Nov

15

LBJ Wins Battle Over Howard But Magic Wins The War Beat Cavs 117-116

Posted by Jeff Sack under Main 

Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James won the battle of statistics over Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard. But?Howard’s team won the most important thing, the game as Orlando?squeaked by Cleveland in an overtime battle 117-116. James had a triple-double, scoring 39 points, 14 assists, 13 rebounds, and 2 blocked shots but it was not enough to get the Cavaliers the win in front of the home crowd.

Howard led the Orlando attack with a monstrous performance of his own, scoring 35 points, a game high 16 rebounds, 4 blocked shots and 2 assists.?All five Magic starters were in double figures six players in total. Jameer Nelson, 21 points, 11 assists, 7 rebounds, 2 steals, Rashard Lewis 20 points, 4 rebounds 2 assists, 2 steals, Hedo Turkoglu 13 points, with 5 assists, and 4 rebounds. Keith Bogans had 11 points, and 5 rebounds, and Carlos Arroyo came off the bench and scored 10 points.??

Four of the five starters for Cleveland also scored in double figures, Drew Gooden had a double-double with 23 points, and 14 rebounds, Zydrunas Ilgauskas scored 18 for Cleveland with 11 rebounds, and Daniel Gibson scored 16 points,?with 2 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals. The Cavaliers who went 4-2 on their six game road trip have yet to win a game in Cleveland.?They fall to a record of 4-5, Orlando after the win now?stands at 7-2.

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