2008–09 Orlando Magic season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Orlando Magic 2009 yes yes 59 23 Southeast 1 3 Stan Van Gundy Otis Smith Bob Vander Weide Richard DeVos Amway Arena NBA Finals(lost to Lakers 1–4) ORL Fox Sports Florida Sun Sports WDBO The 2008–09 Orlando Magic season was the 20th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Led by 23-year-old center Dwight Howard, the team finished the regular season with a 59–23 record, the most wins since the 1995–96 season. The Magic would go on to defeat the Philadelphia 76ers in six games in the first round of the playoffs, highlighted by forward Hedo Türkoğlu's game winner in game four of that series. They followed it up by defeating the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics in a tough, hard-fought seven-game series in the semi-finals. Finally, they defeated the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers in six games in the conference finals, thanks to Howard's 40 points and 10 rebounds in Game 6, to advance to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1995, but would lose to the Kobe Bryant-led Los Angeles Lakers in five games. Following the season, Türkoğlu was traded to the Toronto Raptors in a three-team deal and Rafer Alston, Tony Battie and Courtney Lee were all dealt to the New Jersey Nets. It was also Tyronn Lue’s last season as an NBA player, as 6 years later, he would return to the NBA, as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers. As of 2026, this is the last time the Magic have advanced to the NBA Finals. Key dates June 26: The 2008 NBA draft took place in New York City. July 1: The free agency period started. October 29: The Magic opened the season with a game against the Atlanta Hawks. December 12: Because of a sore left knee, Dwight Howard missed the first game of his professional career, ending a streak of 351 consecutive games played in.Magic beat Jazz despite Dwight Howard missing his first game as a pro January 13: The Magic scored an NBA record 23 three-pointers against the Sacramento Kings. Nine of the twelve Magic players who played that night scored at least one three pointer: Jameer Nelson (5), JJ Redick (4), Keith Bogans (4), Hedo Türkoğlu (3), Rashard Lewis (3), Courtney Lee (1), Anthony Johnson (1), Brian Cook (1), and Jeremy Richardson (1).http://www.nba.com/magic/news/GameNight_10_pm_11309-296439-66.html Orlando Magic News Headlines NBA.com February 2: Jameer Nelson left a game after dislocating his right shoulder. One day later, it was announced that he suffered a torn labrum, and would require surgery to repair it, meaning he would likely miss the rest of the season. A few days prior to the injury, Nelson had been named as a reserve in the All-Star Game.http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orl-nelson-injury-update,0,3257565.story Magic's Jameer Nelson to have shoulder surgery, likely out for season 2009-02-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20090205203201/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orl-nelson-injury-update,0,3257565.story 2009-02-05 dead February 19: As part of a three-way trade, the Magic acquired Rafer Alston from the Houston Rockets.http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_magic/2009/02/magic-make-deal-for-rafer-alston-.html Magic Make Deal For Rafer Alston in Three-Way 2009-02-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20090222221927/http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_magic/2009/02/magic-make-deal-for-rafer-alston-.html 2009-02-22 dead February 25: The Magic were assured a winning season after defeating the New York Knicks. March 11: The Magic clinched a playoff spot with a win over the Chicago Bulls. March 25: After beating the Boston Celtics, the Magic clinched their second consecutive division championship. With the win, they were also guaranteed of finishing the regular season with more wins than the previous season. April 15: The regular season ended, with the Magic finishing one win shy of matching a franchise record. April 21: Dwight Howard won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, becoming the youngest player to win the award as well as the first player of the Magic to do so.http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/basketball/magic/orl-dwight-howard-defensive-player-year-042109,0,2958133.story Magic's Dwight Howard wins NBA Defensive Player of Year 2009-05-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20090424092656/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/basketball/magic/orl-dwight-howard-defensive-player-year-042109,0,2958133.story 