2007–08 Orlando Magic season

2007–08 Orlando Magic season
Division Champions
Head coach	Stan Van Gundy
Arena	Amway Arena
Results
Record	52–30 (.634)
Place	Division: 1st (Southeast) Conference: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	East Semifinals (eliminated 1–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	FSN Florida, Sun Sports
Radio	WDBO

The 2007–08 Orlando Magic season was their 19th season in the National Basketball Association.

Key dates

• June 6: The Magic hire Stan Van Gundy as head coach, days after Billy Donovan was signed as head coach and released due to a change of heart from Donovan.
• June 28: The 2007 NBA draft took place in New York City.
• July 1: The free agency period began.
• July 11: The Magic acquired Rashard Lewis from the Seattle SuperSonics.
• September 29: The Magic opened their training camp at the RDV Sportsplex in Maitland, Florida.
• October 31: The Magic's season began with a game against the Milwaukee Bucks.
• March 5: The Magic matched the same number of wins as the previous season by defeating the Washington Wizards.
• March 12: The Magic were assured a winning season after defeating the Los Angeles Clippers.
• March 15: The Magic clinched a playoff berth with a win over the Indiana Pacers.
• March 28: The Magic broke the franchise's previous record of road wins in a season by defeating the Milwaukee Bucks, the Magic's 24th win of the season away from home.
• March 31: Because of a loss by the Washington Wizards, the Magic clinched the Southeast Division title.
• April 16: The Magic played their last game of the regular season.
• April 28: The Magic won their first playoff series in 12 years by defeating the Toronto Raptors 4 games to 1.
• May 13: The Magic were eliminated from the playoffs, losing to the Detroit Pistons 4 games to 1 in the Eastern Conference Semifinals.

Offseason

Billy Donovan was signed as head coach of the Magic on June 1 agreeing to a 5-year, $27.5 million deal with the team., to replace recently fired Magic hed coach Brian Hill.^[1] Donovan had previously led the University of Florida basketball team to back to back NCAA National Championships in 2006 and 2007. One day later however, Donovan had second thoughts about becoming head coach of the Magic, and wished to be released from his contract to return to his former team, the Florida Gators Men's basketball team. On June 5, the Magic released Donovan from his 5-year contract, under the condition that he would not be allowed to sign as head coach of another NBA team for five years. One day later, the Magic signed Stan Van Gundy as head coach.^[2] The deal was reportedly for 4 years, $16 million.

The Magic made a splash in the free agent market by acquiring small forward Rashard Lewis on July 11. Lewis was re-signed to the Seattle SuperSonics for a six-year league maximum contract, then promptly traded to the Magic in a "sign and trade" for a second-round pick in the 2008 NBA draft. The Sonics earned a mid-level salary cap exemption in the trade.^[3] Lewis signed a six-year league-maximum contract believed to be worth over $110 million.^[3]

Then the Magic filled in a need and went after a big man after losing Darko Miličić, and signed Center Adonal Foyle who played for the Golden State Warriors and leads the Warriors in most blocks in team history.

The Magic also signed Polish center Marcin Gortat on July 17. They had acquired his NBA rights from the Phoenix Suns following the 2005 NBA draft.

The Magic got final approval for a new arena on July 26, 2007. It is expected to be completed in time for the 2010–11 NBA season.

Point guard Jameer Nelson's father, Floyd "Pete" Nelson, disappeared on August 30, and was found dead in the Delaware River in Wilmington, Delaware, on September 2. A Chester, Pennsylvania, tugboat repairman by trade, the elder Nelson's death was ruled an accident.^[4]

Draft picks

Orlando's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
2	44	Reyshawn Terry	Small forward	United States	UNC

