Archive for February, 2010

On Orlando’s opening possession, Dwight Howard showed off the passing skills that those close to the Magic have been raving about lately when he threw a pass out to an open Jameer Nelson, who knocked down a three-pointer. The Magic had an early 5-0 advantage but the Heat went on a 16-7 run to take a four-point lead. The Magic quickly tied the game on two Jameer Nelson free throws and a nice drive by Rashard Lewis. The rest of the quarter was back-and-forth. The Magic closed the quarter strong, scoring the final four points capped by a Marcin Gortat [...]

Per Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel, Dwayne Wade is active and will play tonight. Dwyane Wade works out before tonight’s game, feeling less pain from his strained left calf and WILL be active against Magic tonight. Here is the link. (Andrew Melnick is Howard the Dunk’s lead blogger and a contributor at NFL Mocks Subscribe to his RSS feed, add him on Twitter to follow him daily and you can get the HTD app here).

The Orlando Magic will take on the Miami Heat on Sunday night. Click here to read a preview of the game.

The Orlando Magic look to bounce back from a tough loss when they play host to the Miami Heat on Sunday night, who will also look to bounce back from a forgettable loss. The Magic blew an 18-point third quarter lead and lost to the New Orleans Hornets 100-93 on Friday night. The Heat suffered an embarrassing home loss against the Milwaukee Bucks, losing 94-71 Saturday afternoon. Of course, the Heat were without the services of superstar Shooting Guard Dwyane Wade due to his strained left calf. He is currently listed as doubtful for Sunday’s game. Update: It looks like [...]

The Orlando Magic built a 71-53 third quarter lead against the New Orleans Hornets on Friday only to see that lead slip away and result in another Friday night disappointment, this time a 100-93 loss.

Here are two highlights from Orlando’s 100-93 loss to the New Orleans Hornets courtesy of NBA.com (Andrew Melnick is Howard the Dunk’s lead blogger and a contributor at NFL Mocks Subscribe to his RSS feed, add him on Twitter to follow him daily and you can get the HTD app here).

The Orlando Magic blew an 18-point third quarter lead and couldn’t overcome David West’s 40-point night, dropping Friday night’s game in New Orleans against the Hornets 100-93. The Magic played fantastic in the second quarter and for a good portion of the third quarter before going ice-cold and let the Hornets get back into the game, eventually winning it. Rookie Marcus Thornton had 18 points and 7 rebounds and fellow rookie Darren Collison scored 16 points and dished out 7 assists. Dwight Howard had 26 points and 10 rebounds, recording his 20th consecutive double-double while Jameer Nelson had 19 points [...]

HTD’s good friend, Alex Kennedy of HoopsWorld.com, is at the game and you can read his courtside blog here. Here was the best quote I found in Kennedy’s blog: The team was also heading out for the team bus but waited for Brandon Bass, who was finishing up some last minute interviews with the local media. “We’re not going anywhere without Brandon,” Matt Barnes told a few of his teammates who had gotten up and started to walk towards the tunnel. The team is much closer than they were several months ago and it’s no surprise that they’re looking more [...]

The Orlando Magic will wrap up their two game road trip when they take on the New Orleans Hornets in a nationally televised game on Friday night. The last time these two teams got together, Vince Carter dropped 48 points in Orlando 123-117 win. You can read a preview of Friday night’s game here.

The Orlando Magic are 4-1 since the All-Star break and they will look to continue to play well when they travel to New Orleans to take on the Hornets on Friday night. The Magic have improved to 39-19 and are currently the two seed in the Eastern Conference. Things are not going as well for the Hornets. They have lost their last two games and seven of their last 11. They are currently 30-28 and are three games behind the Portland Trail Blazers for the eighth seed in the Western Conference. With just 24 games to play, the Hornets need [...]