Behind the clutch fourth-quarter shooting of Jameer Nelson, the Magic upended the Lakers, 109-103, at Staples Center on Friday night in a game that featured 14 ties and 19 lead changes.

Orlando's victory marred a brilliant performance by the Lakers' Kobe Bryant, who attained his first triple-double of the season and 15th of his career. Bryant scored 28 points, adding in 13 rebounds and 11 assists.

But he missed two jumpers in the waning moments.

"We wanted to make Kobe shoot jumpshots instead of getting to the rim and shooting free throws, where he's something like 110 percent," the Magic's Dwight Howard said.

Nelson had missed all three of his 3-point field-goal tries going into the fourth quarter. But the squatty Orlando point guard buried all three of his attempts from beyond the arc in the fourth quarter.

Each of them occurred after the Lakers seemed to have seized the momentum, only to have Nelson snatch it back and elicit groans from the sellout crowd.

Nelson was a menace, even before he went on his outside-shooting rampage. Several times he took outlet passes and went the length of the court for layups. He finished with a team-high 28 points.

Teaming up with Nelson was center Howard, who finished with 25 points and 20 rebounds.

Lamar Odom had 17 points for the Lakers and Vladimir Radmanovic had 15, all coming on his 5-of-8 shooting on 3-pointers.

Andrew Bynum had 14 points and three rebounds, but he scored just two points after halftime and again was outplayed by Howard, who also blocked three shots.

Although the Magic didn't match its NBA record-setting spree of 23 3-pointers made in its last game, the team had a telling edge over the Lakers from beyond the arc, going 12 of 28 to the Lakers' 9 of 26.

The Magic was coming off a 139-107 rout of Sacramento where it established the league record for 3-pointers.

Howard was tagged with the Superman moniker at last year's All-Star Weekend in New Orleans when he donned a cape, soared through the air and threw down a monstrous jam, to win the slam-dunk competition.

But Lakers coach Phil Jackson mentioned an 11-time NBA All-Star who had the Superman nickname long before Howard got it.

"Shaq has been the Superman here for what, the last 12 or 14 years in the NBA," Jackson said. "He's been grounded a bit by gravity, but Dwight's taken off."

NOTES

Lakers guard Sasha Vujacic was back in the rotation off the bench after missing the previous two games because of recurring back spasms. ...

Guard Derek Fisher was in the starting lineup despite a minor groin-muscle strain suffered in Wednesday's loss at San Antonio. ...

Although forward Luke Walton's right foot injury has healed, Jackson decided not to put Walton on the active roster Friday night because he had not gone through a full-scale practice since his injury. Walton has missed the past eight games but should be ready to play in the upcoming showdown against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday. "I'm excited to be pain-free and walking around," said Walton, whose injury in medical terminology was called sesamoiditis of the right foot. ...

The Clippers and Lakers will be the host teams for a doubleheader Monday, which is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Clippers play the Minnesota Timberwolves at 12:30 p.m., with the Lakers-Cavaliers' game scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m.

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Lakers guard Kobe Bryant puts up a shot as Magic forward Hedo Turkoglu defends and Dwight Howard looks on. Bryant had 28 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists.