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Mavericks overcome Turkoglu’s triple-double

First Posted 14:06:00 02/06/2008

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ORLANDO, Florida — Josh Howard scored 28 points and the Dallas Mavericks overcame Hedo Turkoglu’s triple-double to hold off the Orlando Magic 107-98 in the NBA on Tuesday.

Dallas led by as many as 19, but Orlando trailed only 83-80 with 7:15 left. The Magic did not score again for almost 5 minutes, and Dallas went on a 10-0 run to put the game away.

Turkoglu had 13 points, a career-high 13 assists and 12 rebounds, and Dwight Howard scored 28. But Howard, the NBA’s rebounding leader averaging 15, had only seven, and Orlando was outrebounded 47-34.

Jason Terry scored 12 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, and Dirk Nowitzki had 20 points and nine rebounds for Dallas.

Raptors 114, Heat 82

At Miami, Chris Bosh scored 24 points, Andrea Bargnani added 22 and Toronto delivered more indignity to Miami’s season of epic struggle by handing the Heat their biggest loss of the year.

Jose Calderon had 11 points and 10 assists for Toronto.

Dorell Wright scored 17 points for Miami, which has lost 19 of its past 20 overall, 10 of its past 11 at home.

Hawks 96, 76ers 91

At Atlanta, Josh Smith had 19 points, nine assists and nine blocks to lead Atlanta to victory from 20 down in the first quarter.

Josh Childress scored 21 points and Joe Johnson added 18 for Atlanta.

Andre Miller scored 29 points and Andre Iguodala had 22 for Philadelphia.

Clippers 103, Knicks 94

At New York, Corey Maggette scored 19 points in his return to the lineup, and Los Angeles snapped a nine-game road losing streak.

Chris Kaman, who like Maggette had missed the last four games with the flu, added 15 points and nine rebounds as Los Angeles improved to 1-2 on its seven-game road trip and handed New York its sixth straight loss.

Rockets 92, Wolves 86

At Minneapolis, Tracy McGrady had 26 points, six rebounds and seven assists, and surging Houston held on for the win.

Though McGrady had a season-high seven turnovers, he made the shots when they counted, including the clinching 3-pointer with 30 seconds to go after Al Jefferson led the improving Wolves on an impressive rally. Jefferson had 33 points and 16 rebounds.

Rashad McCants finished with 15 points for Minnesota, which had its four-game home winning streak end.

Suns 118, Bobcats 104

At Phoenix, Leandro Barbosa scored 30 points and Raja Bell added 24, including a season-high seven 3-pointers, to help Phoenix stay unbeaten against Charlotte.

OTHER GAMES: Jazz 110 vs. Hornets 88; Bulls 118 vs. Sonics 108; Nuggets 105 vs. Blazers 103; OT /AP

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