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NBA: Cleveland 105, Orlando 92.

CLEVELAND, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- LeBron James, the MVP of Sunday's All-Star Game, had 26 points and nine assists Tuesday as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Orlando Magic, 105-92.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas added 24 points and 13 rebounds and Sasha Pavlovic 21 points for the Cavaliers, who won their third straight game. Drew Gooden had 16 points and 11 rebounds for Cleveland, which beat Orlando for a sixth consecutive time.

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Dwight Howard led Orlando with 23 points and 14 rebounds. The Magic suffered their seventh straight defeat.

It was the first game for Darko Milicic and Carlos Arroyo in an Orlando uniform. Both players were acquired last week from the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Kelvin Cato and a future protected first-round draft pick.

Milicic had two points in four minutes, Arroyo no points in five minutes.

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