# 2011–12 Orlando Magic season

The 2011–12 Orlando Magic season was the 23rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team finished in 6th place in the Eastern Conference with a 37–29 record in a regular season shortened by the lockout and an offseason where trade rumours that included starting center Dwight Howard abounded. After the Magic's playoff loss against the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the playoffs in five games, the Orlando franchise parted ways with head coach Stan Van Gundy and general manager Otis Smith. The Amway Center, the Magic's home court, was the venue of the 2012 NBA All-Star Game.
This season also marked the end of an era as Dwight Howard, along with Steve Nash from the Phoenix Suns, was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2012 off-season. The Magic would not earn a playoff berth again until the 2018–19 season when Dwight was with the Washington Wizards.

## Key dates

* June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
* December 18: The Magic had the first of their two-game preseason against Miami at American Airlines Arena.
* December 25: The regular season begins and the Magic have an away game at Oklahoma City. This is the Magic's first regular season game. They lost the season opener 89–97.
* December 26: The Magic had their first home game of the regular season at the Amway Center. They played the Houston Rockets. The Magic also achieved their first win of the season, with a score of 104–95.
* April 15: Orlando secures a playoff spot with a 100–84 win against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| 2 | 53 | DeAndre Liggins | SG / SF | United States | Kentucky |

## Roster
### Roster Notes

* Center Dwight Howard played 54 games (his last game being on April 7, 2012) but missed the remainder of the season and the playoffs after undergoing back surgery to repair a herniated disk which also led to him missing the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

## Pre-season

Due to the 2011 NBA lockout negotiations, the programmed pre-season schedule, along with the first two weeks of the regular season were scrapped, and a two-game pre-season was set for each team once the lockout concluded.
2011 pre-season game log :
Pre-season: 1–1 (home: 1–0; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 18
@ Miami
L 85–118
Ryan Anderson, JJ Redick (22)
Ryan Anderson (8)
Jameer Nelson (7)
American Airlines Arena 20,100
0–1
2
December 21
Miami
W 104–100
Glen Davis (18)
Dwight Howard (9)
Jameer Nelson (10)
Amway Center 19,045
1–1 :
2011–12 season schedule :

## Regular season
### Standings

| Southeast Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
| y-Miami Heat | 46 | 20 | .697 | – | 28–5 | 18–15 | 9–5 | 66 |
| x-Atlanta Hawks | 40 | 26 | .606 | 6 | 23–10 | 17–16 | 11–3 | 66 |
| x-Orlando Magic | 37 | 29 | .561 | 9 | 21–12 | 16–17 | 8–7 | 66 |
| Washington Wizards | 20 | 46 | .303 | 26 | 11–22 | 9–24 | 7–7 | 66 |
| Charlotte Bobcats | 7 | 59 | .106 | 39 | 4–29 | 3–30 | 1–14 | 66 |
Eastern Conference :
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z-Chicago Bulls | 50 | 16 | .758 | – | 66 |
| 2 | y-Miami Heat * | 46 | 20 | .697 | 4.0 | 66 |
| 3 | x-Indiana Pacers * | 42 | 24 | .636 | 8.0 | 66 |
| 4 | y-Boston Celtics | 39 | 27 | .591 | 11.0 | 66 |
| 5 | x-Atlanta Hawks | 40 | 26 | .606 | 10.0 | 66 |
| 6 | x-Orlando Magic | 37 | 29 | .561 | 13.0 | 66 |
| 7 | x-New York Knicks | 36 | 30 | .545 | 14.0 | 66 |
| 8 | x-Philadelphia 76ers | 35 | 31 | .530 | 15.0 | 66 |
| 9 | Milwaukee Bucks | 31 | 35 | .470 | 19.0 | 66 |
| 10 | Detroit Pistons | 25 | 41 | .379 | 25.0 | 66 |
| 11 | Toronto Raptors | 23 | 43 | .348 | 27.0 | 66 |
| 12 | New Jersey Nets | 22 | 44 | .333 | 28.0 | 66 |
| 13 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 21 | 45 | .318 | 29.0 | 66 |
| 14 | Washington Wizards | 20 | 46 | .303 | 30.0 | 66 |
| 15 | Charlotte Bobcats | 7 | 59 | .106 | 43.0 | 66 |

