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March 20, 2010, Saturday
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VINCE Carter scored 27 points and Rashard Lewis added 24 including a huge 3-pointer with 28.4 seconds left as the Orlando Magic blew a 12-point lead in the final 5 minutes of regulation before beating the Miami Heat 108-102 in overtime on Thursday in Florida.
Lewis' three pointer came as all five Miami Heat players were watching Carter, and as he dribbled toward the lane no one was within 15 feet of the Magic forward.
Big mistake.
And the Magic's postseason push kept rolling along.
Lewis took the pass in his favorite spot near the left corner, then made the clinching 3-pointer as the Magic went on to win.
"I was going to make one," Lewis said.
He picked the perfect time.
The Magic won for the 10th time in 11 games, improved to 9-8 on the second night of back-to-backs and stretched their lead atop the Southeast Division to 4 1/2 games over Atlanta. "There was a much better fight in us," Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said. "I was really happy with our guys."
Jameer Nelson added 15 for the Magic, including a jumper with 15.3 seconds left in regulation that sent the teams into overtime tied at 93.
"We got stops when we needed them," Nelson said. "We made big plays offensively when we needed them. We played with a lot of poise and composure."
Dwyane Wade had 36 points and 10 rebounds for Miami, which led 100-99 with 3:09 left in overtime, then went scoreless for nearly 2 1/2 minutes. Jermaine O'Neal scored 14 and Carlos Arroyo added 11.
Every punch
"We threw every punch we had at them," Wade said. "They came back and countered it."
That they did, even on an off-night for Dwight Howard, who sat out all but the first 12 seconds of the third quarter with foul trouble, then picked up a technical -- his 15th of the season, one shy of earning a league-mandated suspension -- to help the Heat take their final lead in overtime.
"They want to call technicals on him, period," Van Gundy said.
Said Howard: "One more and I get suspended. I've been trying to be extra careful, but it's hard sometimes. It gets frustrating. On one end, you feel like you don't get any and sometimes you get calls that go against you."
In the only other NBA game, the Denver Nuggets beat the New Orleans Hornets 93-80 in Colorado.
Carmelo Anthony pulled down a career-best 18 rebounds to go with his 26 points to lead Denver.
Anthony recorded his third straight double-double and his ninth of the season.
Chris Andersen returned from two sprained ankles to help clog up the lanes and clean up the glass -- he had 13 rebounds -- as the Nuggets beat New Orleans for the second time in six nights. The Nuggets (47-22) moved a half-game ahead of Dallas for sole possession of second place in the West, 3 1/2 games behind the Los Angeles Lakers.
J R Smith scored 13 of his 17 points in the second quarter to help the Nuggets take control with a 62-37 lead at the half.
Lewis' three pointer came as all five Miami Heat players were watching Carter, and as he dribbled toward the lane no one was within 15 feet of the Magic forward.
Big mistake.
And the Magic's postseason push kept rolling along.
Lewis took the pass in his favorite spot near the left corner, then made the clinching 3-pointer as the Magic went on to win.
"I was going to make one," Lewis said.
He picked the perfect time.
The Magic won for the 10th time in 11 games, improved to 9-8 on the second night of back-to-backs and stretched their lead atop the Southeast Division to 4 1/2 games over Atlanta. "There was a much better fight in us," Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said. "I was really happy with our guys."
Jameer Nelson added 15 for the Magic, including a jumper with 15.3 seconds left in regulation that sent the teams into overtime tied at 93.
"We got stops when we needed them," Nelson said. "We made big plays offensively when we needed them. We played with a lot of poise and composure."
Dwyane Wade had 36 points and 10 rebounds for Miami, which led 100-99 with 3:09 left in overtime, then went scoreless for nearly 2 1/2 minutes. Jermaine O'Neal scored 14 and Carlos Arroyo added 11.
Every punch
"We threw every punch we had at them," Wade said. "They came back and countered it."
That they did, even on an off-night for Dwight Howard, who sat out all but the first 12 seconds of the third quarter with foul trouble, then picked up a technical -- his 15th of the season, one shy of earning a league-mandated suspension -- to help the Heat take their final lead in overtime.
"They want to call technicals on him, period," Van Gundy said.
Said Howard: "One more and I get suspended. I've been trying to be extra careful, but it's hard sometimes. It gets frustrating. On one end, you feel like you don't get any and sometimes you get calls that go against you."
In the only other NBA game, the Denver Nuggets beat the New Orleans Hornets 93-80 in Colorado.
Carmelo Anthony pulled down a career-best 18 rebounds to go with his 26 points to lead Denver.
Anthony recorded his third straight double-double and his ninth of the season.
Chris Andersen returned from two sprained ankles to help clog up the lanes and clean up the glass -- he had 13 rebounds -- as the Nuggets beat New Orleans for the second time in six nights. The Nuggets (47-22) moved a half-game ahead of Dallas for sole possession of second place in the West, 3 1/2 games behind the Los Angeles Lakers.
J R Smith scored 13 of his 17 points in the second quarter to help the Nuggets take control with a 62-37 lead at the half.
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