Mavericks slip by Magic

Posted February 04, 2008 10:00 pm

Associated Press

Josh Howard scored 28 points and the Dallas Mavericks overcame Hedo Turkoglu's triple-double to hold off the Orlando Magic 107-98 Monday night.

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, while Dwight Howard scored 28. But Howard, the NBA's rebound leader averaging 15, had only 7, and Orlando was outrebounded 47-34.

Jason Terry scored 20 points -- 12 in the fourth quarter -- Dirk Nowitzki had 20 points and 9 rebounds and Brandon Bass scored 16 for Dallas.

The loss snaps a four-game winning streak for Orlando, and a two-game skid for Dallas. The Mavericks closed a four-game Eastern Conference road trip 2-2.

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