Orlando Magic and the 10 Worst Fails of the NBA Season

Last night, the Orlando Magic collapsed monumentally, surrendering a 27-point lead to the Boston Celtics, losing 91-83. 

That marks the biggest blown lead of the season. 

This got me to thinking, what are the other most epic fails of the year?

Here are the 10 worst fails of the year by teams.

Most Foul Game

It was a downright foul experience watching the Orlando Magic play the Golden State Warriors in their hack-a-Howard game.

In all, Howard spent so much time at the free-throw line, it's been renamed the Howard line at the Oracle Arena.

The Warriors committed a season-high 36 fouls in that game. 

Most Generous Game

The most generous team this year was the Los Angeles Lakers when they faced Pau Gasol's little brother, Marc.

Pau wasn't in a giving mood though, as he only gave up one turnover. 

The rest of the team was incredibly kind, however, dishing out 27 turnovers to the other Grizzlies. 

Least Generous Game

The Pacers were not in a giving mood when they played the Orlando Magic on January 24th, with just eight assists in the entire game, making it the second-most selfish game in the team's history. 

Is it any wonder they lost the game 103-82? 

Miss Me with Your Worst Shot

Led by Brandon Jennings' 15 missed field goals, the Bucks set the season-high for most missed field goals by a team when they squared off against the Utah Jazz on January 3rd.

Jennings was 4-of-19 on the night. Stephen Jackson chipped in with a comparably accurate 5-of-17. And the team as a whole went a compellingly awful 29-of-95. 

These are not the guys you want taking shots at apples on your head. You know what I'm saying?

Worst Job of Protecting the Basket

The Sacramento Kings are downright awful when it comes to protecting the rim. I mean, they protect the rim like butter offers protection from a hot knife.

It's awful. 

The Kings have given up the most field goals of the season, 50, on three different occasions! It happened twice against Memphis and once against Denver.

On top of that, they also gave up the worst field-goal percentage against Denver in another game. 

I'd say that's just indefensible.

Nothing in Life Is Free

The Toronto Raptors had the worst free-throw night of the season.

In fact, it was the second-worst free-throw shooting night in NBA history, with just one make in seven attempts. 

The only game in NBA history where a team did worse was when the Raptors went 0-3 against the Charlotte Hornets in 1996 (and yes, that should be Hornets). 

If it weren't for the Raptors, the Raptors would have had the worst free-throw night in history.

Most Offensive Defense

After needing a last-second basket to beat the Charlotte Bobcats in their first meeting, the Miami Heat seemed intent on letting the Bobcats know they were not going to be needing that last-second shot this time. 

They annihilated the Bobcats defense, scoring 122 points, the biggest total anyone has put up this year. 

Most Offensive Offense Without Being Offensive

Before the Magic had their meltdown against the Celtics, they had another miserable experience against the Celtics.

In a game just three days earlier, they scored a season-low 56 points, the worst in franchise history. 

They shot 19 percent from the field in the second half and scored only 20 points, compared to 17 turnovers.

I'm just saying, when your point-to-turnover ratio starts nearing 1.0, you're going to struggle. 

Biggest Blown Lead

As mentioned in the first slide, the worst come-from-ahead loss this year goes to the Orlando Magic.

Up by 27 points at one point, the Magic still managed to pull out the loss! They had to use some masterless 1-for-15 shooting down the stretch to pull that one off. 

It's hard to believe that the Magic had two of the worst performances against the Celtics in less than a week.

Boston will probably be trying to navigate itself to face the Magic in the first round of the playoffs. 

Worst Blowout, Memphis Grizzlies

The worst blowout of the season this year came when the Chicago Bulls destroyed the Memphis Grizzlies, who were without the services of their starting point guard, Mike Conley and lost Zach Randolph at the end of the first quarter. 

Memphis was already down by double-digits when Randolph went down, but they went into self-destruct mode.

At one point, the Bulls had a 47-point lead. Ultimately, the Griz lost, 104-64. 

Ouch!