2020–21 Orlando Magic Season

2020–21 Orlando Magic season
2020–21 Orlando Magic season
Head coach	Steve Clifford
General manager	John Hammond
Owners	RDV Sports, Inc.
Arena	Amway Center
Results
Record	21–51 (.292)
Place	Division: 5th (Southeast); Conference: 14th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Bally Sports Florida
Radio	96.9 The Game
< 2019–20	2021–22 >

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the regular season for the league began on December 22, 2020 and featured a 72-game schedule rather than the typical 82-game schedule. The Magic missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2017–18 season. Following the season, head coach Steve Clifford and the Magic mutually agreed to part ways after three seasons with the team.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/club team
1	15	Cole Anthony	PG	USA	UNC

Roster

2020–21 Orlando Magic roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
G	50	Anthony, Cole	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2000-05-15	North Carolina
G/F	8	Bacon, Dwayne	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	221 lb (100 kg)	1995-08-30	Florida State
C	5	Bamba, Mo	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	231 lb (105 kg)	1998-05-12	Texas
F	17	Brazdeikis, Ignas	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	221 lb (100 kg)	1999-01-08	Michigan
C	34	Carter, Wendell	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	1999-04-16	Duke
G	7	Carter-Williams, Michael	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1991-10-10	Syracuse
F	11	Ennis, James	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1990-07-01	Long Beach State
G	20	Fultz, Markelle	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	1998-05-29	Washington
G	13	Hampton, R. J.	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2001-02-07	Little Elm HS (TX)
G	14	Harris, Gary	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1994-09-14	Michigan State
F	1	Isaac, Jonathan	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1997-10-03	Florida State
F	3	Okeke, Chuma	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	229 lb (104 kg)	1998-08-18	Auburn
F	22	Porter, Otto	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	1993-06-03	Georgetown
G	25	Randle, Chasson (TW)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1993-02-05	Stanford
G/F	31	Ross, Terrence	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	206 lb (93 kg)	1991-02-05	Washington
G	12	Thornwell, Sindarius (TW)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1994-11-15	South Carolina
F/C	21	Wagner, Moritz	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1997-04-26	Michigan

Head coach

Steve Clifford

Assistant coach(es)

Michael Batiste
Tyrone Corbin
Pat Delany
Steve Hetzel
Bruce Kreutzer
Dylan Murphy

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: May 12, 2021

Standings

Division

Southeast Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y – Atlanta Hawks	41	31	.569	–	25‍–‍11	16‍–‍20	9–3	72
x – Miami Heat	40	32	.556	1.0	21‍–‍15	19‍–‍17	6–6	72
x – Washington Wizards	34	38	.472	7.0	19‍–‍17	15‍–‍21	3–9	72
pi – Charlotte Hornets	33	39	.458	8.0	18‍–‍19	15‍–‍20	8–4	72
Orlando Magic	21	51	.292	20.0	11‍–‍25	10‍–‍26	4–8	72

Conference

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c − Philadelphia 76ers *	49	23	.681	–	72
2	x – Brooklyn Nets	48	24	.667	1.0	72
3	y – Milwaukee Bucks *	46	26	.639	3.0	72
4	x – New York Knicks	41	31	.569	8.0	72
5	y – Atlanta Hawks *	41	31	.569	8.0	72
6	x – Miami Heat	40	32	.556	9.0	72

7	x – Boston Celtics	36	36	.500	13.0	72
8	x – Washington Wizards	34	38	.472	15.0	72
9	pi – Indiana Pacers	34	38	.472	15.0	72
10	pi – Charlotte Hornets	33	39	.458	16.0	72

11	Chicago Bulls	31	41	.431	18.0	72
12	Toronto Raptors	27	45	.375	22.0	72
13	Cleveland Cavaliers	22	50	.306	27.0	72
14	Orlando Magic	21	51	.292	28.0	72
15	Detroit Pistons	20	52	.278	29.0	72

Notes

z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs
c – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs
y – Clinched division title
x – Clinched playoff spot
pb – Clinched play-in spot
o – Eliminated from playoff contention
* – Division leader

