2019–20 Orlando Magic season explained

Team:	Orlando Magic
End Year:	2020
Wins:	33
Losses:	40
Division:	Southeast
Division Place:	2
Conf Place:	8
Coach:	Steve Clifford
Owners:	RDV Sports, Inc.
Gm:	John Hammond
Arena:	Amway Center
Playoffs:	First round (lost to Bucks 1–4)
Bbr Team:	ORL
Television:	Fox Sports Florida
Radio:	96.9 The Game

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.

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

Draft picks

See main article: 2019 NBA draft.

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]

Standings

Conference

Game log

Preseason

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 1| October 5| @ San Antonio| | Mo Bamba (18)| Bamba, Carter-Williams, Birch (6)| Al-Farouq Aminu (5)| AT&T Center
14,123| 1–0|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2| October 7| @ Detroit| | Aaron Gordon (25)| Nikola Vučević (10)| Markelle Fultz (7)| Little Caesars Arena
14,471| 2–0|- style="background:#cfc;"| 3| October 9| @ Atlanta| | Terrence Ross (20)| Aminu, Isaac (8)| Isaac, Ross, Carter-Williams (4)| State Farm Arena
10,945| 3–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| October 11| Boston| | Terrence Ross (21)| Mo Bamba (7)| Markelle Fultz (4)| Amway Center
17,354| 3–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| October 13| Philadelphia| | Mo Bamba (12)| Gordon, Isaac (6)| D. J. Augustin (6)| Amway Center
16,819| 3–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| October 17| Miami| | Nikola Vučević (16)| Nikola Vučević (6)| Fournier, Magette (4)| Amway Center
17,149| 3–3

