Josh Howard scored 28 points and the Dallas Mavericks overcame Hedo Turkoglu's triple-double to hold off the Orlando Magic 107-98 in the NBA on Monday.
Dallas led by as many as 19, but Orlando trailed only 83-80 with 7:15 left. The Magic didn't score again for almost five 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, and Dwight Howard scored 28.
But Howard, the NBA's rebounding leader averaging 15, had only seven, and Orlando was outrebounded 47-34.
Jason Terry scored 12 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, and Dirk Nowitzki had 20 points and nine rebounds for Dallas.
RAPTORS 114, HEAT 82
At Miami, Chris Bosh scored 24 points, Andrea Bargnani added 22 and Toronto delivered more indignity to Miami's season of epic struggle by handing the Heat their biggest loss of the year.
HAWKS 96, 76ERS 91
At Atlanta, Josh Smith had 19 points, nine assists and nine blocks to lead Atlanta to victory from 20 down in the first quarter.
CLIPPERS 103, KNICKS 94
At New York, Corey Maggette scored 19 points in his return to the lineup, and Los Angeles snapped a nine-game road losing streak.
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