Looking to add a little depth to its backcourt, the Orlando Magic signed free agent guard Chris Duhon last week while the team’s pro summer league squad finished just 1-4 after Patrick Ewing and the team hosted opposing teams at RDV Sportsplex.
Orlando Magic draft picks Daniel Orton and Stanley Robinson headline the Magic’s roster at the 2010 AirTran Airways Pro Summer League this week. The 20-game event, which will run from Monday through Friday at the RDV Sportsplex, features eight NBA teams.
It was a tough Friday night for local sports fans in Orlando. The NBA’s Magic and AFL’s Predators each suffered big losses to rival teams. Football spectators at Amway Arena were treated to a double dose of heartache as the NBA game was shown on the arena jumbotron.
By the end of Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Wednesday at Amway Arena, the Orlando Magic had disposed of four opposing players en route to a 113-92 win over the Boston Celtics. The series picks back up with Game 6 in Boston on Friday at 8:30 p.m.
With the basketball world having already left them for dead, the Orlando Magic gutted out a 96-92 overtime win in Game 4 on the road in Boston. That effort returns the Eastern Conference Finals to Amway Arena on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m.
When the Orlando Magic need a clutch shot in the final moments of a big game they turn to Rashard Lewis, the $118-million dollar man the team signed in 2007. Though in the Eastern Conference Finals it’s as if Lewis is nowhere to be found.
As bad as things got for the Orlando Magic in Sunday’s opener of the Eastern Conference Finals, such as trailing by 20 points and never holding a lead, the home team nearly pulled out the comeback before falling to the Boston Celtics 92-88.
Just when the series against the Hawks seemed as though it had just gotten started, it ended in extreme fashion as the Orlando Magic swept another team in this year’s NBA postseason. Next up is the winner of the Cavaliers-Celtics series.
Six games into the NBA postseason and the Orlando Magic look utterly unstoppable. The Bobcats couldn’t stand in their way as they lost four-straight in Round 1. Now the Atlanta Hawks are down 2-0 in a best-of-seven series resuming Saturday.
The most magical week in sports is returning to Orlando for the second time, as the city has been selected to host NBA All-Star 2012 at the new Amway Center. Orlando last hosted the game in 1992 when Magic Johnson was named MVP.