Regular season

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 1| October 23| Cleveland| | Nikola Vučević (21)| Nikola Vučević (10)| Markelle Fultz (6)| Amway Center
18,846| 1–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| October 26| @ Atlanta| | Evan Fournier (23)| Nikola Vučević (10)| D. J. Augustin (4)| State Farm Arena
17,078| 1–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| October 28| @ Toronto| | Jonathan Isaac (24)| Nikola Vučević (12)| Fultz, Gordon (5)| Scotiabank Arena
19,800| 1–2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 4| October 30| New York| | Nikola Vučević (21)| Nikola Vučević (13)| D. J. Augustin (7)| Amway Center
17,456| 2–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| November 1| Milwaukee| | Evan Fournier (19)| Nikola Vučević (7)| D. J. Augustin (6)| Amway Center
15,105| 2–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| November 2| Denver| | Nikola Vučević (24)| Al-Farouq Aminu (10)| Evan Fournier (5)| Amway Center
17,025| 2–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7| November 5| @ Oklahoma City| | Aaron Gordon (15)| Nikola Vučević (11)| Markelle Fultz (4)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203| 2–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| November 6| @ Dallas| | Aaron Gordon (23)| Nikola Vučević (11)| Nikola Vučević (7)| American Airlines Center
19,487| 2–6|- style="background:#cfc;"| 9| November 8| Memphis| | Nikola Vučević (23)| Nikola Vučević (16)| Vučević, Fournier (6)| Amway Center
17,021| 3–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 10| November 10| Indiana| | Evan Fournier (22)| Nikola Vučević (17)| Augustin, Fournier (6)| Amway Center
17,118| 3–7|- style="background:#cfc;"| 11| November 13| Philadelphia| | Nikola Vučević (25)| Aaron Gordon (13)| D. J. Augustin (8)| Amway Center
15,113| 4–7|- style="background:#cfc;"| 12| November 15| San Antonio| | Evan Fournier (26)| Aminu, Vučević (13)| Augustin, Fultz, Gordon, Vučević (4)| Amway Center
16,296| 5–7|- style="background:#cfc;"| 13| November 17| Washington| | Nikola Vučević (30)| Nikola Vučević (17)| Evan Fournier (9)| Amway Center
16,344| 6–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 14| November 20| @ Toronto| | Evan Fournier (21)| Jonathan Isaac (13)| Augustin, Vučević (5)| Scotiabank Arena
19,800| 6–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15| November 23| @ Indiana| | Evan Fournier (26)| Jonathan Isaac (9)| Markelle Fultz (9)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
16,446| 6–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 16| November 25| @ Detroit| | Terrence Ross (19)| Mo Bamba (12)| D. J. Augustin (5)| Little Caesars Arena
14,695| 6–10|- style="background:#cfc;"| 17| November 27| @ Cleveland| | Evan Fournier (30)| Jonathan Isaac (7)| D. J. Augustin (10)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
17,712| 7–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 18| November 29| Toronto| | Evan Fournier (19)| Khem Birch (12)| Evan Fournier (6)| Amway Center
17,014| 7–11|- style="background:#cfc;"| 19| December 1| Golden State| | Evan Fournier (32)| Jonathan Isaac (11)| Markelle Fultz (9)| Amway Center
15,052| 8–11|- style="background:#cfc;"| 20| December 3| @ Washington| | Evan Fournier (31)| Aaron Gordon (11)| Markelle Fultz (6)| Capital One Arena
13,159| 9–11|- style="background:#cfc;"| 21| December 4| Phoenix| | Aaron Gordon (32)| Mo Bamba (11)| D. J. Augustin (7)| Amway Center
15,176| 10–11|- style="background:#cfc;"| 22| December 6| @ Cleveland| | Terrence Ross (21)| Michael Carter-Williams (7)| D. J. Augustin (7)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
18,446| 11–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 23| December 9| @ Milwaukee| | Evan Fournier (26)| Aaron Gordon (13)| Markelle Fultz (9)| Fiserv Forum
17,385| 11–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 24| December 11| L. A. Lakers| | Jonathan Isaac (19)| Aaron Gordon (14)| Michael Carter-Williams (6)| Amway Center
18,846| 11–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 25| December 13| Houston| | Evan Fournier (27)| Bamba, Gordon (6)| Augustin, Fultz (5)| Amway Center
16,335| 11–14|- style="background:#cfc;"| 26| December 15| @ New Orleans| | Jonathan Isaac (21)| Jonathan Isaac (11)| D. J. Augustin (8)| Smoothie King Center
15,388| 12–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 27| December 17| @ Utah| | D. J. Augustin (22)| Nikola Vučević (11)| Fournier, Vučević (4)| Vivint Smart Home Arena
18,306| 12–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 28| December 18| @ Denver| | Nikola Vučević (20)| Vučević, Gordon (7)| D. J. Augustin (7)| Pepsi Center
18,182| 12–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 29| December 20| @ Portland| | Nikola Vučević (23)| Nikola Vučević (12)| Fultz, Gordon (4)| Moda Center
