It’s too early to tell just how much will change with the Magic entering the 2010-11 season. That was hardly what mattered earlier today though, as the Magic organization took to the streets of Orlando to thank fans for another season of support.
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.
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.
Hard to believe it’s been more than a week since brooms were being raised by locals – many of whom don’t watch hoops to begin with – in between high-fives at sports bars throughout town following the Orlando Magic’s Game 4 win over Charlotte last Monday.
It seems the only question regarding the opening-round series between Orlando and Charlotte is just how long this one is going to play out. The Magic are now two games away from moving on in the NBA Playoffs after taking the first two at Amway Arena.
Dwight Howard remembers entering the postseason a year ago with a team that took it easy down the stretch of the regular season after getting banged up along the way. Things are a little different this time around for the No. 2 seed.
Magic center Dwight Howard made several big plays Sunday night at the NBA All-Star Game as he teamed up with coach Stan Van Gundy to help lead the East to a narrow 141-139 win over the West at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.