2009-04-24 dead April 28: Rookie Courtney Lee was accidentally hit in the face by Dwight Howard during game 5 of the Magic's first round playoff series. The following day it was announced he would miss Game 6, suffering a fractured sinus.Lee injured after getting elbowed April 29: Dwight Howard was suspended for one game by the NBA for an incident in which Howard elbowed a Philadelphia 76ers player in the face the previous night in Game 5 of the Magic's first round playoff series.Howard out for Game 6 April 30: The Magic advanced to the second round of the NBA playoffs after defeating the Philadelphia 76ers in 6 games. May 17: In a Game 7 on the road, the Magic advanced to their first Eastern Conference finals appearance since 1996 after defeating the defending champion Boston Celtics. May 30: The Magic defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 4–2 to advance to the 2009 NBA Finals and made their first appearance since 1995. June 9: The Magic earned their first NBA Finals game victory in franchise history. They beat the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 3 at Amway Arena by a score of 108–104. The Magic shot an NBA Finals single-game record 75% in the first half, and a record 62.5% for the entire game.Hot shooting, balanced scoring lift Magic in Game 3 The Magic had lost their first six NBA Finals games (four in 1995 and two in 2009). June 14: The Magic's season ended, having lost the NBA Finals in five games to the Lakers. Offseason Draft picks 2008 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 22 Courtney Lee Shooting guard American Western Kentucky Roster Orlando Magic 2008–09 1 Rafer Alston PG 6 2 175 1976-07-24 Fresno State 4 Tony Battie PF 6 11 240 1976-02-11 Texas Tech 31 Adonal Foyle C 6 10 270 1975-03-09 Colgate 13 Marcin Gortat PF 6 11 240 1984-02-17 Poland 12 Dwight Howard C 6 11 265 1985-12-08 SW Atlanta Christian Academy HS (GA) 8 Anthony Johnson basketball PG 6 3 195 1974-10-02 C of C 11 Courtney Lee SG 6 5 200 1985-10-03 Western Kentucky 9 Rashard Lewis PF 6 10 230 1979-08-08 Alief Elsik HS (TX) 10 Tyronn Lue PG 6 0 175 1977-05-03 Nebraska 14 Jameer Nelson PG 6 0 190 1982-02-09 St. Joseph's 20 Mickaël Piétrus SG 6 6 215 1982-02-07 France 7 JJ Redick SG 6 4 190 1984-06-24 Duke 32 Jeremy Richardson SF 6 7 195 1984-02-11 Delta State 15 Hedo Türkoğlu SF 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/2009.html March 23, 2009 Regular season The first half of the 2008–09 season went very well for the Magic. After 41 games, the Magic were 33–8, leading the Southeast Division, as well as having one of the top four records in the league. On January 13, 2009, they scored an NBA record 23 three-pointers against the Sacramento Kings. Nine of the twelve Magic players who played that night scored at least one three pointer. At the start of February, Jameer Nelson, their all-star starting point guard, went down with a shoulder injury which caused him to miss the remainder of the season. The Magic then began a stretch where they did not win or lose consecutive games for almost the entire month. The Magic did make a deal at the trade deadline with the Houston Rockets for Rafer Alston. Still having to deal with the absence of Nelson though, Orlando managed to maintain one of the top records in the league, secured a second straight winning season, and clinched a playoff berth in mid-March. The Magic defeated the defending champion Boston Celtics to capture their second consecutive division championship, and on the same night assured themselves of winning more games than the previous season. Finishing the regular season with a 59–23 record, it was the most games the team had won in a season since the 1995–96 season in which they had 60 wins. Standings ORL ORL Game log Orlando Magic 2009 Orlando Magic October yes 0 1 0 1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | October 29 | Atlanta | 20081029 ATLORL 85 99 | Dwight Howard (22) | Dwight Howard (15) | Anthony Johnson (3) | Amway Arena17,461 | 0–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | October 31 | @ Memphis | 20081031 ORLMEM 84 86 | Rashard Lewis (23) | Dwight Howard (14) | Hedo Türkoğlu (7) | FedExForum16,139 | 0–2 Orlando Magic November 7 2 6 0 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 | November 1 | Sacramento | 20081101 SACORL 121 103 | Dwight Howard (29) | Dwight Howard (14) | Rashard Lewis (6) | Amway Arena16,704 | 1–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4 | November 3 | Chicago | 20081103 CHIORL 96 93 | Dwight Howard (22) | Dwight Howard (15) | Hedo Türkoğlu (7) | Amway Arena15,606 | 2–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 5 | November 6 | Philadelphia | 20081106 PHIORL 98 88 | Rashard Lewis, Hedo Türkoğlu (20) | Rashard Lewis, Hedo Türkoğlu, Dwight Howard (8) | Jameer Nelson (9) | Amway Arena16,407 | 3–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 | November 8 | Washington | 20081108 WASORL 106 81 | Dwight Howard (31) | Dwight Howard (16) | Jameer Nelson (6) | Amway Arena16,911 | 4–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | November 10 | Portland | 20081110 PORORL 99 106 | Hedo Türkoğlu (35) | Dwight Howard (19) | Jameer Nelson (7) | Amway Arena14,210 | 4–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 8 | November 12 | @ Oklahoma City | 20081112 ORLOKC 109 92 | Dwight Howard (30) | Dwight Howard (19) | Hedo Türkoğlu (7) | Ford Center18,185 | 5–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 9 | November 14 | @ Dallas | 20081114 ORLDAL 102 100 | Rashard Lewis (23) | Dwight Howard (13) | Anthony Johnson (6) | American Airlines Center20,085 | 6–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 10 | November 16 | @ Charlotte | 20081116 ORLCHA 90 85 | Hedo Türkoğlu (20) | Tony Battie, Dwight Howard (7) | Hedo Türkoğlu (4) | Time Warner Cable Arena12,639 | 7–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 11 | November 18 | Toronto | 20081118 TORORL 103 90 | Rashard Lewis, Hedo Türkoğlu, Jameer Nelson (22) | Dwight Howard (9) | Hedo Türkoğlu (7) | Amway Arena16,353 | 8–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 12 | November 21 | @ Indiana | 20081121 ORLIND 100 98 1 | Dwight Howard (24) | Dwight Howard (17) | Jameer Nelson (9) | Conseco Fieldhouse14,699 | 9–3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 13 | November 22 | Houston | 20081122 HOUORL 95 100 | Jameer Nelson (21) | Dwight Howard (9) | Jameer Nelson (6) | Amway Arena17,461 | 9–4 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 14 | November 24 | Milwaukee | 20081124 MILORL 108 101 | Dwight Howard (24) | Dwight Howard (13) | Jameer Nelson (6) | Amway Arena16,245 | 10–4 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 15 | November 26 | @ Philadelphia | 20081126 ORLPHI 96 94 | Dwight Howard (21) | Dwight Howard (14) | Hedo Türkoğlu (7) | Wachovia Center14,985 | 11–4 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 16 | November 27 | @ Washington | 20081127 ORLWAS 105 90 | Dwight Howard (26) | Dwight Howard (14) | Anthony Johnson (12) | Verizon Center13,295 | 12–4 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 17 | November 29 | Indiana | 20081129 INDORL 110 96 | Dwight Howard (32) | Dwight Howard (21) | Anthony Johnson, JJ Redick (4) | Amway Arena17,172 | 13–4 Orlando Magic December 6 0 6 3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 18 | December 1 | @ Boston | 20081201 ORLBOS 88 107 | Rashard Lewis (30) | Dwight Howard (15) | Hedo Türkoğlu, Anthony Johnson (4) | TD Banknorth Garden18,624 | 13–5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 19 | December 3 | Minnesota | 20081203 MINORL 100 89 | Rashard Lewis, Dwight Howard (23) | Dwight Howard (14) | Rashard Lewis (5) | Amway Arena15,705 | 14–5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 20 | December 5 | Oklahoma City | 20081205 OKCORL 98 89 | Dwight Howard (21) | Dwight Howard (23) | Jameer Nelson, Hedo Türkoğlu (7) | Amway Arena16,812 | 15–5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 21 | December 8 | @ L.A. Clippers | 20081208 ORLLAC 95 88 | Dwight Howard (23) | Dwight Howard (22) | Hedo Türkoğlu (6) | Staples Center15,222 | 16–5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 22 | December 9 | @ Portland | 20081209 ORLPOR 109 108 | Rashard Lewis (27) | Rashard Lewis (9) | Jameer Nelson (6) | Rose Garden20,642 | 17–5 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 23 | December 12 | @ Phoenix | 20081212 ORLPHX 112 113 | Dwight Howard (19) | Rashard Lewis (8) | Jameer Nelson, Anthony Johnson (6) | US Airways Center18,422 | 17–6 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 24 | December 13 | @ Utah | 20081213 ORLUTA 103 94 | Rashard Lewis (27) | Rashard Lewis (9) | Jameer Nelson (6) | EnergySolutions Arena19,911 | 18–6 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 25 | December 15 | @ Golden State | 20081215 ORLGSW 109 98 | Jameer Nelson (32) | Marcin Gortat (13) | Hedo Türkoğlu (8) | Oracle Arena18,844 | 19–6 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 26 | December 18 | San Antonio | 20081218 SASORL 90 78 | Jameer Nelson (24) | Dwight