ORLANDO, Fla. – Steve Francis scored 21 points and Grant Hill added 20 to lead the Orlando Magic over the Milwaukee Bucks 108-93 Monday night.

Dwight Howard returned from a sprained right ankle that kept him out of most of Friday’s loss to the Lakers. He finished with 19 points and 14 rebounds, and gave the Magic a 12-point lead in the fourth quarter with an alley-oop from DeShawn Stevenson with 6:52 remaining.

Orlando snapped a four-game losing streak and won for the first time on its six-game homestand. The Magic had lost six of seven to the Bucks, who had won two straight overall and nine of their last 12.

The 108 points were a season high for Orlando, who came into the game 29th in the league in scoring, averaging 87.7 points.

Milwaukee star Michael Redd missed his first six shots and went 4-for-16 from the field. He was averaging 25 points but finished with 17. The rest of the Bucks weren’t shooting much better, hitting just 44 percent compared to 54 percent for the Magic.

T.J. Ford had 19 points and nine rebounds and Jamaal Magloire added 14 points and nine boards for Milwaukee.

Hedo Turkoglu scored 14 points and Stevenson added 12 points and four assists for Orlando.

Francis scored nine of his 21 in the third to help keep the Bucks from getting close, including an impressive follow shot after Howard missed a layup.

Hill continued to look more comfortable driving to the basket and pulling up for shots, connecting on several 15-foot jumpers from the baseline.

Redd’s three-point play with 9:54 left in the fourth quarter drew Milwaukee to 85-77, but the Magic answered with three straight buckets to stop the run.

Turkoglu scored nine of Orlando’s first 10 points in the second period on a putback, two jumpers and a 3-pointer. Howard took over from there, including a strong one-handed dunk over Magloire with 4:47 left in the second quarter that brought Orlando’s lead back to 11.

Francis’ fast-break dunk and a jumper as the quarter wound down gave Orlando a 58-44 halftime lead.

The Bucks shot 39.5 percent from the field in the first half and missed all eight 3-point attempts. They came into the game second-best in the league from behind the arc, hitting 37 percent. Milwaukee was 4-of-17 from 3-point range on the game.

Notes: The Magic had 14 fast-break points, compared with nine for Milwaukee. … Orlando had 10 turnovers, while Milwaukee committed 15. … Orlando C Kelvin Cato returned from seven games on the inactive list with a sprained right ankle, scoring two points in 5 minutes.

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