Stan Van Gundy Named NBA Eastern Conference Coach of the Month

by erivera7 on Dec 1, 2009 4:07 PM EST in News

The Orlando Magic’s Stan Van Gundy was named the NBA Eastern Conference Coach of the Month for games played in October and November. Van Gundy was also honored with the award with the Orlando Magic for games played in January 2009.

Van Gundy guided the Magic to a 14-4 (.778) record, tops in the Eastern Conference. The Magic recorded key road wins over fellow Eastern Conference powers Boston and Atlanta, amassing an 8-2 record away from Amway Arena. Orlando has won six straight road games, one shy of equaling the franchise record. The Magic rank in the top five defensively in opponents offensive rebounds allowed per game (1st), opponents assists per game (1st), points allowed (4th) and opponents field-goal percentage (5th).

The Phoenix Suns’ Alvin Gentry was named the NBA Western Conference Coach of the Month.

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You might want to add "Coach"

between “conference” and “of”.

by NC Magic Fan on Dec 1, 2009 4:09 PM EST reply actions

I knew sooner or later the Peer Editor of the group would show up, lol

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by magic12ball on Dec 1, 2009 4:10 PM EST reply actions

Whoops, my bad. Thanks for the catch!

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by erivera7 on Dec 1, 2009 4:25 PM EST reply actions

At least you didn’t do this. It’s usually bad when the editor misses an “NFP” note, but this was spectacularly bad.

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by The Dark on Dec 2, 2009 7:19 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs

LMAO, wow.

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by erivera7 on Dec 2, 2009 10:29 AM EST up reply actions

Nice to see Stan get recognized.

I thought for sure Mike Woodson would get it, but I guess their recent bumps (defeat against the Magic included) put Stan over the top. Not to mention all of the roster adjustments. Great job by the coach who looks most like Mario in the NBA.

by slickw143 on Dec 1, 2009 5:01 PM EST reply actions