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ORLANDO - Jameer Nelson scored a season-high 22 points to lead Orlando to a 103-90 win over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night, overcoming a season-high 40-point effort by Chris Bosh.
Bosh also had 18 rebounds, but the Raptors had 24 turnovers.
Rashard Lewis and Hedo Turkoglu each added 22 points and Dwight Howard had 18 for the Magic, who beat the Raptors 4-1 in their Eastern Conference playoff series last season.
Orlando built a 13-point third quarter lead before hanging on for the victory. It was the Magic's eighth win in the last nine games.
Nelson, who'd averaged 18.3 points over his last three games after struggling early in the season, asserted himself early and made 10 of 15 shots.
Bosh, matching up at times with Lewis and Howard, made 14 of 19 field goals and 12 of 16 free throws.
Jermaine O'Neal had the better of the battle of big men early, hitting his first four field goals and scoring 10 points in the first quarter as the Raptors built a 26-21 lead. Howard didn't hit a shot from the floor in his first 13 minutes, finally making a basket to end a streak of 39 minutes of playing time in his last two games without a field goal.
The All-Star center played 25 minutes against Charlotte on Sunday, missing all three of his field goal attempts and scoring his only 4 points from the free throw line.
O'Neal finished with 16 points.
The Raptors, who were shooting 59 percent midway through the second half, began missing shots and turning the ball over early in the third quarter, as the Magic went up 67-54 and cruised the rest of the way.
Magic guard J.J. Redick made the first start of his three-year career and scored 10 points. Redick, a former national college player of the year, played in only six of Orlando's first 10 games.
He played in place of Mickeal Pietrus, who bruised his ribs in Sunday's win over Charlotte.
Coach Stan Van Gundy started Redick in place of Keith Bogans, who normally comes in for Pietrus, because the coach said he didn't want to disturb his rotation. Bogans had 3 points in 20 minutes.
Orlando finally got a respite from its 3-point shooting woes. The Magic, who made 801 3s last season, second-best in NBA history, had been shooting only 31.3 percent this season, 24th in the league.
They made 11 of 23 on Tuesday night.
HEAT BEAT WIZARDS: WASHINGTON - Dwyane Wade had 19 points, 10 assists and six rebounds Tuesday night, and the Miami Heat caught a couple of breaks in the final minutes to beat the struggling Washington Wizards 94-87.
Wade, who played despite rolling his ankle in a loss at Toronto on Sunday, led six players in double figures as the Heat beat the Wizards for the second time in five days and celebrated a rare road victory. Miami entered the game 4-1 at home and 1-4 on the road.
The Wizards' attack was much less diverse as the team sank to 1-7, the franchise's worst start since 1999. Antawn Jamison (25) and Caron Butler (21) had 46 of the 59 points scored by the five starters. Nick Young added 12 points off the bench.
