The undefeated No. 13 Florida men’s basketball team looks to stretch its season-opening win streak to nine games Wednesday night against the Virginia Cavaliers at the O’Connell Center as part of the ACC/SEC Challenge. UVA comes to town tomorrow ⤵️ — Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) December 3, 2024 Florida …
Read More »Heat struggle Without Butler; Celtics dominate 108-89
The Miami Heat started hot Monday night, jumping out to a quick 7-0 lead. However, with Jimmy Butler out due to a sore right knee, Miami was not be able to keep up with the defending champions much longer. Boston was also without stars in Al Horford and Jrue Holiday, …
Read More »Magic Continue To Roll
Orlando is home to Florida’s best pro basketball team. Sitting at 15-7, the Magic have one of the best records in the NBA and are 3.5 games behind the No 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. Grabbing their sixth consecutive win Sunday and 12th in their last 13, the Magic …
Read More »Wagner’s 32 Bomb Gives Magic Sixth Consecutive Win
The Orlando Magic marched into Phoenix on Monday night and handed the Suns their fourth consecutive loss for their sixth win in a row, 109-99. Three Suns starters, Kevin Durant, Bradley Beal and Jusuf Nurkic, did not play due to injury. The Suns are 1-6 with Durant not in uniform. …
Read More »Magic Playing Through Star Player’s Injury
The Orlando Magic have been average through the young NBA season. At 6-6, there’ve been highs and there’ve been lows. One of their lows is Paolo Banchero‘s injury — a right torn oblique — which at diagnosis was a 4-6 week injury. Such is life in sports, though. Injuries happen …
Read More »Magic Drop Their 4th Game In a Row To Thunder
The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Orlando Magic 102-86 last night to remain the only undefeated team in the Western Conference. Magic Offensive Struggles Orlando struggled all game to put the ball in the basket, connecting on just 29 of 82 shots (35.4%). The Magic had only 43 points at …
Read More »Banchero-Less Magic Lose Against Mavericks
The Magic are without star forward Paolo Banchero. It showed on Sunday evening. The Lone Star State housed an early-season contest between the Dallas Mavericks and the Orlando Magic to conclude the second week of the NBA season, with the Mavericks besting the Paolo-less Magic 108-85. The Magic’s Fallen Star …
Read More »Trio Lift Miami Past Detroit
The Miami Heat kept the Detroit Pistons winless after a 106-98 win Monday in the Kaseya Center. https://twitter.com/MiamiHEAT/status/1851082269198262321 Despite the Heat (2-1) not playing their best ball, they were able to get a win. Jimmy Butler had a team-high for the Heat with 23 points and seven assists. Terry Rozier …
Read More »Magic Rout Heat Behind Banchero’s 33 points
The 2024 NBA regular season is here. In a state rivalry game to open the season Wednesday, the Miami Heat fell 116-97 to the Orlando Magic in the Kaeseya Center. https://twitter.com/OrlandoMagic/status/1849273855350628535 Second-Half Turnaround The game was pretty even for the first two quarters, with the first quarter tied 32-32. All …
Read More »Lebron and Bronny James share the Court in Historic NBA Opener
In a moment that transcended basketball, LeBron James and his son, Bronny, shattered records and fulfilled dreams as they took the court together for the Los Angeles Lakers’ season opener on Tuesday night. Facing off against the Minnesota Timberwolves, LeBron and Bronny became the first father-son duo to ever play …
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