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Off-Day Open Thread: What's Your Favorite Orlando Magic Memory This Regular Season?

Of all the good memories from this season, I have one that I still think is the absolutely funniest of the year. It was a couple of weeks ago against Cleveland when Marcin Gortat became the first Polish player in the history of basketball since James Naismith to hit a 3-pointer. Now that was a sight to see. That’s one for the historians and record books all time.

Inspired by Dwight Howard's words on his official blog yesterday, I wanted to make a post today for the Third Quarter Collapse community and see what everyone's favorite Orlando Magic memory was this regular season? Is there one that stands out to you? Or are their multiple memories that come to mind?

 

Here are a few of mine:

 

- Hedo Turkoglu's game-winning shot vs. Portland Trail Blazers.

 

- Jameer Nelson's game-winning shot vs. Los Angeles Lakers.

 

- Dwight Howard's dunk on Shaquille O'Neal.

 

Feel free to share your favorite memory (or memories). We, at 3QC, would love to hear 'em. 

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Dwight's dunk on Shaq was the best

Changing of the guards. Plus it’s nice to see Shaq look stupid.

by magic fanatic on Apr 16, 2009 1:11 PM EDT reply actions  

Yeah, I enjoyed that highlight quite a bit.

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by erivera7 on Apr 16, 2009 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

Nelson's shot for me...

…although the last few minutes of that game were just spectacular. That plus Dwight’s triple-double.

by Lee for three on Apr 16, 2009 1:32 PM EDT reply actions  

Yeah, it was great.

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by erivera7 on Apr 16, 2009 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

Turk's 3

I threw My brand New Xbox Controller when they were down I think 9 with 1:09 to play. I Broke the LB and RB buttons and then we won.

I didn’t care I was so happy.

"You pushed the button before I said PUSH THE BUTTON"

by Rational Fan on Apr 16, 2009 2:01 PM EDT reply actions  

LOL!

Is KG really out?

"You pushed the button before I said PUSH THE BUTTON"

by Rational Fan on Apr 16, 2009 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

it's not my favorite moment, but JJ's winning three against....whoever it was we were playing

crap, I don’t remember. Whatever, it was awesome.

And yes, I just said something nice about JJ.

Obey the hat.

by TheGiantSquid on Apr 16, 2009 2:09 PM EDT reply actions  

Was it the last second game tying 3 against the Bobcats a few months back?

I remember that one because I don’t think I have made fun of JJ ever since.

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by funny80sguy on Apr 16, 2009 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

yes! that was it!

Thank you! We ended up in overtime and won the game!

Also, who can forget JJ’s lobs to Gortat ;)

Obey the hat.

by TheGiantSquid on Apr 16, 2009 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

LOL

We can never forget those lobs. Classic.

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by erivera7 on Apr 16, 2009 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

Jeremy Richardson making the three to break the NBA record for three pointers in a game!

All scrubs on the court, everyone jacking threes trying to break the record, and Jeremy f’n Richardson breaks the record! Classic!!!!

by malars on Apr 16, 2009 2:32 PM EDT reply actions  

So classic. Don't forget that Brian Cook was the player that tied the record. Hilarious.

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by erivera7 on Apr 16, 2009 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

I love the Jameer shot and Dwight dunk, but . . .

The Hedo shot is especially my favorite because I was actually at the game to witness it in person. Like I stated in my fanpost a few months ago, it was the best game I have ever attended.

That game is actually in the ‘Special Games’ category in League Pass and still can be viewed. In fact, there are only 11 games total in that category, and the Magic have 2 of them in there (the other is the game against the Kings where the Magic set the 3pt record).

Even though the Hippopotamus lacks a stinger for a tail, a truly wise man would rather be sat on by a bee. ~ Banacek

by funny80sguy on Apr 16, 2009 2:35 PM EDT reply actions  

One other note from that game I don't think anybody ever mentioned...

The Magic were pretty lucky that Brandon Roy didn’t make his halfcourt heave before the buzzer went. There was a few seconds left when Hedo made the shot, and there were a couple of Magic players congratulating and chest-bumping Hedo while the ball was still in play. If Portland hadn’t panicked and did the “walk the dog” dribble up the court (not touching the ball when it is being inbound and allowing it to bounce to the midcourt), Roy could easily had a better shot while the Magic players were celebrating and not paying attention.

