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Orlando’s star of the past got hurt and the Magic’s star of the present carried them to a victory.
Dwight Howard had 21 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks and the Magic took advantage of former Orlando star Tracy McGrady’s absence in the second half to beat the Houston Rockets 97-92 on Wednesday night.
Yao Ming scored 19 on 7-for-18 shooting and had 17 rebounds in the first faceoff of the season between two of the game’s best centers.
“It was a good matchup,” Howard said. “I thought I did a better job of not letting him get to the middle, making him shoot fadeaways, instead of letting him get into a good rhythm.”
