2012–13 Orlando Magic season

The 2012–13 Orlando Magic season was the 24th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Magic were eliminated from playoff contention with their 115–109 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on March 17, 2013. This marked the first time since the 2005–06 season that the Magic failed to qualify for the playoffs. Ending the season with a 20–62 record, the Magic finished with the worst record in the NBA. This was also the worst record posted by the Magic since their inaugural season in 1989–90. This was also the first season since 2003-04 that All-Star center Dwight Howard was not on the roster, as he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers on August 10, 2012.

2012–13 Orlando Magic season
Head coach	Jacque Vaughn
Owners	Orlando Magic, Ltd., a subsidiary of RDV Sports, Inc.
Arena	Amway Center
Results
Record	20–62 (.244)
Place	Division: 5th (Southeast) Conference: 15th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Florida, Sun Sports
Radio	WDBO

Key dates

• June 28: The 2012 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	19	Andrew Nicholson	PF	Canada	St. Bonaventure
2	49	Kyle O'Quinn	Center	United States	Norfolk State

Roster

Roster listing

2012–13 Orlando Magic roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From G/F 4 Afflalo, Arron  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1985–10–15 UCLA F/C 11 Davis, Glen  (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 289 lb (131 kg) 1986–01–01 LSU F 21 Harkless, Maurice 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1993–05–11 St. John's F 3 Harrington, Al 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1980–02–17 St. Patrick HS (NJ) F 12 Harris, Tobias 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 226 lb (103 kg) 1992–07–15 Tennessee G/F 20 Jones, DeQuan 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 221 lb (100 kg) 1990–06–20 Miami (FL) G 1 Lamb, Doron 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1991–11–06 Kentucky G 55 Moore, E'Twaun 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 191 lb (87 kg) 1989–02–25 Purdue G 14 Nelson, Jameer (C) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1982–02–09 Saint Joseph's F 44 Nicholson, Andrew 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1989–12–08 St. Bonaventure F 2 O'Quinn, Kyle 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1990–03–26 Norfolk State F 15 Türkoğlu, Hedo 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1979–03–19 Turkey G 19 Udrih, Beno 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 1982–07–05 Slovenia C 9 Vučević, Nikola 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1990–10–24 Southern California	Head coach Jacque Vaughn Assistant coach(es) Brett Gunning Wes Unseld Jr. James Borrego Laron Profit Luke Stuckey Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster Last transaction: 2013–03–29

Pre-season

2012 pre-season game log
Pre-season: 2–6 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 7 @ New Orleans W 85–80 E'Twaun Moore (16) Nikola Vučević (9) E'Twaun Moore (7) Mexico City Arena 18,133 0–1 2 October 11 Philadelphia L 95–102 Glen Davis (16) Glen Davis (12) Gustavo Ayón, J. J. Redick (5) Amway Center 18,106 0–2 3 October 15 @ Cleveland L 111–114 (OT) Glen Davis (27) DeQuan Jones, Andrew Nicholson (9) J. J. Redick (8) Quicken Loans Arena 5,219 0–3 4 October 16 @ Detroit L 86–112 DeQuan Jones (22) Gustavo Ayón (10) E'Twaun Moore (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 9,229 0–4 5 October 19 Indiana W 112–96 Glen Davis (21) Hedo Türkoğlu, Nikola Vučević (7) J. J. Redick (8) Amway Center 17,204 1–4 6 October 21 San Antonio W 104–100 Andrew Nicholson (18) Nikola Vučević (9) E'Twaun Moore (8) Amway Arena 17,012 2–4 7 October 24 @ Memphis L 100–115 J. J. Redick (23) Nikola Vučević (9) Jameer Nelson (7) FedExForum 10,263 2–5 8 October 26 Houston L 92–108 E'Twaun Moore (18) Nikola Vučević (14) Kyle O'Quinn (5) Amway Center 17,109 2–6
2012–13 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Southeast Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
z-Miami Heat	66	16	.805	–	37–4	29–12	15–1	82
x-Atlanta Hawks	44	38	.537	22	25–16	19–22	11–5	82
Washington Wizards	29	53	.354	37	22–19	7–34	5–11	82
Charlotte Bobcats	21	61	.256	45	15–26	6–35	6–10	82
Orlando Magic	20	62	.244	46	12–29	8–33	3–13	82

