Archive for January, 2011

After an excellent start which saw the Magic score the first seven points of the game and eventually take a 12-point first quarter lead, the Magic began to fall apart. They gave up 33 second quarter but scored 30 points of their own, holding a 58-54 halftime lead. However, the defense continued to play awful in the third quarter and the offense matched them as the Grizzlies outscored the Magic 32-16 to take an 86-74 lead into the fourth quarter. The Grizzlies got the first bucket of the fourth quarter but the Magic answered with a 12-0 run to cut [...]

The Orlando Magic will look to win their second straight game when they take on the Memphis Grizzlies Monday night. The Magic are coming off a win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in which they didn’t play particularly well. The win improved the Magic to 31-17, good for fourth in the Eastern conference. The Grizzlies 107-93 victory over the Washington Wizards Saturday was fifth win in six games, improving their record to 24-24. Since they play in the Western conference, they’re still 1.5 games behind the Portland Trail Blazers for the eighth seed. The Grizzlies are 15th in pace (92.4), 17th [...]

The Orlando Magic didn’t play particular well Sunday night. In fact, they played pretty poorly, but because they were playing the league’ worst team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, they still came away with a relatively easy win. The Magic id the Cavs go on a couple of runs and even let them cut the lead to single digits early in the third quarter but they were never really in danger of losing the game. They wound up with a 103-87 victory. Dwight Howard had another huge game, finishing with 20 points and 20 rebounds while Ryan Anderson had 23 points and [...]

Jason Richardson finished with 12 points in Orlando’s 103-87 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. (Andrew Melnick is Howard the Dunk’s lead blogger and ESPN 1080′s Magic Insider (http://espn1080.com). Subscribe to his RSS feed, add him on Facebook and follow him on Twitter to follow him daily. You can download the HTD app here).

Ryan Anderson finished with a career-high 23 points and a career-high 16 rebounds. (Andrew Melnick is Howard the Dunk’s lead blogger and ESPN 1080′s Magic Insider (http://espn1080.com). Subscribe to his RSS feed, add him on Facebook and follow him on Twitter to follow him daily. You can download the HTD app here).

After a disappointing loss in Chicago, the Orlando Magic will look to rebound against the league’s worst team, the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Magic are now 30-17 and tied for the the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference (and second place in the Southeast division) byvirtue of the Atlanta Hawks loss to the Dallas Mavericks Saturday night. The Cavaliers,who have now lost 19 straight games and 29 of their last 30 look to avoid the longest losing streak in team history. The Cavaliers are 10th in pace (93.5), last in offensive rating (99.9) and 29th in defensive rating (112.0). They are [...]

After playing possibly the worst quarter of basketball since the new trades during last night’s 3rd quarter, the Magic were defeated in Chicago by a score of 99-90.  The Magic wasted an all-time great game by Dwight Howard who scored 40 points, pulled down 15 rebounds and also picked up 4 steals and blocked 3 shots. Outside of Dwight Howard, the rest of the team shot 18-58 (31%) from the field and looked like they completely fell apart once Jameer Nelson wasn’t running the show.  Jameer left the game after only 8 minutes with tendonitis in his knee and did [...]

Two of the Eastern Conference’s best teams will do battle when the Chicago Bulls host the Orlando Magic Friday night. The Chicago Bulls, who were the eighth seed last season, made some major moves in the offseason, namely the signing of Carlos Boozer. When these two teams first met this season, the Magic absolutely destroyed the Bulls 107-78 but the aforementioned Boozer was playing in his first game and scored just five points in 22 minutes. Jameer Nelson led the Magic with 24 points and nine assists. The Bulls are one of the league’s most improved teams, starting the season [...]

(Andrew Melnick is Howard the Dunk’s lead blogger and ESPN 1080′s Magic Insider (http://espn1080.com). Subscribe to his RSS feed, add him on Facebook and follow him on Twitter to follow him daily. You can download the HTD app here).

Here is the story courtesy of the NBA: ORLANDO’S DWIGHT HOWARD IS TOP VOTE-GETTER IN EAST FOR 2011 NBA ALL-STAR BALLOTING PRESENTED BY T-MOBILE – L.A. Lakers’ Kobe Bryant Leading Vote-Getter Overall – - Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant, Chicago’s Derrick Rose Selected as First-time Starters – NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2011 – Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard led all Eastern Conference players, and was second overall, in the NBA All-Star Balloting program presented by T-Mobile with 2,099,204 votes. It marks Howard’s fifth straight appearance in the NBA All-Star Game and fourth consecutive time voted a starter. Los Angeles Lakers guard [...]