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A break for the Magic
Orlando center Dwight Howard had his technical foul from Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals rescinded by the NBA.
Howard was assessed his sixth technical of the playoffs for taunting Anderson Varejao after a layup in the third quarter of the Magic's 116-114 overtime victory over Cleveland on Tuesday night.
Varejao had draped his arms around Howard in an attempt to stop him from scoring.
Howard would have been suspended for one game if he had received a seventh technical during the playoffs. The Magic lead the Cavaliers by three games to one in the best-of-seven series, with Game 5 tonight.
Howard and coach Stan Van Gundy were baffled by the technical Tuesday, saying after the game that Orlando's center had simply made a big basket and was enthusiastic in the moment.
Jail for Williams?
Prosecutors in New Jersey asked a judge to sentence former 76er Jayson Williams for covering up a fatal shooting at his mansion in 2002.
Williams, 41, was acquitted of aggravated manslaughter in 2004 but convicted on four counts of trying to cover up the shooting of a hired driver at his mansion near Flemington.
The jury couldn't reach a verdict on a reckless manslaughter count, and State Superior Court Judge Edward M. Coleman has delayed sentencing pending Williams' retrial on that charge.
The four cover-up counts, which include witness- and evidence-tampering, carry a combined maximum sentence of 13 years, but Williams is not expected to receive longer than five years.
- Associated Press
