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Billy Donovan copes with Kevin Durant’s exit

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Billy Donovan knew it might come to this. After a remarkable rookie season as an NBA coach, he was unable to persuade Kevin Durant to stay in Oklahoma City. Call it the Kexit, as coined by the Orlando Sentinel’s David Whitley. While there is no real comparison between Durant’s departure from OKC and a nation leaving the European Union, both events produced shock waves in their own way. When Donovan left Gainesville for Muskogee, his job description was condensed to…

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Will the Magic summer makeover mean success?

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July 4 is when baseball teams reach the half-way point of their seasons. For the other three major sports, it marks the beginning of the upcoming season. This is especially true of basketball, especially for the Orlando Magic. The draft is complete. The free agent signing period is underway as are the various summer leagues used to gauge current and available talent. The Magic hopes they are in the early stages of a turnaround season. Last month’s draft netted them…

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Magic take risks to land Serge Ibaka

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Now that the results of the NBA draft have settled in, how does the Orlando Magic stack up? Did their trade for Oklahoma City’s Serge Ibaka improve the team or is his addition offset by the subtraction of outstanding talent. It depends on who you ask. General Manager Rob Hennigan was elated. Hennigan and Coach Frank Vogel believe Ibaka is the shot blocker/rim protector the Magic have long needed to make them a playoff contender. “We had a high sense…

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Orlando struggles to regain the Magic

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Thank goodness for the Brooklyn Nets. If not for them, the Orlando Magic would be in a full throttle nose dive. As it is, Orlando has lost six straight games, including one at home to the Philadelphia 76ers, dropping to 20-23. The Sixers, at 6-39, are clearly the worst team in the NBA. The Magic ended 2015 with a victory over the Nets on December at the Amway Center to end the year at 19-13. First-year Coach Scott Skiles promised…

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Heat uses big 4th quarter to overtake Magic

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The Miami Heat put up a big fourth quarter to come from behind and earn a 108-101 victory over the Orlando Magic at the Amway Center on Saturday. The Magic led by 12 at halftime and by 7 entering the final period. Looking at the stat sheet, it is hard to imagine how the Magic lost the game. They shot 54 percent from the field, including 47 percent from behind the 3-point arc. They had 31 assists, seven steals and…

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Magic goes toe-to-toe with New York, comes out on top

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The way the New York Knicks shot the ball on Monday, it would take an exception effort by a visiting team to beat them. The Orlando Magic were up to the challenge and played one of their best games of the year to come away with a 107-99 victory at Madison Square Garden. Just 24 hours after a highly disappointing home loss to Atlanta, the Magic took every punch the Knicks threw and had a few counters of their own.…

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Magic hang on to defeat Timberwolves

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The Orlando Magic let a 17-point lead get away, but made the big shots at the end, picking up an important road win Tuesday night, defeating the Minnesota Timberwolves, 96-93. Orlando swept the two-game season series with Minnesota. Orlando was in control for most of the game, jumping out to a 21-14 led at the end of the first quarter. When Tobias Harris nailed a three-pointer with 2:14 left in the first half, the Magic had a 48-33 lead. It…

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