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Crazy Magic Tuesday.

   It was a strange night in Orlando. The Magic hosted Toronto last night and were without starting twoguard Mickael Pietrus so that means Keith Bogans gets in there to take up the slack, right? Oops, there was a JJ Reddick sighting and he was shockingly in the starting lineup. Reddick hadonly logged 48 plus minutes [...]

Magic win on road without Howard.

   The Orlando Magic have won three straight now on the road after they beat the Charlotte Bobcats 90-85 on Sunday. It was a game that could have been ugly had everyone not stepped up forDwight Howard who was the focus of the Bobcats and ended up fouling out after only playing 7 plus minutes in [...]

Magic come up big in fourth.

   What an outstanding victory for the Magic tonight. It doesn’t matter if the Mavs have been struggling and it doesn’t matter that Josh Howard is either blind or stupid. A road win is a road win and the Magic hadn’t won a game in Dallas since 1997. Jameer Nelson, Mickael Pietrus and Rashard (yes [...]

Magic stomp Thunder.

   Sorry it’s late but it was a long workday yesterday. The Magic beat up the Thunder in Oklahoma City on Wednesday 109-92. Dwight Howard got off something fierce, he had 30/19 to go with 10 blocks that put his league leading total at 35 and gave him his first triple double of the year. [...]

Magic drop first at home.

   The Magic coundn’t keep things right last night as they dropped theirfirst home game of the season to the Portland Trailblazers 106-99. They took a one point lead into the fourth quarter and couldn’t do enough to hold on. They turned the ball over 14 times, Pietrus was hampered by early foul trouble and [...]

Magic handle Arena-less Wizards easily.

    It’s one of those games the Magic are supposed to win, and they did. The Magic beat up on the Washington Wizards tonight 106-81. Behind Dwight Howard and Mickael Pietrus the Magic blew ahead of the Wiz in the second quarter and had a 58-39 halftime lead. They didn’t look back from that point [...]

Magic win third straight at home.

   The Magic have kept their momentum going at home with a 98-88 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers. It was a game that gave me a sense of disappointment and excitement at the same time. I was very disappointed to see big Dwight Howard’s double double streak end five games into the season. He had [...]

Magic look sluggish early in season.

   The Orlando Magic have gotten off to a 2-2 start after their close win against the Bulls last night. They beat the Bulls 96-93 behind Dwight Howard’s 22 pt/15 rb and five others scoring in double digits. Howard has stated that he intends to get a double double in every game this season, an [...]

Pistons will stomp Celtics.

   For all of you crazy people that think the Celtics will go to the NBA finals you better think again. The Celtics are going to get mauled by the Pistons. This is going to be the year we visit the old days of the NBA, it won’t be the Lakers-Celtics days though. It will [...]

Magic season officially done.

   The Magic were beat again by Detroit 91-86 and the short run is now over. At least they didn’t get swept again. I didn’t watch the game tonight because the Rays have attracted my full attention but I assume that Rashard Lewis was still a bitch and the rest fell into place. From the [...]

Magic are done.

   The Magic have officially burst my bubble. I was a little over-excited and optimistic about the Magic’s chances when these playoffs started and they have shown me why. I didn’t get a chance to watch the game yesterday since I was at the baseball game but I’ve seen enough off my dvr to know [...]

Orlando won’t get swept, might get another.

    From what I’ve seen from the Magic so far during the playoffs I’m not very confident that they can get by Detroit. They might have a shot at another win though. Chauncy Billups pulled his hamstring in the game 3 loss to the Magic and apparently this is the first time he ever had [...]

Magic drop game 2 despite raining three’s.

   The Orlando Magic came out noticeably more aggressive tonight and showed a little bit of what got them here. Still the Pistons held on and pulled out the 100-93 win. Howard was an animal tonight and Jameer Nelson showed up to play as well. The rest are leaving a lot to be desired though. [...]

Pistons winning games and war of words.

   The Magic better wake up and start playing like they’re capable of or they’re going home swept again. The Pistons have won game 1 and are now telling the Magic that they’re soft and unable to play with them physically. The Magic players are ‘talking back’ but they better back it up tonight on [...]

Magic lose game 1, look aweful doing it.

    This was not the Magic team I watched all year. The entire team came out tonight and looked slow, soft and downright bad! Dwight Howard forgot he was a big man and played like he was scared to get physical with anyone. The whiny lazy Rashard Lewis showed up just flopping around the court [...]

Magic look for payback against Pistons.

   The Orlando Magic have gotten their wish, they play the Pistons in round 2. After being swept in the first round by the Pistons last year the Magic have been wanting another chance to prove themselves against the best and have gotten it. The series opens up in Detroit tonight at 7:30 on TNT [...]

Magic win! On to round 2.

   The Magic have moved on to the second round of the playoffs with a convincing victory over the Toronto Raptors 102-92 and won the series 4-1. Dwight Howard had his third 20/20 game of the playoffs and simply proved to be too much for the Raptors to handle. Howard, Turk, Lewis and Nelson all [...]

Turkoglu to win most improved player.

   This story isn’t any surprise to any of us Magic fans but, according to Brian Schmitz, Hedo Turkoglu has been named the winner of the most improved player award. The Magic have scheduled a news conference for tomorrow but they would not disclose what it was for. Turk had an outstanding season and has [...]

NBA Playoffs.

   I want to say something to you to all out there. You should be watching the NBA playoffs. Not just the Magic, but all these games. I just finished watching the Jazz/Rockets game and it was great. I hear people all the time telling me the NBA isn’t what it used to be since Jordan, Magic [...]

Magic go up 3-1 against Toronto.

   The Magic finally showed some clutch play away from the Amway Arena and put down the Raptor’s for a 3-1 lead and are one away from closing out the series. Turk stepped up in the fourth and the Magic overcame bad play from the backcourt to overcome Toronto. On that note I must get [...]