The Magic defeated the Celtics 83-75 on Thursday night to force a seventh game in their semifinal series.

Dwight Howard starred with 23 points and 22 rebounds and Rashard Lewis scored 20 points, allowing Orlando to make up for a horrible shooting night from Hedo Turkoglu.

The Magic shot just 36% from the field and were outrebounded by nine, but they forced 21 turnovers and attempted 18 more foul shots than the Celtics.

Rajon Rondo stuffed the stat sheet with 19 points, 16 rebounds and 6 assists and Paul Pierce contributed 17 points, 9 boards and 5 dimes.

The Celtics scored the first seven points of the second half, but the Magic dominated the fourth quarter (22-13) to claim the victory.