Recently, it was stated that the Orlando Magic needed to do three things each night to win and have a shot at finishing the year with 41 victories or better. One of those items was to score more three-pointers than their opponent. However, on Friday night in their 120-105 win against the Washington Wizards, both… read more

After the Orlando Magic (32-27) dropped six of the past seven games in their last home stent, they seemed to have turned over a leaf. Winning three of the past five on their recent road trip which ended Friday, they are doing their best to ensure they host the likely play-in game. The Magic cashed… read more

When last we checked in on the Orlando Magic, there was realistic optimism that still existed. Jalen Suggs wasn’t out for the season officially after announcing undergoing arthroscopic surgery in his knee. There was an approaching stretch of games featuring a pair of matchups with the tanking Toronto Raptors and the ninth-seeded Chicago Bulls. Even… read more

The Orlando Magic suffered their worst loss of the season on Tuesday, a 40-point blowout to the Eastern Conference-leading Cleveland Cavaliers. It was the first time the two teams had met at the Kia Center since game six of the first round in the 2024 playoffs. In that contest, Orlando staved off a 50-point performance… read more

The Orlando Magic returned from the All-Star Break and beat the Atlanta Hawks to even up the series and jump up to the 7th seed in the NBA Eastern Conference. But what else must they accomplish to make the playoffs without a play-in game while improving on last season by winning a first-round series? These… read more

While the Orlando Magic have made it clear they are looking to the upcoming offseason to make roster changes, they still need to get in gear controlling what they can to improve their postseason prospects this season. Part of that is winning the series with their Southeast Divison-mate Atlanta Hawks. While the Hawks are currently… read more

As of Thursday’s closing of the NBA trade deadline, the Orlando Magic are below .500 and did nothing. They made no deals and no roster changes to upgrade in hopes of salvaging an opportunity to meet their preseason expectation of hosting a playoff series. President of basketball operations Jeff Weltman told the Orlando Sentinel’s Jason… read more

Heading into Sunday Night’s 113-110 loss hosting the Denver Nuggets, the Orlando Magic are 7th in the East.  This is three spots down from last week when warning was issued that impact games were coming. After losing five out of their past six games including falling to two of the top four teams in their… read more

After beating the Philadelphia 76ers, 104-99 without star Joel Embid on Sunday Night at KIA Center, the Orlando Magic might be facing a pivotal contest. With a beatdown from the Minnesota Timberwolves and a heartbreaking loss against the Milwaukee Bucks despite bringing franchise forward Paolo Banchero back into the fold the Magic head on the… read more

While the crowd at the KIA Center Thursday night may have been bummed by the Minnesota Minnesota Timberwolves 104-89 victory there is still celebration among Orlando Magic fans — the projected return of franchise forward Paolo Banchero. Dealing with a right oblique injury since October 30th, Banchero’s status was updated to “questionable” leading into shoot… read more