NBA: SEATTLE (0-7) at ORLANDO (5-2) <h3>Lewis faces former team as Magic host winless SuperSonics</h3> Seattle (0-7) at Orlando (4-3) 7:00 pm EST ORLANDO, Florida (Ticker) -- Rashard Lewis will get his chanceto show the Seattle SuperSonics what they are missing. Lewis faces his former team for the first time when the OrlandoMagic host the winless SuperSonics on Tuesday. After spending nine seasons in Seattle, the 28-year-old Lewisleft for a six-year, $110 million in a sign-and-trade deal withthe Magic. The Sonics selected the talented forward with the32rd overall pick directly out of high school in the 1998 draft. On Saturday, Lewis managed just seven points on 3-of-14 shootingas Orlando had its three-game winning streak snapped with a106-96 setback to the Phoenix Suns. Meanwhile, the Sonics have bigger problems than being concernedwith Lewis. Seattle fell to 0-7 this season following Sunday's 107-103 lossto the Detroit Pistons despite getting 36 combined points fromrookies Kevin Durant and Jeff Green. "I think we're being aggressive," Durant said. "In the secondhalf, we played with a lot of heart and much harder.Unfortunately, we didn't come out with the win, but I felt weplayed much better." The young and inexperienced Sonics are off to their worst startin team history, breaking the 1969-70 squad's 0-6 beginning.
NBA: SEATTLE at ORLANDO <div class="pre">SEATTLE AT ORLANDO - PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS SEATTLE ORLANDO F Chris Wilcox F Rashard Lewis F Damien Wilkins F Hedo Turkoglu C Nick Collison C Dwight Howard G Luke Ridnour G Jameer Nelson G Kevin Durant G Keith Bogans OFFICIALS: Monty McCutchen Michael Smith Sean Wright</div>
NBA: SEATTLE at ORLANDO <div class="pre">NBA END 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- SEATTLE 14 14 ORLANDO 28 28 END 1ST QTR HIGH SCORERS AFTER 1ST QUARTER SEA - KEVIN DURANT 4, LUKE RIDNOUR 2, DAMIEN WILKINS 2 ORL - RASHARD LEWIS 12, HEDO TURKOGLU 7, JAMEER NELSON 2</div>
NBA: SEATTLE at ORLANDO <div class="pre">NBA END 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- SEATTLE 14 14 ORLANDO 28 28 END 1ST QTR HIGH SCORERS AFTER 1ST QUARTER SEA - KEVIN DURANT 4, LUKE RIDNOUR 2, DAMIEN WILKINS 2 ORL - RASHARD LEWIS 12, HEDO TURKOGLU 7, JAMEER NELSON 2</div>
NBA: SEATTLE at ORLANDO <div class="pre">NBA HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- SEATTLE 14 22 36 ORLANDO 28 21 49 HALFTIME HIGH SCORERS AT HALFTIME SEA - JEFF GREEN 12, NICK COLLISON 5, KEVIN DURANT 4 ORL - RASHARD LEWIS 19, HEDO TURKOGLU 9, KEITH BOGANS 7</div>
NBA: SEATTLE at ORLANDO <div class="pre">NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- SEATTLE 14 22 20 20 76 ORLANDO 28 21 36 18 103 FINAL HIGH SCORERS: SEA - NICK COLLISON 15, JEFF GREEN 12, KEVIN DURANT 10 ORL - RASHARD LEWIS 22, HEDO TURKOGLU 17, KEITH BOGANS 15</div>
ORLANDO, Florida (Ticker) -- After being down early, RashardLewis turned on the juice against his former club. Lewis scored 22 points and grabbed six rebounds as the OrlandoMagic crushed the winless Seattle SuperSonics, 103-76, onTuesday. Hedo Turkoglu scored 17 points and Dwight Howard added 13 and 12rebounds for Orlando (7-2), which is off to its best startsince the 1998-99 squad finished 9-2. Meanwhile, Seattle, which had an early 8-1 lead, dropped to afranchise-worst 0-8 to begin 2007-08. The 6-10 Lewis was the catalyst for the Orlando comeback,scoring 12 points in the first period, as the Magic took a28-14. The nine-year veteran who signed a franchise-recordsix-year, $110-million contract over the summer, spent his firsteight seasons with Seattle before the club decided it wanted torebuild by trading Lewis and All-Star Ray Allen. Lewis, who connected on 9-of-15 from the floor and was facingSeattle for the first time, had 19 points as the Magic cruisedto a 49-36 halftime lead. Seattle's all-time leader in3-pointers made (973) also drilled 4-of-8 from the arc. Keith Bogans chipped in with 16 points and seven rebounds andTrevor Ariza added 11 points and 11 rebounds for Orlando, whichshot 46 percent (38-of-82). Nick Collison scored 15 points for Seattle, which shot just 34percent (33-of-96) and was outrebounded, 58-44. Rookies Jeff Green and Kevin Durant, essentially the two playersreplacing Lewis and Allen in the Sonics' lineup, combined for22 points.