Roster

Orlando Magic roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From PG 30 Arroyo, Carlos 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Florida International PF 40 Augustine, James 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Illinois F/C 4 Battie, Tony  6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Texas Tech SG 10 Bogans, Keith 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Kentucky PF 43 Cook, Brian 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Illinois G 5 Dooling, Keyon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Missouri G/F 1 Evans, Maurice 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Texas C 31 Foyle, Adonal 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Colgate F 8 Garrity, Pat 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 238 lb (108 kg) Notre Dame F/C 13 Gortat, Marcin 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Poland C 12 Howard, Dwight (C) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) SW Atlanta Christian Academy (GA) F 9 Lewis, Rashard 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Alief Elsik HS (TX) PG 14 Nelson, Jameer (C) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Saint Joseph's SG 7 Redick, J. J. 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Duke G/F 15 Türkoğlu, Hedo 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Turkey	Head coach Stan Van Gundy (SUNY–Brockport) Assistant coach(es) Brendan Malone (Iona) Steve Clifford (Maine) Patrick Ewing (Georgetown) Bob Beyer (Alfred) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster • Transactions Last transaction: 2007-11-20

Regular season

Standings

Southeast Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Orlando Magic	52	30	.634	–	25–16	27–14	12–4
x-Washington Wizards	43	39	.524	9	25–16	18–23	10–6
x-Atlanta Hawks	37	45	.451	15	25–16	12–29	9–7
Charlotte Bobcats	32	50	.390	20	21–20	11–30	7–9
Miami Heat	15	67	.183	37	9–32	6–35	2–14

Game log

October

Record: 1–0 ; Home: 1–0 ; Road: 0–0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
1	October 31, 2007	Bucks	102–83	Magic	NA	Rashard Lewis (26)	17,519	1–0

November

Record: 13–4 ; Home: 4–2 ; Road: 9–2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
2	November 2, 2007	Pistons	116–92	Magic	NA	Rashard Lewis (21)	17,519	1–1
3	November 3, 2007	Magic	94–82	Wizards	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (25)	20,173	2–1
4	November 6, 2007	Magic	111–103	Timberwolves	NA	Dwight Howard (28)	12,003	3–1
5	November 7, 2007	Magic	105–96	Raptors	NA	Two-way tie (24)	17,997	4–1
6	November 9, 2007	Magic	112–102	Knicks	NA	Jameer Nelson (24)	19,763	5–1
7	November 10, 2007	Suns	106–96	Magic	NA	Dwight Howard (33)	17,519	5–2
8	November 13, 2007	SuperSonics	76–103	Magic	NA	Rashard Lewis (22)	16,101	6–2
9	November 14, 2007	Magic	117–116	Cavaliers	1	Dwight Howard (35)	20,562	7–2
10	November 16, 2007	Magic	95–70	Nets	NA	Rashard Lewis (27)	15,115	8–2
11	November 18, 2007	Celtics	102–104	Magic	NA	Dwight Howard (24)	17,519	9–2
12	November 19, 2007	Magic	95–88	Hornets	NA	Dwight Howard (24)	11,741	10–2
13	November 21, 2007	Magic	110–128	Spurs	NA	Dwight Howard (34)	18,797	10–3
14	November 23, 2007	Bobcats	92–105	Magic	NA	Dwight Howard (34)	17,136	11–3
15	November 24, 2007	Heat	99–120	Magic	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (27)	17,519	12–3
16	November 26, 2007	Magic	85–74	Trail Blazers	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (21)	15,922	13–3
17	November 28, 2007	Magic	110–94	SuperSonics	NA	Dwight Howard (39)	12,398	14–3
18	November 30, 2007	Magic	106–110	Suns	NA	Dwight Howard (30)	18,422	14–4

