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(From the Associated Press) - The high-flying layups. The fall-away jumpers. The step-back 3-pointers. Vinsanity was back. Vince Carter had a season-high 48 points, leading the Orlando Magic back from a 17-point second-half deficit to beat the New Orleans Hornets 123-117 on Monday night...Carter was 19 for 27 shooting and had 34 points in the second half with some of the most sizzling moves since he joined the Magic, who have won nine of their last 11 games. He added seven rebounds, two assists and a stockpile of highlights to his already illustrious career. “I’ve never see anybody do that on my team,” point guard Jameer Nelson said. “I called his number like six times in a row, and he made it six times in a row.” Peja Stojakovic had 29 points, and Darren Collison and David West added 27 points apiece for the Hornets, who have lost four of five since Chris Paul went down with an injured left knee...Magic coach Stan Van Gundy, who was infuriated by the constant questions over Carter’s struggles in January, perhaps summed it up best in his opening comments. “I know one regular question I’m not getting tonight, ‘What’s wrong with Vince?’ Anybody got that question tonight,” he said, laughing. “That was incredible. That was unbelievable.”
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(From the Associated Press) - Jason Terry spent the post-game lying on his back, his feet propped up on a folding chair, with a bag of ice tucked in the waist band of his shorts. It was just his way of relaxing after a hard night at work. Terry scored a season-high 36 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer, and the Dallas Mavericks rallied from a 14-point deficit to beat the Golden State Warriors 127-117 on Monday night...Josh Howard and Drew Gooden also had season bests with 25 and 24 points respectively for the Mavericks. Jason Kidd added 17 points and 12 assists...Anthony Morrow scored a season-high 33 points and had 11 rebounds to lead the Warriors, who lost their season-worst ninth straight, including five at home. Monta Ellis scored 27 points before leaving the game with an apparent right knee injury in the final four minutes. “I don’t know what to tell you with another injury we don’t need,” Warriors’ coach Don Nelson said. “We didn’t need any of them. I hope it’s not serious.” Stephen Curry scored 25 points to go with nine assists...Golden State had a 14-point lead midway through the first quarter and never trailed until Dirk Nowitzki converted a three-point play with 6:40 remaining to play. Nowitzki, who came off the bench for the first time in over 10 years in the Mavericks last game, finished with 15 points and eight rebounds. “Our guys just stuck with it,” Carlisle said. “They really wanted to win this game and put an awful lot of effort and collective will into it. We’ll look to build off this. It’s been a tough 10-day stretch. We’ve had struggles but it’s a long year.”
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(From the Associated Press) - No Kobe, still no problem for the Los Angeles Lakers. Pau Gasol had 21 points, 19 rebounds, eight assists and five blocked shots to lead five players in double figures, and Los Angeles beat the San Antonio Spurs 101-89 Monday night as Bryant missed his second consecutive game with a sore left ankle. Andrew Bynum sat out with a bruised right hip. In their absences, the Lakers used a collective effort to win in their final home game before this weekend’s All-Star break. Ron Artest added 18 points, Lamar Odom 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Jordan Farmar and Derek Fisher had 13 each...Manu Ginobili scored 21 points, Tony Parker 20, Tim Duncan had 16 points and 15 rebounds and Antonio McDyess 12 rebounds for the Spurs, who have lost four in a row to the Lakers at Staples Center. “We knew they were going to come hard and going to play hard,” Parker said. “Especially with Kobe out, you’re going to have guys who are going to step up and that’s what they did.” Los Angeles again showed it could win without Bryant. The Lakers snapped a five-year losing streak at Portland with a victory Saturday, when Bryant ended his streak of 235 consecutive games played and Bynum missed the second half. Bryant said he skipped another game because he can’t push off on his left foot. “I can’t move to play. Can’t go,” he said, adding he would be a game-time decision Wednesday at Utah. “If I’m ready to go, I’ll play.”
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