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Orlando Magic - 5th Place in the Atlantic Division

W        L       Pct.        GB        L10       Streak     Home      Away     Conf

20     23       .465       7 1/2       3-7        Lost 6        9-10      11-13      12-14

January 27, 1998

Penny's Pen opens!!

January 23, 1998

Not only do Magic lose to the Heat at Miami, extending their losing streak to 6 games but the also lose Horace Grant.  He became Orlando's latest casualty when he dislocated his ring finger in the second quarter.  There was no word on how long he would be out...this is as bad as it gets.

January 22, 1998

The Milwaukee bucks hand the Magic their fifth straight lost, defeating them by 7.  Glenn Robinson, among the league's leading scorers, scored 24 points.  Armstrong led the Magic with 19 points and 5 assists.

January 17, 1998

Orlando lose three in a row to the Utah Jazz....The much needed Hardaway will probably
return a week or two after the All-Star Weekend, and probably will miss the All-Star game.

January 15, 1998

Orlando Magic re-signed guard Vernon Maxwell to another 10-day contract.

January 15, 1998

Magic activated guard Nick Anderson from the injured list, and placed forward Johnny
Taylor on the injured list.

December 11, 1997

Penny Hardaway underwent arthroscopic surgery for a small cartilage tear in his left knee and is expected to be sidelined eight to ten weeks.