Game log

Preseason

2020 preseason game log
Total: 2–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–1)

Preseason: 2–2 (home: 1–1; road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	December 11	@ Atlanta	W 116–112	Nikola Vučević (18)	Nikola Vučević (11)	Aaron Gordon (6)	State Farm Arena	1–0
2	December 13	@ Atlanta	L 107–116	Markelle Fultz (21)	Nikola Vučević (15)	Michael Carter-Williams (5)	State Farm Arena	1–1
3	December 17	Charlotte	L 115–123	Nikola Vučević (27)	Nikola Vučević (12)	Markelle Fultz (6)	Amway Center	1–2
4	December 19	Charlotte	W 120–117	Aaron Gordon (20)	Nikola Vučević (12)	Anthony, Fultz (4)	Amway Center	2–2

2020–21 pre-season schedule

Regular season

Games were held with a limited number of fans in attendance, if any at all due to varying COVID-19 guidelines from state to state.

2020–21 game log
Total: 21–51 (Home: 11–25; Road: 10–26)

December: 4–1 (home: 1–1; road: 3–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	December 23	Miami	W 113–107	Evan Fournier (25)	Nikola Vučević (11)	Cole Anthony (6)	Amway Center 3,396	1–0
2	December 26	@ Washington	W 130–120	Terrence Ross (25)	Nikola Vučević (17)	Markelle Fultz (7)	Capital One Arena Held without fans	2–0
3	December 27	@ Washington	W 120–113	Fultz, Ross (26)	Nikola Vučević (8)	Nikola Vučević (4)	Capital One Arena Held without fans	3–0
4	December 29	@ Oklahoma City	W 118–107	Nikola Vučević (28)	Nikola Vučević (10)	Markelle Fultz (10)	Chesapeake Energy Arena Held without fans	4–0
5	December 31	Philadelphia	L 92–116	Nikola Vučević (19)	Nikola Vučević (10)	Markelle Fultz (4)	Amway Center 3,247	4–1

January: 4–12 (home: 3–5; road: 1–7)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
6	January 2	Oklahoma City	L 99–108	Nikola Vučević (30)	Nikola Vučević (13)	Markelle Fultz (8)	Amway Center 3,339	4–2
7	January 4	Cleveland	W 103–83	Aaron Gordon (24)	Khem Birch (12)	Markelle Fultz (8)	Amway Center 2,726	5–2
8	January 6	Cleveland	W 105–94	Terrence Ross (20)	Khem Birch (10)	Nikola Vučević (6)	Amway Center 2,948	6–2
9	January 8	@ Houston	L 90–132	Nikola Vučević (22)	Nikola Vučević (12)	Jordan Bone (4)	Toyota Center 3,039	6–3
10	January 9	@ Dallas	L 98–112	Nikola Vučević (30)	Nikola Vučević (15)	Aaron Gordon (5)	American Airlines Center Held without fans	6–4
11	January 11	Milwaukee	L 99–121	Nikola Vučević (28)	Nikola Vučević (13)	Aaron Gordon (8)	Amway Center 3,248	6–5
—	January 13	@ Boston	Postponed due to Boston not having enough players available. Makeup date: March 21.
12	January 15	@ Boston	L 97–124	Aaron Gordon (17)	Khem Birch (12)	Nikola Vučević (4)	TD Garden Held without fans	6–6
13	January 16	@ Brooklyn	L 115–122	Nikola Vučević (34)	Nikola Vučević (10)	Cole Anthony (8)	Barclays Center Held without fans	6–7
14	January 18	@ New York	L 84–91	Nikola Vučević (24)	Aaron Gordon (17)	Aaron Gordon (9)	Madison Square Garden Held without fans	6–8
15	January 20	@ Minnesota	W 97–96	Nikola Vučević (28)	Aaron Gordon (9)	Aaron Gordon (7)	Target Center Held without fans	7–8
16	January 22	@ Indiana	L 118–120 (OT)	Evan Fournier (26)	Nikola Vučević (12)	Fournier, Gordon (9)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse Held without fans	7–9
17	January 24	Charlotte	L 104–107	Nikola Vučević (22)	Nikola Vučević (13)	Anthony, Fournier (6)	Amway Center 3,507	7–10
18	January 25	Charlotte	W 117–108	Nikola Vučević (28)	Nikola Vučević (12)	Gordon, Vučević (7)	Amway Center 3,167	8–10
19	January 27	Sacramento	L 107–121	Nikola Vučević (26)	Khem Birch (14)	Cole Anthony (6)	Amway Center 3,216	8–11
20	January 29	L. A. Clippers	L 90–116	Terrence Ross (24)	Clark, Gordon (7)	Cole Anthony (6)	Amway Center 3,763	8–12
21	January 31	@ Toronto	L 102–115	Cole Anthony (16)	Nikola Vučević (14)	Cole Anthony (6)	Amalie Arena Held without fans	8–13

