Magic 105, Kings 96
Tobias Harris recorded a season-high 27 points as visiting Orlando held off a fourth-quarter rally by Sacramento and won for the second time in as many nights.
Victor Oladipo contributed 16 points and seven assists while Evan Fournier scored 15 as the Magic put together a key 9-0 run late to complete a six-game road trip at 3-3. Kyle O’Quinn chipped in with 13 points, including his first career 3-pointer, and Ben Gordon added 11 off the bench for the Magic
Darren Collison led the way with 22 points while Jason Thompson recorded a season-high 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds for the Kings, who have dropped five of their last six games. Rudy Gay contributed 16 points, Derrick Williams had 14 and Ramon Sessions added 10 for Sacramento.
The Magic led by three in the third quarter before going on a 9-0 run, including two baskets by Oladipo and a corner 3-pointer by Harris, for a 72-60 edge. Gordon scored the first five of the fourth quarter to push the lead to 82-66, but the Kings recorded the next nine -- highlighted by a four-point play by Collison.
Fournier’s layup put Orlando up seven before Collison nailed a 3-pointer and Williams came through with two straight baskets to tie the game at 90 with 3:58 to go. Rookie Elfrid Payton drove for two, Channing Frye nailed a buzzer-beating 3-pointer, Oladipo made a jumper and Harris drained another to put the game away for the Magic.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Both teams were without their leading scorer and rebounder as Orlando C Nikola Vucevic (back spasms) missed his fourth straight game and Sacramento C DeMarcus Cousins (viral infection) sat out his fifth in a row. …. Williams has registered his best two scoring outputs of the season in the last three games, including a season-high 18 against Toronto last Tuesday. … The Magic led by as many as 11 in the first half before Sacramento scored 13 of the final 18 points to pull within 52-49 at intermission.