The top 10 individual Orlando Magic season performances
7. 2000 Darrell Armstrong
| Season | Age | G | MP | FG% | 3P% | eFG% | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-00 | 31 | 82 | 31.6 | .433 | .340 | .494 | .911 | 3.3 | 6.1 | 2.1 | 16.2 |
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Darrell Armstrong led the Orlando Magic during the landmark 2000 season with 16.2 points per game and 6.1 assists per game. He was also 91-percent from the free-throw line where he was often because Armstrong was tireless in all four quarters. He would make the opposing teams pay late in the game.
He was a central part of the Heart and Hustle here in Orlando which became a mantra for fans that you were going to see a battle each night Darrell Armstrong and fellow teammate Bo Outlaw were on the floor.
No lead was safe for teams and the duo was often breaking hearts late in the game at their opponents’ expense.
The Magic hit a streak of bad luck and lost 14 out of 15 games in a stretch this year, but still managed to finish at .500 (41-41). This would be the deciding factor of missing the playoffs as they could have been special if just a couple of games during that losing streak went their way.
Still, that season was a memorable one and made Armstrong an all-timer who belong solely to Magic fans.
A game that stands out this season is from March 20, 2000. Armstrong led the Magic with 20 points, seven steals and six assists with an 88-86 overtime victory over the Chicago Bulls.
This game represented perfectly how Armstrong is remembered. Winning over fans as he out hustled giants and beat them in their home arena.
Armstrong finished with 169 steals good for second league-wide at the turn of the century.