ORLANDO, Fla.
Keith Mumphery Texans Jersey . -- The Orlando
Magic have seen much more misery than celebration this season. But with one of
the NBAs best teams and its top scorer in town, the Magic made the most of a
rare opportunity to enjoy the latter. Tobias Harris slammed home a fast-break
pass from Maurice Harkless at the buzzer to give the Orlando Magic a 103-102
victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday night. With the Thunder leading
102-101 in the closing seconds, Kevin Durant missed a jumper to set up the
last-second play, which was reviewed by officials and upheld. Rookie
Victor Oladipo, who had grabbed the rebound on Durants miss with 2.9 seconds
left and passed ahead to Harkless to start the break, pounded his chest after
the play and screamed "This is our floor!" as the crowd roared. "I saw Victor
get the (rebound) and I just wanted to be down there, whether or not he shot a
layup or if he made it, congratulate him, to get a tip-in -- anything," Harris
said. "But he kicked it to Mo and I just kept running. Mo saw me and my whole
momentum was just to get it in the rim." Harris led the Magic with 18 points,
followed by Arron Afflalo with 16. Orlandos bench outscored the Oklahoma Citys
36-23. The win gives the Magic their first four-game home winning streak in two
years. It also snaps the Thunders five-game winning streak in the series. "I was
drawing up our defensive strategy unless they had point-something left on the
clock," Magic coach Jacque Vaughn said. "But well take it." Durant led the
Thunder with 29 points and 12 assists. Serge Ibaka added 26 points. The loss was
just the second in 14 games for Oklahoma City. Durants points and assists
accounted for half of his teams points in the first half. But he scored just 12
points on 5-for-13 shooting in the second half. He was 1 for 7 in the fourth.
"We couldnt do anything (in the second half). We were just a step slow," Durant
said. "We kept running the same plays. We didnt help on the back side. We let
guys cut to basket. ... There were just mental breakdowns." The Magic made eight
of their first 11 shots to start the third quarter and trailed by eight entering
the fourth. V