The Orlando Magic 2022-23 schedule has been announced, and fans are getting excited for another season of NBA action. The team will kick off the season with a home game against the Chicago Bulls on October 20th. This will be followed by a road trip, with games against the Toronto Raptors and the Boston Celtics. November will be a busy month for the Magic, with a total of 15 games scheduled. Some of the notable matchups include a home game against the Los Angeles Lakers on November 1st, and a road game against the Brooklyn Nets on November 8th. The team will also face off against the defending champions, the Milwaukee Bucks, on November 19th.

Orlando Magic Tickets

Joining the NBA in the 1989 expansion era, the Magic struggled for three years until picking center Shaquille O'Neal first in the 1992 draft. The Magic finished at .500 in the 1992–93 season, barely missing the playoffs. Then, with only a slim chance in the 1993 draft lottery, the team won the rights to pick No. 1 again. They used their selection, Chris Webber, in a trade to obtain guard Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway and future picks.

O’Neal and Hardaway led the Magic to 50 wins in the 1993–94 season and then 57 victories, as well as a trip to the NBA Finals, the following year. In the 1995–96 campaign, the Magic won a franchise-record 60 games in what would be O'Neal's last season in Orlando. They made it to the Eastern Conference finals against the Chicago Bulls.

Over the next 10 years, the Magic made the playoffs five times under the leadership of coach Doc Rivers and Hall of Fame guard Tracy McGrady, who earned two scoring titles and the 2001 Most Improved Player award during his tenure. The 2006–07 season saw Orlando start a run of six consecutive postseason appearances, as star center Dwight Howard blossomed and the Magic surrounded him with young talent and savvy veterans.

The Magic reached the second round of the playoffs in 2008 behind Howard and forwards Hidayet "Hedo" Türkoğlu and Rashard Lewis. The following season, with trade acquisition Rafer Alston filling in for injured point guard Jameer Nelson and sharpshooter J.J. Redick taking on a more prominent role, the team won 59 games and defeated the Philadelphia 76ers, the Boston Celtics and the LeBron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers in the playoffs. It earned the Magic a second trip to the NBA Finals, where they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Following Howard’s trade to the Lakers in 2012, the Magic began a decade-long rebuilding process while developing notable talents like Victor Oladipo, Aaron Gordon and Nikola Vučević. The Magic’s luck seemed to improve after reaching playoff contention once again in 2019 and 2020, and landing top draft picks such as Mo Bamba, Jalen Suggs, Franz Wagner, and 2023 Rookie of the Year Paolo Banchero.

Orlando Magic Team Info

Conference: Eastern
Division: Southeast
Year Founded: 1989
Team Colors: Blue, Black, Silver
Team Rivals: Miami HEAT, Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors

Orlando Magic at Amway Center

The Orlando Magic play their home games at Amway Center, a gleaming, world-class arena that affords fans amenities such as ample seat space, excellent sight lines, spacious concourses, and unique food and drink options. The arena opened in 2010 and is notable for its 180-foot tower that serves as a beacon on the downtown skyline. Upon its opening, Amway Center boasted the largest scoreboard in the NBA, measuring 42 feet and weighing 40 tons.

The team will also face off against the defending champions, the Milwaukee Bucks, on November 19th. There will be a few marquee matchups in December as well, including a home game against the Golden State Warriors on December 3rd. The Magic will also have a Christmas Day game against the Philadelphia 76ers, which is sure to be an exciting matchup.

FAQS

The Orlando Magic’s 2023–24 regular season kicks off in October at home against the Houston Rockets. The Magic play their final game of the regular season at home against Eastern Conference opponents the Milwaukee Bucks. Here’s a list of key games to keep an eye on:

• 10/25 vs. Houston Rockets
• 11/04 vs. Los Angeles Lakers
• 11/09 vs. Atlanta Hawks (NBA Mexico City Game 2023)
• 11/14 @ Brooklyn Nets
• 11/22 vs. Denver Nuggets
• 12/15 @ Boston Celtics
• 12/17 @ Boston Celtics
• 12/20 vs. Miami HEAT
• 12/31 @ Phoenix Suns
• 01/07 vs. Atlanta Hawks
• 01/21 vs. Miami HEAT
• 02/08 vs. San Antonio Spurs
• 02/25 @ Atlanta Hawks
• 03/15 @ Toronto Raptors
• 04/14 vs. Milwaukee Bucks

Tickets for the 2023–24 regular season can be purchased on Ticketmaster, the Official Ticket Marketplace of the Orlando Magic.

The Orlando Magic have made two appearances in the NBA Finals but have never won.

All 30 teams will participate in the Group Play stage of the NBA In-Season Tournament. Here’s a list of the Orlando Magic’s Group East C matchups:

• 11/14 @ Brooklyn Nets
• 11/17 @ Chicago Bulls
• 11/21 vs. Toronto Raptors
• 11/24 vs. Boston Celtics

The Orlando Magic play at Amway Center in downtown Orlando, Florida. The seating map for Amway Center can be viewed here.

Magic open 2022-23 season with 2 road games, play home opener Oct. 22

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Magic will start the 2022-23 NBA season with two road games for only the second time in franchise history and will play their home opener Saturday, Oct. 22 against the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics, the Magic announced Wednesday.

What You Need To Know

• The Orlando Magic will begin their 2022-23 season on the road on Oct. 19
  
• The team's first home game is Oct. 22
  
• The Magic have one nationally televised game this season, on TNT
  
• The team ends the regular season with two games on the road

The Magic will travel to Detroit for their opener on Wednesday, Oct. 19, setting up a matchup between 2022 No. 1 draft pick Paolo Banchero for the Magic and 2021 top selection Cade Cunningham for the Pistons.

On Friday, Oct. 21, Orlando will pay a visit to the Hawks in Atlanta in a divisional matchup that will feature Banchero and guard DeJounte Murray, a game made particularly interesting because of what happened when they faced off in a pro-am tournament in Tacoma, Wash., earlier this month. Murray dunked on Banchero, who has not yet played in an NBA regular-season game, and taunted him and then continued to engage with him on Twitter. Both players are from Washington, and this is Murray’s first year with the Hawks after Atlanta acquired him in a trade with the San Antonio Spurs.

The road travels will not end there. Orlando opens with six of its first eight games on the road.

The last road game in that string is the first NBA meeting between Banchero and this year’s No. 2 overall draft pick, Chet Holmgren, on Nov. 1 in Oklahoma City. That game is the team’s lone scheduled national TV game of the year, and it is on TNT. Three Orlando games are scheduled to air on NBA TV.

The Magic's longest home stand of the season will come in November, when the team plays seven in a row at the Amway Center from Nov. 3-16. That home stand will include the lone visit from the defending champion Golden State Warriors (Nov. 3) and the lone visit from Jabari Smith Jr. and the Houston Rockets (Nov. 7). Many insiders predicted that the Magic would select Smith with the top overall pick before the team selected Banchero instead.

Orlando's longest road trip will take place from Jan. 7-15, when they head out West on a trip that will feature games against the Warriors (Jan. 7) and two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets (Jan. 15).

The Magic’s busiest months will be November, December and March, when they play 15 games each.

The team is scheduled to play on back-to-back nights 13 times (26 days). Orlando will also play six sets of games against the same team back to back, playing both home games against the Philadelphia 76ers starting the day after Thanksgiving on Nov. 25 and 27, both home games against the Toronto Raptors on Dec. 9 and 11, both road games against the Celtics on Dec. 16 and 18 and both games against the Cleveland Cavaliers on April 4 and 6. The Magic will play both of their road games in Indiana, on Nov. 19 and 21, and in Philadelphia, on Jan. 30 and Feb. 1.

The Magic will close their season with consecutive road games against the Brooklyn Nets (April 7) and Miami Heat (April 9). Orlando's final home game of the season will take place April 6 against the Cavaliers.

The only other time in franchise history that Orlando opened the season with two road games was in the 2013-14 season, against the Indiana Pacers and Minnesota Timberwolves. They finished that season with a 23-59 record.

The Magic finished with a 22-60 record last year, the second-worst mark in the NBA, and oddsmakers expect them to be one of the worst teams in the Eastern Conference again in the upcoming season.

Preseason Schedule

All times are Eastern.
Oct. 3 at Memphis Grizzlies, 8 p.m.
Oct. 6 at San Antonio Spurs, 8:30 p.m.
Oct. 7 at Dallas Mavericks, 8:30 p.m.
Oct. 11 vs. Memphis Grizzlies, 7 p.m.
Oct. 14 vs. Cleveland Cavaliers, 7 p.m.

Regular Season

All times are Eastern.

