ORLANDO, Fla. – Hedo Turkoglu had 10 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists and Dwight Howard added 22 points and 17 rebounds, leading the Orlando Magic to a 110-90 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Monday night.
Jason Richardson scored 20 points for the Magic, who had 66 points in the second half after trailing 53-44 at halftime.
Monta Ellis led Golden State with 20 points and Dorell Wright added 17 points. The Warriors played without starting center David Lee, who bruised his back in a loss at Miami and is day to day.
The Magic, who were just 3 of 11 on 3-pointers in the first half, hit a flurry of 3s in the third quarter and early in the fourth to easily erase the nine-point halftime deficit. Orlando was 12 of 21 on 3-pointers in the second half.
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Hedo Turkoglu had 10 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists and Dwight Howard added 22 points and 17 rebounds, leading the Orlando Magic to a 110-90 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Monday night.
Jason Richardson scored 20 points for the Magic, who had 76 points in the second half after trailing 53-44 at halftime.
Monta Ellis led Golden State with 20 points and Dorell Wright added 17 points. The Warriors played without starting center David Lee, who bruised his back in a loss at Miami and is day to day.
The Magic, who were just 3 of 11 on 3-pointers in the first half, hit a flurry of 3s in the third quarter and early in the fourth to easily erase the nine-point halftime deficit. Orlando was 12 of 21 on 3-pointers in the second half.
Richardson started the second half with a 3-pointer and Jameer Nelson followed with two more 3s, the second one gave Orlando a 64-62 lead with 5:21 left in the third period. Gilbert Arenas nailed the final 3-pointer of the period just before the buzzer, pushing the Magic lead to 79-71.
Ryan Anderson drained two 3s early in the fourth quarter, the second one giving Orlando an 89-75 lead with 9:33 left. Golden State never got closer than 10 the rest of the game.
Anderson and J.J. Redick each had 13 points, Nelson and Arenas had 11 apiece and Brandon Bass added 10 points.
The Warriors were led in the first half by Wright with 12 points.
The undersized Warriors used a surprising 25-17 rebounding edge to control the action throughout the first half. Curry had four offensive rebounds from his point guard position. His rebound and assist to backup center Dan Gadzuric gave Golden State a 48-37 lead with 4:11 left in the second period.
Orlando got 11 points and eight rebounds from Howard in the first two periods, but the Magic center seldom saw the ball despite playing against backups Lou Amundson and Gadzuric most of the half.
NOTES: Magic SG Redick is 44 for 80 from behind the 3-point line in his last 20 games. Warriors F Dorell Wright is averaging 22.4 points and shooting 48 percent (25 of 52) from behind the 3-point line in his last seven games.
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