If Tracy McGrady and Mike Miller fail to make a basket in the second half and Darrell Armstrong shoots 3-for-13, you would have to figure the Magic's chances of winning are slim.

You would have figured wrong Saturday night.

Troy Hudson came off the bench with 26 points, and Horace Grant added 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Magic to their fourth win in five games, a 118-109 decision over the Golden State Warriors.

Hudson, Pat Garrity and Armstrong combined to hit Orlando's first six three-point shots in the fourth quarter as the Magic broke away from an 88-88 tie before a crowd of 15,017.

The Magic (17-18) got 50 points from their bench.

"Our bench has been oustanding," said Grant, who led the Magic to a 46-35 rebound advantage against the NBA's No. 1 rebounding team. "Guys came in with tough defense, made shots. Basically we didn't skip a beat. Someone had to step up, and tonight it was me and the bench."

Antawn Jamison scored a game-high 27 points for the Warriors (12-22), who lost their fourth straight.

McGrady, who was ejected along with the Nets' Kenyon Martin from Friday night's victory at New Jersey, missed all eight of his shots in the second half. Rookie Jason Richardson guarded him with a lot of help.

"Tracy did do other things. You look at the 10 rebounds and eight assists," noted Magic Coach Doc Rivers. "We were laughing as a coaching staff and I said: 'I wish I could play that poorly.' You have a poor game and you"re two assists away from a triple-double.

"But that's the level he's at right now; he can have an off-day and still have great numbers."

McGrady, whose pre-game scoring average of 26.0 ranked third in the league, scored 17.

"You can't realy be effective when you've got two or three guys on you," McGrady said. "If that's what it's going to take, then I have to trust my teammates and get them the ball."

The Magic shot 27-for-45 (60 percent) and scored 68 points in taking an 11-point halftime lead.

Hudson and Miller hit three-pointers on a 10-0 run that netted a 34-20 lead in the first quarter. The margin reached 16 early in the second quarter, but rookie Richardson got the Warriors back in it. Golden State shot 16 free throws in the period and cut the Magic's lead to four on two occasions.

Monty Williams scored seven of the Magic's last nine points in the third quarter, but Chris Mills nailed a three-pointer to bring the Warriors back to within four, at 88-84.

Mookie Blaylock and Bob Sura tied it with the first two baskets of the fourth quarter. But Hudson hit a three and the rest was all Magic.

MAGIC NOTES
Rivers believes Martin got off lightly with a two-game suspension and $15,000 fine for his flagrant foul of McGrady late in the fourth quarter Friday night. "I thought Kenyon Martin absolutely should have gotten more than two games. There could have been an injury and I don't think two games was enough," Rivers said . . .Patrick Ewing started at center for the second straight game and only the third time all season. Rivers plans to name his starter on a game-by-game basis. "We are a collection of bigs," he said. "We don't have a starting center."