### Game log

2011–12 game log Total: 37–29 (home: 21–12; road: 16–17) :
December: 3–1 (home: 2–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 25
@ Oklahoma City
L 89–97
Ryan Anderson (25)
Dwight Howard (15)
Jameer Nelson (6)
Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203
0–1
2
December 26
Houston
W 104–95
Hedo Türkoğlu (23)
Dwight Howard (7)
Jameer Nelson (6)
Amway Center 18,846
1–1
3
December 29
New Jersey
W 94–78
Ryan Anderson (22)
Dwight Howard (24)
Hedo Türkoğlu (7)
Amway Center 18,954
2–1
4
December 30
@ Charlotte
W 100–79
Ryan Anderson (23)
Dwight Howard (24)
Chris Duhon (6)
Time Warner Cable Arena 18,064
3–1 :
January: 9–8 (home: 4–4; road: 5–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
January 1
Toronto
W 102–96
Ryan Anderson (24)
Dwight Howard (15)
Hedo Türkoğlu (7)
Amway Center 18,846
4–1
6
January 2
@ Detroit
L 78–89
Dwight Howard (19)
Dwight Howard (7)
Jameer Nelson (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 8,120
4–2
7
January 4
Washington
W 103–85
Dwight Howard (28)
Dwight Howard (20)
Jameer Nelson (9)
Amway Center 18,846
5–2
8
January 6
Chicago
L 83–97
Dwight Howard (28)
Dwight Howard (15)
Chris Duhon (4)
Amway Center 18,912
5–3
9
January 8
@ Sacramento
W 104–97
Jason Richardson (22)
Dwight Howard (11)
Jameer Nelson (6)
Power Balance Pavilion 14,150
6–3
10
January 11
@ Portland
W 107–104
JJ Redick (17)
Dwight Howard (13)
Hedo Türkoğlu (6)
Rose Garden 20,467
7–3
11
January 12
@ Golden State
W 117–109
Dwight Howard (45)
Dwight Howard (23)
Hedo Türkoğlu (9)
Oracle Arena 17,754
8–3
12
January 16
@ New York
W 102–93
Ryan Anderson (30)
Dwight Howard (10)
Jameer Nelson (7)
Madison Square Garden 19,763
9–3
13
January 17
Charlotte
W 96–89
Dwight Howard (25)
Dwight Howard (17)
Dwight Howard, Jameer Nelson (4)
Amway Center 18,846
10–3
14
January 18
San Antonio
L 83–85 (OT)
Dwight Howard (24)
Dwight Howard (25)
Jameer Nelson (5)
Amway Center 18,846
10–4
15
January 20
L. A. Lakers
W 92–80
Dwight Howard (21)
Dwight Howard (23)
Jameer Nelson (9)
Amway Center 18,846
11–4
16
January 23
@ Boston
L 56–87
Dwight Howard (18)
Dwight Howard (14)
Dwight Howard, Jameer Nelson (3)
TD Garden 18,624
11–5
17
January 24
@ Indiana
W 102–83
Ryan Anderson (24)
Dwight Howard (9)
Hedo Türkoğlu (8)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 12,760
12–5
18
January 26
Boston
L 83–91
Dwight Howard (16)
Dwight Howard (16)
Hedo Türkoğlu (7)
Amway Center 18,952
12–6
19
January 27
@ New Orleans
L 67–93
Dwight Howard (28)
Dwight Howard (16)
Chris Duhon (5)
New Orleans Arena 16,176
12–7
20
January 29
Indiana
L 85–106
Dwight Howard (24)
Dwight Howard (13)
Hedo Türkoğlu (7)
Amway Center 18,952
12–8
21
January 30
@ Philadelphia
L 69–74
Dwight Howard (17)
Ryan Anderson (20)
Quentin Richardson (3)
Wells Fargo Center 16,299
12–9 :
February: 10–4 (home: 5–2; road: 5–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