December

Record: 8–7 ; Home: 2–4 ; Road: 6–3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
19	December 2, 2007	Magic	104–97	Lakers	NA	Rashard Lewis (18)	18,997	15–4
20	December 3, 2007	Magic	123–117	Warriors	1	Two-way tie (22)	18,527	16–4
21	December 8, 2007	Pacers	115–109	Magic	NA	Dwight Howard (30)	17,519	16–5
22	December 10, 2007	Hawks	98–87	Magic	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (22)	16,821	16–6
23	December 12, 2007	Magic	86–100	Bucks	NA	Two-way tie (20)	14,617	16–7
24	December 14, 2007	Magic	103–87	Bobcats	NA	Dwight Howard (33)	19,109	17–7
25	December 15, 2007	Grizzlies	123–119	Magic	NA	Dwight Howard (31)	17,519	17–8
26	December 17, 2007	Magic	108–111	Mavericks	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (26)	20,114	17–9
27	December 19, 2007	Magic	97–92	Rockets	NA	Dwight Howard (21)	18,270	18–9
28	December 21, 2007	Jazz	113–94	Magic	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (27)	17,519	18–10
29	December 23, 2007	Magic	91–103	Celtics	NA	Dwight Howard (23)	18,624	18–11
30	December 26, 2007	Knicks	96–110	Magic	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (26)	17,519	19–11
31	December 28, 2007	Magic	121–114	Heat	1	Dwight Howard (29)	19,805	20–11
32	December 29, 2007	Bobcats	95–104	Magic	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (28)	17,519	21–11
33	December 31, 2007	Magic	112–110	Bulls	1	Jameer Nelson (29)	22,126	22–11

January

Record: 7–7 ; Home: 5–2 ; Road: 2–5

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
34	January 2, 2008	Nets	96–95	Magic	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (23)	17,519	22–12
35	January 4, 2008	Rockets	96–94	Magic	NA	Jameer Nelson (20)	17,519	22–13
36	January 8, 2008	Magic	100–104	Kings	NA	Dwight Howard (29)	12,831	22–14
37	January 9, 2008	Magic	113–106	Clippers	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (28)	15,091	23–14
38	January 11, 2008	Magic	103–113	Nuggets	NA	Rashard Lewis (21)	16,718	23–15
39	January 12, 2008	Magic	115–119	Jazz	NA	Dwight Howard (29)	19,911	23–16
40	January 15, 2008	Bulls	88–102	Magic	NA	Rashard Lewis (26)	17,519	24–16
41	January 16, 2008	Magic	93–99	Bobcats	NA	Dwight Howard (24)	14,279	24–17
42	January 19, 2008	Trail Blazers	94–101	Magic	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (20)	17,519	25–17
43	January 21, 2008	Pistons	100–102	Magic	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (26)	17,519	26–17
44	January 23, 2008	Magic	112–85	Grizzlies	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (26)	10,212	27–17
45	January 25, 2008	Magic	93–101	Pistons	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (23)	22,076	27–18
46	January 27, 2008	Celtics	93–96	Magic	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (27)	17,519	28–18
47	January 30, 2008	Heat	91–107	Magic	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (27)	17,519	29–18

February

Record: 8–5 ; Home: 4–3 ; Road: 4–2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
48	February 1, 2008	Magic	108–106	76ers	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (23)	16,513	30–18
49	February 2, 2008	Magic	121–115	Pacers	NA	Dwight Howard (24)	13,172	31–18
50	February 4, 2008	Mavericks	107–98	Magic	NA	Dwight Howard (28)	16,974	31–19
51	February 6, 2008	Nets	84–100	Magic	NA	Dwight Howard (21)	16,011	32–19
52	February 8, 2008	Lakers	117–113	Magic	NA	Dwight Howard (19)	17,519	32–20
53	February 11, 2008	Cavaliers	118–111	Magic	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (25)	17,519	32–21
54	February 13, 2008	Nuggets	98–109	Magic	NA	Rashard Lewis (25)	17,519	33–21
55	February 19, 2008	Magic	103–85	Pistons	NA	Rashard Lewis (20)	22,076	34–21
56	February 20, 2008	Magic	110–127	Raptors	NA	Dwight Howard (37)	19,800	34–22
57	February 22, 2008	76ers	99–115	Magic	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (31)	17,519	35–22
58	February 24, 2008	Kings	93–112	Magic	NA	Dwight Howard (26)	17,519	36–22
59	February 26, 2008	Magic	102–92	Nets	NA	Two-way tie (25)	14,847	37–22
60	February 27, 2008	Magic	89–101	76ers	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (20)	14,847	37–23

