2019–20 Orlando Magic season

2019–20 Orlando Magic season
Head coach	Steve Clifford
General manager	John Hammond
Owners	RDV Sports, Inc.
Arena	Amway Center
Results
Record	33–40 (.452)
Place	Division: 2nd (Southeast) Conference: 8th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	First Round (Lost to Bucks 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Florida
Radio	96.9 The Game
< 2018–19 2020–21 >

The 2019–20 Orlando Magic season was the 31st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). On March 11, 2020, the NBA suspended play of the entire league indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] On June 4, 2020, the NBA Board of Governors approved a restart plan to resume the season on July 30, with approval from the National Basketball Players Association the next day.^[2] As a result, the Magic were one of 22 teams that were invited to play eight games each in the NBA Bubble at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The games, which were closed to the public, counted towards the regular season to determine the seeding for the 2020 NBA playoffs.^[3]

On August 8, a loss by the Washington Wizards secured the Magic a playoff berth for the second season in a row. As the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference, the Magic drew top seeded Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the 2020 NBA playoffs. On August 26, with the Magic facing elimination, the fifth game of the series was postponed as a result of the Milwaukee Bucks boycott in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake.^[4][5] This ultimately resulted in a brief suspension of the entire NBA playoffs. In the days following, games in several other leagues were postponed as players refused to play in solidarity in order to bring further awareness to the Black Lives Matter movement. When game five was eventually played, the Magic lost, ending their season.

As of 2021, this season marked the last time the Magic made the playoffs.

Draft picks[]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/club team
1	16	Chuma Okeke	PF	American	Auburn
2	46	Talen Horton-Tucker	SG	American	Iowa State

The Orlando Magic had one first and second-round draft pick. The 46th pick would then be traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. ^[6]

Roster[]

2019–20 Orlando Magic roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From F 2 Aminu, Al-Farouq 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1990-09-21 Wake Forest G 14 Augustin, D. J. 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 183 lb (83 kg) 1987-11-10 Texas C 5 Bamba, Mo 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 231 lb (105 kg) 1998-05-12 Texas C 24 Birch, Khem 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1992-09-28 UNLV G 7 Carter-Williams, Michael 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1991-10-10 Syracuse F 12 Clark, Gary 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1994-11-16 Cincinnati F 11 Ennis, James 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1990-07-01 Long Beach State G/F 10 Fournier, Evan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1992-10-29 France G/F 35 Frazier, Melvin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1996-08-30 Tulane G 20 Fultz, Markelle 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1998-05-29 Washington F 00 Gordon, Aaron 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1995-09-16 Arizona F 1 Isaac, Jonathan 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1997-10-03 Florida State G/F 25 Iwundu, Wes 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1994-12-20 Kansas State G 13 Johnson, B. J. (TW) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1995-12-21 La Salle F 23 Law, Vic (TW) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1995-12-19 Northwestern G/F 31 Ross, Terrence 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 206 lb (93 kg) 1991-02-05 Washington C 9 Vučević, Nikola 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1990-10-24 Southern California

Head coach Steve Clifford Assistant coach(es) Tyrone Corbin Pat Delany Bruce Kreutzer Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate (TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Last transaction: March 3, 2020

Standings[]

Division[]

Southeast Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y – Miami Heat	44	29	.603	0.0	29–7	15–22	10–4	73
x – Orlando Magic	33	40	.452	11.0	18–17	15–23	9–5	73
Washington Wizards	25	47	.347	18.5	16–20	9–27	5–9	72
Charlotte Hornets	23	42	.354	17.0	10–21	13–21	2–7	65
Atlanta Hawks	20	47	.299	21.0	14–20	6–27	6–7	67

Conference[]