February: 5–8 (home: 4–4; road: 1–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
22	February 2	Toronto	L 108–123	Fournier, Vučević (21)	Nikola Vučević (18)	Bone, Fournier, Vučević (4)	Amway Center 3,211	8–14
23	February 5	Chicago	W 123–119	Nikola Vučević (43)	Nikola Vučević (19)	Cole Anthony (9)	Amway Center 3,535	9–14
24	February 6	Chicago	L 92–118	Nikola Vučević (17)	Nikola Vučević (8)	Cole Anthony (5)	Amway Center 3,880	9–15
25	February 9	@ Portland	L 97–106	Nikola Vučević (27)	Nikola Vučević (15)	Chuma Okeke (5)	Moda Center Held without fans	9–16
26	February 11	@ Golden State	L 105–111	Nikola Vučević (25)	Nikola Vučević (13)	Okeke, Vučević (5)	Chase Center Held without fans	9–17
27	February 12	@ Sacramento	W 123–112	Nikola Vučević (42)	Nikola Vučević (9)	Michael Carter-Williams (7)	Golden 1 Center Held without fans	10–17
28	February 14	@ Phoenix	L 90–109	Michael Carter-Williams (23)	Mohamed Bamba (11)	Terrence Ross (5)	PHX Arena 1,732	10–18
29	February 17	New York	W 107–89	Terrence Ross (30)	Nikola Vučević (16)	Michael Carter-Williams (7)	Amway Center 4,249	11–18
30	February 19	Golden State	W 124–120	Nikola Vučević (30)	Nikola Vučević (16)	Nikola Vučević (10)	Amway Center 4,287	12–18
31	February 21	Detroit	W 105–96	Nikola Vučević (37)	Nikola Vučević (12)	Evan Fournier (7)	Amway Center 4,002	13–18
32	February 23	Detroit	L 93–105	Nikola Vučević (20)	Nikola Vučević (9)	Michael Carter-Williams (5)	Amway Center 3,631	13–19
33	February 25	@ Brooklyn	L 92–129	Nikola Vučević (28)	Nikola Vučević (12)	Michael Carter-Williams (5)	Barclays Center 327	13–20
34	February 27	Utah	L 109–124	Nikola Vučević (34)	Nikola Vučević (8)	Carter-Williams, Randle (7)	Amway Center 4,242	13–21