It could had easily been a tragic loss.

Even though the Hippopotamus lacks a stinger for a tail, a truly wise man would rather be sat on by a bee. ~ Banacek

by funny80sguy on Apr 16, 2009 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

Could have been, but thankfully it wasn't a tragic loss. Instead, it was an improbable win.

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by erivera7 on Apr 16, 2009 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

the entire lakers game.

that’s when i knew how good this team could be. jameer was just lights out.

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by mhetrick14 on Apr 16, 2009 2:45 PM EDT reply actions  

Agreed. That was the game where Jameer Nelson arrived onto the national scene, IMO.

I felt after his performance against Los Angeles, the doubters and haters finally shut up (for the most part).

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by erivera7 on Apr 16, 2009 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

Beating the Bestern Conference

Going out West and topping the Nuggets, Lakers and Spurs on one road trip was pretty impressive. The fact the Magic have never swept the Lakers and Spurs in a season and they completed both of those this season. Those are two of the top franchises in the past 10-15 years. Quite an accomplishment.

Philip

by philrsquared on Apr 16, 2009 3:18 PM EDT reply actions  

I'll vote for that !

The perfect tri-fecta.

The Surfdog

by Surfdog on Apr 16, 2009 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

Quite an accomplishment indeed.

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by erivera7 on Apr 16, 2009 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

Gotta throw this in there.

Gortat from 33333333333

The Surfdog

by Surfdog on Apr 16, 2009 4:09 PM EDT reply actions  

LOL

You agreed to your own comment. That’s funny.

But yeah, Gortat’s three-pointer vs. Cleveland was great.

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by erivera7 on Apr 16, 2009 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ah, okay. Thanks for clarifying!

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by erivera7 on Apr 18, 2009 2:31 AM EDT up reply actions  

No Neck throwing it down the first time

"You know what they say about love and war."
"Yeah, one of them involves a large amount of physical and psychological pain and the other's war."

by Marie on Apr 16, 2009 4:33 PM EDT reply actions  

.. and then the subsequent "dunks of the month". One of the best running gags at 3QC.

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by erivera7 on Apr 16, 2009 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

Great season, despite a letdown in the end...

funny80sguy: There was only .3 left, and the Blazers had no timeouts left. The only kind of basket that would have been aloud is a "tip-in" or a ‘high lob"; neither of which were possible.

The win in Portland was one of my favorite "moments". The Blazers had been rolling at home. The crowd was jacked; true playoff atmosphere. And the run we made at to close the game was awesome.

My favorite game of the year was in LA. The game was unbelievable. It was back and forth, one big play after another; and unlike a lot of "big games", lived up to the hype. If Nelson wasn’t injured, I’d be expecting to see a few games like that come June; maybe in 2010…

Not to say that I’ve lost all hope for this season, but it’s a long shot. Nelson had become our 2nd best player, and as solid as Skip has been, he is no Nelson. If KG really is out, and they’re not just hoping for another "Willis Reed moment", Orlando’s chances got a little better. But the Vince McMahon in me says Kobe vs. The King, if not, the Lakers vs. Celtics is what we’ll be in store for.

For the Magic to have any chance at stopping one of those Finals match-ups, we’d have to play “perfect basketball”, because we just don’t have the type of player that can make big plays or bailed out, come the end of the game (James, Pierce, Kobe).

Two other games I wanted to mention. The win in San Antonio was a great basketball game. And strangely enough, the loss in Cleveland (despite getting jobbed in the final 60 seconds) was a good basketball game.

by OVERWADED on Apr 16, 2009 5:17 PM EDT reply actions  

The Magic's road to the Finals this season will be difficult, but not impossible.

.. the major obstacle for Orlando is Boston, and if KG is out for the series, then I feel the odds for the Magic against the Celtics becomes 50/50 again (I felt the odds were 50/50 if Orlando had snagged the #2 seed, thus assuring home-court advantage against Boston). If the Magic can somehow get past the Celtics, with or without KG, then I like the team’s chances against the Cavaliers and Lakers.

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by erivera7 on Apr 16, 2009 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

easy….. jameer’s three against the Lakers … i’ll say it again, best performance of the year by a magic player

by coque429 on Apr 16, 2009 6:45 PM EDT reply actions  

Yizzir.

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by erivera7 on Apr 16, 2009 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

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