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By Andrea Adelson | June 12, 2009
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Derek Fisher played the role of Kobe Bryant in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night. Fisher nailed two decisive three-pointers, becoming the clutch player the Lakers needed in a 99-91 overtime win over the Orlando Magic to take a commanding 3-1 series lead. The Lakers have three tries to win their 15th NBA championship. They get their first opportunity to clinch the title in Game 5 on Sunday night. The Lakers overcame a 12-point halftime deficit to send the game into overtime when Fisher hit the game-tying three-pointer with 4.6 seconds left in regulation.
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By Josh Robbins | June 11, 2009
ORLANDO, Fla. - -The Orlando Magic is riding high after its Game 3 NBA Finals victory Tuesday night at Amway Arena, but history remains against the team as it continues its series against the Los Angeles Lakers. Since the NBA moved to its current 2-3-2 NBA Finals format during the 1984-85 season, the team scheduled to host the middle three games - as the Magic is - has won the championship six of 24 times. Only two teams, the Detroit Pistons in 2004 and the Miami Heat in 2006, have swept the middle three games at home.
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By Orlando Sentinel | June 2, 2009
ORLANDO, FLA. -- One piece of movie theme music is played more often inside Amway Arena than any other. It is the familiar refrain from the Christopher Reeve Superman movies, and it blares over loudspeakers whenever Dwight Howard throws down a dramatic dunk or initiates a thrilling three-point play. In Orlando, Howard is considered the real-life Superman. But, nationally, that doesn't make him a superstar. At least not yet. The NBA Finals, which get under way Thursday in Los Angeles, will give the Orlando Magic's 23-year-old center the greatest national exposure of his burgeoning pro career and his best opportunity yet to reach the superstar status of Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.
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By The Orlando Sentinel | May 25, 2009
ORLANDO, Fla. - - It might have been the shot heard 'round the NBA, but the Orlando Magic refuses to let it define this series. LeBron James hit what many analysts were quick to call one of the greatest NBA postseason shots of all time, nailing a three-pointer with one second left in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals to give Cleveland a huge win over the Magic and tie the series 1-1. It didn't turn out to be a fatal blow. Orlando relied on its depth, defense and deafening home crowd to bounce back from James' dagger, claiming a decisive 99-89 win over the Cavaliers in Game 3 on Sunday night at Amway Arena.
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By From Sun staff and news services | May 15, 2009
NBA Magic beats Celtics, forces Game 7 The pressure is back on the defending champions. Dwight Howard had 23 points and 22 rebounds, and the Orlando Magic beat the Boston Celtics, 83-75, on Thursday night to force a decisive Game 7. Rashard Lewis had 20 points, and Hedo Turkoglu made a three-pointer to highlight an 11-2 run to close the game for the Magic, who haven't made it to the conference finals since 1996. Rajon Rondo finished with 19 points, 16 rebounds and six assists, and Paul Pierce scored 17 for the Celtics, who led by 10 points in the second half before falling apart.
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By From Sun news services | April 12, 2009
Vince Carter had 27 points and nine assists, and the New Jersey Nets ended visiting Orlando's bid for the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference by beating the Magic, 103-93, on Saturday night. The Magic (58-22) might have lost more than the No. 2 seed. Star forward Hedo Turkoglu hurt his left ankle with 6:51 left in the game and had to be helped to the locker room. There was no immediate word on his condition. Keyon Dooling added 12 points and 10 assists for the Nets (33-47), who played without All-Star guard Devin Harris (shoulder)
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By Rich Scherr | January 31, 2009
Archrivals Mercy and the Institute of Notre Dame like to refer to their annual basketball matchup at the Towson Center as "The Game." By midway through the first quarter of last night's 43rd edition, however, it wasn't much of one. Playing before a sellout crowd of 3,800 boisterous fans and alumnae, No. 12 Mercy dominated from the outset, time and again forcing turnovers and making IND pay at the offensive end in a 65-29 win. "We were stressing [a...
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By Katherine Dunn | January 30, 2009
Tonight's is one of those big games that makes Mercy basketball coach Mary Ella Marion nervous. Her No. 12 Magic is expected by most to win "The Game," the 43rd annual showdown between Mercy and the Institute of Notre Dame, which draws a sellout crowd of about 4,500 fans to the Towson Center. The atmosphere is loud, highly charged and sometimes a bit overwhelming for the players. This season, the Magic defeated IND, 61-26 (only one game per year gets to be The Game), and it has a 13-5 record to the Indians' 3-13.
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By RAY FRAGER | January 16, 2009
Magic@Lakers 10:30 p.m. [ESPN] Fresh off a tight loss to the Spurs, the Lakers next challenge one of the Eastern Conference's top teams, the Magic. Orlando's record is only a half game worse than Los Angeles'.
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By From Sun news services | January 7, 2009
Denver Nuggets All-Star Carmelo Anthony will miss at least three weeks with a broken bone in his shooting hand, but he won't need surgery. Anthony (Towson Catholic) was fitted with a red removable splint yesterday after breaking a bone in his right hand in a victory over the Indiana Pacers the night before. He has been told by doctors he'll be out three to four weeks. "Hopefully the healing process will be a lot quicker," Anthony said after returning to the Pepsi Center after his visit with a hand specialist.