19,393| 12–17|- style="background:#cfc;"| 30| December 23| Chicago| | Terrence Ross (26)| Aaron Gordon (11)| Augustin, Isaac (5)| Amway Center
18,846| 13–17|- style="background:#cfc;"| 31| December 27| Philadelphia| | Evan Fournier (20)| Nikola Vučević (12)| Nikola Vučević (7)| Amway Center
17,311| 14–17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 32| December 28| @ Milwaukee| | Evan Fournier (23)| Jonathan Isaac (9)| Markelle Fultz (6)| Fiserv Forum
17,920| 14–18|- style="background:#fcc;"| 33| December 30| Atlanta| | Nikola Vučević (27)| Jonathan Isaac (9)| D. J. Augustin (6)| Amway Center
17,784| 14–19|- style="background:#cfc;"| 34| January 1| @ Washington| | D. J. Augustin (25)| Nikola Vučević (12)| D. J. Augustin (9)| Capital One Arena
14,921| 15–19|- style="background:#cfc;"| 35| January 3| Miami| | Terrence Ross (25)| Bamba, Vučević (11)| Augustin, Vučević (7)| Amway Center
17,198| 16–19|- style="background:#fcc;"| 36| January 4| Utah| | Terrence Ross (24)| Nikola Vučević (13)| Markelle Fultz (7)| Amway Center
16,913| 16–20|- style="background:#cfc;"| 37| January 6| Brooklyn| | Markelle Fultz (25)| Nikola Vučević (24)| D. J. Augustin (6)| Amway Center
15,008| 17–20|- style="background:#cfc;"| 38| January 8| Washington| | Nikola Vučević (29)| Birch, Vučević (9)| Markelle Fultz (7)| Amway Center
16,013| 18–20|- style="background:#fcc;"| 39| January 10| @ Phoenix| | Evan Fournier (28)| Nikola Vučević (13)| Markelle Fultz (6)| Talking Stick Resort Arena
14,562| 18–21|- style="background:#cfc;"| 40| January 13| @ Sacramento| | Nikola Vučević (26)| Nikola Vučević (15)| Evan Fournier (6)| Golden 1 Center
16,299| 19–21|- style="background:#cfc;"| 41| January 15| @ L. A. Lakers| | Fultz, Gordon (21)| Fultz, Bamba (11)| Markelle Fultz (10)| Staples Center
18,997| 20–21|- style="background:#fcc;"| 42| January 16| @ L. A. Clippers| | Nikola Vučević (22)| Nikola Vučević (9)| Fultz, Gordon (5)| Staples Center
19,068| 20–22|- style="background:#fcc;"| 43| January 18| @ Golden State| | Markelle Fultz (23)| Nikola Vučević (13)| Fournier, Fultz (4)| Chase Center
18,064| 20–23|- style="background:#cfc;"| 44| January 20| @ Charlotte| | Evan Fournier (26)| Nikola Vučević (10)| Aaron Gordon (7)| Spectrum Center
16,133| 21–23|- style="background:#fcc;"| 45| January 22| Oklahoma City| | Terrence Ross (26)| Nikola Vučević (11)| Fournier, Fultz (6)| Amway Center
18,846| 21–24|- style="background:#fcc;"| 46| January 24| Boston| | Evan Fournier (30)| Nikola Vučević (12)| Fultz, Vučević (4)| Amway Center
18,846| 21–25|- style="background:#fcc;"| 47| January 26| L. A. Clippers| | Michael Carter-Williams (15)| Aaron Gordon (10)| Michael Carter-Williams (8)| Amway Center
15,427| 21–26|- style="background:#fcc;"| 48| January 27| @ Miami| | Gordon, Vučević (13)| Nikola Vučević (12)| Evan Fournier (8)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 21–27|- style="background:#fcc;"| 49| February 1| Miami| | Aaron Gordon (24)| Nikola Vučević (9)| Markelle Fultz (6)| Amway Center
18,846| 21–28|- style="background:#cfc;"| 50| February 3| @ Charlotte| | Nikola Vučević (22)| Aaron Gordon (12)| Markelle Fultz (14)| Spectrum Center
12,337| 22–28|- style="background:#fcc;"| 51| February 5| @ Boston| | Evan Fournier (26)| Gordon, Vučević (10)| Michael Carter-Williams (6)| TD Garden
19,156| 22–29|- style="background:#fcc;"| 52| February 6| @ New York| | Nikola Vučević (25)| Nikola Vučević (8)| Markelle Fultz (6)| Madison Square Garden
18,895| 22–30|- style="background:#fcc;"| 53| February 8| Milwaukee| | Nikola Vučević (21)| Nikola Vučević (14)| Carter-Williams, Vučević (6)| Amway Center
16,632| 22–31|- style="background:#cfc;"| 54| February 10| Atlanta| | Aaron Gordon (26)| Gordon, Vučević (9)| Nikola Vučević (9)| Amway Center
17,076| 23–31|- style="background:#cfc;"| 55| February 12| Detroit| | Aaron Gordon (25)| Nikola Vučević (11)| Markelle Fultz (10)| Amway Center
16,607| 24–31|- align="center"|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break|- style="background:#fcc;"| 56| February 21| Dallas| | Evan Fournier (28)| Gordon, Vučević (12)| Markelle Fultz (9)| Amway Center
18,846| 24–32|- style="background:#cfc;"| 57| February 24| @ Brooklyn| | Aaron Gordon (27)| Gordon, Vučević (10)| Markelle Fultz (7)| Barclays Center
16,162| 25–32|- style="background:#cfc;"| 58| February 26| @ Atlanta| | Evan Fournier (28)| Nikola Vučević (12)| Markelle Fultz (8)| State Farm Arena
14,967| 26–32|- style="background:#cfc;"| 59| February 28| Minnesota| | Terrence Ross (33)| Aaron Gordon (11)| Aaron Gordon (12)| Amway Center
18,846| 27–32|- style="background:#fcc;"| 60| February 29| @ San Antonio| | Evan Fournier (23)| Nikola Vučević (9)| D. J. Augustin (7)| AT&T Center
18,354| 27–33