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z – Milwaukee Bucks *	56	17	.767	–	73
2	y – Toronto Raptors *	53	19	.736	2.5	72
3	x – Boston Celtics	48	24	.667	7.5	72
4	x – Indiana Pacers	45	28	.616	11.0	73
5	y – Miami Heat *	44	29	.603	12.0	73
6	x – Philadelphia 76ers	43	30	.589	13.0	73
7	x – Brooklyn Nets	35	37	.486	20.5	72
8	x – Orlando Magic	33	40	.452	23.0	73
9	Washington Wizards	25	47	.347	30.5	72
10	Charlotte Hornets	23	42	.354	29.0	65
11	Chicago Bulls	22	43	.338	30.0	65
12	New York Knicks	21	45	.318	31.5	66
13	Detroit Pistons	20	46	.303	32.5	66
14	Atlanta Hawks	20	47	.299	33.0	67
15	Cleveland Cavaliers	19	46	.292	33.0	65

Game log[]

Preseason[]

2019 preseason game log Total: 3–3 (Home: 0–3; Road: 3–0)
Preseason: 3–3 (Home: 0–3; Road: 3–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 5 @ San Antonio W 125–89 Mo Bamba (18) Bamba, Carter-Williams, Birch (6) Al-Farouq Aminu (5) AT&T Center 14,123 1–0 2 October 7 @ Detroit W 115–91 Aaron Gordon (25) Nikola Vučević (10) Markelle Fultz (7) Little Caesars Arena 14,471 2–0 3 October 9 @ Atlanta W 97–88 Terrence Ross (20) Aminu, Isaac (8) Isaac, Ross, Carter-Williams (4) State Farm Arena 10,945 3–0 4 October 11 Boston L 75–100 Terrence Ross (21) Mo Bamba (7) Markelle Fultz (4) Amway Center 17,354 3–1 5 October 13 Philadelphia L 94–126 Mo Bamba (12) Gordon, Isaac (6) D. J. Augustin (6) Amway Center 16,819 3–2 6 October 17 Miami L 98–107 Nikola Vučević (16) Nikola Vučević (6) Fournier, Magette (4) Amway Center 17,149 3–3
2019–20 season schedule

Regular season[]