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z-Miami Heat *	66	16	.805	–	82
2	y-New York Knicks *	54	28	.659	12.0	82
3	y-Indiana Pacers *	49	32	.605	16.5	81
4	x-Brooklyn Nets	49	33	.598	17.0	82
5	x-Chicago Bulls	45	37	.549	21.0	82
6	x-Atlanta Hawks	44	38	.537	22.0	82
7	x-Boston Celtics	41	40	.506	24.5	81
8	x-Milwaukee Bucks	38	44	.463	28.0	82
9	Philadelphia 76ers	34	48	.415	32.0	82
10	Toronto Raptors	34	48	.415	32.0	82
11	Detroit Pistons	29	53	.354	37.0	82
12	Washington Wizards	29	53	.354	37.0	82
13	Cleveland Cavaliers	24	58	.293	42.0	82
14	Charlotte Bobcats	21	61	.256	45.0	82
15	Orlando Magic	20	62	.244	46.0	82

Game log

2012–13 game log Total: 20–62 (Home: 12–29; Road: 8–33)
November: 5–10 (Home: 4–5; Road: 1–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 November 2 Denver W 102–89 Glen Davis (29) Glen Davis (10) Jameer Nelson (7) Amway Center 18,846 1–0 2 November 4 Phoenix W 115–94 J. J. Redick (24) Nikola Vučević (13) Moore & Redick (6) Amway Center 17,022 2–0 3 November 6 @ Chicago L 93–99 Arron Afflalo (28) Davis & Vučević (10) J. J. Redick (7) United Center 21,216 2–1 4 November 7 @ Minnesota L 75–90 J. J. Redick (16) Glen Davis (6) Davis, Moore, & Smith (4) Target Center 17,121 2–2 5 November 9 Brooklyn L 68–107 E'Twaun Moore (18) Afflalo & Vučević (5) Davis & Moore (5) Amway Center 17,532 2–3 6 November 11 @ Brooklyn L 74–82 Afflalo & Davis (19) Nikola Vučević (12) J. J. Redick (9) Barclays Center 16,523 2–4 7 November 13 New York L 89–99 J. J. Redick (18) Nikola Vučević (10) E'Twaun Moore (8) Amway Center 18,846 2–5 8 November 16 @ Detroit W 110–106 J. J. Redick (23) Davis & Vučević (13) Jameer Nelson (10) The Palace of Auburn Hills 11,594 3–5 9 November 18 @ Toronto L 86–97 Davis & Moore (16) Glen Davis (12) Jameer Nelson (9) Air Canada Centre 18,702 3–6 10 November 19 @ Atlanta L 72–81 Glen Davis (11) Nikola Vučević (13) E'Twaun Moore (4) Philips Arena 15,006 3–7 11 November 21 Detroit W 90–74 Andrew Nicholson (15) Glen Davis (14) Nelson & Redick (7) Amway Center 17,199 4–7 12 November 23 Cleveland W 108–104 Jameer Nelson (22) Davis & Vučević (8) Nelson & Redick (6) Amway Center 17,334 5–7 13 November 25 Boston L 110–116 (OT) Jameer Nelson (20) Josh McRoberts (14) Arron Afflalo (6) Amway Center 17,307 5–8 14 November 28 San Antonio L 89–110 Arron Afflalo (16) DeQuan Jones (6) J. J. Redick (4) Amway Center 17,271 5–9 15 November 30 Brooklyn L 86–98 Glen Davis (16) Maurice Harkless (7) Moore & Redick (4) Amway Center 17,103 5–10
December : 7–9 (Home: 3–5; Road: 4–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 16 December 2 @ L.A. Lakers W 113–103 Arron Afflalo (30) Davis & Vučević (12) Jameer Nelson (13) Staples Center 18,997 6–10 17 December 3 @ Golden State W 102–94 Davis & Nelson (24) Nikola Vučević (15) Jameer Nelson (9) Oracle Arena 18,117 7–10 18 December 5 @ Utah L 81–87 Glen Davis (18) Nikola Vučević (16) Jameer Nelson (5) EnergySolutions Arena 18,078 7–11 19 December 7 @ Sacramento L 82–91 Glen Davis (20) Glen Davis (11) Jameer Nelson (6) Sleep Train Arena 16,305 7–12 20 December 9 @ Phoenix W 98–90 J. J. Redick (20) Vučević & Nicholson (9) J. J. Redick (9) US Airways Center 13,565 8–12 21 December 12 Atlanta L 80–86 Arron Afflalo (16) Davis & Nicholson (7) Afflalo, Ayón, & Moore (4) Amway Center 16,992 8–13 22 December 14 Golden State W 99–85 J. J. Redick (16) Nikola Vučević (17) Jameer Nelson (11) Amway Center 17,040 9–13 23 December 15 @ Charlotte W 107–98 Afflalo & Davis (20) Nikola Vučević (13) Jameer Nelson (6) Time Warner Cable Arena 16,217 10–13 24 December 17 Minnesota W 102–93 Glen Davis (28) Nikola Vučević (11) Jameer Nelson (12) Amway Center 16,992 