The Magic (17-12) won for the fifth time in the last six games, snapping a three-game winning streak by the Rockets (15-15).Rockets guard James Harden led everyone with 31 points and seven assists. “He’s maybe the best of all time in drawing fouls”, Skiles said. This leaves the Rockets in a precarious position, with a player they hoped would be the missing piece that would help them finally get over the hump in the playoffs in the Western Conference. “You’ve got your hands full and you have to try to make it as hard as you can when you’re defending a player of that caliber”. Had James Harden not taken 19 free throws, they easily could have lost to a Charlotte team minus Jefferson.
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Referees whistled Howard for his second foul with 6:18 remaining in the first quarter, and Rockets interim coach J.B. Bickerstaff subbed out Howard immediately.
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Zeller tried a two-handed dunk from the baseline, only to see Jones block the shot at the rim.
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Jae Crowder added 19 points and 12 rebounds for the Celtics, who moved within 1-1/2 games of the Atlantic Division lead. LeBron James and the Cavs have won five games in a row including a win over the New York Knicks by a 91-84 final score.
Fournier made both free throws to extend the Magic’s lead to 79-69.
Lin made two free throws after that but missed a pair after Beverley made one for the Rockets. “Hornets coach Steve Clifford, a huge Man U fan, walked over and applauded Harden”s clothing choice. “Finding your turn is a challenge sometimes, but I think it’s definitely something I want to do more of”. “We struggled to consistently get good shots”. He outplayed Howard, who scored 12 points, all of them on dunks.
Houston used an 8-2 run to take a 78-71 lead with about 5 minutes left. He had 14 first-half points, scoring four straight Orlando baskets at one point and contributing 10 of 14 points during one stretch of the second period.
Howard received three fouls in less than 90 seconds soon after that and went to the bench with four fouls with about 7 1/2 minutes left in the quarter.
The problem that Houston faced immediately was trying to make the two learn to play without the ball.
Jefferson was serving the fourth of what will be a five-game suspension for violating the NBA’s anti-drug policy. Howard looked plenty comfortable with his role on Saturday, when the former All-Star delivered 22 points on 8-of-11 shooting and 14 rebounds in a 107-97 win over the Los Angeles Clippers.
Despite this, Howard admitted that he is grateful to have played for 12 years in the National Basketball Association thus far, but added that he is now looking to keep going for another 10 years. He proposes that the Rockets trade Howard, underperforming point guard Ty Lawson and swingman Corey Brewer to the Nets for Joe Johnson and Brook Lopez.
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Crouse said that a deal could be done sending Howard and point guard to the Nets for star center Brook Lopez and small forward Joe Johnson. Maybe one day the Hornets will learn from this repeating mistake, but right now, with December nearly at an end, it’s still a big part of their dysfunctional offense on its bad days, like this one, in which they shot just 34.9% from the field while launching 41 3-pointers.