March

Record: 10–4 ; Home: 7–3 ; Road: 3–1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
61	March 1, 2008	Knicks	92–118	Magic	NA	Dwight Howard (26)	17,519	38–23
62	March 4, 2008	Raptors	82–107	Magic	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (24)	17,519	39–23
63	March 5, 2008	Magic	122–92	Wizards	NA	Dwight Howard (20)	17,745	40–23
64	March 8, 2008	Warriors	104–95	Magic	NA	Dwight Howard (26)	17,519	40–24
65	March 10, 2008	Hawks	112–123	Magic	NA	Dwight Howard (26)	15,921	41–24
66	March 12, 2008	Clippers	88–110	Magic	NA	Dwight Howard (22)	16,312	42–24
67	March 14, 2008	Magic	103–94	Heat	NA	Jameer Nelson (21)	19,312	43–24
68	March 15, 2008	Pacers	111–122	Magic	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (27)	17,519	44–24
69	March 17, 2008	Cavaliers	90–104	Magic	NA	Dwight Howard (23)	17,519	45–24
70	March 19, 2008	Wizards	87–86	Magic	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (39)	16,533	45–25
71	March 21, 2008	76ers	95–113	Magic	NA	Rashard Lewis (18)	17,519	46–25
72	March 22, 2008	Magic	90–98	Hawks	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (18)	18,825	46–26
73	March 25, 2008	Spurs	107–97	Magic	NA	Two-way tie (24)	17,519	46–27
74	March 28, 2008	Magic	103–86	Bucks	NA	Dwight Howard (25)	17,531	47–27

April

Record: 5–3; Home: 2–2; Road: 3–1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
75	April 1, 2008	Hornets	98–97	Magic	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (26)	17,519	47–28
76	April 5, 2008	Magic	101–86	Cavaliers	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (23)	20,562	48–28
77	April 6, 2008	Magic	90–100	Knicks	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (23)	19,763	48–29
78	April 9, 2008	Bulls	83–115	Magic	NA	Dwight Howard (30)	17,519	49–29
79	April 11, 2008	Timberwolves	102–101	Magic	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (23)	17,593	49–30
80	April 13, 2008	Magic	104–84	Bulls	NA	Hedo Türkoğlu (24)	21,973	50–30
81	April 15, 2008	Magic	121–105	Hawks	NA	Maurice Evans (27)	18,738	51–30
82	April 16, 2008	Wizards	82–103	Magic	NA	J. J. Redick (18)	16,929	52–30

• Green background indicates win.
• Red background indicates loss.

Playoffs

2008 playoff game log
First Round: 4–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 20 Toronto 114–100 Howard (25) Howard (22) Nelson (7) Amway Arena 17,519 1–0 2 April 22 Toronto 104–103 Howard (29) Howard (20) Two-Way Tie (5) Amway Arena 17,519 2–0 3 April 24 @ Toronto 94–108 Türkoğlu (26) Howard (12) Nelson (6) Air Canada Centre 20,023 2–1 4 April 26 @ Toronto 106–94 Lewis (26) Howard (16) Two-Way Tie (5) Air Canada Centre 20,416 3–1 5 April 28 Toronto 102–92 Howard (21) Howard (21) Türkoğlu (9) Amway Arena 17,519 4–1
Conference Semifinals: 1–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–3) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 3 @ Detroit 72–91 Two-Way Tie (18) Howard (8) Nelson (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 0–1 2 May 5 @ Detroit 93–100 Howard, Nelson (22) Howard (18) Türkoğlu (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 0–2 3 May 7 Detroit 111–86 Lewis (33) Howard (12) Türkoğlu (6) Amway Arena 17,519 1–2 4 May 10 Detroit 89–90 Türkoğlu (20) Howard (12) Nelson (6) Amway Arena 17,519 1–3 5 May 13 @ Detroit 86–91 Türkoğlu (18) Howard (17) Türkoğlu (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 1–4
2008 playoff schedule

