1995β96 Orlando Magic season | |
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Division champions | |
Head coach | Brian Hill |
General manager | John Gabriel |
President | Bob Vander Weide |
Owner(s) | Richard DeVos |
Arena | Orlando Arena |
Results | |
Record | 60–22 (.732) |
Place | Division: 1st (
Atlantic) Conference: 2nd ( Eastern) |
Playoff finish |
Eastern Conference finals (lost to Bulls 0β4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television |
WKCF Sunshine Network |
Radio | WDBO |
The 1995β96 NBA season was the Magic's seventh season in the National Basketball Association. [1] During the off-season, the Magic signed free agent Jon Koncak. [2] [3] Coming off their trip to the NBA Finals, where they were swept in four games by the Houston Rockets, the Magic won their second straight Atlantic Division title with a 60β22 record, a regular season record which still stands as the best in franchise history. [4] This despite missing Shaquille O'Neal for the first 22 games of the season due to a preseason thumb injury. [5] [6] [7] [8] Penny Hardaway stepped up in O'Neal's absence and was awarded Player of the Month for November, [9] as the Magic got off to a 13β2 start, and later held a 34β14 record at the All-Star break. [10] At midseason, the team traded Jeff Turner to the expansion Vancouver Grizzlies in exchange for Kenny Gattison, who never played for the Magic due to arm and neck injuries. [11] [12] [13] This season also saw three-point specialist Dennis Scott take a place in the league history books by scoring 267 three-point field goals, a single season record since broken by Stephen Curry. Scott set a then-record of 11 three-point field goals in a 119β104 home win against the Atlanta Hawks on April 18, 1996. [14] [15] [16]
Hardaway averaged 21.7 points, 7.1 assists and 2.0 steals per game, and was named to the All-NBA First Team, while O'Neal averaged 26.6 points, 11.0 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game in 54 games, while being named to the All-NBA Third Team, and Scott provided the team with 17.5 points per game. In addition, Horace Grant provided with 13.4 points and 9.2 rebounds per game, while Nick Anderson contributed 14.7 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game, and Brian Shaw contributed 6.6 points and 4.5 assists per game off the bench. [17] Both Hardaway and O'Neal were selected for the 1996 NBA All-Star Game, [18] [19] [20] [21] while Grant made the NBA All-Defensive Second Team. Hardaway also finished in third place in Most Valuable Player voting, [22] [23] [24] while O'Neal finished tied in ninth place. [22] [25] This was also the only season of O'Neal's NBA career, where he hit his only career three-pointer in a 121β91 home win against the Milwaukee Bucks on February 16, 1996. [26] [27] [28]
Despite the franchise best record, the Magic were beaten by the top seed in the East, the dominant Chicago Bulls, who finished with a then all-time best record of 72β10. In the playoffs, the Magic would sweep the Detroit Pistons in three straight games in the Eastern Conference First Round. [29] [30] [31] [32] In the Eastern Conference Semi-finals, they defeated the 6th-seeded Hawks in five games, [33] [34] [35] [36] despite losing Game 4 at The Omni in Atlanta, 104β99. [37] [38] [39]
The Eastern Conference finals matched up the Magic with the Bulls, the team they had eliminated in the previous year's playoffs. However, Grant went down with an elbow injury in Game 1, which the Magic lost on the road, 121β83, and he was out for the rest of the series. [40] [41] [42] The Magic suffered another painful blow when Anderson went down with a wrist injury in a 86β67 home loss in Game 3, and he was also out for the rest of the series. [43] [44] [45] The Bulls would be too strong as they swept the Magic in four straight games. [46] [47] [48] [49] Thereby, the Magic became the first team to be eliminated from the playoffs in a sweep for three consecutive seasons since the 1950 Chicago Stags. The Bulls would defeat the Seattle SuperSonics in six games in the NBA Finals, winning their fourth championship in six years. [50] [51] [52] [53] [54]
Following the season, the All-Star center O'Neal left the team, signing as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers after four seasons in Orlando, [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] and Gattison and Anthony Bowie were both released to free agency.
