For the Magic, It's a Transition Game
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Optimism was brimming in Central Florida yesterday as the Orlando Magic introduced Rashard Lewis, the franchise's first $100 million man, and he immediately began talking about winning the championship that eluded past superstars Shaquille O'Neal, Penny Hardaway, Grant Hill and Tracy McGrady.
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The Orlando Magic are tough to beat on the road. The Portland Trail Blazers are just tough to beat.
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The Orlando Magic should be used to disappointment. Shaquille O'Neal left a decade ago, and the Magic got nothing in return. Tracy McGrady left three years ago, and Orlando got little more than a headache for him.
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(Sports Network) - The much-improved Orlando Magic will take aim at their fourth win in five games tonight, when they take on the Washington Wizards at the MCI Center.
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For Billy Donovan, it's the perfect mix: the money, the team, the location. After leading Florida to two straight NCAA titles and building a budding dynasty in 11 years at the school, he's off to the NBA, ready to coach the Orlando Magic.
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For the purist, watching basketball played at the Olympic level is a nice break from what&#39;s become of the game in this country.
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Scoring 129 points means a win almost every time, but Kelvin Cato wants the Orlando Magic to realize that giving up 108 will get them beat more often than not.
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The tricky thing about being the team to watch is it's impossible to stay that way for long. Either you become an also-ran or you turn into the team to beat.
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Scoring 129 points means a win almost every time, but Kelvin Cato wants the Orlando Magic to realize that giving up 108 will get them beat more often than not.
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The Shock and its imposing frontcourt are history. The challenge now for the Liberty is to beat a team that is an awful lot like itself.
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Someday Dwight Howard is likely to be the Orlando Magic&#39;s go-to-guy. But for now Howard, the No. 1 overall pick in the June NBA draft, is the Magic&#39;s go-get-me guy.
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When a team is as erratic as the Nets, what should be routine â like beating teams competing for lottery picks and hitting free throws â becomes surprisingly difficult.
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New York _ For the first two months of the season, the Phoenix Suns and Seattle SuperSonics were the toast of the NBA. For one night, however, neither team was all that special.
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The Knights Tour, a feat of mental agility involving a chess board, isn't the only overlap between the magic shows of Eric Walton and Ricky Jay.
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For some teams, the first few weeks of the season can spell the beginning of the end. For Xaverian, it can be the start of something new.
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Coach Eddie Jordan was well aware of the pressure on him after the Wizards started the season 0-5, but now he has them playing about as efficiently as they possibly can.
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Grant Hill is finally healthy and playing regularly for Orlando, and the Magic are winning. Ron Artest is out for undisclosed disciplinary reasons, and a slew of other Indiana players are injured, but the Pacers are also winning.