Beijing, Feb. 9 -- The Orlando Magic needed less than 48 hours to go from a terrible third quarter to a terrific one.
Vince Carter and Dwight Howard each scored nine points in that period to erase an 11-point halftime deficit and the Magic went on to beat the Boston Celtics 96-89 on Sunday.
"In a matter of three days, I've seen the worst quarter we've had since I've been here in three years and the best now in three years," Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy said.
On Friday night, the Magic blew a 21-point lead and lost to the Washington Wizards 92-91 after being outscored 39-17 in the third quarter. On Sunday, they outscored the Celtics 36-11 in that period.
The Magic (34-17) moved into second place in the Eastern Conference, one game ahead of the Celtics (32-17).
"We were upset about the way we played in the first half," said Howard, who had 16 points and 13 rebounds. After that, "we got stops and then we came down and hit some shots. And after that, we just kept it rolling".
Carter had a game-high 20 points and scored nine during a 19-0 rally that began after Rajon Rondo's 3-pointer gave the Celtics a 60-51 lead with 7:17 left in the third quarter - Boston's fourth and final field goal of the period. That surge wiped out a 51-40 halftime deficit and led to a 76-62 margin after the third quarter. The Magic stayed in front by at least five points the rest of the way as the Celtics did too much freelancing.
"We were getting what we deserved," Boston coach Doc Rivers said, "I love our team on paper but we tend to be frontrunners. When we get a good lead we relax and teams take advantage of it and then you're caught and it's tough to turn it back on."
Rondo scored 17 points and Ray Allen added 14 for the Celtics.
But the Magic put together an outstanding 12 minutes of offense and defense in the decisive quarter. The Celtics had seven turnovers and only four field goals in the period while the Magic had 12 baskets and two turnovers.
"One of the guys said, 'We're better than Orlando,' and I said, 'No, you're not,'" Rivers said. "They knocked you out of the playoffs last year. Orlando's better than us right now. Atlanta's better than us right now. LA (Lakers are) better than us right now."
The Celtics did make a late run with seven straight points that cut the lead to 94-89. But Rashard Lewis just beat the 24-second buzzer with a short driving shot that made it 96-89 with 18 seconds to go. "We did a good job just sticking with the game plan no matter what the score was," Jameer Nelson said.
The Celtics lost despite getting two important players back. Paul Pierce, their leading scorer, returned after missing two games with a strain on the top of his left foot and scored 13 points. Key substitute Marquis Daniels sat out the previous 29 games following surgery for a torn ligament in his left thumb and finished with eight points.
"The foot was a little sore but I don't think it affected too much of my movement," Pierce said.
Carter started the 19-0 spurt with a 3-pointer. Howard then picked up his fourth foul with 5:58 left in the quarter but remained in the game and followed with a three-point play. Then the Magic, the most prolific 3-point shooting team in the NBA, made three straight - by Lewis, Carter and Lewis again - for a 66-60 lead. Howard then dunked an alley-oop pass from Matt Barnes and Nelson followed with a driving layup.
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