March: 3–10 (home: 2–5; road: 1–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
35	March 1	Dallas	L 124–130	Nikola Vučević (29)	Nikola Vučević (15)	Nikola Vučević (8)	Amway Center 3,766	13–22
36	March 3	Atlanta	L 112–115	Nikola Vučević (29)	Nikola Vučević (9)	Michael Carter-Williams (6)	Amway Center 3,969	13–23
All-Star Break
37	March 11	@ Miami	L 103–111	Nikola Vučević (24)	Nikola Vučević (17)	Michael Carter-Williams (7)	American Airlines Arena Held without fans	13–24
38	March 12	@ San Antonio	L 77–104	Nikola Vučević (26)	Nikola Vučević (9)	Bacon, Carter-Williams, Randle, Vučević (3)	AT&T Center Held without fans	13–25
39	March 14	Miami	L 97–102	Nikola Vučević (38)	Nikola Vučević (10)	Michael Carter-Williams (7)	Amway Center 3,264	13–26
40	March 18	@ New York	L 93–94	Evan Fournier (23)	Nikola Vučević (16)	Aaron Gordon (7)	Madison Square Garden 1,531	13–27
41	March 19	Brooklyn	W 121–113	Aaron Gordon (38)	Nikola Vučević (14)	Nikola Vučević (8)	Amway Center 3,665	14–27
42	March 21	@ Boston	L 96–112	Nikola Vučević (22)	Nikola Vučević (13)	Aaron Gordon (5)	TD Garden Held without fans	14–28
43	March 23	Denver	L 99–110	Evan Fournier (31)	Al-Farouq Aminu (10)	Aminu, Fournier, Gordon (6)	Amway Center 3,485	14–29
44	March 24	Phoenix	W 112–111	Nikola Vučević (27)	Nikola Vučević (14)	Nikola Vučević (4)	Amway Center 3,891	15–29
45	March 26	Portland	L 105–112	Chuma Okeke (22)	Khem Birch (15)	Bacon, Carter-Williams (6)	Amway Center 3,827	15–30
46	March 28	@ L. A. Lakers	L 93–96	Dwayne Bacon (26)	Bacon, Carter Jr. (8)	Bamba, Birch, Carter-Williams, Okeke, Randle (3)	Staples Center Held without fans	15–31
47	March 30	@ L. A. Clippers	W 103–96	Chuma Okeke (18)	Mohamed Bamba (8)	Michael Carter-Williams (9)	Staples Center Held without fans	16–31

April: 3–13 (home: 0–8; road: 3–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
48	April 1	@ New Orleans	W 115–110	Terrence Ross (19)	Wendell Carter Jr. (12)	Terrence Ross (5)	Smoothie King Center 3,700	17–31
49	April 3	@ Utah	L 91–137	Wendell Carter Jr. (19)	Wendell Carter Jr. (12)	Okeke, Ross (3)	Vivint Arena 5,546	17–32
50	April 4	@ Denver	L 109–119	Okeke, Ross (19)	Wendell Carter Jr. (9)	Ennis III, Okeke (5)	Ball Arena 3,927	17–33
51	April 7	Washington	L 116–131	Terrence Ross (24)	Mohamed Bamba (8)	Cole Anthony (7)	Amway Center 3,991	17–34
52	April 9	Indiana	L 106–111	Terrence Ross (24)	Anthony, Carter Jr. (9)	Chuma Okeke (7)	Amway Center 3,777	17–35
53	April 11	Milwaukee	L 87–124	Mohamed Bamba (21)	Anthony, Carter Jr. (8)	Cole Anthony (5)	Amway Center 3,316	17–36
54	April 12	San Antonio	L 97–120	R. J. Hampton (16)	Carter Jr., Hampton (8)	Wendell Carter Jr. (4)	Amway Center 3,107	17–37
55	April 14	@ Chicago	W 115–106	James Ennis III (22)	Wendell Carter Jr. (12)	Gary Harris (6)	United Center Held without fans	18–37
56	April 16	@ Toronto	L 102–113	Wendell Carter Jr. (20)	Wendell Carter Jr. (9)	Cole Anthony (5)	Amalie Arena Attendance not reported	18–38
57	April 18	Houston	L 110–114	Dwayne Bacon (22)	Wendell Carter Jr. (10)	Cole Anthony (9)	Amway Center 3,722	18–39
58	April 20	@ Atlanta	L 96–112	Anthony, Okeke (17)	Bamba, Carter Jr. (8)	Cole Anthony (8)	State Farm Arena Attendance not reported	18–40
59	April 22	New Orleans	L 100–135	Cannady, Bamba (17)	Mohamed Bamba (12)	Chasson Randle (4)	Amway Center 3,411	18–41
60	April 25	Indiana	L 112–131	Dwayne Bacon (20)	Wendell Carter Jr. (13)	Cole Anthony (7)	Amway Center 3,519	18–42
61	April 26	L. A. Lakers	L 103–114	Chuma Okeke (18)	Wendell Carter Jr. (8)	Cole Anthony (7)	Amway Center 4,099	18–43
62	April 28	@ Cleveland	W 109–104	Gary Harris (19)	James Ennis III (8)	Gary Harris (7)	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 4,148	19–43
63	April 30	@ Memphis	L 75–92	Anthony, Bamba (15)	Bamba, Hall (11)	Gary Harris (4)	FedExForum 2,850	19–44

