February 16th, 2012 
Russ Loede 
Posted in SLAM DUNK CONTEST Chase Budinger – Houston Rockets Iman Shumpert – New York Knicks Note: Jeremy Lin has been invited to “assist” Shumpert. Derrick Williams – Minnesota Timberwolves Paul George – Indiana Pacers THREE-POINT SHOOTOUT Kevin Love – Minnesota Timberwolves Anthony Morrow – New Jersey Nets Joe Johnson – Atlanta Hawks James Jones – Miami [...]
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2012 NBA All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest, Three-Point Shootout Participants Announced
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Magic Preps For Playoffs, Pound Pacers 92-74
If the Indiana Pacers are to going to realize any resemblance of success in the Eastern Conference playoffs, they will have to turn in a better showing than the one they phoned in Wednesday night against the Orlando Magic. The Magic, despite reducing the minutes of their regular players for their last game of the [...]
Magic Stages Huge Comeback In Third Quarter, Stun Heat 99-96
Comebacks in the National Basketball Association are relatively commonplace, with the difference being the size of the deficit before the inevitable rally and win. Yet perhaps the biggest rally this season took place on Thursday night when the Orlando Magic came to Amercian Airlines Arena to take on the Miami Heat. What would transpire would be [...]
Howard Powers Magic Past 76ers 99-95
Anyone who is a fan of or follows Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard knows that he isn’t the best free throw shooter at his position. Prior to Wednesday night’s game between the Magic and Philadelphia 76ers, he would certainly get opportunities to improve on his lackluster numbers. Nineteen chances, to be exact. Coming into the [...]
Hot Shooting Magic Send Pacers To Sixth Straight Loss 111-96
The Indiana Pacers on Wednesday welcomed the Orlando Magic to Conseco Fieldhouse in the hopes of snapping a five-game losing streak and putting themselves in a position to grab the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference playoff chase. Apparently, the Magic had their A-game going on as they shot fifty percent while making 16-of-34 from [...]
Westbrook Notches Triple-Double, Thunder Edges Magic 125-124
Apparently, the Oklahoma City Thunder tends to benefit with their exposure on national TV as they were undefeated at 6-0 prior to their game against the Orlando Magic Thursday night at Ford Center. During the telecast of this game in the short schedule of three games on the Thursday NBA docket, one could make a [...]
Early Third Quarter Run Helps Magic Defuse Rockets 110-95
Truth be told, when I saw Thursday’s game between the Houston Rockets and Orlando Magic, the very first thing that came to mind was what the winning margin would be for the Magic. After all, we have two teams who are in different scenarios. Orlando is a team that pulled off, in my humble opinion, [...]
Balanced Scoring Helps Magic Overcome Nuggets 103-97, Carter Hurt
Vince Carter was having one of his better seasons with the Orlando Magic; unfortunately for him, he sprained his right big toe two minutes into the Magic’s game against the Denver Nuggets Sunday night. Because the Magic don’t exactly have depth at the 2 right now, they brought in J.J. Redick to replace Carter. Let’s [...]
