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 started 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.
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 (6-2), which is off to its best startsince the 1998-99 squad started 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.
NBA: SEATTLE at ORLANDO <div class="pre">SEATTLE (76) AT ORLANDO (103) SEATTLE REBOUNDS PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS ====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == === D WILKINS F 17:59 2-6 0-0 0 5 5 0 2 0 1 4 C WILCOX F 19:20 2-8 0-0 2 2 4 0 2 1 0 4 N COLLISON C 23:59 7-12 1-2 5 1 6 1 3 3 2 15 K DURANT G 25:12 4-13 2-2 0 1 1 0 2 2 4 10 L RIDNOUR G 15:14 1-5 0-0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 2 W SZCZERBIAK 24:03 4-12 0-1 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 8 D WEST 31:47 2-11 1-2 0 5 5 4 2 3 1 6 J GREEN 27:36 5-11 2-3 2 5 7 1 2 3 1 12 K THOMAS 14:08 2-6 0-0 2 3 5 1 4 0 2 4 E WATSON 18:07 0-3 1-2 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 1 J PETRO 14:03 1-5 1-2 1 5 6 2 2 0 1 3 M GELABALE 8:32 3-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 7 TOTALS 240:00 33-96 8-14 12 32 44 16 23 14 17 76 (.344) (.571) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 17 (5 PTS) ORLANDO REBOUNDS PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS ====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == === H TURKOGLU F 28:44 7-15 2-3 0 4 4 2 4 1 8 17 R LEWIS F 29:45 9-15 0-0 0 6 6 3 2 1 0 22 D HOWARD C 27:19 3-8 7-10 2 10 12 2 2 0 4 13 K BOGANS G 32:04 5-12 1-1 2 5 7 3 2 1 2 16 J NELSON G 28:38 4-6 0-0 1 5 6 6 2 2 4 8 A FOYLE 15:17 3-5 0-0 1 6 7 0 1 0 3 6 K DOOLING 13:23 0-3 2-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 T ARIZA 26:45 3-8 5-6 3 8 11 2 1 1 1 11 C ARROYO 19:22 0-3 0-0 0 1 1 5 0 0 3 0 P GARRITY 7:55 1-3 0-0 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 J AUGUSTINE 5:24 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 B OUTLAW 5:24 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 TOTALS 240:00 38-82 17-22 10 48 58 24 16 6 26 103 (.463) (.773) TEAM REBS: 9 TOTAL TO: 26 (26 PTS) SEATTLE 14 22 20 20 - 76 ORLANDO 28 21 36 18 - 103 BLOCKED SHOTS: SEATTLE - K DURANT 2, L RIDNOUR, C WILCOX, J GREEN. ORLANDO - D HOWARD 3, A FOYLE. 3-PT. FIELD GOALS: SEATTLE 2-10 (.200), K DURANT 0-3, W SZCZERBIAK 0- 1, D WEST 1-3, J GREEN 0-1, E WATSON 0-1, M GELABALE 1-1. ORLANDO 10- 25 (.400), H TURKOGLU 1-3, R LEWIS 4-8, K BOGANS 5-9, K DOOLING 0- 2, T ARIZA 0-1, P GARRITY 0-2. TECHNICAL FOULS: SEATTLE - DEFENSIVE THREE. FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE. OFFICIALS: MICHAEL SMITH, MONTY MCCUTCHEN, SEAN WRIGHT. A - 16,101. T - 2:10.</div>
