2020–21 Orlando Magic season

The 2020–21 Orlando Magic season was the 32nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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^[A]
Radio	96.9 The Game
< 2019–20 2021–22 >

Draft picks

Main article: 2020 NBA draft

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 (YYYY-MM-DD) 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.^[3]

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.^[4] 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

Player Statistics Citation:^[5]

Awards and honors

Player	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
R. J. Hampton	Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month (May)	May 17, 2021	^[6]
Nikola Vučević	NBA All-Star reserve (2nd appearance)	February 23, 2021	^[7]

Notes

1. Formerly Fox Sports Florida until March 31, 2021.

References

1. "NBA announces structure and format for 2020-21 season". NBA.com. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
2. "Orlando Magic, Steve Clifford Mutually Agree to Part Ways". NBA.com. June 5, 2021. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
3. "Where NBA teams stand on in-arena attendance". NBA.com. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
4. "Magic-Celtics game postponed due to Health and Safety Protocols". NBA.com. January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
5. "2020-21 Orlando Magic Roster and Stats". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
6. "R.J. Hampton Named NBA Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month". NBA.com/magic. May 17, 2021.
7. "Nikola Vucevic Named 2020-21 NBA All-Star". NBA.com/magic. February 23, 2021.