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Dwight Howard Star As Magic Eclipse Suns
Streaking Orlando shuts down Phoenix in last 5 minutes .
By Dick Scanlon | The Ledger
Hedo Turkoglu scored a season-high 30 points and the Magic held the highpowered Phoenix Suns to two points over the final 4:49 Tuesday night in an impressive 111102 victory, their fourth straight. Exploiting the soft edges of the Suns' defense, the Magic (17-22) shot 55 percent and won going away before a crowd of 15,791.
"One of the best teams in the league came in here and everybody probably wrote us off," said Keyon Dooling. "But we took care of business tonight."
With Dooling added to a bench that produced just two points in Saturday's game against Sacramento , the Magic bench scored 27 points against Phoenix . Dwight Howard, Orlando 's go-to guy in the first half, finished with 22 points and 12 rebounds.
Shawn Marion led the Suns (26-15) with 26 points and 16 rebounds. Steve Nash put up 22 points and 12 assists, but the Magic neutralized Nash late in the game.
"I don't know whether we frustrated him or not, but we were effective defensively," said Magic coach Brian Hill. "I thought everybody shared that task a little bit tonight. . . That's Keyon's forte, the defensive aggressiveness that he brings to the game. Having him back tonight was a huge plus for us."
Dooling had missed the preceding five games because of a league suspension for fighting with Seattle 's Ray Allen on Jan. 11. He contributed 10 points, two assists and the defense.
"Steve Nash is the best point guard in the league. There's no one individual player who can stop him," Dooling said. "You've got to have good team defense to be able to contain him because he's a triple threat. He can shoot, he can drive and most of all he can pass, and that just makes him so dynamic as a player."
Turkoglu, normally not so dynamic, drove around and through the Phoenix defense, making 12-of-17 shots. He scored 12 points in the fourth quarter.
"We just played our defense that wasn't real strong, and we're not real tough," said Phoenix coach Mike D'Antoni.
"The bottom line is we didn't do a good job of defending them. Dwight Howard was a handful and Hedo Turkoglu had his career night and guys are getting their career points off of our people."
A 3-pointer by Raja Bell gave the Suns their last lead, 98-97, with 6:05 left.
Turkoglu answered with two straight layups. And after a basket by Boris Diaw at 4:49, the Suns never scored again until a Nash layup in the final seconds. By then the Magic had taken a nine-point lead.
It was the Magic's seventh straight victory at home.
MAGIC NOTES
The NBA announced Tuesday that the Magic will play the Houston Rockets in a Feb. 26 "Silent Game," arranged by NBA TV. The game will be televised with no game announcers, enhanced microphones on the court and a 70's theme as part of the league's celebration of NBA Hardwood Classic Nights. No music will be used while the game is in play . . . Jameer Nelson sat out a second straight game with a sprained right foot. An MRI was negative . . . The Magic's last seven-game homecourt winning streak came during the 2001-02 season . . . The Magic are 12-21 all-time against Phoenix.
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