2019–20 Orlando Magic Season

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 >

On March 11, 2020, the NBA suspended play of the entire league indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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. 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.

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. 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.

This season marked the last time the Magic made the playoffs until the 2023-24 season.

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.

Roster

2019–20 Orlando Magic roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	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	USC

Head coach

Steve Clifford

Assistant coach(es)

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	–	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	Location Attendance
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

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