Locked On Magic podcast is your daily ticket to stay ahead of the game and the first to know the latest news, analysis, and insider info for the Orlando Magic and the NBA. Philip Rossman-Reich of the Orlando Magic Daily provides your daily Magic fix with expert, local analysis, and coverage of all aspects of the Magic franchise. Locked On Magic takes you beyond the scoreboard for the inside scoops on the biggest stories from within the Magic locker room and all over the NBA. The Locked On Magic podcast is part of the Locked On Podcast Network. Your Team. Every Day.
The Orlando Magic are starting to embrace the thing that makes them unique -- their size and versatility. They employed a major death lineup with Jonathan Isaac at its center to pull ahead and domina…
The Orlando Magic are going to be on the national stage and their star has arrived. Paolo Banchero is officially an NBA All-Star (not that we needed the confirmation, although it is nice). What Banch…
The Orlando Magic did not get the cleanest or easiest win in San Antonio against the San Antonio Spurs. But they took care of their business and held off the Spurs to get the win. Paolo Banchero in t…
It is a momentous occasion as the No. 1 overall pick of the 2022 Draft takes on the No. 1 overall pick of the 2023 Draft. I chat with Locked on Spurs' Jeff Garcia about Victor Wembanyama's transition…
The Orlando Magic suffered another late-game loss, another one where they could point to their own struggles and their difficulties getting stops late in the game. Orlando has to find a way to commit…
The Orlando Magic needed a refreshed showing to try to get things back on track. They found it with a dominant fourth-quarter defensive outing, shutting down the high-powered Phoenix Suns for a neede…
The Orlando Magic's loss to the Memphis Grizzlies is the kind of loss that makes a team ask some hard questions about itself. The hot start is deep in the background, the team is struggling to stay a…
The Locked On Magic Trade Deadline Tour stops in Washington as we get the lowdown on Tyus Jones, a favored target among Magic fans. How has Jones played in his first full-time year as a starter and h…
The Orlando Magic needed to see just how good their team could be and whether they could truly build around Paolo Banchero. He delivered for them in the first half of the season, emerging as a potent…
One thing is being made clear as the Orlando Magic struggle to get through this middle part of the season: The team will eventually need a trade or a change to climb from the Play-In Tournament to a …
The Orlando Magic got run out of their own gym in a loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. It was the kind of loss that the Magic thought they had graduated past. But this young team still struggles to con…
Franz Wagner made his triumphant return for the Orlando Magic as they throttled the Miami Heat. For the first time in a long time, the Magic looked whole and showed the potential of what they can be.…
The Orlando Magic got worked in their loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. Joel Embiid looked like an MVP, but really the game came down to their mastery of the simple. The Magic made everything complex a…
After a week of clutch moments -- successes and frustrations -- the numbers make it clear Paolo Banchero is one of the most clutch players in the league. And that is something that will help him and …
The Orlando Magic hit the midpoint of their season in the most heartbreaking way. The team took a buzzer-beater loss to Dejounte Murray and the Atlanta Hawks (again). But the lesson they learned was …
The Orlando Magic are inching closer to health. The return of Wendell Carter to the lineup brought with it some much-needed defensive grit and the team gutted out a come-from-behind win over the New …
The Orlando Magic fell again to the Oklahoma City Thunder behind another stellar showing from Paolo Banchero. They will not and cannot use injuries as an excuse as they found themselves in range late…
Paolo Banchero did everything humanly possible to will the Orlando Magic to a win over the Miami Heat. But he and the team came up one play short as their roster continues to get stretched thin and t…
The second returns from All-Star voting are in and Paolo Banchero's stock is clearly rising as he more than doubled his votes in the last week. Banchero should be in line for a trip to Indianapolis f…
Jalen Suggs needed to figure out his shooting to take his next step as a player. He has done that and then some this year, officially eclipsing 40-percent shooting as the midpoint of the season nears…