NBA: INDIANA (9-10) at ORLANDO (16-4) <h3>Howard, Magic return home to face Pacers</h3> Indiana (9-10) at Orlando (16-4) 7:00 pm EST ORLANDO, Florida (Ticker) -- Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magichave been one of the NBA's best teams this season despiteplaying a majority of their games on the road. Howard and the surging Magic hope to carry some of that successinto their own building Friday when they return from a five-gameroad trip to host the Indiana Pacers. Thanks to the continued improvement of Howard and the additionof sharpshooting forward Rashard Lewis, Orlando has tied thefranchise's best 20-game start, matching the mark set during the1994-95 and 1995-96 seasons. The Magic went 4-1 on their recent road trip, improving theiroverall road record to a league-best 11-2. Orlando concludedthe successful trek Monday with a 123-117 overtime victoryagainst the Golden State Warriors. Lewis hit a pair of free throws to tie the game at 109-109 with13 seconds left in the fourth quarter before Keith Bogans scoredfive points in the extra session for the Magic. Bogans and Jameer Nelson scored 22 points each to pace theMagic, Lewis chipped in 20 and Howard matched a season-high with23 rebounds. Orlando hopes for a continued balanced attack Friday against anIndiana squad which has dropped two of its last three games,including Tuesday's 121-117 setback to the Phoenix Suns. Pacers star forward Jermaine O'Neal scored 30 points and grabbed11 rebounds and appears to be fully recovered after missing twogames with soreness in his left knee.
NBA: INDIANA at ORLANDO <div class="pre">INDIANA AT ORLANDO - PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS INDIANA ORLANDO F Danny Granger F Hedo Turkoglu F Jermaine O'Neal F Rashard Lewis C Jeff Foster C Dwight Howard G Mike Dunleavy G Keith Bogans G Jamaal Tinsley G Jameer Nelson OFFICIALS: Jim Clark Courtney Kirkland Eric Lewis</div>
NBA: INDIANA at ORLANDO <div class="pre">INDIANA VS ORLANDO - INACTIVES INDIANA ORLANDO PLAYER NAME REASON PLAYER NAME REASON T DIENER LEFT SHOULDER T BATTIE ROTATOR CUFF I DIOGU CALF INJURY P GARRITY COACH'S DECISION</div>
NBA: INDIANA at ORLANDO <div class="pre">NBA END 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- INDIANA 28 28 ORLANDO 32 32 END 1ST QTR HIGH SCORERS AFTER 1ST QUARTER IND - DANNY GRANGER 8, JEFF FOSTER 6, TROY MURPHY 5 ORL - RASHARD LEWIS 8, HEDO TURKOGLU 7, DWIGHT HOWARD 7</div>
NBA: INDIANA at ORLANDO <div class="pre">NBA HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- INDIANA 28 26 54 ORLANDO 32 30 62 HALFTIME HIGH SCORERS AT HALFTIME IND - DANNY GRANGER 10, JERMAINE O'NEAL 8, JEFF FOSTER 8 ORL - DWIGHT HOWARD 14, RASHARD LEWIS 11, KEITH BOGANS 11</div>
NBA: INDIANA at ORLANDO <div class="pre">NBA END 3RD QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- INDIANA 28 26 30 84 ORLANDO 32 30 25 87 END 3RD QTR HIGH SCORERS AFTER 3RD QUARTER IND - DANNY GRANGER 24, JERMAINE O'NEAL 12, MIKE DUNLEAVY 12 ORL - DWIGHT HOWARD 24, RASHARD LEWIS 17, KEITH BOGANS 14</div>