May: 2–7 (home: 1–2; road: 1–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
64	May 1	Memphis	W 112–111	Cole Anthony (26)	Cole Anthony (8)	Cole Anthony (6)	Amway Center 3,924	20–44
65	May 3	@ Detroit	W 119–112	Mohamed Bamba (22)	Mohamed Bamba (15)	R. J. Hampton (10)	Little Caesars Arena 750	21–44
66	May 5	Boston	L 96–132	Bacon, Wagner (20)	Mohamed Bamba (15)	R. J. Hampton (5)	Amway Center 4,249	21–45
67	May 7	@ Charlotte	L 112–122	Dwayne Bacon (26)	Mohamed Bamba (18)	Chasson Randle (4)	Spectrum Center 3,751	21–46
68	May 9	Minnesota	L 96–128	R. J. Hampton (19)	Donta Hall (8)	Anthony, Brazdeikis, Hampton, Thornwell (3)	Amway Center 4,086	21–47
69	May 11	@ Milwaukee	L 102–114	Cole Anthony (18)	Wendell Carter Jr. (14)	R. J. Hampton (5)	Fiserv Forum 3,280	21–48
70	May 13	@ Atlanta	L 93–116	R. J. Hampton (15)	Wendell Carter Jr. (11)	Cole Anthony (6)	State Farm Arena 2,910	21–49
71	May 14	@ Philadelphia	L 97–122	Ignas Brazdeikis (21)	R. J. Hampton (11)	R. J. Hampton (9)	Wells Fargo Center 5,119	21–50
72	May 16	@ Philadelphia	L 117–128	Cole Anthony (37)	Donta Hall (10)	Bamba, Brazdeikis (4)	Wells Fargo Center 5,119	21–51

2020–21 season schedule

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Orlando Magic statistics
Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Cole Anthony	47	34	27.1	.397	.337	.832	4.7	4.1	.6	.4	12.9
Dwayne Bacon	72	50	25.7	.402	.285	.824	3.1	1.3	.6	.1	10.9
Mo Bamba	46	5	15.8	.472	.322	.682	5.8	.8	.3	1.3	8.0
Ignas Brazdeikis	8	0	29.3	.443	.407	.667	5.1	2.0	.5	.4	11.1
Wendell Carter Jr.	22	19	26.5	.493	.241	.721	8.8	1.6	.8	.8	11.7
Michael Carter-Williams	31	25	25.8	.389	.246	.613	4.5	4.2	.8	.5	8.8
James Ennis	41	37	24.0	.473	.433	.805	4.0	1.5	.8	.2	8.4
Markelle Fultz	8	8	26.9	.394	.250	.895	3.1	5.4	1.0	.3	12.9
R. J. Hampton	26	1	25.2	.439	.319	.657	5.0	2.8	.6	.3	11.2
Gary Harris	20	19	25.0	.365	.364	.875	1.6	2.3	.6	.4	10.2
Chuma Okeke	45	19	25.2	.417	.348	.750	4.0	2.2	1.1	.5	7.8
Otto Porter	3	0	22.0	.360	.111	1.000	4.7	1.7	1.3	.0	8.0
Chasson Randle	41	5	20.4	.388	.338	.792	2.0	1.8	.5	.1	6.5
Terrence Ross	46	2	29.3	.412	.337	.870	3.4	2.3	1.0	.5	15.6
Sindarius Thornwell	7	0	20.6	.320	.286	.667	1.9	2.4	1.1	.1	3.4
Moritz Wagner	11	10	26.0	.409	.372	.879	4.9	1.1	.4	.8	11.0

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Awards and honors

Player	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
R. J. Hampton	Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month (May)	May 17, 2021
Nikola Vučević	NBA All-Star reserve (2nd appearance)	February 23, 2021