October
Oct. 19 at Detroit Pistons, 7 p.m.
Oct. 21 at Atlanta Hawks, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 22 vs. Boston Celtics, 7 p.m.
Oct. 24 at New York Knicks, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 26 at Cleveland Cavaliers, 7 p.m.
Oct. 28 vs. Charlotte Hornets, 7 p.m.
Oct. 30 at Dallas Mavericks, 7:30 p.m.
November
Nov. 1 at Oklahoma City Thunder, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 3 vs. Golden State Warriors, 7 p.m.
Nov. 5 vs. Sacramento Kings, 5 p.m.
Nov. 7 vs. Houston Rockets, 7:15 p.m.
Nov. 9 vs. Dallas Mavericks, 7 p.m.
Nov. 11 vs. Phoenix Suns, 7 p.m.
Nov. 14 vs. Charlotte Hornets, 7 p.m.
Nov. 16 vs. Minnesota Timberwolves, 7 p.m.
Nov. 18 at Chicago Bulls, 8 p.m.
Nov. 19 at Indiana Pacers, 7 p.m.
Nov. 21 at Indiana Pacers, 7 p.m.
Nov. 25 vs. Philadelphia 76ers, 7 p.m.
Nov. 27 vs. Philadelphia 76ers, 6 p.m.
Nov. 28 at Brooklyn Nets, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 30 vs. Atlanta Hawks, 7 p.m.
December
Dec. 2 at Cleveland Cavaliers, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 3 at Toronto Raptors, 8 p.m.
Dec. 5 vs. Milwaukee Bucks, 7 p.m.
Dec. 7 vs. L.A. Clippers, 7 p.m.
Dec. 9 vs. Toronto Raptors, 7 p.m.
Dec. 11 vs. Toronto Raptors, 6 p.m.
Dec. 14 vs. Atlanta Hawks, 7 p.m.
Dec. 16 at Boston Celtics, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 18 at Boston Celtics, 3 p.m.
Dec. 19 at Atlanta Hawks, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 21 at Houston Rockets, 8 p.m.
Dec. 23 vs. San Antonio Spurs, 7 p.m.
Dec. 27 vs. L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m.
Dec. 28 at at Detroit Pistons, 7 p.m.
Dec. 30 vs. Washington Wizards, 7 p.m.
January
Jan. 4 vs. Oklahoma City Thunder, 7 p.m.
Jan. 5 vs. Memphis Grizzlies, 7 p.m.
Jan. 7 at Golden State Warriors, 8:30 p.m.
Jan. 9 at Sacramento Kings, 10 p.m.
Jan. 10 at Portland Trail Blazers, 10 p.m.
Jan. 13 at Utah Jazz, 9 p.m.
Jan. 15 at Denver Nuggets, 8 p.m.
Jan. 20 vs. New Orleans Pelicans, 7 p.m.
Jan. 21 at Washington Wizards, 7 p.m.
Jan. 23 vs. Boston Celtics, 7 p.m.
Jan. 25 vs. Indiana Pacers, 7 p.m.
Jan. 27 at Miami Heat, 8 p.m.
Jan. 28 vs. Chicago Bulls, 7 p.m.
Jan. 30 at Philadelphia 76ers, 7 p.m.
February
Feb. 1 at Philadelphia 76ers, 7 p.m.
Feb. 3 at Minnesota Timberwolves, 8 p.m.
Feb. 5 at Charlotte Hornets, 1 p.m.
Feb. 7 vs. New York Knicks, 7 p.m.
Feb. 9 vs. Denver Nuggets, 7 p.m.
Feb. 11 vs. Miami Heat, 7 p.m.
Feb. 13 at Chicago Bulls, 8 p.m.
Feb. 14 at Toronto Raptors, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 23 vs. Detroit Pistons, 7 p.m.
Feb. 25 vs. Indiana Pacers, 7 p.m.
Feb. 27 at New Orleans Hornets, 8 p.m.
March
March 1 at Milwaukee Bucks, 8 p.m.
March 3 at Charlotte Hornets, 7 p.m.
March 5 vs. Portland Trail Blazers, 6 p.m.
March 7 vs. Milwaukee Bucks, 7 p.m.
March 9 vs. Utah Jazz, 7 p.m.
March 11 vs. Miami Heat, 7 p.m.
March 14 at San Antonio Spurs, 8 p.m.
March 16 at Phoenix Suns, 10 p.m.
March 18 at L.A. Clippers, 3 p.m.
March 19 at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.
March 21 vs. Washington Wizards, 7 p.m.
March 23 vs. New York Knicks, 7 p.m.
March 26 vs. Brooklyn Nets, 6 p.m.
March 28 at Memphis Grizzlies, 8 p.m.
March 31 at Washington Wizards, 7 p.m.
April
April 2 vs. Detroit Pistons, 6 p.m.
April 4 vs. Cleveland Cavaliers, 7 p.m.
April 6 vs. Cleveland Cavaliers, 7 p.m.
April 7 at Brooklyn Nets, 7:30 p.m.
April 9 at Miami Heat, 1 p.m.

BALLY SPORTS FLORIDA ANNOUNCES ORLANDO MAGIC BROADCAST SCHEDULE FOR 2022-23

Bally Sports Florida, the network home of the Orlando Magic, has announced plans to televise 81 Magic games during the 2022-23 NBA season.

