Magic Halt Celtics’ 14-game Win Streak (ap)

Orlando Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy complains about a call during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics in Orlando, Fla., Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. "I have no comments at all on Christmas Day games," Van Gundy began. "My suggestion to my staff this morning was that I think the NBA is so important to Christmas that what we really need to do is increase from five games to 10, and we need to start them at midnight on what would have been Christmas Eve and play them all through the day so there's not a minute of Christmas Day where there's not an NBA game on TV. Because, it's great.

The remolded Magic are making the NBA’s new streak-busters. Brandon Bass scored 21 points, Hedo Turkoglu had 15 and the Orlando Magic ended the Boston Celtics’ winning streak at 14 games with an 86-78 victory Saturday for back-to-back wins against the NBA’s best. A Magic team that had dropped eight of nine games and orchestrated two blockbuster trades suddenly looks awfully scary in the…

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