GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NBA: ORLANDO (6-2) at CLEVELAND (4-4)

NBA: ORLANDO (6-2) at CLEVELAND (4-4)

<h3>Magic look for fifth straight road victory</h3>



<div class="pre">Orlando (6-2) at Cleveland (4-4) 7:00 pm EST</div>

CLEVELAND (Ticker) - The Orlando Magic look to remain unbeatenon the road Wednesday when they face LeBron James and theCleveland Cavaliers.


Orlando is coming off a 103-76 home victory over Seattle onTuesday, handing the SuperSonics their eighth loss in as manygames.


Rashard Lewis scored 22 points against his former team as theMagic, 4-0 on the road, won despite committing 26 turnovers.Dwight Howard finished with 13 points and 12 rebounds, whileHedo Turkoglu scored 17 points and Keith Bogans 16.

Cleveland is coming off a 122-100 loss Monday to the DenverNuggets. It was the Cavaliers' sixth game in 10 days and endedthe possibility of the first winning six-game road trip to theWest in 22 years.


James led Cleveland with 27 points, but the Nuggets were able tocontain the rest of the Cavaliers. Cleveland struggledoffensively, shooting 42 percent from the field. The Cavaliers,who lost guard Larry Hughes to a pair of technical fouls in thesecond quarter, missed 17 free throws and allowed the mostpoints since surrendering 120 to Philadelphia on November 19,2005.


Orlando went 2-1 against Cleveland last season with the teamssplitting a pair of games in Cleveland. The all-time series,which began in the 1989-90 season, is tied 33-33.

 

NBA: ORLANDO at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">ORLANDO AT CLEVELAND - PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS


ORLANDO CLEVELAND

F Rashard Lewis F LeBron James
F Hedo Turkoglu F Drew Gooden
C Dwight Howard C Zydrunas Ilgauskas
G Jameer Nelson G Daniel Gibson
G Keith Bogans G Larry Hughes

OFFICIALS: Tom Washington
Leroy Richardson
Leon Wood</div>

 

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<div class="pre">ORLANDO VS CLEVELAND - INACTIVES

ORLANDO CLEVELAND

PLAYER NAME REASON PLAYER NAME REASON
T BATTIE SHOULDER E SNOW KNEE INJURY
J REDICK BACK MUSCLE STRAIN D MARSHALL ARM INJURY
M GORTAT COACH'S DECISION D NICHOLS COACH'S DECISION</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA ORLANDO 12
CLEVELAND 9 8:25 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA ORLANDO 14
CLEVELAND 11 5:38 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA ORLANDO 24
CLEVELAND 22 2:40 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA ORLANDO 28
CLEVELAND 29 END, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA END 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
ORLANDO 28 28
CLEVELAND 29 29 END 1ST QTR

HIGH SCORERS AFTER 1ST QUARTER

ORL - JAMEER NELSON 8, DWIGHT HOWARD 6,
RASHARD LEWIS 5
CLE - DANIEL GIBSON 11, LEBRON JAMES 8, DREW
GOODEN 5</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA ORLANDO 36
CLEVELAND 37 8:53 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA ORLANDO 46
CLEVELAND 43 5:45 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA ORLANDO 52
CLEVELAND 47 2:54 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA ORLANDO 55
CLEVELAND 56 HALFTIME</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
ORLANDO 28 27 55
CLEVELAND 29 27 56 HALFTIME

HIGH SCORERS AT HALFTIME

ORL - DWIGHT HOWARD 15, RASHARD LEWIS 10,
CARLOS ARROYO 10
CLE - LEBRON JAMES 14, DANIEL GIBSON 13,
ZYDRUNAS ILGAUSKAS 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA ORLANDO 61
CLEVELAND 63 8:35 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA ORLANDO 67
CLEVELAND 67 5:40 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA ORLANDO 76
CLEVELAND 75 2:30 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA ORLANDO 81
CLEVELAND 79 END, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA END 3RD QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
ORLANDO 28 27 26 81
CLEVELAND 29 27 23 79 END 3RD QTR

HIGH SCORERS AFTER 3RD QUARTER

ORL - DWIGHT HOWARD 24, JAMEER NELSON 15,
RASHARD LEWIS 12
CLE - LEBRON JAMES 20, ZYDRUNAS ILGAUSKAS 16,
DANIEL GIBSON 16</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA ORLANDO 88
CLEVELAND 83 8:52 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA ORLANDO 96
CLEVELAND 91 5:37 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>