11–13 25 December 19 Washington W 90–82 J. J. Redick (17) Nikola Vučević (13) Jameer Nelson (5) Amway Center 16,893 12–13 26 December 21 @ Toronto L 90–93 Arron Afflalo (26) Gustavo Ayón (13) Jameer Nelson (7) Air Canada Centre 18,391 12–14 27 December 23 Utah L 93–97 Arron Afflalo (20) Nikola Vučević (16) Jameer Nelson (9) Amway Center 17,721 12–15 28 December 26 New Orleans L 94–97 Jameer Nelson (28) Nikola Vučević (9) Jameer Nelson (10) Amway Center 18,846 12–16 29 December 28 @ Washington L 97–105 Arron Afflalo (26) Nikola Vučević (11) Jameer Nelson (8) Verizon Center 15,789 12–17 30 December 29 Toronto L 88–123 Andrew Nicholson (22) Nikola Vučević (9) Afflalo & Smith (6) Amway Center 18,846 12–18 31 December 31 Miami L 110–112 (OT) Arron Afflalo (28) Nikola Vučević (29) Hedo Türkoğlu (8) Amway Center 19,311 12–19
January : 2–12 (Home: 1–6; Road: 1–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 32 January 2 Chicago L 94–96 Jameer Nelson (32) Nikola Vučević (12) Josh McRoberts (5) Amway Center 18,846 12–20 33 January 5 New York L 106–114 Afflalo & Nelson (29) Nikola Vučević (18) Jameer Nelson (8) Amway Center 19,171 12–21 34 January 7 @ Portland L 119–125 (OT) J. J. Redick (29) Nikola Vučević (13) Jameer Nelson (12) Rose Garden 19,560 12–22 35 January 9 @ Denver L 105–108 Jameer Nelson (20) Nikola Vučević (14) Jameer Nelson (8) Pepsi Center 15,084 12–23 36 January 12 @ L.A. Clippers W 104–101 Arron Afflalo (30) Nikola Vučević (15) Jameer Nelson (9) Staples Center 19,060 13–23 37 January 14 @ Washington L 91–120 Jameer Nelson (19) Nikola Vučević (13) Jameer Nelson (12) Verizon Center 14,648 13–24 38 January 16 Indiana W 97–86 Nikola Vučević (16) Nikola Vučević (15) Nelson & Redick (6) Amway Center 17,499 14–24 39 January 18 Charlotte L 100–106 Arron Afflalo (23) Nikola Vučević (9) Jameer Nelson (7) Amway Center 17,598 14–25 40 January 20 Dallas L 105–111 Glen Davis (24) Nikola Vučević (11) Glen Davis (6) Amway Center 18,192 14–26 41 January 22 @ Detroit L 90–105 J. J. Redick (26) Afflalo & Vučević (9) Jameer Nelson (9) The Palace of Auburn Hills 11,798 14–27 42 January 24 Toronto L 95–97 Nikola Vučević (19) Nikola Vučević (14) Jameer Nelson (11) Amway Center 17,145 14–28 43 January 27 Detroit L 102–104 J. J. Redick (31) Nikola Vučević (17) Jameer Nelson (8) Amway Center 17,959 14–29 44 January 28 @ Brooklyn L 77–97 Nikola Vučević (18) Nikola Vučević (9) J. J. Redick (10) Barclays Center 16,480 14–30 45 January 30 @ New York L 97–113 J. J. Redick (29) Nikola Vučević (11) Jameer Nelson (9) Madison Square Garden 19,033 14–31
February : 2–10 (Home: 1–4; Road: 1–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 46 February 1 @ Boston L 84–97 J. J. Redick (15) Nikola Vučević (14) J. J. Redick (5) TD Garden 18,624 14–32 47 February 2 @ Milwaukee L 98–107 Nikola Vučević (20) Maurice Harkless (14) J. J. Redick (8) BMO Harris Bradley Center 14,321 14–33 48 February 4 @ Philadelphia L 61–78 E'Twaun Moore (18) Nikola Vučević (14) McRoberts & Türkoğlu (6) Wells Fargo Center 14,630 14–34 49 February 6 L.A. Clippers L 76–86 Jameer Nelson (18) Nikola Vučević (14) E'Twaun Moore (5) Amway Center 17,995 14–35 50 February 8 @ Cleveland L 108–119 Nikola Vučević (25) Nikola Vučević (13) Jameer Nelson (13) Quicken Loans Arena 14,073 14–36 51 February 10 Portland W 110–102 J. J. Redick (22) Nikola Vučević (19) Jameer Nelson (15) Amway Center 17,966 15–36 52 February 13 Atlanta L 76–108 Nelson & Nicholson (10) Kyle O'Quinn (8) Jameer Nelson (4) Amway Center 17,649 15–37 All-Star Break 53 February 19 Charlotte L 92–105 Afflalo & Vučević (18) Andrew Nicholson (12) Jameer Nelson (6) Amway Center 17,037 15–38 54 February 