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
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1 | 25 | David Vaughn | PF | United States | Memphis |
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Atlantic Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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y β Orlando Magic | 60 | 22 | .732 | 12.0 | 37–4 | 23–18 | 21β3 | 82 |
x β New York Knicks | 47 | 35 | .573 | 25.0 | 26–15 | 21–20 | 16β8 | 82 |
x β Miami Heat | 42 | 40 | .512 | 30.0 | 26–15 | 16–25 | 13β12 | 82 |
Washington Bullets | 39 | 43 | .476 | 33.0 | 25–16 | 14–27 | 10β14 | 82 |
Boston Celtics | 33 | 49 | .402 | 39.0 | 18–23 | 15–26 | 12β12 | 82 |
New Jersey Nets | 30 | 52 | .366 | 42.0 | 20–21 | 10–31 | 8β17 | 82 |
Philadelphia 76ers | 18 | 64 | .220 | 54.0 | 11–30 | 7–34 | 5β19 | 82 |
Eastern Conference | ||||||
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# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
1 | z β Chicago Bulls | 72 | 10 | .878 | β | 82 |
2 | y β Orlando Magic | 60 | 22 | .732 | 12.0 | 82 |
3 | x β Indiana Pacers | 52 | 30 | .634 | 20.0 | 82 |
4 | x β Cleveland Cavaliers | 47 | 35 | .573 | 25.0 | 82 |
5 | x β New York Knicks | 47 | 35 | .573 | 25.0 | 82 |
6 | x β Atlanta Hawks | 46 | 36 | .561 | 26.0 | 82 |
7 | x β Detroit Pistons | 46 | 36 | .561 | 26.0 | 82 |
8 | x β Miami Heat | 42 | 40 | .512 | 30.0 | 82 |
9 | Charlotte Hornets | 41 | 41 | .500 | 31.0 | 82 |
10 | Washington Bullets | 39 | 43 | .476 | 33.0 | 82 |
11 | Boston Celtics | 33 | 49 | .402 | 39.0 | 82 |
12 | New Jersey Nets | 30 | 52 | .366 | 42.0 | 82 |
13 | Milwaukee Bucks | 25 | 57 | .305 | 47.0 | 82 |
14 | Toronto Raptors | 21 | 61 | .256 | 51.0 | 82 |
15 | Philadelphia 76ers | 18 | 64 | .220 | 54.0 | 82 |
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Team | ATL | BOS | CHA | CHI | CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GSW | HOU | IND | LAC | LAL | MIA | MIL | MIN | NJN | NYK | ORL | PHI | PHO | POR | SAC | SAS | SEA | TOR | UTA | VAN | WAS |
Atlanta | β | 4β0 | 3β1 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β3 |
Boston | 0β4 | β | 2β2 | 0β3 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β4 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β2 |
Charlotte | 1β3 | 2β2 | β | 1β3 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 0β3 | 3β0 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 3β1 |
Chicago | 4β0 | 3β0 | 3β1 | β | 4β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 4β0 |
Cleveland | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 0β4 | β | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 |
Dallas | 1β1 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | β | 2β2 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 0β2 |
Denver | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | β | 1β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β1 |
Detroit | 2β2 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | β | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 1β2 |
Golden State | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β2 | β | 2β2 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 1β1 |
Houston | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | β | 2β0 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 1β1 |
Indiana | 3β1 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | β | 2β0 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 3β0 |
L.A. Clippers | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 0β2 | β | 0β4 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β1 |
L.A. Lakers | 2β0 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 4β0 | β | 2β0 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 1β1 |
Miami | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 0β3 | 1β1 | 0β2 | β | 3β0 | 1β1 | 5β0 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β2 |
Milwaukee | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β3 | β | 1β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β3 |
Minnesota | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 4β0 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 1β1 | β | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β2 |
New Jersey | 0β4 | 2β2 | 3β0 | 0β3 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β5 | 3β1 | 1β1 | β | 2β2 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 2β2 |
New York | 1β2 | 4β0 | 0β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 2β2 | β | 1β3 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 |
Orlando | 2β2 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 3β1 | β | 4β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 4β0 |
Philadelphia | 1β2 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | β | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β3 |
Phoenix | 2β0 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 2β0 | β | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 2β0 |
Portland | 0β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 4β0 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β2 | β | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β2 |
Sacramento | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 3β1 | β | 1β3 | 0β4 | 2β0 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 0β2 |
San Antonio | 2β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | β | 2β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 1β1 |
Seattle | 2β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 4β0 | 0β2 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 2β2 | β | 1β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β1 |
Toronto | 0β4 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β4 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 1β2 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | β | 0β2 | 1β1 | 3β1 |
Utah | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β0 | β | 4β0 | 1β1 |
Vancouver | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 0β4 | β | 0β2 |
Washington | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β3 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 2β0 | β |
The Magic opened up their playoffs campaign on April 26 against the Detroit Pistons, a game they won convincingly 112-92 at home in the Orlando Arena. The Magic would also win Game 2 at home before clinching the series, and a sweep, of the Pistons in Game 3 away from home at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
The second round put the Magic against the Atlanta Hawks. The Magic opened the series with two convincing wins at home, both with scoring margins greater than 20 points. The Magic carried this momentum into Game 3 away from home at the Omni, winning a closer fought match 102-96. The Hawks won Game 4, avoiding the sweep, but the Magic were too strong and won Game 5 at home to clinch the series 4-1.
The Eastern Conference finals saw the Magic face the Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan, a team they had eliminated in the previous years playoffs. With Horace Grant out with an elbow injury from Game 1, the dominant Chicago Bulls would prove to be too strong for the Orlando this year, sweeping the series 4-0 and denying the Magic consecutive trips to the NBA finals. [46]
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1996 schedule |
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 |
NOTE: Please write the players statistics in alphabetical order by last name.
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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During the 1995β96 season, Dennis Scott set the record for most three-point field goals scored in a regular season with 267.[ citation needed]
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1995β96 Orlando Magic season | |
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Division champions | |
Head coach | Brian Hill |
General manager | John Gabriel |
President | Bob Vander Weide |
Owner(s) | Richard DeVos |
Arena | Orlando Arena |
Results | |
Record | 60–22 (.732) |
Place | Division: 1st (
Atlantic) Conference: 2nd ( Eastern) |
Playoff finish |
Eastern Conference finals (lost to Bulls 0β4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television |
WKCF Sunshine Network |
Radio | WDBO |
The 1995β96 NBA season was the Magic's seventh season in the National Basketball Association. [1] During the off-season, the Magic signed free agent Jon Koncak. [2] [3] Coming off their trip to the NBA Finals, where they were swept in four games by the Houston Rockets, the Magic won their second straight Atlantic Division title with a 60β22 record, a regular season record which still stands as the best in franchise history. [4] This despite missing Shaquille O'Neal for the first 22 games of the season due to a preseason thumb injury. [5] [6] [7] [8] Penny Hardaway stepped up in O'Neal's absence and was awarded Player of the Month for November, [9] as the Magic got off to a 13β2 start, and later held a 34β14 record at the All-Star break. [10] At midseason, the team traded Jeff Turner to the expansion Vancouver Grizzlies in exchange for Kenny Gattison, who never played for the Magic due to arm and neck injuries. [11] [12] [13] This season also saw three-point specialist Dennis Scott take a place in the league history books by scoring 267 three-point field goals, a single season record since broken by Stephen Curry. Scott set a then-record of 11 three-point field goals in a 119β104 home win against the Atlanta Hawks on April 18, 1996. [14] [15] [16]
Hardaway averaged 21.7 points, 7.1 assists and 2.0 steals per game, and was named to the All-NBA First Team, while O'Neal averaged 26.6 points, 11.0 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game in 54 games, while being named to the All-NBA Third Team, and Scott provided the team with 17.5 points per game. In addition, Horace Grant provided with 13.4 points and 9.2 rebounds per game, while Nick Anderson contributed 14.7 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game, and Brian Shaw contributed 6.6 points and 4.5 assists per game off the bench. [17] Both Hardaway and O'Neal were selected for the 1996 NBA All-Star Game, [18] [19] [20] [21] while Grant made the NBA All-Defensive Second Team. Hardaway also finished in third place in Most Valuable Player voting, [22] [23] [24] while O'Neal finished tied in ninth place. [22] [25] This was also the only season of O'Neal's NBA career, where he hit his only career three-pointer in a 121β91 home win against the Milwaukee Bucks on February 16, 1996. [26] [27] [28]
Despite the franchise best record, the Magic were beaten by the top seed in the East, the dominant Chicago Bulls, who finished with a then all-time best record of 72β10. In the playoffs, the Magic would sweep the Detroit Pistons in three straight games in the Eastern Conference First Round. [29] [30] [31] [32] In the Eastern Conference Semi-finals, they defeated the 6th-seeded Hawks in five games, [33] [34] [35] [36] despite losing Game 4 at The Omni in Atlanta, 104β99. [37] [38] [39]
The Eastern Conference finals matched up the Magic with the Bulls, the team they had eliminated in the previous year's playoffs. However, Grant went down with an elbow injury in Game 1, which the Magic lost on the road, 121β83, and he was out for the rest of the series. [40] [41] [42] The Magic suffered another painful blow when Anderson went down with a wrist injury in a 86β67 home loss in Game 3, and he was also out for the rest of the series. [43] [44] [45] The Bulls would be too strong as they swept the Magic in four straight games. [46] [47] [48] [49] Thereby, the Magic became the first team to be eliminated from the playoffs in a sweep for three consecutive seasons since the 1950 Chicago Stags. The Bulls would defeat the Seattle SuperSonics in six games in the NBA Finals, winning their fourth championship in six years. [50] [51] [52] [53] [54]
Following the season, the All-Star center O'Neal left the team, signing as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers after four seasons in Orlando, [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] and Gattison and Anthony Bowie were both released to free agency.
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1 | 25 | David Vaughn | PF | United States | Memphis |
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Atlantic Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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y β Orlando Magic | 60 | 22 | .732 | 12.0 | 37–4 | 23–18 | 21β3 | 82 |
x β New York Knicks | 47 | 35 | .573 | 25.0 | 26–15 | 21–20 | 16β8 | 82 |
x β Miami Heat | 42 | 40 | .512 | 30.0 | 26–15 | 16–25 | 13β12 | 82 |
Washington Bullets | 39 | 43 | .476 | 33.0 | 25–16 | 14–27 | 10β14 | 82 |
Boston Celtics | 33 | 49 | .402 | 39.0 | 18–23 | 15–26 | 12β12 | 82 |
New Jersey Nets | 30 | 52 | .366 | 42.0 | 20–21 | 10–31 | 8β17 | 82 |
Philadelphia 76ers | 18 | 64 | .220 | 54.0 | 11–30 | 7–34 | 5β19 | 82 |
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# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
1 | z β Chicago Bulls | 72 | 10 | .878 | β | 82 |
2 | y β Orlando Magic | 60 | 22 | .732 | 12.0 | 82 |
3 | x β Indiana Pacers | 52 | 30 | .634 | 20.0 | 82 |
4 | x β Cleveland Cavaliers | 47 | 35 | .573 | 25.0 | 82 |
5 | x β New York Knicks | 47 | 35 | .573 | 25.0 | 82 |
6 | x β Atlanta Hawks | 46 | 36 | .561 | 26.0 | 82 |
7 | x β Detroit Pistons | 46 | 36 | .561 | 26.0 | 82 |
8 | x β Miami Heat | 42 | 40 | .512 | 30.0 | 82 |
9 | Charlotte Hornets | 41 | 41 | .500 | 31.0 | 82 |
10 | Washington Bullets | 39 | 43 | .476 | 33.0 | 82 |
11 | Boston Celtics | 33 | 49 | .402 | 39.0 | 82 |
12 | New Jersey Nets | 30 | 52 | .366 | 42.0 | 82 |
13 | Milwaukee Bucks | 25 | 57 | .305 | 47.0 | 82 |
14 | Toronto Raptors | 21 | 61 | .256 | 51.0 | 82 |
15 | Philadelphia 76ers | 18 | 64 | .220 | 54.0 | 82 |
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Team | ATL | BOS | CHA | CHI | CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GSW | HOU | IND | LAC | LAL | MIA | MIL | MIN | NJN | NYK | ORL | PHI | PHO | POR | SAC | SAS | SEA | TOR | UTA | VAN | WAS |
Atlanta | β | 4β0 | 3β1 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β3 |
Boston | 0β4 | β | 2β2 | 0β3 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β4 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β2 |
Charlotte | 1β3 | 2β2 | β | 1β3 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 0β3 | 3β0 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 3β1 |
Chicago | 4β0 | 3β0 | 3β1 | β | 4β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 4β0 |
Cleveland | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 0β4 | β | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 |
Dallas | 1β1 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | β | 2β2 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 0β2 |
Denver | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | β | 1β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β1 |
Detroit | 2β2 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | β | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 1β2 |
