The contest of a total of 4,296 submitted entries subsequently narrowed the names to the "Heat", the "Tropics", the "Juice" and the "Magic". A contest sponsored by Orlando Magic team officials and the local Orlando Sentinel newspaper allowed the community to suggest names for their new franchise. The Orlando Magic went to the NBA as an expansion franchise in 1989. 1.6.1 2006–2010: Back to the playoffs and NBA finalsįranchise history 1989–1992: Team Creation.Orlando has been the second most successful of the four expansion teams brought into the league in 19 in terms of winning percentage, after fellow Floridian team Miami Heat. As of 2019, the franchise has played in the NBA playoffs for exactly half of its existence (15 playoff appearances in 28 years), and twice went to the NBA Finals, in 1995 and 2009, losing in both: being swept by the Houston Rockets in the former and losing to the Los Angeles Lakers in five games in the latter. The franchise was founded in 1989 as an expansion franchise and has had such notable NBA stars as Shaquille O'Neal, Penny Hardaway, Grant Hill, Tracy McGrady and Dwight Howard, Vince Carter, Rashard Lewis, and Hedo Türkoğlu have played for the club throughout its young history. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Orlando Magic is an American professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida.
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