20 @ Dallas L 96–111 Arron Afflalo (21) Nikola Vučević (13) Afflalo & Nelson (7) American Airlines Center 19,965 15–39 55 February 22 @ Memphis L 82–88 Arron Afflalo (20) Nikola Vučević (11) Afflalo & Moore (7) FedExForum 17,669 15–40 56 February 23 Cleveland L 94–118 Arron Afflalo (16) O'Quinn & Vučević (7) Beno Udrih (7) Amway Center 17,171 15–41 57 February 26 @ Philadelphia W 98–84 Afflalo & Harris (16) Nikola Vučević (19) E'Twaun Moore (10) Wells Fargo Center 18,432 16–41 58 February 27 Sacramento L 101–125 Tobias Harris (23) Arron Afflalo (7) Beno Udrih (8) Amway Center 16,722 16–42
March : 3–13 (Home: 2–6; Road: 1–7) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 59 March 1 Houston L 110–118 Tobias Harris (27) Harris & Vučević (10) E'Twaun Moore (11) Amway Center 16,677 16–43 60 March 3 Memphis L 82–108 Afflalo, Moore, & Nicholson (12) Maurice Harkless (6) E'Twaun Moore (6) Amway Center 16,020 16–44 61 March 4 @ New Orleans W 105–102 Arron Afflalo (26) Nikola Vučević (11) Jameer Nelson (7) New Orleans Arena 11,050 17–44 62 March 6 @ Miami L 96–97 Nikola Vučević (25) Nikola Vučević (21) Jameer Nelson (14) American Airlines Arena 20,001 17–45 63 March 8 Indiana L 86–115 Arron Afflalo (19) Tobias Harris (8) Beno Udrih (7) Amway Center 16,515 17–46 64 March 10 Philadelphia W 99–91 Jameer Nelson (24) Nikola Vučević (17) Jameer Nelson (10) Amway Center 16,317 18–46 65 March 12 L.A. Lakers L 97–106 Jameer Nelson (21) Tobias Harris (15) Jameer Nelson (7) Amway Center 19,287 18–47 66 March 15 @ Oklahoma City L 104–117 Jameer Nelson (26) Nikola Vučević (14) Jameer Nelson (7) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 18–48 67 March 17 @ Milwaukee L 109–115 Arron Afflalo (24) Nikola Vučević (15) Jameer Nelson (7) BMO Harris Bradley Center 15,591 18–49 68 March 19 @ Indiana L 73–95 Afflalo & Harkless (10) Nikola Vučević (11) Arron Afflalo (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 14,343 18–50 69 March 20 @ New York L 94–106 Harris & Nicholson (14) Kyle O'Quinn (14) Beno Udrih (8) Madison Square Garden 19,033 18–51 70 March 22 Oklahoma City L 89–97 Maurice Harkless (25) Tobias Harris (15) Jameer Nelson (10) Amway Center 17,429 18–52 71 March 25 Miami L 94–108 Jameer Nelson (27) Harkless & Moore (9) Jameer Nelson (12) Amway Center 18,846 18–53 72 March 27 @ Charlotte L 108–114 Tobias Harris (29) Kyle O'Quinn (11) Jameer Nelson (11) Time Warner Cable Arena 11,839 18–54 73 March 29 Washington W 97–92 Tobias Harris (30) Tobias Harris (11) Beno Udrih (9) Amway Center 17,998 19–54 74 March 30 @ Atlanta L 88–97 Beno Udrih (20) Nikola Vučević (15) Beno Udrih (8) Philips Arena 17,152 19–55
April : 1–7 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 75 April 1 @ Houston L 103–111 Maurice Harkless (28) Nikola Vučević (13) Beno Udrih (10) Toyota Center 16,273 19–56 76 April 3 @ San Antonio L 84–98 Maurice Harkless (18) Nikola Vučević (14) Beno Udrih (8) AT&T Center 18,581 19–57 77 April 5 @ Chicago L 86–87 Beno Udrih (27) Nikola Vučević (15) Beno Udrih (7) United Center 22,268 19–58 78 April 7 @ Cleveland L 85–91 Tobias Harris (26) Nikola Vučević (21) Udrih & Vučević (6) Quicken Loans Arena 16,341 19–59 79 April 10 Milwaukee W 113–103 (OT) Harris & Vučević (30) Nikola Vučević (20) Beno Udrih (11) Amway Center 17,127 20–59 80 April 13 Boston L 88–120 Tobias Harris (22) Nikola Vučević (12) Beno Udrih (8) Amway Center 17,422 20–60 81 April 15 Chicago L 84–102 Tobias Harris (20) Nikola Vučević (14) Tobias Harris (4) Amway Center 17,297 20–61 82 April 17 @ Miami L 93–105 Nikola Vučević (20) Nikola Vučević (13) Beno Udrih (14) American Airlines Center 19,949 20–62
2012–13 season schedule

