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What's wrong with the Orlando Magic right now? Stan Van Gundy and Dwight Howard are calling out the Magic's lack of defensive intensity after Orlando's loss to Carmelo Anthony and the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday night. (Jack Dempsey, The Associated Press)

What's wrong with the Orlando Magic right now? Stan Van Gundy and Dwight Howard are calling out the Magic's lack of defensive intensity after Orlando's loss to Carmelo Anthony and the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday night. (Jack Dempsey, The Associated Press)

OK, so there getting around the fact that the Orlando Magic is a broken team right now. But what exactly is the most pressing problem you see after the Magic’s 111-94 loss Tuesday night against the Denver Nuggets?

Both Dwight Howard and Stan Van Gundy called out the Magic defense. As an Orlando Magic fan, where are you assigning blame?

Cast your vote and leave your comments below.


Vote: How does Kobe Bryant compare to Michael Jordan?

Kobe Bryant now needs just three more victories over the Boston Celtics to earn his fifth NBA championship ring.

Michael Jordan won six NBA titles during his career.

So how does Kobe compare to M.J.? Vote below.


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Vote: Can the Magic win an NBA title with their current roster?

Like every team, the Orlando Magic enter their offseason with some uncertainty.

The Magic reached the Eastern Conference finals for the second straight year, but this time, they finished two wins short of reaching the NBA Finals for the second consecutive year.

Do you think the Magic can win an NBA title with their current roster?

Vote below.


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Vote: What should be the Magic’s biggest offseason priority?

The Orlando Magic have started what will be a fascinating offseason.

Will restricted free agent-to-be J.J. Redick return? Will Matt Barnes exercise his player option for 2010-11, and if he doesn’t, will he re-sign with the Magic? Will the team add a young point guard to back up Jameer Nelson?

Those are just some of the interesting questions the team faces.

But let your voice be heard: What do you think should be the Magic’s biggest offseason priority? Vote below.


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Vote: What grade do you give the Orlando Magic for their 2009-10 season?

The Orlando Magic entered the 2009-10 season saying that anything but an NBA championship would be a disappointment, perhaps a failure.

What do you think?

The team won 59 regular-season games, the second-best record in the NBA. It captured yet another Southeast Division title. It swept its first two playoff series.

It also lost in the Eastern Conference finals to the Boston Celtics.

So, how do you grade the totality of the season? Vote below.


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Vote: What grade do you give the Magic for their Game 6 performance?

BOSTON — The Orlando Magic season ended Friday night as they lost to the Boston Celtics 96-84 in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals.

There will be time to critique the postseason and look ahead to the offseason in the days ahead.

But, for now, let’s focus on how the Magic did in Game 6. What grade would you give them? Feel free to add your comments below.


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Vote: How do you grade the Orlando Magic’s performance in Game 5?

The Orlando Magic defeated the Boston Celtics 113-92 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday to force a sixth game in Boston.

How do you grade the Magic’s performance?

Vote below.


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Vote: What grade do you give the Magic for the first round?

The Orlando Magic have swept the Charlotte Bobcats and advanced to the second round.

For today’s poll question I originally was going to ask you to grade the Magic for their performance in Game 4. But why not expand it to include the entire series?

So, vote below, and please feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments section of the blog.


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Vote: Who’s the Magic’s playoff MVP so far?

The Orlando Magic will play Game 4 of their first-round playoff series against the Charlotte Bobcats tonight.

Who has been the Magic’s playoff MVP so far?

Vote below:


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Vote: What grade do you give the Magic for their Game 3 win over the Bobcats?

Game 3 for the Orlando Magic wasn’t pretty.

Just effective.

The Magic took a 3-0 series lead over the Charlotte Bobcats on Saturday afternoon with a 90-86 victory in which Jameer Nelson played like an MVP and Dwight Howard spent almost half the game on the bench.

What grade do you give the Magic for their performance? Vote below.


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