WASHINGTON — Dwight Howard had 28 points and 15 rebounds, and the streaking Orlando Magic wore down the back-to-back-to-back Washington Wizards 109-95 Saturday night.
Howard became a one-man show early in the second half, and he and Jameer Nelson made the alley-oop look routine as the Magic won their eighth straight game, the franchise's longest winning streak since April 2006.
Andray Blatche was Washington's one-man spotlight, scoring 32 points on 14-for-23 shooting as the Wizards lost their season-high seventh straight game. Washington wrapped up a stretch of three games in three nights with a road trip in the middle, a rare scheduling quirk caused when a game was postponed by a February blizzard.
Vince Carter and J.J. Redick scored 18 points apiece, and Brandon Bass added 16 points and nine rebounds for the Magic, who are 4 1/2 games behind the Cleveland Cavaliers for best record in the Eastern Conference. Howard went 11 for 13 from the field and also had five assists.
Shaun Livingston had 18 points and eight assists off the bench for the Wizards, who aren't getting any kind of break in the schedule. They'll spend Sunday traveling, then play back-to-back games at Utah and Denver on Monday and Tuesday.
The Wizards sure didn't start the game like a team needing rest from playing an AAU schedule. They ran up and down the court with Magic, with Blatche dunking at one end and Howard dunking at the other. A series of superb possessions with good ball movement gave the Wizards a 14-0 run and a 35-20 lead early in the second quarter.
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