Howard (13) | Jameer Nelson (7) | Amway Arena17,461 | 20–6 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 27 | December 20 | L.A. Lakers | 20081220 LALORL 106 103 | Jameer Nelson (27) | Dwight Howard (12) | Hedo Türkoğlu (7) | Amway Arena17,461 | 21–6 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 28 | December 22 | Golden State | 20081222 GSWORL 113 81 | Jameer Nelson (22) | Dwight Howard (11) | Jameer Nelson, Hedo Türkoğlu (7) | Amway Arena17,461 | 22–6 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 29 | December 25 | New Orleans | 20081225 NOHORL 88 68 | Hedo Türkoğlu (20) | Dwight Howard (15) | Hedo Türkoğlu (5) | Amway Arena17,461 | 23–6 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 30 | December 27 | @ Minnesota | 20081227 ORLMIN 118 94 | Hedo Türkoğlu (26) | Hedo Türkoğlu, Rashard Lewis (7) | Jameer Nelson (8) | Target Center17,003 | 24–6 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 31 | December 29 | @ Detroit | 20081229 ORLDET 82 88 | Rashard Lewis (23) | Dwight Howard (18) | Hedo Türkoğlu (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 24–7 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 32 | December 31 | @ Chicago | 20081231 ORLCHI 113 94 | Rashard Lewis (21) | Dwight Howard (14) | Jameer Nelson (5) | United Center21,861 | 25–7 Orlando Magic January 5 1 5 2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 33 | January 2 | Miami | 20090102 MIAORL 86 76 | Rashard Lewis (17) | Dwight Howard (15) | Jameer Nelson, Hedo Türkoğlu (5) | Amway Arena17,461 | 26–7 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 34 | January 4 | @ Toronto | 20090104 ORLTOR 102 108 | Dwight Howard (39) | Dwight Howard (8) | Rashard Lewis (9) | Air Canada Centre19,322 | 26–8 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 35 | January 6 | Washington | 20090106 WASORL 89 80 | Hedo Türkoğlu (22) | Dwight Howard (16) | Hedo Türkoğlu (7) | Amway Arena16,011 | 27–8 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 36 | January 7 | @ Atlanta | 20090107 ORLATL 106 102 | Dwight Howard (23) | Dwight Howard (19) | Hedo Türkoğlu (8) | Philips Arena13,748 | 28–8 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 37 | January 9 | Atlanta | 20090109 ATLORL 121 87 | Hedo Türkoğlu (21) | Marcin Gortat (11) | Jameer Nelson (9) | Amway Arena17,461 | 29–8 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 38 | January 11 | @ San Antonio | 20090111 ORLSAS 105 98 | Dwight Howard (24) | Dwight Howard (14) | Jameer Nelson, Hedo Türkoğlu (5) | AT&T Center18,216 | 30–8 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 39 | January 13 | @ Sacramento | 20090113 ORLSAC 139 107 | Dwight Howard (25) | Dwight Howard (15) | Jameer Nelson (11) | ARCO Arena11,168 | 31–8 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 40 | January 16 | @ L.A. Lakers | 20090116 ORLLAL 109 103 | Jameer Nelson (28) | Dwight Howard (20) | Jameer Nelson (8) | Staples Center18,997 | 32–8 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 41 | January 17 | @ Denver | 20090117 ORLDEN 106 88 | Hedo Türkoğlu (31) | Dwight Howard (20) | Hedo Türkoğlu, Jameer Nelson (5) | Pepsi Center19,749 | 33–8 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 42 | January 22 | Boston | 20090122 BOSORL 80 90 | Hedo Türkoğlu (22) | Dwight Howard (11) | Jameer Nelson (3) | Amway Arena17,461 | 33–9 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 43 | January 24 | @ Miami | 20090124 ORLMIA 97 103 | Dwight Howard (22) | Dwight Howard (10) | Jameer Nelson (7) | American Airlines Arena19,600 | 33–10 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 44 | January 27 | Indiana | 20090127 INDORL 135 111 | Mickaël Piétrus (27) | Mickaël Piétrus, Dwight Howard (10) | Jameer Nelson, Hedo Türkoğlu (8) | Amway Arena17,461 | 34–10 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 45 | January 29 | Cleveland | 20090129 CLEORL 99 88 | Dwight Howard (22) | Dwight Howard (18) | Rashard Lewis (5) | Amway Arena17,461 | 35–10 Orlando Magic February 4 3 4 3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 46 | February 1 | @ Toronto | 20090201 ORLTOR 113 90 | Dwight Howard (29) | Dwight Howard (14) | Jameer Nelson (10) | Air Canada Centre19,800 | 36–10 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 47 | February 2 | Dallas | 20090202 DALORL 95 105 | Dwight Howard (35) | Dwight Howard (11) | Hedo Türkoğlu (4) | Amway Arena16,551 | 36–11 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 48 | February 4 | L.A. Clippers | 20090204 LACORL 125 96 | Anthony Johnson (25) | Dwight Howard (15) | Hedo Türkoğlu (6) | Amway