The 1995–96 season is the seventh season of the Orlando Magic in the National Basketball Association (NBA). During the offseason, the Magic signed unrestricted free agent Jon Koncak. Coming off their to trip to the NBA Finals, the Magic clinched the Atlantic Division title with a 60–22 record. A regular season record which still stands as the best in franchise history. This despite missing Shaquille O'Neal for the first 22 games of the season due to a thumb injury. Anfernee Hardaway stepped up in O'Neal's absence and was awarded Player of the Month for November. The season saw Dennis Scott take a place in the league history books by scoring 267 three-point field goals, a single season record since broken by Stephen Curry, while O'Neal and Hardaway were both selected for the 1996 NBA All-Star Game.

Despite the franchise best record, the Magic were beaten to top seed in the East by the dominant Chicago Bulls who finished with a then all-time best record of 72–10. In the playoffs, the Magic swept the Detroit Pistons in 3–0 in the opening round. The second round saw the Magic meet the Atlanta Hawks, a match-up they would win 4–1.

The Eastern Conference Finals matched up the Magic with the Chicago Bulls, the team they had eliminated in the previous year's playoffs. This year though, the Bulls would be too strong sweeping the Magic 4–0. Thereby, the Magic became the first team by eliminated from the playoffs in a sweep for three consecutive seasons since the 1950 Chicago Stags.

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