ORLANDO, Fla. -- Dwight Howard had 26 points and 16 rebounds, Hedo Turkoglu had the second triple-double of his career, and the Orlando Magic rolled past the Atlanta Hawks, 123-112 on Monday night.
Turkoglu had 23 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds as the Magic tied their season-high scoring output. Rashard Lewis added 22 points and reserve Keith Bogans had 19 as the Magic buried Atlanta under a flurry of 3-pointers. Orlando was 15-of-28 from behind the arc.
Joe Johnson scored 27 points and Mike Bibby had 23 for Atlanta, which also had a good night shooting, but the Hawks were porous on defense. Atlanta shot 51 percent for the game, including 11-of-17 on 3-pointers, but the Hawks trailed by 21 at halftime and never got the deficit under 10 in the second half.
The Magic tied a club record when they scored 73 points in the first half. The shots came easily, inside and on the perimeter as Howard scored 19 and Turkoglu 17.
Orlando shot 61 percent from the field, including 9-of-16 on 3-point attempts. Turkoglu hit a 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer to give Orlando a 74-53 lead, their biggest advantage of the night. Full story
Clippers 99, Heat 98
MIAMI -- Cuttino Mobley made two free throws with 2.6 seconds left and scored 29 points, and the Los Angeles Clippers beat Miami, hours after the Heat decided to shut Dwyane Wade down for the season.
Corey Maggette and Al Thornton each had 22 points for the Clippers, who won for just the second time in their last 10 games. It was the sixth consecutive loss for the Heat and third in a row at home.
Ricky Davis scored 27 points for Miami. Daequan Cook added a career-high 23.
The Heat announced Monday that Wade will miss the remaining 21 games of the season due to pain in his left knee. Wade will undergo shock wave therapy on his knee in hopes of being healthy in time for the Olympics.
Mavericks 108, Knicks 79
DALLAS -- Dirk Nowitzki had his back pressed to the floor, his right eye closed and a scratch puffing up around it just minutes into the game against the New York Knicks.
When Mavericks coach Avery Johnson got to his star player, he wondered whether it would take minutes or hours for Nowitzki to see again.
Nowitzki turned out to be just fine. And Johnson hardly had to sweat the rest of the night.
Nowitzki scored 18 points in 22 minutes, then was among four starters who got to take the last quarter off as the Mavericks polished off a victory over the listless Knicks.
