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Tuesday, Jan. 2 7:30pm ET
Marbury scores 30 in win over Magic

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- One victory left the New Jersey Nets feeling invigorated.

Stephon Marbury scored 30 points as New Jersey snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 120-110 victory over the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night.

Tracy McGrady
Orlando's Tracy McGrady finds himself double-teamed by Stephen Jackson (24) and Aaron Williams. The Nets ended a seven-game slide 120-110.

The victory left the Nets with a fresh outlook.

"This is a new year," Marbury said. "I'm not concentrating on anything that happened the last two games.

"We are playing with new energy, with a new attitude. If we can play like this every night, we can give ourselves a chance every night."

Trailing by 22 points at the start of the fourth quarter, Orlando went on a 35-17 run and cut its deficit to four points, 108-104, on a pair of free throws by Darrell Armstrong with just over three minutes remaining.

New Jersey countered with a 12-6 run over the final 3:08 to seal the win.

"I thought, 'Oh no, here we go again,' " New Jersey's Kendall Gill said. "But I think things need to fall our way. The law of averages was on our side tonight because we've had enough bad luck this year."

Marbury shot 10-for-11 from the line and added six assists and three steals for the Nets, who shot 59.3 percent through three quarters.

Kenyon Martin scored 10 of his season-high 25 points in the fourth period and added six rebounds and four blocked shots for the Nets. Gill had 20 points and eight rebounds, Stephen Jackson scored 16 and Aaron Williams had 10 points and 12 rebounds.

Troy Hudson scored 20 points in the fourth quarter and finished with a career-high 30 for Orlando. Hudson shot 12-for-18 from the field and 4-for-4 from the line.

Tracy McGrady and Armstrong each scored 17 points for the Magic. Pat Garrity added 11 points and Mike Miller had 10.

Hudson said Orlando waited too long to get started.

"(New Jersey) came out with a lot of intensity," Hudson said. "We didn't match it. They came out with energy and effort, more effort than we did in the first quarter and we dug ourselves too big of a hole to get out of."

McGrady, who scored a total of 71 points in Orlando's two previous games against New Jersey, shot 7-for-17 Tuesday.

"I thought Kendall Gill was the quiet assassin," Magic coach Doc Rivers said. "He did a nice defensive job on T-Mac. Kendall Gill's the guy who got 31 and 40 back-to-back scored on him and yet he came out tonight and outscored (McGrady) and just played really hard."

Game notes
New Jersey's Jim McIlvaine (lower back strain) did not travel with the team. ... New Jersey surpassed 100 points in a game for the fifth time this season. ... The Nets' point total was the team's second highest of the season. New Jersey scored 126 against Seattle on Nov. 11. ... The loss ended a six-game home winning streak for Orlando. ... The Magic did not lead in a game for the first time this season. ... Orlando is 9-2 this year when scoring 100 or more points.
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Washington 115
Minnesota 108

Atlanta 92
Boston 81

Houston 100
Cleveland 95

New Jersey 120
Orlando 110

Milwaukee 104
Chicago 70

San Antonio 80
Miami 72

Indiana 91
Seattle 83

LA Clippers 110
Toronto 97

Sacramento 121
Phoenix 117

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