely unlikely that the Magic will fire a coach who Howard likes or hire one he does not like. That is just the way of the world in the NBA. Bianchi quotes a famous line by Chuck Daly, the former Pistons and Magic coach: "It's a player's league. The players allow you to coach them or they don't. Once they stop allowing you to coach, you're on your way out."   [read the full post]

By Sam Rubenstein Christmas Day is five days from now, and as you might know the NBA is attempting to build a tradition like the NFL has of using holidays as the time to showcase the big games. SHAQ VS. KOBE OMG!!! This time, the Disney Basketball Television Conglomerate has put together a tasty triple-header,...

Former New York Knick great and current Orlando Magic assistant, Patrick Ewing, talks about the development of young star center Dwight Howard!

By Sam Rubenstein The Real: They aren’t definitely the scorers that Bron-Melo-Kobe are and none of them are the singular talent of Bron, let alone Kobe…but if I was Colangelo and I had the choice of bringing a ’96 Hill-Hardaway-Pippen trio to Beijing or an ’07 Kobe-Bron-Melo; I’m actually gonna take Hill-...

A few minutes before Rashard Lewis was formally announced as the newest member of the Orlando Magic, the highscoring forward donned his whiteandblue uniform and made his way through the teams practice facility.

ORLANDO The Orlando Magic had the lead, the momentum and the crowd support. The Detroit Pistons used their postseason experience to overcome all of it.

Rasheed Wallace finished with 17 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks to help the Detroit Pistons beat the Orlando Magic 9890 on Monday and take a 20 lead in their firstround series.

Chauncey Billups and Coach Flip Saunders of the Detroit Pistons along with Dwight Howard and Brian Hill of the Orlando Magic talks to the media after Game 1 of the Magic-Pistons series.

By online@orlandosentinel.com (Orlando Sentinel) Click the play button to listen to Listen In: Sentinel Sports with OrlandoSentinel.com Senior Editor Roger Simmons

The Times op-ed, written by cultural critic David Ehrenstein, is headlined "Obama the 'Magic Negro.' " Ehrenstein invoked the cinematic trope of the "Magic Negro," which he defined as follows: From the March 19 broadcast of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show: