Dwight Howard News

LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers will face the team that ended their aspirations of making it to the NBA Finals last season, as they pay a visit to the Orlando Magic tonight at Amway Arena in a rematch of the 2008-09 Eastern Conference Finals.

Dwight Howard was not happy with the officiating last night. Dwight Howard is one of the best players in the NBA, despite some pretty big flaws in his game on offense.

The Orlando Magic will try to keep battling without a few of their top playmakers, as they square off with the Charlotte Bobcats tonight in the finale of a quick two-game road trip at Time Warner Cable Arena.

A chance to be charitable for Harbor House/win a signed Dwight Howard jersey at Friday's Orlando Magic game posted by Tania Ganguli on Nov 5, 2009 3:44:06 PM The Orlando Magic Backcourt organization will have a drop-box and table set up in the fan-fest area on the north side of the Arena on Friday before the Magic's game against the Pistons.

Shaquille O'Neal is done throwing jabs at Dwight Howard and Stan Van Gundy. As the Cleveland Cavaliers prepare for their first game against the Orlando Magic since last season's Eastern Conference finals, O'Neal on Monday called Howard a good player, "but nothing I haven't seen before." Cleveland plays at Orlando on Wednesday.

The Orlando Magic improved to 3-0 on Sunday. Meanwhile, the Boston Celticsare on the verge ofa big personnel move that has long-term implications.

Top story : The Magic are down to nine active players - just one more than the league minimum - with Rashard Lewis , Vince Carter , Ryan Anderson and Adonal Foyle missing in action.

Orlando Magic fans know there isn't much to like about Detroit. Dating back to Jan.

How can the Raptors look so energetic and focussed in a win over an NBA-elite team like Cleveland, then look so lethargic and slow against the comparatively star-starved Memphis Grizzlies? The easy answer is that they underestimated, overlooked and disrespected -- pick your favourite verb -- the Grizzlies in a 115-107 loss on Friday.

"I'm okay with that," he said. As well he should be. The former Raptor and ex-New Jersey Net has been recast not exactly as an afterthought with the Orlando Magic , but not the guy many first think of when they start contemplating the reigning NBA Eastern Conference champions.

Jonas Jerebko continues to improve. The Pistons are just a player or two short right now, as the waning minutes against Orlando Friday showed .

Over and over again Dwight Howard gets hacked. And over and over again Howard says in the locker room after the game that he needs to get his frustration under control.

It wasn't a misprint. Magic C Dwight Howard really was 14-of-16 from the free-throw line on Sunday against the Toronto Raptors .

Auburn Hills, Mich. -- Ben Gordon scored 23 points and Rodney Stuckey 20 as the shorthanded Pistons beat the Orlando Magic 85-80 on Tuesday night, handing the Magic their first loss of the season.

Magic center Dwight Howard is a jokester. Take his visit to The Palace on Tuesday.

Stephanie Fisher and her son Lawrence Shaw sat in their lower-level seats about an hour after Wednesday night's game ended, waiting for Dwight Howard to come greet them.

The Phoenix Suns are hoping to conjure up some old memories of the franchise tonight, when they shoot for the first 5-0 start since the 1984-85 season against the defending Eastern Conference champion Orlando Magic at Amway Arena.

The Orlando Magic hope to remain perfect on the young season on Tuesday, when they pay a visit to the Detroit Pistons at The Palace of Auburn Hills.

Wednesday night will be all about taking the first step toward an NBA championship for the Orlando Magic.

Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard and Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony were selected as the NBA's top players for the first week of the 2009-10 season, ending on November 1. Howard was quite simply a force for the season's first seven days, leading the defending Eastern Conference champions to a 3-0 record.