Nuggets, Anthony Trump Magic

Nuggets have big fourth quarter, win 113-103
Posted Jan 12, 2008 6:13 AM CST
Nuggets, Anthony Trump Magic
Denver Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin, left, congratulates guard Anthony Carter after he hit a key shot late in the fourth quarter of the Nuggets' 113-103 victory over the Orlando Magic in an NBA basketball game in Denver on Friday, Jan. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)   (Associated Press)

Denver's Carmelo Anthony had 32 points, and got help from unexpected places to beat Orlando 113-103, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Anthony Carter and Linas Kleiza had 21 and 18 points respectively, including Carter's 14 during a fourth-quarter surge in which the Nuggets broke open a close game after trailing Orlando for all of the second and third quarters.

Anthony's back-to-back shots to open the fourth quarter were all it took to tip the balance for good in favor of Denver. Orlando, which got the benefit of a 20-point, 13-rebound game from Dwight Howard, and a team-leading 21 points from Rashad Lewis, was without Nene Hilario, whose medical leave of absence was announced before the game. (More NBA stories.)

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