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 61| March 2| Portland| | Nikola Vučević (30)| Nikola Vučević (11)| Markelle Fultz (10)| Amway Center
18,078| 27–34|- style="background:#fcc;"| 62| March 4| @ Miami| | Terrence Ross (35)| Nikola Vučević (16)| Aaron Gordon (9)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 27–35|- style="background:#cfc;"| 63| March 6| @ Minnesota| | Nikola Vučević (28)| Nikola Vučević (12)| Augustin, Fultz, Williams (5)| Target Center
14,315| 28–35|- style="background:#cfc;"| 64| March 8| @ Houston| | D. J. Augustin (24)| Nikola Vučević (16)| Markelle Fultz (5)| Toyota Center
18,055| 29–35|- style="background:#cfc;"| 65| March 10| @ Memphis| | Terrence Ross (24)| Nikola Vučević (11)| Aaron Gordon (9)| FedExForum
15,388| 30–35|- style="background:#cfc;"| 66| July 31| @ Brooklyn| | Evan Fournier (24)| Aaron Gordon (11)| Markelle Fultz (6)| HP Field House
No in-person attendance| 31–35|- style="background:#cfc;"| 67| August 2| Sacramento| | Terrence Ross (25)| Nikola Vučević (11)| D. J. Augustin (8)| HP Field House
No in-person attendance| 32–35|- style="background:#fcc;"| 68| August 4| @ Indiana| | Nikola Vučević (24)| Nikola Vučević (10)| D. J. Augustin (5)| Visa Athletic Center
No in-person attendance| 32–36|- style="background:#fcc;"| 69| August 5| Toronto| | Fournier, Ross (15)| Aaron Gordon (11)| Aaron Gordon (5)| Visa Athletic Center
No in-person attendance| 32–37|- style="background:#fcc;"| 70| August 7| @ Philadelphia| | Evan Fournier (22)| Nikola Vučević (12)| D. J. Augustin (5)| HP Field House
No in-person attendance| 32–38|- style="background:#fcc;"| 71| August 9| @ Boston| | Nikola Vučević (26)| Nikola Vučević (11)| Markelle Fultz (10)| The Arena
No in-person attendance| 32–39|- style="background:#fcc;"| 72| August 11| Brooklyn| | Fultz, Iwundu (18)| Nikola Vučević (10)| Augustin, Iwundu (3)| The Arena
No in-person attendance| 32–40|- style="background:#cfc;"| 73| August 13| New Orleans| | Nikola Vučević (23)| Nikola Vučević (6)| Augustin, Iwundu (6)| Visa Athletic Center
No in-person attendance| 33–40|- style="background:#;"| 66| March 12| Chicago| |||| Amway Center||- style="background:#;"| 67| March 15| Charlotte| |||| Amway Center||- style="background:#;"| 68| March 17| @ Detroit| |||| Little Caesars Arena||- style="background:#;"| 69| March 19| Cleveland| |||| Amway Center||- style="background:#;"| 70| March 21| Sacramento| |||| Amway Center||- style="background:#;"| 71| March 23| @ Brooklyn| |||| Barclays Center||- style="background:#;"| 72| March 25| Indiana| |||| Amway Center||- style="background:#;"| 73| March 27| Brooklyn| |||| Amway Center||- style="background:#;"| 74| March 29| New Orleans| |||| Amway Center||- style="background:#;"| 75| April 1| Charlotte| |||| Amway Center||- style="background:#;"| 76| April 3| @ Boston| |||| TD Garden||- style="background:#;"| 77| April 5| @ Philadelphia| |||| Wells Fargo Center||- style="background:#;"| 78| April 8| @ New York| |||| Madison Square Garden||- style="background:#;"| 79| April 10| Boston| |||| Amway Center||- style="background:#;"| 80| April 11| @ Indiana| |||| Bankers Life Fieldhouse||- style="background:#;"| 81| April 13| @ Chicago| |||| United Center||- style="background:#;"| 82| April 15| Toronto| |||| Amway Center|

