Dwight Howard had a career-high 45 points, to go with 19 rebounds and eight blocks to lead the Orlando Magic to a 107-102 overtime victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Tuesday. The Magic got 17 points from Rashard Lewis, who joined Howard on the Eastern Conference All-Star team last weekend. It was the 18th consecutive double-double for Howard, tying Shaquille O'Neal's franchise record. J.J. Redick made a 3-pointer with eight seconds left in regulation to tie it and Raymond Felton missed a jumper as time expired. Boris Diaw made a layup over Howard with 20 seconds remaining and Raja Bell made two free throws for a 95-92 lead before Redick's tying shot. Suns 140, Clippers 100: At Phoenix, Leandro Barbosa scored 24 points and Amare Stoudemire added 23 against the Los Angeles Clippers in Alvin Gentry's debut as interim Phoenix coach. One day after Gentry replaced Terry Porter, who was fired after a 28-23 start, the Suns wasted little time blowing out the woeful Clippers. Reverting to its favored up-tempo style, Phoenix (29-23) raced to an 81-49 halftime lead – matching a US Airways Center record for points in a half – and coasted from there. Only the New York Knicks, led by former Suns coach Mike D'Antoni, have scored more points in a half this year – 82, against Golden State on Nov. 29, 2008. Eric Gordon had 24 points for the Clippers. The Clippers' Zach Randolph was ejected in the first quarter for punching Phoenix's Louis Amundson. Knicks 112, Spurs 107, OT: At New York, Nate Robinson followed his slam dunk title by showing off his entire game, scoring 32 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in New York's win over San Antonio. Robinson made the go-ahead basket in his third straight 30-point game. In the final game before heading to Phoenix to knock off Dwight Howard and win the slam dunk contest, he had 33 points, a career-high 15 assists, nine rebounds and five steals in an overtime loss to the Los Angeles Clippers _ the first NBA player with 30 points plus those numbers since Magic Johnson in 1981. Lakers 96, Hawks 83: At Los Angeles, Pau Gasol had 12 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists for his third career triple-double as the Los Angeles Lakers beat Atlanta. Hornets 100, Thunder 98: At Oklahoma City, Chris Paul drove the lane for a layup with 2.7 seconds left as New Orleans edged Oklahoma City. Jazz 117, Grizzlies 99: At Salt Lake City, Andrei Kirilenko returned from an ankle injury to spark a key fourth-quarter run, C.J. Miles scored 24 points and Deron Williams had 20 points and 15 assists as Utah downed Memphis. Other results: Rockets 114, Nets 88Bucks 92, Pistons 86; Pacers 100, 76ers 91.