22
February 1
Washington
W 109–103
Dwight Howard, Ryan Anderson (23)
Dwight Howard (18)
Hedo Türkoğlu (5)
Amway Center 18,846
13–9
23
February 3
Cleveland
W 102–94
Dwight Howard, Jason Richardson (19)
Dwight Howard (16)
Chris Duhon (5)
Amway Center 18,933
14–9
24
February 4
@ Indiana
W 85–81
Dwight Howard (27)
Hedo Türkoğlu (10)
Chris Duhon, Jason Richardson (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165
15–9
25
February 6
L. A. Clippers
L 102–107 (OT)
Dwight Howard (33)
Dwight Howard (14)
Jameer Nelson (12)
Amway Center 18,846
15–10
26
February 8
Miami
W 102–89
Ryan Anderson (27)
Dwight Howard (24)
Hedo Türkoğlu (7)
Amway Center 18,972
16–10
27
February 10
Atlanta
L 87–89 (OT)
Ryan Anderson (21)
Dwight Howard (18)
Jameer Nelson (5)
Amway Center 18,846
16–11
28
February 11
@ Milwaukee
W 99–94
Jason Richardson (31)
Dwight Howard (14)
Chris Duhon, Hedo Türkoğlu (7)
Bradley Center 17,723
17–11
29
February 13
Minnesota
W 102–89
Jason Richardson (17)
Dwight Howard (7)
Hedo Türkoğlu (6)
Amway Center 18,846
18–11
30
February 15
Philadelphia
W 103–87
Ryan Anderson (27)
Dwight Howard (14)
Jameer Nelson (14)
Amway Center 18,846
19–11
31
February 17
Milwaukee
W 94–85
Dwight Howard (26)
Dwight Howard (20)
Hedo Türkoğlu (7)
Amway Center 18,846
20–11
32
February 19
@ Miami
L 78–90
JJ Redick (17)
Dwight Howard (15)
Jameer Nelson (4)
American Airlines Arena 20,185
20–12
33
February 20
@ Milwaukee
W 93–90
Dwight Howard (28)
Dwight Howard (16)
Jameer Nelson (5)
Bradley Center 13,143
21–12
34
February 22
@ New Jersey
W 108–91
Dwight Howard (20)
Dwight Howard (17)
Jameer Nelson (7)
Prudential Center 15,364
22–12
35
February 23
@ Atlanta
L 78–83
JJ Redick (13)
Dwight Howard (12)
Chris Duhon, Ish Smith, Hedo Türkoğlu (4)
Philips Arena 14,523
22–13
All-Star Break
36
February 29
@ Washington
W 102–95
Ryan Anderson (23)
Ryan Anderson (15)
Hedo Türkoğlu (6)
Verizon Center 18,688
23–13 :
March: 9–7 (home: 6–3; road: 3–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
37
March 1
Oklahoma City
L 102–105
Dwight Howard (33)
Dwight Howard (9)
Jameer Nelson (9)
Amway Center 18,846
23–14
38
March 3
Milwaukee
W 114–98
Dwight Howard (28)
Dwight Howard (14)
Jameer Nelson (10)
Amway Center 18,846
24–14
39
March 5
@ Toronto
W 92–88
Dwight Howard (36)
Ryan Anderson, Dwight Howard (13)
Hedo Türkoğlu (9)
Air Canada Centre 15,392
25–14
50
March 6
@ Charlotte
L 84–100
Dwight Howard (15)
Dwight Howard (17)
Jameer Nelson (4)
Time Warner Cable Arena 13,110
25–15
41
March 8
@ Chicago
W 99–94
Dwight Howard (29)
Dwight Howard (18)
Jameer Nelson (7)
United Center 22,127
26–15
42
March 11
Indiana
W 107–94
Dwight Howard (30)
Dwight Howard (13)
JJ Redick (9)
Amway Center 18,846
27–15
43
March 13
Miami
W 104–98 (OT)
Jameer Nelson (25)
Dwight Howard (25)
Hedo Türkoğlu (5)
Amway Center 18,879
28–15
44
March 14
@ San Antonio
