NBA ROUNDUP

NBA ROUNDUP

Monday’s games

Mavericks 107, Magic 98

ORLANDO, Fla. — Josh Howard scored 28 points and the Dallas Mavericks overcame Hedo Turkoglu’s triple-double to hold off the Orlando Magic. Dallas led by as many as 19, but Orlando got within 83-80 on Rashard Lewis’ 3-pointer with 7:15 left. The Magic didn’t 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, Dirk Nowitzki had 20 points and nine rebounds and Brandon Bass scored 16 for Dallas.

Raptors 114, Heat 82

MIAMI — Chris Bosh scored 24 points on 8-for-11 shooting, Andrea Bargnani added 22 and Toronto shot 60 percent. Anthony Parker scored 18 points for the Raptors, who 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, and Jason Kapono — in his first trip back to Miami after the Heat chose not to re-sign him in the offseason — scored 13 points on 6-for-10 shooting. Dorell Wright scored 17 points, and Mark Blount and Dwyane Wade each added 12 for Miami, which has lost 19 of its past 20 overall, 10 of its past 11 at home.

Hawks 96, 76ers 91

ATLANTA — Josh Smith had 19 points, nine assists and nine blocks to lead the Hawks to the win. Josh Childress scored 21 points and Joe Johnson added 18 for Atlanta, which trailed by 20 in the first quarter. The Hawks led 91-88 before turning the ball over on an offensive foul by rookie Al Horford with 1:20 left. Philadelphia rookie Thaddeus Young, a Georgia Tech product making his first return to Atlanta, missed on the other end, and a basket by Horford pushed the Hawks’ lead to five. Andre Miller scored 29 points and Andre Iguodala had 22 for the 76ers.

Clippers 103, Knicks 94

NEW YORK — Corey Maggette scored 19 points in his return to the lineup, and the Clippers 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. Cuttino Mobley had 14 points as the Clippers handed the Knicks their sixth straight loss. Kaman had missed five in a row total.

Associated Press