Player stats

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Carlos Arroyo	62	20	20.5	.451	.345	.853	1.8	3.5	.42	.03	6.9
James Augustine	25	0	6.0	.529	.000	.500	1.2	.1	.20	.08	1.6
Keith Bogans	82	35	26.8	.410	.362	.736	3.2	1.3	.72	.12	8.7
Brian Cook*	51	2	12.3	.376	.374	.905	2.1	.5	.25	.24	4.7
Keyon Dooling	72	1	18.5	.468	.338	.845	1.4	1.8	.50	.07	8.1
Maurice Evans*	75	47	22.9	.481	.388	.711	2.9	1.1	.61	.13	8.9
Adonal Foyle	82	0	9.4	.458	.000	.471	2.5	.2	.20	.55	1.9
Pat Garrity	31	0	9.2	.338	.216	.800	1.4	.4	.19	.03	2.1
Marcin Gortat	6	0	6.8	.471	.000	.667	2.7	.3	.17	.17	3.0
Dwight Howard	82	82	37.7	.599	.000	.590	14.2	1.3	.90	2.15	20.7
Rashard Lewis	81	81	38.0	.455	.409	.838	5.4	2.4	1.22	.47	18.2
Jameer Nelson	69	62	28.4	.469	.416	.828	3.5	5.6	.91	.06	10.9
Bo Outlaw	2	0	3.5	.667	.000	.000	.0	.0	.00	.00	2.0
J. J. Redick	34	0	8.1	.444	.395	.794	.7	.5	.12	.00	4.1
Hedo Türkoğlu	82	82	36.9	.456	.400	.829	5.7	5.0	.90	.30	19.5

*Total for entire season including previous team(s)

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Carlos Arroyo	4	0	7.5	.500	.000	1.000	.5	1.0	.00	.00	1.5
James Augustine	1	0	2.0	1.000	.000	.000	1.0	.0	.00	.00	2.0
Keith Bogans	9	0	29.1	.356	.341	.700	3.9	1.2	.44	.00	7.0
Keyon Dooling	9	0	14.7	.412	.400	.846	.8	.7	.67	.11	6.8
Maurice Evans	9	9	28.4	.500	.406	.667	2.8	.7	.89	.11	8.8
Adonal Foyle	3	0	3.7	.333	.000	.000	1.0	.0	.00	.00	.7
Pat Garrity	2	0	3.0	.000	.000	.500	1.0	.0	.00	.00	.5
Marcin Gortat	7	0	6.3	.833	.000	.000	1.0	.0	.00	.57	1.4
Dwight Howard	9	9	41.9	.586	.000	.574	15.7	1.0	.89	3.44	19.4
Rashard Lewis	9	9	41.6	.447	.306	.848	7.2	3.7	1.11	.44	20.1
Jameer Nelson	9	9	33.3	.481	.474	.757	4.3	4.8	.33	.22	16.4
J. J. Redick	2	0	5.0	.000	.000	.000	.5	.0	.00	.00	.0
Hedo Türkoğlu	9	9	39.8	.437	.303	.841	6.1	5.3	.89	.22	17.4

Awards and records

Dwight Howard was voted as starting center at the 2008 NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans, Louisiana, where the previous night, he won the 2008 Slam Dunk Contest.^[5]

Transactions

The Magic have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Trades

In November 2007 the Magic traded Trevor Ariza to the Los Angeles Lakers for Maurice Evans and Brian Cook.

Free agents

Player Former team Rashard Lewis Seattle SuperSonics

Player New team Grant Hill Phoenix Suns Darko Miličić Memphis Grizzlies

References

1. "Donovan Will Try To Work Magic In Orlando – Sports News Story – WESH Orlando". Archived from the original on 2009-07-23. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
2. Stan Van Gundy Hired as Magic Coach
3. ESPN – Sonics, Magic complete sign-and-trade for Rashard Lewis – NBA
4. The Orlando Sentinel, September 4, 2007.
5. ESPN – Howard proves big men can fly, earns dunk title – NBA