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 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Dwight Howard had 23 points and 13 rebounds, Rashard Lewis scored 21 and the Orlando Magic beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 104-90 on Monday night. LeBron James had 30 points, nine rebounds and six assists for Cleveland. Delonte West had 16 points and Sasha Pavlovic added 14.
Orlando was 1-for-9 from the field to open the game, and didn't get much better through three quarters. The Magic finished 34-of-86 (39.5 percent), compared with 35-of-80 shooting (43.8 percent) for Cleveland. Orlando even got beat on fastbreak points (22-3) and points in the paint (46-34).
But the Magic made their mark from long range, including five 3-pointers in a four-minute stretch of the third quarter. Orlando was 14-for-32 on 3's, compared with 6-for-19 for the Cavaliers, and got 20 points off 15 Cleveland turnovers in its fifth straight win.
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