Magic beat Hawks, claim Southeast lead
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)—Dwight Howard(notes) had 31 points and 19 rebounds and the OrlandoMagic coasted to a 104-86 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday.
The Magic took over first place in the Southeast Division with the victoryand beat the Hawks for the third straight time this season. Rashard Lewis(notes) added17 points, Ryan Anderson(notes) had 16 and J.J. Redick(notes) had eight points and acareer-high seven assists as the Magic reserves had 32 points and 11 assists.
Joe Johnson(notes) and Jamal Crawford(notes) had 19 points apiece for the Hawks, who shotonly 39.5 percent in the game. Al Horford(notes), selected to back up Howard in theAll-Star Game, had only four points and four rebounds against Howard.
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The Magic led 58-54 in the middle of the third quarter when Howard led a16-2 spurt to make it 74-56. The Magic center had eight points in the run,including a coast-to-coast fastbreak that ended in a three-point play.
Howard tipped a defensive rebound toward halfcourt, beat Hawks’ guard MikeBibby(notes) to it, then dribbled the rest of the way for a dunk with Bibby hanging onhis back. That made it 68-54 and though Johnson interrupted the run with adriving layup, the Magic went on to score six straight points and seize controlof the game.
The only time the Hawks got the deficit under 10 after that was when Johnsonmade a 3-pointer that cut Atlanta’s deficit to 81-72 with 8:41 left in the game.
Howard and the Magic reserves responded with a 14-5 run capped by Anderson’s3-pointer that made it 95-77 with 4:11 left.
A tip-in by Johnson gave the Hawks a 16-6 lead to start the game, but theMagic went on a 15-2 run to end the quarter with a 21-18 lead.
Anderson and Redick combined for 12 points in the second quarter asOrlando’s reserves pushed the advantage to 42-34 before Atlanta’s offense camealive.
The Hawks hit five straight jumpers, including a 10-footer by Crawford thatcut the deficit to 46-44 with five seconds to play in the half.
However, Josh Smith(notes) fouled Jameer Nelson(notes) as he attempted a shot from justinside halfcourt and the Magic point guard made all three free throws to giveOrlando a 49-44 halftime lead.
Notes: Magic coach Stan Van Gundy will be the East coach in the All-StarGame if the Magic defeat Detroit on Sunday. Van Gundy could also be the coach ifBoston loses to the Lakers on Sunday. … Orlando has beaten Atlanta sixstraight times. The average margin of victory is 18.5 points. … Mike Bibby isshooting 13 of 40 in his past five games for the Hawks.
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