2007–08 Orlando Magic season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Orlando Magic 2008 yes 52 30 Southeast 1 3 Stan Van Gundy Otis Smith Bob Vander Weide Richard DeVos Amway Arena Conference Semifinals(lost to Pistons 1–4) ORL FSN Florida, Sun Sports WDBO The 2007–08 Orlando Magic season was their 19th season in the National Basketball Association. Led by 22-year-old center Dwight Howard, the Magic finished the season with a 52–30 record, finishing first-place in the Southeast Division and advancing to the Eastern Conference Semi-finals where they were eliminated by the Detroit Pistons in 5 games. The Magic had the fourth best team offensive rating in the NBA.https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/advanced/?sort=OFF_RATING&dir=-1&Season=2007-08&SeasonType=Regular%20Season Offensive Rating NBA.com April 30, 2021 In the playoffs, the Magic defeated the Toronto Raptors in the first round in five games before losing to the Detroit Pistons in the Semi-finals in five games. This marked the first time since 1996 that the Magic made it to the Semifinals of the playoffs. As from 1997 - 2007, they either were eliminated in the first round or didn't make the playoffs at all. 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 Semi-finals. 2 Offseason Gators coach Donovan goes pro, will coach Magic 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 head coach Brian Hill.Donovan Will Try To Work Magic in Orlando – Sports News Story – WESH Orlando http://www.wesh.com/sports/13425965/detail.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090115202945/http://www.wesh.com/sports/13425965/detail.html 2009-01-15 dead 2009-07-12 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.Stan Van Gundy Hired as Magic Coach 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.ESPN – Sonics, Magic complete sign-and-trade for Rashard Lewis – NBA Lewis signed a six-year league-maximum contract believed to be worth over $110 million. 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.The Orlando Sentinel, September 4, 2007. Draft picks Orlando's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City. Round Pick Player Position Nationality College / Club 2 44 Reyshawn Terry Small forward United States North Carolina Roster Orlando Magic 2007–08 30 Carlos Arroyo G 6 2 202 1979-07-30 Florida International 40 James Augustine basketball F 6 10 235 1984-02-27 Illinois 4 Tony Battie FC 6 11 240 1976-02-11 Texas Tech 10 Keith Bogans G 6 5 215 1980-05-12 Kentucky 34 Brian Cook basketball F 6 9 250 1980-12-04 Illinois 5 Keyon Dooling G 6 3 195 1980-05-08 Missouri 1 Maurice Evans basketball GF 6 5 220 1978-11-08 Texas 31 Adonal Foyle C 6 10 270 1975-03-09 Colgate 8 Pat Garrity F 6 9 238 1976-08-23 Notre Dame 13 Marcin Gortat FC 7 0 240 1984-02-17 Poland 12 Dwight Howard C 6 11 265 1985-12-08 SW Atlanta Christian Academy HS (GA) 9 Rashard Lewis F 6 10 230 1979-08-08 Alief Elsik HS (TX) 14 Jameer Nelson G 6 0 195 1982-02-09 St. Joseph's 7 JJ Redick G 6 4 190 1984-06-24 Duke 15 Hedo Türkoğlu GF 6 10 220 1979-03-19 Turkey Stan Van Gundy Bob Beyer Steve Clifford Patrick Ewing Brendan Malone https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/ORL/2008.html December 2, 2007 Regular season Standings ORL ORL 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 JJ Redick (18) 16,929 52–30 Green background indicates win. Red background indicates loss. Playoffs Orlando Magic 2008 yes Orlando Magic First Round yes yes 3 0 1 1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || April 20 || Toronto || 114–100 || Howard (25) || Howard (22) || Nelson (7) ||Amway Arena17,519 || 1–0 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || April 22 || Toronto || 104–103 || Howard (29) || Howard (20) || Two-Way Tie (5) ||Amway Arena17,519 || 2–0 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 3 || April 24 || @ Toronto || 94–108 || Türkoğlu (26) || Howard (12) || Nelson (6) ||Air Canada Centre20,023 || 2–1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || April 26 || @ Toronto || 106–94 || Lewis (26) || Howard (16) || Two-Way Tie (5) ||Air Canada Centre 20,416 || 3–1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || April 28 || Toronto || 102–92 || Howard (21) || Howard (21) || Türkoğlu (9) ||Amway Arena 17,519 || 4–1 |- Orlando Magic Conference Semifinals yes 1 1 0 3 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 1 || May 3 || @ Detroit || 72–91 || Two-Way Tie (18) || Howard (8) || Nelson (5) ||The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 || 0–1 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 2 || May 5 || @ Detroit || 93–100 || Howard, Nelson (22) || Howard (18) || Türkoğlu (7) ||The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 || 0–2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || May 7 || Detroit || 111–86 || Lewis (33) || Howard (12) || Türkoğlu (6) ||Amway Arena17,519 || 1–2 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 4 || May 10 || Detroit || 89–90 || Türkoğlu (20) || Howard (12) || Nelson (6) || Amway Arena17,519 || 1–3 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 5 || May 13 || @ Detroit || 86–91 || Türkoğlu (18) || Howard (17) || Türkoğlu (7) ||The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 || 1–4 |- ORL yes 2008 Player statistics Regular season Player POS Position GP Games played GS Games starter MP Minutes played REB Rebounds AST Assists STL Steals BLK Blocks PTS Points MPG Minutes per game RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per gameDwight HowardC82 82 3,088 1,161 110 74 176 1,695 37.7 14.2 1.3 .9 2.1 20.7Hedo TürkoğluSF82 82 3,026 471 409 74 25 1,602 36.9 5.7 5.0 .9 .3 19.5Keith BogansSG82 35 2,198 266 104 59 10 711 26.8 3.2 1.3 .7 .1 8.7Adonal FoyleC82 0 774 208 18 16 45 156 9.4 2.5 .2 .2 .5 1.9Rashard LewisPF 81 81 3,076 437 196 99 38 1,476 38.0 5.4 2.4 1.2 .5 18.2Keyon DoolingPG 72 1 1,334 101 133 36 5 581 18.5 1.4 1.8 .5 .1 8.1Jameer NelsonPG 69 62 1,961 243 383 63 4 755 28.4 3.5 5.6 .9 .1 10.9Maurice Evans basketball†SG 68 47 1,624 209 69 41 9 633 23.9 3.1 1.0 .6 .1 9.3Carlos ArroyoPG 62 20 1,269 113 219 26 2 430 20.5 1.8 3.5 .4 .0 6.9Brian Cook basketball†PF 45 0 559 99 24 11 12 224 12.4 2.2 .5 .2 .3 5.0JJ RedickSG 34 0 276 23 16 4 0 140 8.1 .7 .5 .1 .0 4.1Pat GarrityPF 31 0 284 44 13 6 1 66 9.2 1.4 .4 .2 .0 2.1James AugustinePF 25 0 149 30 2 5 2 40 6.0 1.2 .1 .2 .1 1.6Trevor Ariza†SF 11 0 115 24 8 5 3 36 10.5 2.2 .7 .5 .3 3.3Marcin GortatC 6 0 41 16 2 1 1 18 6.8 2.7 .3 .2 .2 3.0Bo OutlawPF 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 4 3.5 .0 .0 .0 .0 2.0 † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Magic only. Playoffs Player POS Position GP Games played GS Games starter MP Minutes played REB Rebounds AST Assists STL Steals BLK Blocks PTS Points MPG Minutes per game RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per gameDwight HowardC10 10 421 158 9 8 34 189 42.1 15.8 .9 .8 3.4 18.9Rashard LewisPF10 10 417 72 34 11 5 195 41.7 7.2 3.4 1.1 .5 19.5Hedo TürkoğluSF10 10 399 64 55 8 2 175 39.9 6.4 5.5 .8 .2 17.5Jameer NelsonPG10 10 333 41 47 3 2 162 33.3 4.1 4.7 .3 .2 16.2Maurice Evans basketballSG10 10 282 25 7 8 1 90 28.2 2.5 .7 .8 .1 9.0Keith BogansSG10 0 293 42 11 4 0 73 29.3 4.2 1.1 .4 .0 7.3Keyon DoolingPG10 0 148 10 7 6 1 66 14.8 1.0 .7 .6 .1 6.6Marcin GortatC 8 0 48 8 0 0 4 10 6.0 1.0 .0 .0 .5 1.3Carlos ArroyoPG 4 0 30 2 4 0 0 6 7.5 .5 1.0 .0 .0 1.5Adonal FoyleC 3 0 11 3 0 0 0 2 3.7 1.0 .0 .0 .0 .7JJ RedickSG 2 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 .5 .0 .0 .0 .0Pat GarrityPF 2 0 6 2 0 0 0 1 3.0 1.0 .0 .0 .0 .5James AugustinePF 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 2.0 1.0 .0 .0 .0 2.0 Awards and records Dwight Howard – All-NBA 1st Team, All-Defensive 2nd Team, Rebounding Champion, Slam Dunk Contest Champion,ESPN – Howard proves big men can fly, earns dunk title – NBA All-Star Hedo Türkoğlu – Most Improved Player Records Milestones 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 Category:Orlando Magic seasons Orlando Category:2007 in sports in Florida Category:2008 in sports in Florida Category:2007 in Orlando, Florida Category:2008 in Orlando, Florida