2019–20 game log Total: 33–40 (Home: 18–17; Road: 15–23)
October: 2–2 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 23 Cleveland W 94–85 Nikola Vučević (21) Nikola Vučević (10) Markelle Fultz (6) Amway Center 18,846 1–0 2 October 26 @ Atlanta L 99–103 Evan Fournier (23) Nikola Vučević (10) D. J. Augustin (4) State Farm Arena 17,078 1–1 3 October 28 @ Toronto L 95–104 Jonathan Isaac (24) Nikola Vučević (12) Fultz, Gordon (5) Scotiabank Arena 19,800 1–2 4 October 30 New York W 95–83 Nikola Vučević (21) Nikola Vučević (13) D. J. Augustin (7) Amway Center 17,456 2–2
November : 5–9 (Home: 4–4; Road: 1–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 November 1 Milwaukee L 91–123 Evan Fournier (19) Nikola Vučević (7) D. J. Augustin (6) Amway Center 15,105 2–3 6 November 2 Denver L 87–91 Nikola Vučević (24) Al-Farouq Aminu (10) Evan Fournier (5) Amway Center 17,025 2–4 7 November 5 @ Oklahoma City L 94–102 Aaron Gordon (15) Nikola Vučević (11) Markelle Fultz (4) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 2–5 8 November 6 @ Dallas L 106–107 Aaron Gordon (23) Nikola Vučević (11) Nikola Vučević (7) American Airlines Center 19,487 2–6 9 November 8 Memphis W 118–86 Nikola Vučević (23) Nikola Vučević (16) Vučević, Fournier (6) Amway Center 17,021 3–6 10 November 10 Indiana L 102–109 Evan Fournier (22) Nikola Vučević (17) Augustin, Fournier (6) Amway Center 17,118 3–7 11 November 13 Philadelphia W 112–97 Nikola Vučević (25) Aaron Gordon (13) D. J. Augustin (8) Amway Center 15,113 4–7 12 November 15 San Antonio W 111–109 Evan Fournier (26) Aminu, Vučević (13) Augustin, Fultz, Gordon, Vučević (4) Amway Center 16,296 5–7 13 November 17 Washington W 125–121 Nikola Vučević (30) Nikola Vučević (17) Evan Fournier (9) Amway Center 16,344 6–7 14 November 20 @ Toronto L 97–113 Evan Fournier (21) Jonathan Isaac (13) Augustin, Vučević (5) Scotiabank Arena 19,800 6–8 15 November 23 @ Indiana L 106–111 Evan Fournier (26) Jonathan Isaac (9) Markelle Fultz (9) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,446 6–9 16 November 25 @ Detroit L 88–103 Terrence Ross (19) Mo Bamba (12) D. J. Augustin (5) Little Caesars Arena 14,695 6–10 17 November 27 @ Cleveland W 116–104 Evan Fournier (30) Jonathan Isaac (7) D. J. Augustin (10) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,712 7–10 18 November 29 Toronto L 83–90 Evan Fournier (19) Khem Birch (12) Evan Fournier (6) Amway Center 17,014 7–11
December : 7–8 (Home: 4–3; Road: 3–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 19 December 1 Golden State W 100–96 Evan Fournier (32) Jonathan Isaac (11) Markelle Fultz (9) Amway Center 15,052 8–11 20 December 3 @ Washington W 127–120 Evan Fournier (31) Aaron Gordon (11) Markelle Fultz (6) Capital One Arena 13,159 9–11 21 December 4 Phoenix W 128–114 Aaron Gordon (32) Mo Bamba (11) D. J. Augustin (7) Amway Center 15,176 10–11 22 December 6 @ Cleveland W 93–87 Terrence Ross (21) Michael Carter-Williams (7) D. J. Augustin (7) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 18,446 11–11 23 December 9 @ Milwaukee L 101–110 Evan Fournier (26) Aaron Gordon (13) Markelle Fultz (9) Fiserv Forum 17,385 11–12 24 December 11 L. A. Lakers L 87–96 Jonathan Isaac (19) Aaron Gordon (14) Michael Carter-Williams (6) Amway Center 18,846 11–13 25 December 13 Houston L 107–130 Evan Fournier (27) Bamba, Gordon (6) Augustin, Fultz (5) Amway Center 16,335 11–14 26 December 15 @ New Orleans W 130–119 Jonathan Isaac (21) Jonathan Isaac (11) D. J. Augustin (8) Smoothie King Center 15,388 12–14 27 December 17 @ Utah L 102–109 D. J. Augustin (22) Nikola Vučević (11) Fournier, Vučević (4) Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,306 12–15 28 December 18 @ Denver L 104–113 Nikola Vučević (20) Vučević, Gordon (7) D. J. Augustin (7) Pepsi Center 18,182 12–16 29 December 20 @ Portland L 103–118 Nikola Vučević (23) Nikola Vučević (12) Fultz, Gordon (4) Moda Center 19,393 12–17 30 December 23 Chicago W 103–95 Terrence Ross (26) Aaron Gordon (11) Augustin, Isaac (5) Amway Center 18,846 13–17 31 December 27 Philadelphia W 98–97 Evan Fournier (20) Nikola Vučević (12) Nikola Vučević (7) Amway Center 17,311 14–17 32 December 28 @ Milwaukee L 100–111 Evan Fournier (23) Jonathan Isaac (9) Markelle Fultz (6) Fiserv Forum 17,920 14–18 33 December 30 Atlanta L 93–101 Nikola Vučević (27) Jonathan Isaac (9) D. J. Augustin (6) Amway Center 17,784 14–19
January : 7–8 (Home: 3–4; Road: 4–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 34 January 1 @ Washington W 122–101 D. J. Augustin (25) Nikola Vučević (12) D. J. Augustin (9) Capital One Arena 14,921 15–19 35 January 3 Miami W 105–85 Terrence Ross (25) Bamba, Vučević (11) Augustin, Vučević (7) Amway Center 17,198 16–19 36 January 4 Utah L 96–109 Terrence Ross (24) Nikola Vučević (13) Markelle Fultz (7) Amway Center 16,913 16–20 37 January 6 Brooklyn W 101–89 Markelle Fultz (25) Nikola Vučević (24) D. J. Augustin (6) Amway Center 15,008 17–20 38 January 8 Washington W 123–89 Nikola Vučević (29) Birch, Vučević (9) Markelle Fultz (7) Amway Center 16,013 18–20 39 January 10 @ Phoenix L 94–98 Evan Fournier (28) Nikola Vučević (13) Markelle Fultz (6) Talking Stick Resort Arena 14,562 18–21 40 January 13 @ Sacramento W 114–112 Nikola Vučević (26) Nikola Vučević (15) Evan Fournier (6) Golden 1 Center 16,299 19–21 41 January 15 @ L. A. Lakers W 119–118 Fultz, Gordon (21) Fultz, Bamba (11) Markelle Fultz (10) Staples Center 18,997 20–21 42 January 16 @ L. A. Clippers L 95–122 Nikola Vučević (22) Nikola Vučević (9) Fultz, Gordon (5) Staples Center 19,068 20–22 43 January 18 @ Golden State L 95–109 Markelle Fultz (23) Nikola Vučević (13) Fournier, Fultz (4) Chase Center 18,064 20–23 44 January 20 @ Charlotte W 106–83 Evan Fournier (26) Nikola Vučević (10) Aaron Gordon (7) Spectrum Center 16,133 21–23 45 January 22 Oklahoma City L 114–120 Terrence Ross (26) Nikola Vučević (11) Fournier, Fultz (6) Amway Center 18,846 21–24 46 January 24 Boston L 98–109 Evan Fournier (30) Nikola Vučević (12) Fultz, Vučević (4) Amway Center 18,846 21–25 47 January 26 L. A. Clippers L 97–112 Michael Carter-Williams (15) Aaron Gordon (10) Michael Carter-Williams (8) Amway Center 15,427 21–26 48 January 27 @ Miami L 92–113 Gordon, Vučević (13) Nikola Vučević (12) Evan Fournier (8) American Airlines Arena 19,600 21–27
February : 6–6 (Home: 3–3; Road: 3–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 49 February 1 Miami L 89–102 Aaron Gordon (24) Nikola Vučević (9) Markelle Fultz (6) Amway Center 18,846 21–28 50 February 3 @ Charlotte W 112–100 Nikola Vučević (22) Aaron Gordon (12) Markelle Fultz (14) Spectrum Center 12,337 22–28 51 February 5 @ Boston L 100–116 Evan Fournier (26) Gordon, Vučević (10) Michael Carter-Williams (6) TD Garden 19,156 22–29 52 February 6 @ New York L 103–105 Nikola Vučević (25) Nikola Vučević (8) Markelle Fultz (6) Madison Square Garden 18,895 22–30 53 February 8 Milwaukee L 95–111 Nikola Vučević (21) Nikola Vučević (14) Carter-Williams, Vučević (6) Amway Center 16,632 22–31 54 February 10 Atlanta W 135–126 Aaron Gordon (26) Gordon, Vučević (9) Nikola Vučević (9) Amway Center 17,076 23–31 55 February 12 Detroit W 116–112 (OT) Aaron Gordon (25) Nikola Vučević (11) Markelle Fultz (10) Amway Center 16,607 24–31 All-Star Break 56 February 21 Dallas L 106–122 Evan Fournier (28) Gordon, Vučević (12) Markelle Fultz (9) Amway Center 18,846 24–32 57 February 24 @ Brooklyn W 115–113 Aaron Gordon (27) Gordon, Vučević (10) Markelle Fultz (7) Barclays Center 16,162 25–32 58 February 26 @ Atlanta W 130–120 Evan Fournier (28) Nikola Vučević (12) Markelle Fultz (8) State Farm Arena 14,967 26–32 59 February 28 Minnesota W 136–125 Terrence Ross (33) Aaron Gordon (11) Aaron Gordon (12) Amway Center 18,846 27–32 60 February 29 @ San Antonio L 113–114 Evan Fournier (23) Nikola Vučević (9) D.J. Augustin (7) AT&T Center 18,354 27–33
