Magic hit the road to Sacramento

The Magic are an impressive 15-5 on the road this season.

Tuesday, January 8th (All times eastern)

Orlando Magic (22-13) at Sacramento Kings (12-20), 10 p.m.

The Orlando Magic open a four-game road trip when they visit the Sacramento Kings tonight at ARCO Arena.

This is the first of two meetings between the clubs this season. Orlando is scheduled to host the Kings on February 24th at Amway Arena.

The teams have split the last six contests in the series. Orlando snapped an 11-game series road losing streak on December 4, 2006, and is 4-14 at Sacramento.

Orlando enters tonight’s contest on a two-game losing streak. Yao Ming scored 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, as the Houston Rockets benefited from an officials’ call at the buzzer to beat the Magic, 96-94, on Friday at Amway Arena.

Jameer Nelson scored 20 points off the bench to lead Orlando, which has lost two in a row after a four-game winning streak. All-Star Dwight Howard scored 16 points and grabbed eight rebounds before fouling out, breaking his string of 15 consecutive double-doubles.

The Magic are an impressive 15-5 on the road this season. They will also visit the Clippers, Denver and Utah on the current swing.

Sacramento has also dropped two in a row and will play the first of a four- game homestand on Tuesday. Ben Wallace scored only one point on Saturday night, but it was a big one. Wallace made one-of-two free throws with 3.2 seconds left to put the Bulls on top and blocked Brad Miller’s shot at the other end as Chicago hung on for a 94-93 win over the Kings at the United Center.

Miller ended with 22 points, 13 rebounds and six assists for the Kings, who have dropped six of their last seven games overall. Dahntay Jones had 16 points and eight rebounds off the bench for Sacramento.

The Kings are 8-8 at home this season. They will also host Memphis, Indiana and Dallas on the current homestand.

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