L 111–122
Jameer Nelson (25)
Dwight Howard (12)
Jameer Nelson (7)
AT&T Center 18,581
28–16
45
March 16
New Jersey
W 86–70
Dwight Howard (18)
Dwight Howard (11)
Jameer Nelson, Hedo Türkoğlu (6)
Amway Center 18,938
29–16
46
March 18
@ Miami
L 81–91
Dwight Howard (18)
Dwight Howard (11)
Jameer Nelson (6)
American Airlines Arena 20,003
29–17
47
March 19
Chicago
L 59–85
Dwight Howard (18)
Dwight Howard (12)
Dwight Howard, JJ Redick, Jason Richardson (2)
Amway Center 18,998
29–18
48
March 21
Phoenix
W 103–93
Ryan Anderson (29)
Dwight Howard (16)
Jason Richardson (5)
Amway Center 18,930
30–18
49
March 23
Cleveland
W 93–80
Ryan Anderson (17)
Dwight Howard (13)
Jameer Nelson, Hedo Türkoğlu (7)
Amway Center 18,846
31–18
50
March 26
@ Toronto
W 117–101
Ryan Anderson (28)
Dwight Howard (10)
Hedo Türkoğlu (8)
Air Canada Centre 16,429
32–18
51
March 28
@ New York
L 86–108
Jameer Nelson (17)
Glen Davis (6)
Jameer Nelson (4)
Madison Square Garden 19,763
32–19
52
March 30
Dallas
L 98–100
Jameer Nelson (24)
Dwight Howard (15)
Jameer Nelson, Hedo Türkoğlu (4)
Amway Center 18,951
32–20 :
April: 5–9 (home: 3–3; road: 2–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
53
April 1
Denver
L 101–104
Jameer Nelson (27)
Glen Davis (16)
Jameer Nelson (5)
Amway Center 18,951
32–21
54
April 3
@ Detroit
L 95–102
Glen Davis (31)
Glen Davis (10)
Chris Duhon (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,741
32–22
55
April 5
New York
L 80–96
Jason Richardson (16)
Dwight Howard (8)
Jameer Nelson (5)
Amway Center 19,098
32–23
56
April 7
@ Philadelphia
W 88–82
Glen Davis (23)
Dwight Howard (22)
Dwight Howard (6)
Wells Fargo Center 19,775
33–23
57
April 9
Detroit
W 119–89
Jason Richardson (22)
Glen Davis (16)
Jameer Nelson (9)
Amway Center 18,998
34–23
58
April 10
@ Washington
L 85–93
Jameer Nelson (19)
Glen Davis (10)
Jameer Nelson (7)
Verizon Center 15,355
34–24
59
April 13
Atlanta
L 81–109
Glen Davis, Von Wafer (16)
Glen Davis (9)
Jameer Nelson, Von Wafer (4)
Amway Center 18,846
34–25
60
April 15
@ Cleveland
W 100–84
Jameer Nelson (21)
Ryan Anderson (13)
Jameer Nelson (9)
Quicken Loans Arena 16,305
35–25
61
April 16
Philadelphia
W 113–100
Ryan Anderson (26)
Ryan Anderson (16)
Jameer Nelson (13)
Amway Center 18,846
36–25
62
April 18
@ Boston
L 98–102
Glen Davis (27)
Ryan Anderson (9)
Jameer Nelson (9)
TD Garden 18,624
36–26
63
April 21
@ Utah
L 107–117 (OT)
Jameer Nelson (23)
Glen Davis (13)
Jameer Nelson (11)
EnergySolutions Arena 19,580
36–27
64
April 22
@ Denver
L 74–101
Ryan Anderson (24)
Ryan Anderson (9)
Jason Richardson, Von Wafer (4)
Pepsi Center 19,155
36–28
65
April 25
Charlotte
W 102–95
JJ Redick (31)
Ryan Anderson (13)
Jameer Nelson (9)
Amway Center 19,152
37–28
66
April 26
@ Memphis
L 76–88
Hedo Türkoğlu (18)
Earl Clark (9)
Chris Duhon, Daniel Orton, Ish Smith (3)
FedExForum 17,215
37–29 :
2011–12 season schedule :