March : 3–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 3–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 61 March 2 Portland L 107–130 Nikola Vučević (30) Nikola Vučević (11) Markelle Fultz (10) Amway Center 18,078 27–34 62 March 4 @ Miami L 113–116 Terrence Ross (35) Nikola Vučević (16) Aaron Gordon (9) American Airlines Arena 19,600 27–35 63 March 6 @ Minnesota W 132–118 Nikola Vučević (28) Nikola Vučević (12) Augustin, Fultz, Williams (5) Target Center 14,315 28–35 64 March 8 @ Houston W 126–106 D.J. Augustin (24) Nikola Vučević (16) Markelle Fultz (5) Toyota Center 18,055 29–35 65 March 10 @ Memphis W 120–115 Terrence Ross (24) Nikola Vučević (11) Aaron Gordon (9) FedExForum 15,388 30–35
Seeding games: 3–5 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 66 July 31 @ Brooklyn W 128–118 Evan Fournier (24) Aaron Gordon (11) Markelle Fultz (6) HP Field House No in-person attendance 31–35 67 August 2 Sacramento W 132–116 Terrence Ross (25) Nikola Vučević (11) D. J. Augustin (8) HP Field House No in-person attendance 32–35 68 August 4 @ Indiana L 109–120 Nikola Vučević (24) Nikola Vučević (10) D. J. Augustin (5) Visa Athletic Center No in-person attendance 32–36 69 August 5 Toronto L 99–109 Fournier, Ross (15) Aaron Gordon (11) Aaron Gordon (5) Visa Athletic Center No in-person attendance 32–37 70 August 7 @ Philadelphia L 101–108 Evan Fournier (22) Nikola Vučević (12) D. J. Augustin (5) HP Field House No in-person attendance 32–38 71 August 9 @ Boston L 119–122 (OT) Nikola Vučević (26) Nikola Vučević (11) Markelle Fultz (10) The Arena No in-person attendance 32–39 72 August 11 Brooklyn L 96–108 Fultz, Iwundu (18) Nikola Vučević (10) Augustin, Iwundu (3) The Arena No in-person attendance 32–40 73 August 13 New Orleans W 133–127 Nikola Vučević (23) Nikola Vučević (6) Augustin, Iwundu (6) Visa Athletic Center No in-person attendance 33–40
Cancelled games Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 66 March 12 Chicago Amway Center 67 March 15 Charlotte Amway Center 68 March 17 @ Detroit Little Caesars Arena 69 March 19 Cleveland Amway Center 70 March 21 Sacramento Amway Center 71 March 23 @ Brooklyn Barclays Center 72 March 25 Indiana Amway Center 73 March 27 Brooklyn Amway Center 74 March 29 New Orleans Amway Center 75 April 1 Charlotte Amway Center 76 April 3 @ Boston TD Garden 77 April 5 @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 78 April 8 @ New York Madison Square Garden 79 April 10 Boston Amway Center 80 April 11 @ Indiana Bankers Life Fieldhouse 81 April 13 @ Chicago United Center 82 April 15 Toronto Amway Center
2019–20 season schedule

Playoffs[]

As with the seeding games, all playoff games will be held without fans in attendance.

2020 playoff game log
First round: 1–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 August 18 @ Milwaukee W 122–110 Nikola Vučević (35) Nikola Vučević (13) D. J. Augustin (11) HP Field House 1–0 2 August 20 @ Milwaukee L 96–111 Nikola Vučević (32) Ennis III, Vučević (10) D. J. Augustin (5) HP Field House 1–1 3 August 22 Milwaukee L 107–121 D. J. Augustin (24) Gary Clark (8) D. J. Augustin (6) HP Field House 1–2 4 August 24 Milwaukee L 106–121 Nikola Vučević (31) Nikola Vučević (11) Fultz, Vučević (7) HP Field House 1–3 5 August 29 @ Milwaukee L 104–118 Nikola Vučević (22) Nikola Vučević (15) Fultz, Vučević (5) The Arena 1–4
2020 playoff schedule

Transactions[]

Trades[]

Free agents[]

Re-signed[]

Player	Date Signed	Contract	Ref.

Additions[]

Player	Signed	Contract	Former Team	Ref.

Subtractions[]

Player	Reason Left	New Team	Ref.

References[]