Transactions

Overview

Players Added Via draft Andrew Nicholson Kyle O'Quinn Via free agency Armon Johnson ^[a] Chris Johnson DeQuan Jones E'Twaun Moore Via trade Arron Afflalo Gustavo Ayón Christian Eyenga ^[a] Maurice Harkless Al Harrington Josh McRoberts Nikola Vučević

Players Lost Via trade Ryan Anderson Earl Clark Chris Duhon Dwight Howard Jason Richardson Via free agency DeAndre Liggins Daniel Orton

• ^a Waived during the pre-season.

Trades

July 11, 2012	To Orlando Magic Gustavo Ayón	To New Orleans Hornets Ryan Anderson (sign and trade)
August 10, 2012	To Orlando Magic Arron Afflalo (from Denver Nuggets) Al Harrington (from Denver Nuggets) Nikola Vučević (from Philadelphia 76ers) Maurice Harkless (from Philadelphia 76ers) Josh McRoberts (from Los Angeles Lakers) Christian Eyenga (from Los Angeles Lakers) 2013 second round pick (from Denver) 2014 first round pick (from Denver or New York) 2015 conditional first round pick (from Philadelphia) 2015 conditional second round pick (from L. A. Lakers) 2017 conditional second round pick (from L. A. Lakers)	To Los Angeles Lakers Dwight Howard Earl Clark Chris Duhon To Philadelphia 76ers Jason Richardson

Free Agency

Additions
Player	Date signed	Former team
Jameer Nelson	July 16	Orlando Magic (re-signed)
Ish Smith	August 15	Orlando Magic (re-signed)
E'Twaun Moore	September 6	Houston Rockets (claimed off waivers)
Armon Johnson	September 29	Brooklyn Nets
DeQuan Jones	September 29	University of Miami (undrafted in 2012)
Chris Johnson	October 9	Los Angeles Clippers (claimed off waivers)

Subtractions
Player	Date signed	New Team
Daniel Orton	August 4	Oklahoma City Thunder
DeAndre Liggins	September 12	Oklahoma City Thunder

References