2006–07 Orlando Magic season

2006–07 Orlando Magic season
Head coach	Brian Hill
President	Bob Vander Weide
General manager	Otis Smith
Owner	Richard DeVos
Arena	Amway Arena
Results
Record	40–42 (.488)
Place	Division: 3rd (Southeast) Conference: 8th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	First Round (lost to Pistons 0–4)
Local media
Television	FSN Florida, Sun Sports, WRBW
Radio	WDBO

The 2006–07 Orlando Magic season was the team's 18th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 36–46 output from the previous season. They best it by four wins, finishing 40–42, qualifying for the playoffs. A four-game sweep to the Detroit Pistons in the opening round eliminated the Magic from the playoffs. Following the season, Grant Hill signed as a free agent with the Phoenix Suns and Brian Hill was fired again.

Draft picks

Main article: 2006 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College / Club
1	11	JJ Redick	SG	United States	Duke
2	41	James Augustine	PF	United States	Illinois
2	44	Lior Eliyahu	PF	Israel	Hapoel Galil Elyon (Israel)

Roster

2006–07 Orlando Magic roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From G/F 1 Trevor Ariza 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1985-06-30 UCLA G 30 Carlos Arroyo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 1979-07-30 FIU F 40 James Augustine 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1984-02-27 Illinois F/C 4 Tony Battie 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1976-02-11 Texas Tech G 10 Keith Bogans 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1980-05-12 Kentucky G 34 Travis Diener 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1982-03-01 Marquette G 5 Keyon Dooling 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 1980-05-08 Missouri F 8 Pat Garrity 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 238 lb (108 kg) 1976-08-03 Notre Dame F 33 Grant Hill 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1972-10-05 Duke C 12 Dwight Howard 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1985-12-08 SW Atlanta Christian Academy HS (GA) F 31 Darko Miličić 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1985-06-20 Serbia G 14 Jameer Nelson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1982-02-09 Saint Joseph's F 45 Bo Outlaw 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1971-04-13 Houston G 7 JJ Redick 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1984-06-24 Duke F 15 Hedo Türkoğlu 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1979-03-19 Turkey

Head coach Brian Hill Assistant(s) Randy Ayers Mark Bryant John Kuester Tom Sterner Morlon Wiley Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Updated: January 25, 2007

Regular season

Season standings

Southeast Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Miami Heat	44	38	.537	-	27–14	17–24	9–7
x-Washington Wizards	41	41	.500	3	26–15	15–26	8–8
x-Orlando Magic	40	42	.488	4	25–16	15–26	9–7
Charlotte Bobcats	33	49	.402	11	20–21	13–28	9–7
Atlanta Hawks	30	52	.366	14	18–23	12–29	5–11

#	Eastern Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Detroit Pistons	53	29	.646	–
2	x-Cleveland Cavaliers	50	32	.610	3
3	y-Toronto Raptors	47	35	.573	6
4	y-Miami Heat	44	38	.537	9
5	x-Chicago Bulls	49	33	.598	4
6	x-New Jersey Nets	41	41	.500	12
7	x-Washington Wizards	41	41	.500	12
8	x-Orlando Magic	40	42	.488	13
9	Philadelphia 76ers	35	47	.427	18
10	Indiana Pacers	35	47	.427	18
11	New York Knicks	33	49	.402	20
12	Charlotte Bobcats	33	49	.402	20
13	Atlanta Hawks	30	52	.366	23
14	Milwaukee Bucks	28	54	.341	25
15	Boston Celtics	24	58	.293	29

Playoffs

2007 playoff game log
First Round: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 21 @ Detroit L 92–100 Hedo Türkoğlu (17) Dwight Howard (10) Grant Hill (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 0–1 2 April 23 @ Detroit L 90–98 Hedo Türkoğlu (22) Dwight Howard (11) Hill, Arroyo (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 0–2 3 April 26 Detroit L 77–93 Jameer Nelson (27) Dwight Howard (12) Nelson, Türkoğlu (4) Amway Arena 17,451 0–3 4 April 28 Detroit L 93–97 Dwight Howard (29) Dwight Howard (17) Hedo Türkoğlu (5) Amway Arena 17,451 0–4
2007 schedule

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Dwight Howard	C	82	82	3,023	1,008	158	70	156	1,443	36.9	12.3	1.9	.9	1.9	17.6
Darko Miličić	PF	80	16	1,913	437	90	44	140	639	23.9	5.5	1.1	.6	1.8	8.0
Jameer Nelson	PG	77	77	2,331	236	330	73	5	1,000	30.3	3.1	4.3	.9	.1	13.0
Hedo Türkoğlu	SF	73	73	2,268	293	233	70	16	970	31.1	4.0	3.2	1.0	.2	13.3
Carlos Arroyo	PG	72	5	1,304	134	202	39	2	552	18.1	1.9	2.8	.5	.0	7.7
Tony Battie	PF	66	66	1,575	344	35	29	30	404	23.9	5.2	.5	.4	.5	6.1
Keyon Dooling	SG	66	2	1,435	86	112	52	15	521	21.7	1.3	1.7	.8	.2	7.9
Grant Hill	SG	65	64	2,009	237	138	61	25	934	30.9	3.6	2.1	.9	.4	14.4
Keith Bogans	SG	59	18	990	93	59	28	2	298	16.8	1.6	1.0	.5	.0	5.1
Trevor Ariza	SG	57	7	1,278	249	65	59	19	506	22.4	4.4	1.1	1.0	.3	8.9
JJ Redick	PG	42	0	622	52	36	12	0	252	14.8	1.2	.9	.3	.0	6.0
Bo Outlaw	PF	41	0	460	106	16	17	6	81	11.2	2.6	.4	.4	.1	2.0
Pat Garrity	PF	33	0	277	42	14	7	0	71	8.4	1.3	.4	.2	.0	2.2
Travis Diener	PG	26	0	288	18	35	4	0	98	11.1	.7	1.3	.2	.0	3.8
James Augustine	PF	2	0	7	3	2	0	0	2	3.5	1.5	1.0	.0	.0	1.0

Playoffs

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Dwight Howard	C	4	4	167	59	7	2	4	61	41.8	14.8	1.8	.5	1.0	15.3
Hedo Türkoğlu	SF	4	4	156	13	14	5	4	55	39.0	3.3	3.5	1.3	1.0	13.8
Grant Hill	SG	4	4	143	22	15	2	1	60	35.8	5.5	3.8	.5	.3	15.0
Jameer Nelson	PG	4	4	129	12	13	3	0	57	32.3	3.0	3.3	.8	.0	14.3
Tony Battie	PF	4	4	87	16	1	0	0	15	21.8	4.0	.3	.0	.0	3.8
Darko Miličić	PF	4	0	115	18	4	1	4	49	28.8	4.5	1.0	.3	1.0	12.3
Keyon Dooling	SG	4	0	65	7	5	2	1	29	16.3	1.8	1.3	.5	.3	7.3
Trevor Ariza	SG	4	0	47	9	5	1	0	11	11.8	2.3	1.3	.3	.0	2.8
Carlos Arroyo	PG	3	0	40	5	6	1	0	12	13.3	1.7	2.0	.3	.0	4.0
JJ Redick	PG	1	0	11	0	2	0	0	3	11.0	.0	2.0	.0	.0	3.0

Awards and records

• Dwight Howard – All-NBA 3rd Team, All-Star