Sunday, February 21, 2010

NBA: Orlando 101, Cleveland 95

Vince Carter and Jameer Nelson teamed to score eight points down the stretch Sunday as the Orlando Magic rallied to down Cleveland 101-95.

Carter ended with 11 points while Dwight Howard poured in 22 points and pulled down 16 rebounds as the Magic sent the Cavaliers to their first three-game losing streak since the 2007-08 season.

Nelson chipped in with 18 points for Orlando and Rashard Lewis contributed 15. His clutch 3-pointer helped pull the Magic to within five games of the Cavs atop the NBA's Eastern Conference.

Cleveland got 33 points from LeBron James while Shaquille O'Neal struck for 20 points on 9-of-10 shooting in the loss.

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