Howard huge as Orlando edges Heat

NBA: Dwight Howard had 24 points and 25 rebounds, Jameer Nelson scored 25 points, including 12 in the fourth quarter and overtime, and the Orlando Magic came back to beat the visiting Miami Heat 104-98 Tuesday night.

It was the eighth 20-20 game of the season for Howard and the 40th of his career.

The Magic overcame a 14-point, first-half deficit to win their third straight and fifth in six games.

The Heat visit Chicago tonight in a matchup of the East’s top teams. Orlando goes to San Antonio for its final game before the trade deadline.

• Rockets rally against Thunder: Courtney Lee and rookie Chandler Parsons each scored 21 points, Patrick Patterson blocked Serge Ibaka’s point-blank putback attempt in the final 2 seconds, and the visiting Houston Rockets charged back from an 11-point deficit in the final 3 minutes to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 104-103.

• Bucks trade Bogut, Jackson to Warriors: A person with direct knowledge of the deal says the Milwaukee Bucks have agreed to trade center Andrew Bogut and forward Stephen Jackson to the Golden State Warriors.

The Bucks will receive guard Monta Ellis, forward Ekpe Udoh and center Kwame Brown, the person confirmed to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal had not been announced.

Seavey youngest to win Iditarod

IDITAROD: Dallas Seavey won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, becoming the youngest musher to win the nearly 1,000 mile race across Alaska.

Seavey, who turned 25 on March 4, the day the race officially started north of Anchorage, was the first musher to reach Nome, coming into to the Bering Sea coastal community at 7:29 p.m. Tuesday.

The previous youngest winner was the race’s only five-time champion, who won his first Iditarod at age 26 in 1977. Rick Swenson, now 61, is in this year’s race, and was running in the middle of the pack.

It’s a family affair for the Seaveys. Dallas’s father, Mitch, 52, won the race in 2004. This year, Dallas’ 74-year-old grandfather, Dan, is running in his fifth Iditarod to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Iditarod Trail.

Howland keeps job for another season

COLLEGE MEN: Coming off what he calls the most disappointing season of his coaching career, Ben Howland said that he’s intent on changing the culture of the once-storied UCLA basketball program, which staggered through a year that included an NCAA snub and the dismissal of standout player Reeves Nelson.

“This is UCLA, the expectations are higher than anywhere,” Howland said.

The Bruins finished fifth in the conference for the second straight year and lost in the quarterfinals of the league tournament, giving them a 19-14 record.

UCLA’s struggles were magnified by a Sports Illustrated article that anonymously quoted former players and staff members from the past four UCLA teams saying Howland had allowed an influx of talented but immature recruits to undermine team discipline and morale. The story suggested the program that boasts a record 11 national championships had been damaged by fights among players and alcohol and drug use by team members.

UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero issued a statement saying he had reviewed the program and decided that keeping Howland was best for the future of the Bruins.

Bryzgalov earns another shutout

NHL: Ilya Bryzgalov stopped 17 shots for this third straight shutout and fourth in five games to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-0 win over the visiting New Jersey Devils.

After an underwhelming start to the season, Bryzgalov has dominated of late and proved worthy of the nine-year, $51 million contract he signed in June. He stretched his shutout streak to more than 196 minutes and has stopped 152 of 154 shots.

• Hybrid icing receives support: NHL general managers moved a step closer to changing the league’s icing rule in an effort to make the game safer.

After the second day of their three-day meetings, the GMs said they were united in a rule being called hybrid icing.

NHL rules currently allow players to chase the puck to the end boards, which can create full-speed races in an effort to get to the puck first. Under hybrid icing, the race for the puck would end at the faceoff dots, allowing players to battle for possession more safely at 30 feet away from the boards instead of 3 feet away.