Arena16,101 | 37–11 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 49 | February 6 | @ Indiana | 20090206 ORLIND 102 107 | Dwight Howard (21) | Dwight Howard (20) | Hedo Türkoğlu (11) | Conseco Fieldhouse13,559 | 37–12 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 50 | February 8 | New Jersey | 20090208 NJNORL 101 84 | Dwight Howard (30) | Dwight Howard (16) | Hedo Türkoğlu (8) | Amway Arena16,533 | 38–12 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 51 | February 11 | Denver | 20090211 DENORL 73 82 | Dwight Howard (16) | Dwight Howard (15) | Hedo Türkoğlu (5) | Amway Arena17,461 | 38–13 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 52 | February 17 | Charlotte | 20090217 CHAORL 107 102 1 | Dwight Howard (45) | Dwight Howard (19) | Hedo Türkoğlu (7) | Amway Arena17,461 | 39–13 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 53 | February 18 | @ New Orleans | 20090218 ORLNOH 85 117 | Rashard Lewis (17) | Marcin Gortat, Dwight Howard (8) | Rashard Lewis (8) | New Orleans Arena16,651 | 39–14 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 54 | February 20 | @ Charlotte | 20090220 ORLCHA 92 80 | Hedo Türkoğlu (24) | Dwight Howard (16) | Rafer Alston (8) | Time Warner Cable Arena19,244 | 40–14 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 55 | February 22 | Miami | 20090222 MIAORL 122 99 | Dwight Howard (32) | Dwight Howard (17) | Rafer Alston (9) | Amway Arena17,461 | 41–14 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 56 | February 24 | @ Chicago | 20090224 ORLCHI 102 120 | Dwight Howard (26) | Dwight Howard (12) | Rashard Lewis, Rafer Alston (5) | United Center21,902 | 41–15 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 57 | February 25 | @ New York | 20090225 ORLNYK 114 109 | Hedo Türkoğlu (33) | Dwight Howard (21) | Rashard Lewis (4) | Madison Square Garden19,763 | 42–15 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 58 | February 27 | Detroit | 20090227 DETORL 85 93 | Dwight Howard (21) | Dwight Howard (13) | Rafer Alston (6) | Amway Arena17,461 | 42–16 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 59 | February 28 | @ Philadelphia | 20090228 ORLPHI 106 100 | Rashard Lewis, Hedo Türkoğlu (23) | Dwight Howard (8) | Hedo Türkoğlu (7) | Wachovia Center19,703 | 43–16 Orlando Magic March 7 0 5 2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 60 | March 3 | Phoenix | 20090303 PHXORL 111 99 | Rashard Lewis (29) | Rashard Lewis (12) | Hedo Türkoğlu, Rafer Alston (6) | Amway Arena17,461 | 44–16 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 61 | March 6 | New Jersey | 20090306 NJNORL 105 102 | Dwight Howard (26) | Dwight Howard (15) | Rafer Alston (6) | Amway Arena17,461 | 45–16 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 62 | March 8 | @ Boston | 20090308 ORLBOS 86 79 | Dwight Howard (18) | Dwight Howard (15) | Rafer Alston (8) | TD Banknorth Garden18,624 | 46–16 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 63 | March 9 | @ Detroit | 20090309 ORLDET 94 98 | Dwight Howard (27) | Dwight Howard (14) | Rafer Alston (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills20,039 | 46–17 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 64 | March 11 | Chicago | 20090311 CHIORL 107 79 | Tony Battie (18) | Marcin Gortat (15) | Rafer Alston, Anthony Johnson (6) | Amway Arena17,461 | 47–17 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 65 | March 13 | @ Washington | 20090313 ORLWAS 112 103 | Mickaël Piétrus (21) | Dwight Howard (13) | Dwight Howard (7) | Verizon Center18,152 | 48–17 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 66 | March 15 | Utah | 20090315 UTAORL 105 87 | Dwight Howard (28) | Dwight Howard (20) | Hedo Türkoğlu (8) | Amway Arena17,461 | 49–17 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 67 | March 17 | @ Cleveland | 20090317 ORLCLE 93 97 | Rafer Alston (23) | Dwight Howard (15) | Hedo Türkoğlu (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 49–18 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 68 | March 18 | @ Milwaukee | 20090318 ORLMIL 106 80 | Dwight Howard (28) | Dwight Howard (12) | Dwight Howard, Hedo Türkoğlu (7) | Bradley Center13,819 | 50–18 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 69 | March 21 | New York | 20090321 NYKORL 110 103 | Rashard Lewis (27) | Marcin Gortat (8) | Hedo Türkoğlu (9) | Amway Arena17,461 | 51–18 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 70 | March 23 | @ New York | 20090323 ORLNYK 106 102 | Dwight Howard (29) | Dwight Howard (14) | Hedo Türkoğlu (3) | Madison Square Garden19,763 | 52–18 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 71 | March 25 | Boston | 20090325 BOSORL 84 82 | Dwight Howard (24) | Dwight Howard (21) | Rafer Alston (6) | Amway Arena17,461 | 53–18 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 72 | March 27 | Milwaukee | 20090327 MILORL 110 94 | Rashard Lewis (19) | Marcin Gortat (11) | Dwight Howard, Rafer Alston (5) | Amway Arena17,461 | 54–18 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 73 | March 30 | @ Miami | 20090330 ORLMIA 101 95 | Dwight Howard (22) | Dwight Howard (18) | Hedo Türkoğlu, Rafer Alston (5) | American Airlines Arena19,600 | 55–18 Orlando Magic April 3 2 1 3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 74 | April 1 | Toronto | 20090401 TORORL 95 99 | Dwight Howard (30) | Dwight Howard (9) | Hedo Türkoğlu (6) | Amway Arena17,461 | 55–19 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 75 | April 3 | Cleveland | 20090403 CLEORL 116 87 | Rashard Lewis (22) | Dwight Howard (11) | Rafer Alston (10) | Amway Arena17,461 | 56–19 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 76 | April 4 | @ Atlanta | 20090404 ORLATL 88 82 | Dwight Howard (21) | Dwight Howard (23) | Dwight Howard (5) | Philips Arena19,608 | 57–19 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 77 | April 7 | @ Houston | 20090407 ORLHOU 83 93 | Rashard Lewis (22) | Rashard Lewis (12) | Rashard Lewis, Hedo Türkoğlu (4) | Toyota Center18,389 | 57–20 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 78 | April 8 | Memphis | 20090408 MEMORL 81 78 | Hedo Türkoğlu (20) | Dwight Howard (13) | Hedo Türkoğlu (7) | Amway Arena17,461 | 58–20 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 79 | April 10 | New York | 20090410 NYKORL 95 105 | Hedo Türkoğlu (24) | Dwight Howard (14) | Hedo Türkoğlu, Rafer Alston (5) | Amway Arena17,461 | 58–21 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 80 | April 11 | @ New Jersey | 20090411 ORLNJN 93 103 | Hedo Türkoğlu (16) | Dwight Howard (8) | Rafer Alston (8) | Izod Center17,123 | 58–22 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 81 | April 13 | @ Milwaukee | 20090413 ORLMIL 80 98 | Courtney Lee (17) | Marcin Gortat (18) | Rafer Alston (4) | Bradley Center14,683 | 58–23 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 82 | April 15 | Charlotte | 20090415 CHAORL 98 73 | Tony Battie (21) | Dwight Howard (12) | Mickaël Piétrus (5) | Amway Arena17,461 | 59–23 orl Playoffs The Magic drew the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the playoffs. With the series tied at two wins for each team, Game 5 saw Vivani an incident in the 1st quarter involving Dwight Howard throwing an elbow at 76ers center Samuel Dalembert. Howard was assessed a technical foul but was not ejected from the game. The NBA reviewed the play and suspended Howard for Game 6. A second incident involving an elbow from Dwight Howard happened in Game 5 not long after the elbow to Dalembert. This time however, Magic rookie Courtney Lee was the recipient of the hit from his teammate. Lee left the game and did not return. Suffering a fractured sinus, it was announced that Lee was expected to have surgery and could miss the remainder of the postseason.Lee could miss rest of playoffs Neither player's absence would prove costly to Orlando in Game 6, who won the series with a blowout on the road, and Lee returned to action in the next series wearing a protective face mask, such as one worn by Richard Hamilton. In the Eastern Conference semi-finals, the Magic faced the defending champion Boston Celtics. Facing a 3–2 series deficit, the Magic tied the series with a home game victory in Game 6 and advanced to the Eastern Conference finals by winning Game 7 on the road, ending Boston's 32–0 undefeated record when leading the series 3–2. Assistant Coach Patrick Ewing had guaranteed a win in Game 7.https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap;_ylt=AlT7qdkLBThF5x98WEzpSs.8vLYF?gid=2009051702&prov=ap Magic Moment: Orlando beats Boston to advance Jimmy Golen May 18, 2009 Associated Press Yahoo.com Returning to the conference finals for the first time since 1996, the Magic's opponent was the Cleveland Cavaliers, who compiled the league's best regular season record led by the season's MVP, LeBron James. That didn't stop the Magic as they closed the series out at home in Game 6, winning 103–90 as Dwight Howard scored 40 points, a career high for him in a playoff game. The Magic won the series 4–2, the Eastern Conference championship, and the right to face the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2009 NBA Finals. After dropping the first two games in the series, the Magic finally won their first ever game in the finals in Game 3. With the franchise losing their first six finals games 1995 and 2009 combined, it was the second most games a team had lost in the finals before earning their first win. However, in Game 4 the Magic lost to the Lakers 99–91 in overtime; the Lakers took a 3–1 series lead and won again in Game 5, thus ending the Magic's longest playoff run in team history and ending up 1–8 in the finals. Game log Orlando Magic yes 2009 Orlando Magic First Round yes yes no 2 1 2 1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 || April 19 || Philadelphia || 20090419 PHIORL 98 100 || Dwight Howard (31) || Dwight Howard (16) || Rafer Alston (5) || Amway Arena17,461 || 0–1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 || April 22 || Philadelphia || 20090422 PHIORL 96 87 || Courtney Lee (24) || Dwight Howard (10) || Rashard Lewis (6) || Amway Arena17,461 || 1–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 || April 24 || @ Philadelphia || 20090424 ORLPHI 94 96 || Dwight Howard (36) || Dwight Howard (11) || Courtney Lee (5) || Wachovia Center16,492 || 1–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4 || April 26 || @ Philadelphia || 20090426 ORLPHI 84 81 || Dwight Howard (18) || Dwight Howard (18) || Rafer Alston (5) || Wachovia Center16,464 || 2–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 5 || April 28 || Philadelphia || 20090428 PHIORL 91 78 || Howard, Lewis (24) || Dwight Howard (24) || Alston, Türkoğlu (4) ||Amway Arena17,461 || 3–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 || April 30 || @ Philadelphia || 20090430 ORLPHI 114 89 || Rashard Lewis (29) || Marcin Gortat (15) || Rafer Alston (10) || Wachovia Center16,691 || 4–2 Orlando Magic Conference Semifinals no yes no 2 1 2 2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 || May 4 || @ Boston || 20090504 ORLBOS 95 90 || Rashard Lewis (18) || Dwight Howard (22) || Rafer Alston (7) || TD Banknorth Garden18,624 || 1–0 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 || May 6 || @ Boston || 20090506 ORLBOS 94 112 ||Lewis, Piétrus (17) || Dwight Howard (12) || Anthony Johnson (7) || TD Banknorth Garden18,624 || 1–1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 || May 8 || Boston || 20090508 BOSORL 117 96 || Rashard Lewis (28) || Dwight Howard (14) || Hedo Türkoğlu (4) || Amway Arena17,461 || 2–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 || May 10 || Boston || 20090510 BOSORL 94 95 || Dwight Howard (23) || Dwight Howard (17) || JJ Redick (7) || Amway Arena17,461 || 2–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 || May 12 || @ Boston || 20090512 ORLBOS 88 92 || Rashard Lewis (19) || Dwight Howard (17) || Hedo Türkoğlu (7) || TD Banknorth Garden18,624 || 2–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 || May 14 || Boston || 20090514 BOSORL 83 75 || Dwight Howard (23) || Dwight Howard (22) || Alston, Lewis, Türkoğlu (3) || Amway Arena17,461 || 3–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 7 || May 17 || @ Boston || 20090517 ORLBOS 101 82 || Hedo Türkoğlu (25) || Dwight Howard (16) || Hedo Türkoğlu (12) || TD Banknorth Garden18,624 || 4–3 Orlando Magic Conference Finals yes 3 0 1 2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 || May 20 || @ Cleveland || 20090520 ORLCLE 107 106 || Dwight Howard (30) || Dwight Howard (13) || Hedo Türkoğlu (14) || Quicken Loans Arena20,562 || 1–0 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 || May 22 || @ Cleveland || 20090522 ORLCLE 95 96 || Rashard Lewis (23) || Dwight Howard (18) || Howard, Johnson, Türkoğlu (4) || Quicken Loans Arena20,562 || 1–1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 || May 24 || Cleveland || 20090524 CLEORL 99 89 || Dwight Howard (24) || Hedo Türkoğlu (10) || Hedo Türkoğlu (7) || Amway Arena17,461 || 2–1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4 || May 26 || Cleveland || 20090526 CLEORL 116 114 1 || Dwight Howard (27) || Dwight Howard (14) || Hedo Türkoğlu (8) || Amway Arena17,461 || 3–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 || May 28 || @ Cleveland || 20090528 ORLCLE 102 112 || Hedo Türkoğlu (29) || Dwight Howard (10) || Rafer Alston (4) || Quicken Loans Arena20,562 || 3–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 || May 30 || Cleveland || 20090530 CLEORL 103 90 || Dwight Howard (40) || Dwight Howard (14) || Hedo Türkoğlu (5) || Amway Arena17,461 || 4–2 Orlando Magic NBA Finals yes 1 2 0 2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 || June 4 || @ L.A. Lakers || 20090604 ORLLAL 75 100 || Mickaël Piétrus (14) || Dwight Howard (15) || Jameer Nelson (4) || Staples Center18,997 || 0–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 || June 7 || @ L.A. Lakers || 20090607 ORLLAL 96 101 1 || Rashard Lewis (34) || Dwight Howard (16) || Rashard Lewis (7) || Staples Center18,997 || 0–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 || June 9 || L.A. Lakers || 20090609 LALORL 108 104 || Howard, Lewis (21) || Dwight Howard (14) || Hedo Türkoğlu (7) || Amway Arena17,461 || 1–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 || June 11 || L.A. Lakers || 20090611 LALORL 91 99 1 || Hedo Türkoğlu (25) || Dwight Howard (21) || Rashard Lewis (4) || Amway Arena17,461 || 1–3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 || June 14 || L.A. Lakers || 20090614 LALORL 86 99 || Rashard Lewis (18) || Howard, Lewis (10) || Lewis, Nelson (4) || Amway Arena17,461 || 1–4 orl yes 2009 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 gameAnthony Johnson basketballPG80 12 1,481 147 200 46 5 421 18.5 1.8 2.5 .6 .1 5.3Rashard LewisPF 79 79 2,859 453 205 81 51 1,401 36.2 5.7 2.6 1.0 .6 17.7Dwight HowardC 79 79 2,821 1,093 112 77 231 1,624 35.7 13.8 1.4 1.0 2.9 20.6Hedo TürkoğluSF 77 77 2,815 410 375 64 19 1,294 36.6 5.3 4.9 .8 .2 16.8Courtney LeeSG 77 42 1,939 178 91 76 14 646 25.2 2.3 1.2 1.0 .2 8.4Tony BattiePF 77 3 1,202 278 31 26 25 372 15.6 3.6 .4 .3 .3 4.8JJ RedickSG 64 5 1,111 109 73 21 1 382 17.4 1.7 1.1 .3 .0 6.0Marcin GortatPF 63 3 794 286 14 18 53 239 12.6 4.5 .2 .3 .8 3.8Mickaël PiétrusSG 54 25 1,329 176 65 31 24 510 24.6 3.3 1.2 .6 .4 9.4Jameer NelsonPG 42 42 1,309 145 226 51 3 702 31.2 3.5 5.4 1.2 .1 16.7Keith Bogans†SG 36 15 787 111 31 23 2 189 21.9 3.1 .9 .6 .1 5.3Rafer Alston†PG 29 28 856 83 148 51 3 348 29.5 2.9 5.1 1.8 .1 12.0Brian Cook basketball†PF 21 0 146 27 4 3 0 62 7.0 1.3 .2 .1 .0 3.0Tyronn Lue†PG 14 0 129 11 14 2 0 42 9.2 .8 1.0 .1 .0 3.0Jeremy RichardsonSF 12 0 93 14 3 0 0 37 7.8 1.2 .3 .0 .0 3.1Adonal Foyle†C 9 0 59 26 1 0 8 17 6.6 2.9 .1 .0 .9 1.9 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 gameRashard LewisPF24 24 986 153 70 25 13 455 41.1 6.4 2.9 1.0 .5 19.0Hedo TürkoğluSF24 24 934 109 116 18 4 378 38.9 4.5 4.8 .8 .2 15.8Marcin GortatPF24 1 271 76 3 9 15 78 11.3 3.2 .1 .4 .6 3.3Mickaël PiétrusSG24 0 618 62 14 18 13 252 25.8 2.6 .6 .8 .5 10.5Dwight HowardC 23 23 903 353 43 20 60 467 39.3 15.3 1.9 .9 2.6 20.3Rafer AlstonPG 23 23 740 56 94 33 4 281 32.2 2.4 4.1 1.4 .2 12.2Courtney LeeSG 21 16 550 39 27 19 3 169 26.2 1.9 1.3 .9 .1 8.0Tony BattiePF 21 0 128 20 2 0 3 45 6.1 1.0 .1 .0 .1 2.1Anthony Johnson basketballPG 19 1 280 26 39 11 0 82 14.7 1.4 2.1 .6 .0 4.3JJ RedickSG 16 8 327 19 31 8 1 96 20.4 1.2 1.9 .5 .1 6.0Jameer NelsonPG 5 0 90 7 14 1 0 19 18.0 1.4 2.8 .2 .0 3.8Adonal FoyleC 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 .5 .0 .0 .0 .0Tyronn LuePG 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 4.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 5.0Jeremy RichardsonSF 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Magic only. Awards and records Dwight Howard – Defensive Player of the Year, All-NBA 1st Team, All-Defensive 1st Team, Rebounding Champion, Blocks Champion, All-Star Rashard Lewis – All-Star Jameer Nelson – All-Star Records Orlando broke the 3-point record with 23 made 3-pointers on January 13, 2009, in Sacramento. Rashard Lewis led the league in 3-point field goals. Transactions Trades July 11, 2008 To New Jersey Nets----Keyon Doolinghttp://scoreboards.canoe.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=canoe&page=nba%2Fnews%2Fnewstest.aspx%3Fid%3D4166624 SLAM! Sports - Basketball 2018-09-06 April 2026 medicmedic To Orlando Magic----Cash considerations February 5, 2009 To Milwaukee Bucks----Keith Bogans To Orlando Magic----Tyronn Lue February 19, 2009 To Memphis Grizzlies----Orlando 1st round pick (2009)Adonal Foyle (re-signed with Orlando)Mike Wilks To Houston Rockets----Kyle LowryBrian Cook To Orlando Magic----Rafer Alston Free agents 52% Additions Player Signed Former teamMickaël Piétrus July 9Golden State WarriorsAnthony Johnsonhttp://scoreboards.canoe.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=canoe&page=nba%2Fnews%2Fnewstest.aspx%3Fid%3D4165050 SLAM! Sports - Basketball 2018-09-06 April 2026 medicmedic July 15Sacramento Kings Subtractions Player Left New team Carlos Arroyohttp://scoreboards.canoe.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=canoe&page=nba%2Fnews%2Fnewstest.aspx%3Fid%3D4169466 SLAM! 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