Dwight Howard Dunks Over LeBron James (Image: Zuma Press)

In overtime, Howard had 10 of his 27 points. He also finished the game with 14 points, four assists and three blocks. He got help from Rafer Alston’s 26 points and the 17 points apiece for Rashard Lewis and Mickael Pietrus. Hedo Turkoglu chipped in 15 points, eight assists and seven rebounds for the Magic.

LeBron James had about a 40-footer to tie the game at the end of the overtime but his shot hit the side of the rim. James finished the game with 44 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists in 49 minutes. Mo Williams, who had guaranteed a win coming into the game, scored 18 points but hit only 5-of-15 shots from the field.

The two teams will play again on Thursday. LeBron and the Cavs will try to secure a home win to keep their homes alive, while Howard and the Magic will try to advance to the 2009 NBA Finals.

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Dwight Howard Shines in Overtime, Up 3-1

Now that we’ve had a few days to reflect on the way the L.A. Lakers blew a 24-point lead in Game 4 and gave the now 3-1 Boston Celtics a chance to clinch the title tonight, we think we know what happened to Jack Nicholson’s favorite team.

Here are the Top 5 reasons the Celtics made such a big comeback in Game 4, in no particular order:

1. That Laker Girl Whitney, who got her start as a Celtics cheerleader, is bad luck. (Move over, Jessica Simpson. There’s a new jinx in town!).

2. The overall putziness of announcer Jeff Van Gundy, who professes a crush on Alyssa Milano yet has her confused with Vanessa Minillo as the girlfriend of Nick Lachey (glad to know The Sports Diva Magazine also found this annoying), somehow infected the Lakers. We think it’s some kind of putz virus with a distinct strain that negatively affects teams Van Gundy deems the winner in the first quarter.

3. Kobe Bryant is probably still embarrassed over the purple tutu his wife Vanessa wore to his on-court MVP ceremony. Yeah, we’ve mentioned this several times already, but if we’re still not over it, Kobe probably isn’t, either.

4. Here we defer to eTrueSports, who actually offer 11 (satirical) reasons on this video clip with which we can’t disagree. Sure, we know that’s double-dipping, but eTrueSports editor Frank Coffey said it was OK.  Really!

5. This reason (1m, 24s) isn’t funny—especially if you’re the Lakers. It’s Just. Plain. Awesome. Watch Ray Allen wave off the screen and blow by Sasha Vujacic in a one-on-one clip for the archives if the Celtics win this championship:

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Top 5 Reasons for Celtics’ Comeback in Game 4