Bally Sports Florida will celebrate opening night on Wednesday, Oct. 19, with a special hour-long “Magic Live” pregame show starting at 6 p.m. ahead of the 7 p.m. tip-off at the Detroit Pistons. Other game telecasts this season will be preceded by half-hour pregame shows and all will be followed by extended “Magic Live” postgame coverage, featuring expert analysis, news conferences, player interviews and more.

Magic games and programming airing on Bally Sports Florida will also stream live on the Bally Sports app, available on mobile and tablet devices (including iOS and Android), connected devices, and BallySports.com when fans authenticate using their pay-TV credentials. New this season, Magic games and coverage will also be available on Bally Sports+, the all-new standalone streaming subscription service from Bally Sports. Fans can visit BallySportsPlus.com to learn more and subscribe.

Calling the action will be longtime Magic play-by-play announcer David Steele, celebrating his 34th season with the team, and former Magic player Jeff Turner, who returns as color analyst. This season marks 10 years together for the Steele-Turner pairing.

Dante Marchitelli will be back as host of “Magic Live” and lead in-game reporter, while former Magic Head Coach Brian Hill and ex-Magic forward Quentin Richardson return as studio analysts. Former Magic players Nick Anderson and Bo Outlaw will also appear on select pregame and postgame shows.

The popular “Inside the Magic” series returns and will feature player profiles and behind-the-scenes access to other aspects of the franchise and its operations – all designed to bring the fans closer to their favorite team. A season preview episode debuted Sept. 24, and future episodes will be announced ahead of their premiere dates.

Follow the network’s digital coverage of the Magic on Twitter at @BallyMagic and @BallySportsFL, on Facebook at Bally Sports Florida & Sun and on Instagram at @ballysportsflorida.

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January will bring the bulk of the divisional games for the Magic, with matchups against the Miami Heat, Atlanta Hawks, and Charlotte Hornets. The team will also have a road game against the Brooklyn Nets on January 14th. As the season progresses, the Magic will have several back-to-back games and road trips. They will have a six-game road trip in February, including games against the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers. March will be an important month for the Magic, as they will have a number of games against teams vying for playoff spots. They will face off against the Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers, and Milwaukee Bucks during this month. The regular season will wrap up in April, with the Magic finishing off their schedule with a home game against the Toronto Raptors on April 12th. This will be their final game before the playoffs, and the team will be looking to end the season on a high note. Overall, the Orlando Magic 2022-23 schedule is filled with exciting matchups and opportunities for the team to showcase their talents. Fans will be eagerly anticipating the start of the season and hoping for a successful campaign..

Reviews for "Orlando Magic Preseason Schedule: What to Expect"

1. John - 1 star

I recently had the opportunity to review the Orlando Magic 2022-23 schedule, and I have to say, I wasn't impressed at all. The schedule seemed to be filled with difficult matchups against strong teams, making it highly unlikely for the Magic to have a successful season. Additionally, the home game schedule was disappointing, with only a few marquee matchups that would be worth attending. Overall, I found the schedule to be quite underwhelming and not worth getting excited about as a Magic fan.

2. Sarah - 2 stars

As a devoted Orlando Magic fan, I was extremely disappointed by the 2022-23 schedule. It seemed like the team was handed an unfair and challenging lineup, with back-to-back games against top-tier opponents and a lack of rest days. This schedule doesn't seem to consider the players' well-being and doesn't set them up for success. Additionally, the away game schedule seemed incredibly unbalanced, with several lengthy road trips that could potentially fatigue the team. Overall, I believe the Orlando Magic deserved a better schedule that would allow them to showcase their potential and build a strong season.

3. Mike - 2 stars

The Orlando Magic 2022-23 schedule left me feeling frustrated and disappointed. The distribution of home and away games seemed uneven, with lengthy stretches of away games that would put a strain on the team's performance. The lack of Sunday home games was also a letdown for fans who work during weekdays and can only attend weekend games. Furthermore, the schedule lacked any high-profile matchups or exciting rivalries that could generate buzz and fill the arenas. Overall, it felt like the Magic got the short end of the stick with a lackluster schedule that doesn't showcase their potential or cater to the fans' interests.

4. Emily - 3 stars

The Orlando Magic 2022-23 schedule was fairly average in my opinion. It had its ups and downs, with a mix of challenging matchups and more winnable games. However, the schedule seemed lacking in terms of prime-time games and exciting matchups that would attract national attention. Additionally, the home game schedule had some notable gaps, with several home games clustered together followed by extended periods without any home fixtures. This made it difficult to plan attendance and support the team consistently. Overall, while not terrible, the schedule left room for improvement in terms of creating a more balanced and exciting season for both players and fans.

Orlando Magic's Easiest Stretch in the 2022-23 Schedule