Golden State | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β2 | β | 2β2 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 1β1 |
Houston | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | β | 2β0 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 1β1 |
Indiana | 3β1 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | β | 2β0 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 3β0 |
L.A. Clippers | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 0β2 | β | 0β4 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β1 |
L.A. Lakers | 2β0 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 4β0 | β | 2β0 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 1β1 |
Miami | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 0β3 | 1β1 | 0β2 | β | 3β0 | 1β1 | 5β0 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β2 |
Milwaukee | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β3 | β | 1β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β3 |
Minnesota | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 4β0 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 1β1 | β | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β2 |
New Jersey | 0β4 | 2β2 | 3β0 | 0β3 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β5 | 3β1 | 1β1 | β | 2β2 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 2β2 |
New York | 1β2 | 4β0 | 0β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 2β2 | β | 1β3 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 |
Orlando | 2β2 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 3β1 | β | 4β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 4β0 |
Philadelphia | 1β2 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | β | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β3 |
Phoenix | 2β0 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 2β0 | β | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 2β0 |
Portland | 0β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 4β0 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β2 | β | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β2 |
Sacramento | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 3β1 | β | 1β3 | 0β4 | 2β0 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 0β2 |
San Antonio | 2β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | β | 2β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 1β1 |
Seattle | 2β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 4β0 | 0β2 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 2β2 | β | 1β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β1 |
Toronto | 0β4 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β4 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 1β2 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | β | 0β2 | 1β1 | 3β1 |
Utah | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β0 | β | 4β0 | 1β1 |
Vancouver | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 0β4 | β | 0β2 |
Washington | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β3 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 2β0 | β |
The Magic opened up their playoffs campaign on April 26 against the Detroit Pistons, a game they won convincingly 112-92 at home in the Orlando Arena. The Magic would also win Game 2 at home before clinching the series, and a sweep, of the Pistons in Game 3 away from home at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
The second round put the Magic against the Atlanta Hawks. The Magic opened the series with two convincing wins at home, both with scoring margins greater than 20 points. The Magic carried this momentum into Game 3 away from home at the Omni, winning a closer fought match 102-96. The Hawks won Game 4, avoiding the sweep, but the Magic were too strong and won Game 5 at home to clinch the series 4-1.
The Eastern Conference finals saw the Magic face the Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan, a team they had eliminated in the previous years playoffs. With Horace Grant out with an elbow injury from Game 1, the dominant Chicago Bulls would prove to be too strong for the Orlando this year, sweeping the series 4-0 and denying the Magic consecutive trips to the NBA finals. [46]
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First round: 3β0 (home: 2β0; road: 1β0)
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Conference Semi-finals: 4β1 (home: 3β0; road: 1β1)
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Conference finals: 0β4 (home: 0β2; road: 0β2)
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1996 schedule |
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 |
NOTE: Please write the players statistics in alphabetical order by last name.
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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During the 1995β96 season, Dennis Scott set the record for most three-point field goals scored in a regular season with 267.[ citation needed]
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