Orlando Magic Milestones

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How the Orlando Magic history timeline works

Magic milestones are the cards here, each with a short description beneath its headline, and you line them up by year. One card starts on the line, its year showing. Each new card goes into the gap you pick. If it's the right one, you see the year; if it's the wrong one, the card still lands correctly but you give up one of three lives.

Lottery luck shaped this franchise, and the deck has a lot of high draft picks, several of them first overall. Those cards are the hardest to order, since the descriptions don't always point to an era. Finals runs built around dominant big men give you some help, as do arena openings and award cards. Rebuilds come up more than once, and they sound alike, so look for the names of teammates.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

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Here are 26 of the 26 cards you might be dealt. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

Awarded an NBA expansion franchise Orlando was granted a team to begin play alongside Minnesota's new club.
Played the first Magic season Orlando debuted at the Orlando Arena as an expansion team.
Drafted Dennis Scott The Magic took the Georgia Tech sharpshooter in an early draft.
Drafted Shaquille O'Neal first overall Orlando won the lottery and selected the LSU center.
Drafted Chris Webber then traded for Penny Hardaway Orlando won the lottery again, took Webber first, and swapped him to Golden State for Penny and picks.
Reached the first playoffs Shaq and Penny led the Magic to their first postseason berth.
Reached the NBA Finals past Jordan's Bulls Orlando swept past Michael Jordan's Bulls before being swept by Houston in the Finals.
Won a franchise-record 60 games as Shaq left for the Lakers The Magic posted their best regular season ever, then lost the dominant center to Los Angeles in free agency that summer.
Hired Doc Rivers as coach The former point guard took over an Orlando rebuild and later won Coach of the Year.
Signed Tracy McGrady Orlando landed the young scoring wing in a sign-and-trade with Toronto.
McGrady won the scoring title T-Mac led the NBA in scoring while carrying the Magic.
Drafted Dwight Howard first overall Orlando took the high school big man with the top pick.
Signed Rashard Lewis to a max deal Orlando landed the sharpshooting forward in a sign-and-trade to spread the floor around Howard.
Dwight Howard won the Slam Dunk Contest The Superman cape dunk made Howard an All-Star Weekend star.
Reached the NBA Finals behind Dwight Howard Dwight Howard's Magic beat LeBron's Cavaliers before losing to the Lakers in the Finals.
Opened the Amway Center Orlando moved into a new state-of-the-art downtown arena.
Dwight Howard won a third straight Defensive Player of the Year Howard cemented himself as the league's premier defender.
Traded Dwight Howard Orlando dealt its franchise center in a four-team blockbuster, beginning a rebuild.
Drafted Victor Oladipo Orlando took the Indiana guard second overall to headline the rebuild.
Drafted Aaron Gordon Orlando selected the Arizona forward who became a dunk-contest highlight.
Drafted Jonathan Isaac Orlando took the Florida State forward to bolster its young core.
Ended a long playoff drought The Magic returned to the postseason for the first time in seven years.
Drafted Paolo Banchero first overall Orlando won the lottery and took the Duke forward.
Paolo Banchero won Rookie of the Year The No. 1 pick claimed the league's top rookie honor.
Traded Nikola Vucevic to reset the rebuild Orlando dealt its All-Star center to Chicago at the deadline, embracing a full youth movement.
Returned to the playoffs as a young team A defense-first Magic squad earned a postseason berth behind Banchero and Franz Wagner.