There was no barbeque or beach music in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, but the NBA Draft had a North Carolina feel last week. Six players with connections to the Old North State were taken in the […]
NEW YORK — The Orlando Magic selected Duke forward Paolo Banchero on Thursday night with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft. After leading the Blue Devils to the Final Four in coach Mike […]
CHARLOTTE — In the regular season finale with Play-In Tournament implications, the Hornets did their part by beating the Washington Wizards 124-108 in Charlotte. Unfortunately, the Eastern Conference’s three other Play-In Tournament teams also won […]
CHARLOTTE — With his team’s 128-101 win over the Orlando Magic on Thursday night, Charlotte Hornets coach James Borrego officially clinched his first .500 season of his head coaching career. It was a welcome turn […]
CHARLOTTE — The Wagner brothers combined for 45 points on Friday night as the Orlando Magic picked up their eighth win of the season with a 116-109 victory over the Charlotte Hornets. The Magic (8-35) […]
J.J. Redick, the sharpshooter who was The Associated Press college player of the year at Duke before embarking on a 15-season NBA career, announced his retirement Tuesday. The 37-year-old Redick played with six NBA teams […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando Magic rookie point guard Cole Anthony is getting more comfortable the more he plays in the NBA. Anthony’s comfort level showed Monday night when he posted a career-best scoring performance and […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — With the game on the line, the Charlotte Hornets got the ball right where they had worked on in practice a day earlier. Gordon Hayward delivered — just as he did most […]
CHARLOTTE — All the Orlando Magic needed to get back on track was a return trip to Charlotte. Nikola Vucevic scored 22 points, Aaron Gordon had 16 points and 12 rebounds, and the Magic snapped […]
CHARLOTTE — Evan Fournier has been dealing with an illness and was feeling incredibly sluggish before Orlando’s game at Charlotte. So the veteran guard did something he normally doesn’t do, slugging down one of those […]
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