Playoffs

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 1| August 18| @ Milwaukee| | Nikola Vučević (35)| Nikola Vučević (13)| D. J. Augustin (11)| HP Field House
No in-person attendance| 1–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| August 20| @ Milwaukee| | Nikola Vučević (32)| Ennis III, Vučević (10)| D. J. Augustin (5)| HP Field House
No in-person attendance| 1–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| August 22| Milwaukee| | D. J. Augustin (24)| Gary Clark (8)| D. J. Augustin (6)| HP Field House
No in-person attendance| 1–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| August 24| Milwaukee| | Nikola Vučević (31)| Nikola Vučević (11)| Fultz, Vučević (7)| HP Field House
No in-person attendance| 1–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| August 29| @ Milwaukee| | Nikola Vučević (22)| Nikola Vučević (15)| Fultz, Vučević (5)| The Arena
No in-person attendance| 1–4

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player
	PG	72	60	1,996	238	369	90	11	870	27.7	3.3	5.1	1.3	.2	12.1
	SG	69	0	1,889	222	82	77	24	1,016	27.4	3.2	1.2	1.1	.3	14.7
	SF	66	66	2,076	171	209	71	15	1,221	31.5	2.6	3.2	1.1	.2	18.5
	PF	62	62	2,017	475	228	51	39	894	32.5	7.7	3.7	.8	.6	14.4
	C	62	62	1,998	673	222	54	47	1,215	32.2	10.9	3.6	.9	.8	19.6
	C	62	0	878	302	42	23	86	332	14.2	4.9	.7	.4	1.4	5.4
	PG	57	13	1,420	122	262	34	1	599	24.9	2.1	4.6	.6	.0	10.5
	SF	52	21	953	131	60	25	13	300	18.3	2.5	1.2	.5	.3	5.8
	C	48	24	922	220	50	20	23	212	19.2	4.6	1.0	.4	.5	4.4
	SG	45	0	833	147	109	49	22	323	18.5	3.3	2.4	1.1	.5	7.2
	PF	34	32	980	231	48	53	78	404	28.8	6.8	1.4	1.6	2.3	11.9
^†	SF	24	5	355	70	5	4	15	86	14.8	2.9	.2	.2	.6	3.6
^†	SG	20	18	489	95	22	12	8	169	24.5	4.8	1.1	.6	.4	8.5
	SG	19	0	126	10	3	9	2	40	6.6	.5	.2	.5	.1	2.1
	PF	18	2	380	87	21	18	8	78	21.1	4.8	1.2	1.0	.4	4.3
	PF	18	0	74	23	4	1	3	15	4.1	1.3	.2	.1	.2	.8
	SF	10	0	83	15	3	3	0	30	8.3	1.5	.3	.3	.0	3.0
	PF	8	0	62	11	3	2	0	15	7.8	1.4	.4	.3	.0	1.9
	PG	8	0	38	6	5	3	1	12	4.8	.8	.6	.4	.1	1.5

Playoffs

Player
	C	5	5	185	55	20	4	3	140	37.0	11.0	4.0	.8	.6	28.0
	SF	5	5	171	20	13	6	3	64	34.2	4.0	2.6	1.2	.6	12.8
	PG	5	5	147	11	26	5	3	60	29.4	2.2	5.2	1.0	.6	12.0
	SF	5	5	144	28	7	5	2	37	28.8	5.6	1.4	1.0	.4	7.4
	SG	5	5	119	29	6	5	2	35	23.8	5.8	1.2	1.0	.4	7.0
	SG	5	0	135	22	5	4	1	82	27.0	4.4	1.0	.8	.2	16.4
	PG	5	0	128	10	30	1	0	66	25.6	2.0	6.0	.2	.0	13.2
	C	5	0	89	25	7	1	0	24	17.8	5.0	1.4	.2	.0	4.8
	SF	5	0	76	11	4	3	2	21	15.2	2.2	.8	.6	.4	4.2
	SF	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	3	4.0	2.0	.0	.0	.0	3.0
	PF	1	0	4	2	1	0	0	3	4.0	2.0	1.0	.0	.0	3.0

Transactions

See main article: article and List of 2019-20 NBA season 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: NBA suspends season until further notice after player tests positive for coronavirus . March 11, 2020 . ESPN.com . ESPN . March 11, 2020.
2. News: Adrian. Wojnarowski. NBPA reps vote to approve 22-team format to finish season. ESPN.com. June 5, 2020. June 26, 2020.
3. News: Adrian. Wojnarowski. NBA approves 22-team format to finish season. ESPN.com. June 4, 2020. June 26, 2020.
4. News: Press release. NBA postpones playoff games. National Basketball Association. August 26, 2020. August 26, 2020.
5. News: Bucks boycotting Game 5 vs. Magic to protest shooting of Jacob Blake. ESPN.com. August 26, 2020. August 26, 2020.
6. Web site: Full 2019 NBA Draft Order. tankathon.com. 2019-05-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20190515005010/http://www.tankathon.com/full_draft. 2019-05-15. dead.