## Playoffs
### Game log

2012 playoff game log :
First round: 1–4 (home: 0–2; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 28
@ Indiana
W 81–77
Jameer Nelson, Jason Richardson (17)
Glen Davis (13)
Jameer Nelson (9)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165
1–0
2
April 30
@ Indiana
L 78–93
Glen Davis (18)
Glen Davis (10)
Jameer Nelson, JJ Redick, Jason Richardson (3)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165
1–1
3
May 2
Indiana
L 74–97
Glen Davis (22)
Quentin Richardson (10)
Jameer Nelson (5)
Amway Center 18,846
1–2
4
May 5
Indiana
L 99–101 (OT)
Jason Richardson (25)
Glen Davis (11)
Jameer Nelson (11)
Amway Center 18,846
1–3
5
May 8
@ Indiana
L 87–105
Jameer Nelson (27)
Glen Davis (8)
Jameer Nelson (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165
1–4 :
2012 playoff schedule :

## Player statistics
### Regular season

| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| JJ Redick | SG | 65 | 22 | 1,765 | 150 | 164 | 27 | 6 | 751 | 27.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | .4 | .1 | 11.6 |
| Chris Duhon | PG | 63 | 9 | 1,226 | 102 | 151 | 35 | 9 | 237 | 19.5 | 1.6 | 2.4 | .6 | .1 | 3.8 |
| Ryan Anderson | PF | 61 | 61 | 1,964 | 471 | 54 | 50 | 26 | 980 | 32.2 | 7.7 | .9 | .8 | .4 | 16.1 |
| Glen Davis | PF | 61 | 13 | 1,427 | 331 | 47 | 43 | 19 | 566 | 23.4 | 5.4 | .8 | .7 | .3 | 9.3 |
| Jameer Nelson | PG | 57 | 57 | 1,706 | 181 | 325 | 38 | 5 | 676 | 29.9 | 3.2 | 5.7 | .7 | .1 | 11.9 |
| Dwight Howard | C | 54 | 54 | 2,070 | 785 | 104 | 81 | 116 | 1,113 | 38.3 | 14.5 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 20.6 |
| Jason Richardson | SG | 54 | 54 | 1,591 | 194 | 107 | 53 | 22 | 629 | 29.5 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | .4 | 11.6 |
| Hedo Türkoğlu | SF | 53 | 53 | 1,653 | 199 | 233 | 45 | 17 | 576 | 31.2 | 3.8 | 4.4 | .8 | .3 | 10.9 |
| Quentin Richardson | SF | 48 | 3 | 866 | 123 | 38 | 28 | 6 | 215 | 18.0 | 2.6 | .8 | .6 | .1 | 4.5 |
| Earl Clark | PF | 45 | 1 | 559 | 124 | 18 | 12 | 32 | 123 | 12.4 | 2.8 | .4 | .3 | .7 | 2.7 |
| Von Wafer | SG | 33 | 1 | 469 | 45 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 194 | 14.2 | 1.4 | .9 | .3 | .1 | 5.9 |
| Ish Smith$^†$ | PG | 20 | 0 | 171 | 26 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 45 | 8.6 | 1.3 | 1.6 | .6 | .1 | 2.3 |
| DeAndre Liggins | SF | 17 | 0 | 115 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 6.8 | .9 | .3 | .4 | .0 | 1.9 |
| Daniel Orton | PF | 16 | 2 | 187 | 39 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 11.7 | 2.4 | .3 | .5 | .6 | 2.8 |
| Justin Harper | PF | 14 | 0 | 84 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 6.0 | .9 | .1 | .1 | .2 | 1.4 |
| Larry Hughes | PG | 9 | 0 | 114 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 12.7 | .6 | .8 | .2 | .0 | 1.3 |
* $^†$ Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Magic only.

