The 2004–05 season was the 16th season of the Orlando Magic in the National Basketball Association (NBA).2004-05 Orlando Magic After finishing the previous year with a league-worst 21–61 record, the Magic won the NBA Draft Lottery for the third time in franchise history, and selected high school star Dwight Howard with the first overall pick in the 2004 NBA draft. During the offseason, the Magic acquired All-Star guard Steve Francis and Cuttino Mobley from the Houston Rockets, and signed free agent Hedo Turkoglu. The team looked to be a playoff contender playing above .500 for the first half of the season. In January, Mobley was traded to the Sacramento Kings for Doug Christie. However, head coach Johnny Davis was fired after a 31–33 start, and was replaced with Chris Jent. The Magic finished third in the Southeast Division with a 36–46 record, a 15-game improvement from the previous season.
Grant Hill finally played a full season with the Magic averaging 19.7 points per game, while being selected to play in the 2005 NBA All-Star Game, his first All-Star selection since 2000. Howard was selected to the All-Rookie First Team, while Jameer Nelson made the All-Rookie Second Team.
Draft picks
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College / Club 1 1 Dwight Howard C 2 31 Anderson Varejão F/C FC Barcelona (Spain) 2 37 Antonio Burks G Memphis
Roster
Regular season
Season standings
z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot
Game log
Player statistics
Regular season PlayerPF82 82 2,670 823 75 77 136 981 32.6 10.0 .9 .9 1.7 12.0C 81 32 1,894 452 42 30 81 394 23.4 5.6 .5 .4 1.0 4.9PG 79 21 1,612 193 237 78 3 689 20.4 2.4 3.0 1.0 .0 8.7PG 78 78 2,978 450 547 112 28 1,663 38.2 5.8 7.0 1.4 .4 21.3PF 71 0 955 124 30 19 9 324 13.5 1.7 .4 .3 .1 4.6SF 67 67 2,338 318 220 97 28 1,317 34.9 4.7 3.3 1.4 .4 19.7SF 67 11 1,757 233 153 41 18 937 26.2 3.5 2.3 .6 .3 14.0C 62 50 1,525 416 40 55 82 432 24.6 6.7 .6 .9 1.3 7.0SG 55 27 1,089 102 69 16 9 429 19.8 1.9 1.3 .3 .2 7.8SF 55 7 663 99 36 23 8 193 12.1 1.8 .7 .4 .1 3.5C 45 0 356 128 8 8 13 118 7.9 2.8 .2 .2 .3 2.6PF 31 0 224 69 3 4 7 95 7.2 2.2 .1 .1 .2 3.1†SG 23 21 726 63 42 23 9 369 31.6 2.7 1.8 1.0 .4 16.0†SG 21 13 529 54 46 37 5 119 25.2 2.6 2.2 1.8 .2 5.7†PG 11 1 169 21 27 5 1 62 15.4 1.9 2.5 .5 .1 5.6SF 10 0 116 13 6 5 2 23 11.6 1.3 .6 .5 .2 2.3†PF 8 0 55 14 2 1 2 6 6.9 1.8 .3 .1 .3 .8C 8 0 49 10 0 2 0 9 6.1 1.3 .0 .3 .0 1.1
Awards and honors Grant Hill – NBA Sportsmanship Award, All-Star Dwight Howard – All-Rookie 1st Team Jameer Nelson – All-Rookie 2nd Team
Transactions
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