### Playoffs

| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Glen Davis | PF | 5 | 5 | 190 | 46 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 95 | 38.0 | 9.2 | .8 | .6 | 1.2 | 19.0 |
| Jameer Nelson | PG | 5 | 5 | 182 | 19 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 78 | 36.4 | 3.8 | 6.6 | .8 | .2 | 15.6 |
| Ryan Anderson | PF | 5 | 5 | 172 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 34.4 | 4.6 | .8 | .6 | .4 | 9.6 |
| Hedo Türkoğlu | SF | 5 | 5 | 162 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 32.4 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.0 | .8 | 8.4 |
| Jason Richardson | SG | 5 | 5 | 148 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 57 | 29.6 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | .4 | 11.4 |
| JJ Redick | SG | 5 | 0 | 123 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 24.6 | 1.0 | 3.2 | .2 | .0 | 10.8 |
| Earl Clark | PF | 5 | 0 | 88 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 17.6 | 6.6 | .2 | .4 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Quentin Richardson | SF | 5 | 0 | 74 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 14.8 | 4.4 | .4 | .2 | .0 | 2.4 |
| Chris Duhon | PG | 5 | 0 | 61 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12.2 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.0 | .2 | .6 |
| Daniel Orton | PF | 4 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.3 | .5 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 |
| Von Wafer | SG | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 6.0 |
| Justin Harper | PF | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
| Ish Smith | PG | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 | .0 |

## Awards and records

* Ryan Anderson won the NBA Most Improved Player Award.
* Dwight Howard was selected to the All-NBA First Team and NBA All-Defensive First Team and was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week (January 16 – January 22).
* Dwight Howard attempted a record 39 free throws against the Golden State Warriors, breaking Wilt Chamberlain's record of 34 set in 1962.

### All-Star

* Dwight Howard made his sixth All-Star appearance at the 2012 NBA All-Star Game held in Orlando.
* Ryan Anderson participated in the Three-Point Contest.
* Jameer Nelson participated in the Shooting Stars Competition along Phoenix Mercury player Marie Ferdinand-Harris and former Orlando Magic player Dennis Scott.

## Injuries and disciplinary actions

* Hedo Türkoğlu underwent surgery to repair a facial fracture sustained during a game against the New York Knicks on April 5 and missed the remainder of the regular season.
* Glen Davis was suspended 2 games by the team for conduct detrimental to the team. A month later he was fined US$35,000 by the league for making an obscene gesture in a game against the Toronto Raptors.
* Hedo Türkoğlu was suspended 1 game by the league for making intentional contact with an official during a game against the Chicago Bulls.
* Chris Duhon was suspended 1 game by the team for violating team rules.
* In April, Dwight Howard underwent surgery to repair a herniated disc in his back and was out for the remainder of the season.

## Transactions
### Overview

| Players Added Via draft DeAndre Liggins Via free agency Larry Hughes Ish Smith Via trade Glen Davis Justin Harper Von Wafer | Players Lost Via trade Brandon Bass Waived Gilbert Arenas Larry Hughes |

### Trades

| June 23, 2011 | To Orlando MagicDraft rights to Justin Harper | To Cleveland CavaliersConditional 2012 and 2013 second round picks. |
| December 12, 2011 | To Orlando MagicGlen Davis (sign and trade) Von Wafer (sign and trade) | To Boston CelticsBrandon Bass |

### Free agents

Additions :
| Player | Date signed | Former team |
| Larry Hughes | December 9 | |
| Ish Smith | February 2 | Los Angeles D-Fenders (D-League |
Many players signed with teams from other leagues due to the 2011 NBA lockout. FIBA allows players under NBA contracts to sign and play for teams from other leagues if the contracts have opt-out clauses that allow the players to return to the NBA if the lockout ends. The Chinese Basketball Association, however, only allows its clubs to sign foreign free agents who could play for at least the entire season.
Played in other leagues during lockout :
| Player | Date signed | New team | Opt-out clause |
| Earl Clark | August 10 | Zhejiang Lions (China) | No |
| Justin Harper | August 19 | Strasbourg IG (France) | Yes |