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CHARLOTTE, N. Roy Robertson-Harris Jersey .C. -- Kemba Walker didnt mind a bit kicking back and watching the Charlotte reserves play the entire fourth quarter of a blowout win over the Orlando Magic.Especially with an important road game at Cleveland coming up on Saturday night.Its always nice to get a little bit of a break, Walker said. (The starters) played well so we were deserving of it, I thought.Nic Batum and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist each had 16 points, and the Hornets routed the Magic 109-88 on Friday night for their third straight victory. Walker had 15 points in 25 minutes, and the Southeast Division leaders held the Magic to 37 percent shooting while outrebounding them 59-40.Charlottes starters didnt even play in the fourth after the Hornets opened a 21-point lead with a late third-quarter surge.The Hornets (14-9) have won six of eight, but now head out on a five-game road trip beginning in Cleveland.Its good momentum, obviously, coach Steve Clifford said. Whenever you are going to go on an extended trip, its good to win the last home game before you leave. You want to build as much of a cushion as you can.Batum, who has 39 rebounds in his last four games, missed out on a chance at a triple-double because he didnt play in the fourth quarter with the game out of hand. He finished with nine rebounds and seven assists.This could easily have been a classic trap game for Charlotte, but the Hornets took all the drama out of it with a dominant third quarter.They opened a 52-46 lead at halftime behind a late second-quarter push led by Kidd-Gilchrist, who had 14 points at the break on 6-of-8 shooting. Charlotte extended the margin to 21 late in the third period as Walker began to heat up, beating defenders off the dribble with his quickness and knocking down jumpers.Just a lot of breakdowns in the third quarter in particular, on the defensive end with our transition defense, offensive rebounds, Magic coach Frank Vogel said. This is not a great offensive rebounding team, but they burned us tonight and they hit 3s every time they got one, so we didnt match back up. We just had more breakdowns across the board.Evan Fournier had 14 points for the Magic.TIP-INSMagic: Fournier was assessed a technical foul in the first half for arguing a call. ... Nikola Vucevic played despite a right corneal abrasion and had seven points in 22 minutes. ... Orlando went 9 of 34 on 3-point attempts.Hornets: Have beaten the Magic four consecutive times. ... Walker has reached double digits in every game this season. ... Batums streak of double-doubles ended at three games.OFFENSIVE WOESThe Magic have struggled recently on the offensive end.We have a very slim margin for error, Vogel said. We have to get guys to play more the right way, more often.BALL MOVEMENTThe Hornets moved the ball extremely well on offense against a Magic team that looked a step slow.We are a very unselfish team, Batum said. Were going to move the ball and involve everybody. The guys off the bench did a great job to finish the game, they tried to move the ball, play as a team and we did a good job of that.CAVS COMING UPWalker said hes eager to face the Cavaliers, who will also be playing on the tail end of a back-to-back.Its going to be tough playing against the defending champs, of course, in their building, Walker said. We lost there already, but we want to go out and play as hard as possible, same thing as tonight. Play some great defense, offensively make some shots and just play a good game.UP NEXTMagic: Orlando returns home to host the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night.Hornets: Charlotte travels to Cleveland on Saturday night. The Hornets lost 100-93 there earlier this season. Sam Mustipher Jersey . The deal is pending a physical, assistant general manager Bobby Evans said. 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ZAGREB, Croatia -- Leaving behind two injury-hit years, Juan Martin del Potro is looking to cap his successful comeback by leading Argentina to its first Davis Cup title.The 2009 U.S. Open champion said host Croatia is the favorite in the best-of-five series, but believes Argentina is in a strong position after losing in four Davis Cup finals since 1981.Croatia has a very strong team, but we are looking forward to a very good weekend, Del Potro said. They are playing at home on a favorite (fast indoor) surface. But, I also like fast surfaces.Federico Delbonis will start Argentinas quest for the title by playing Fridays opening singles match against Marin Cilic. Thursdays draw also pits del Potro against big-serving Ivo Karlovic, who returned to Croatias team after a four-year absence.In the doubles, the Croatian pair of Ivan Dodig and Franko Skugor will face Leonardo Mayer and Gaudio Pella. Reverse singles are scheduled for Sunday.If I win, it will be a bit less pressure on Ivo and a bit more pressure on Delpo, Cilic said. Im feeling quite positive.Argentina is the only nation in the Davis Cups 116-year history which has reached four finals without winning the title. CCroatia, targeting its second Davis Cup title after beating Slovakia in the final in 2005, will be led by an in-form Cilic, who has reached a career-best year-end ranking of No. Kerrith Whyte Jr. Jersey. 6.We are hoping that this long quest for the cup title will come to an end, del Potro said. This is a very different team we have since the last finals, new players, new team captain (Daniel Orsanic). Hopefully, a different result as well.The 37-year-old Karlovic will be the oldest player in the Davis Cup final in nearly a century. The towering Croat said he hopes to have short points and many aces in the match against del Potro.I will try to evade long exchanges, he is better in long points, Karlovic said. More aces I serve, less able Delpo will be able to win.Croatia team captain Zeljko Krajan had to make a last minute change to his roster, leaving youngster Borna Coric out because of his recent knee surgery. Coric was replaced by doubles specialist Skugor.It was a very tough decision, Krajan said. Unfortunately, he is not fully fit to play long matches. Wholeslae Jerseys NFL Jerseys Cheap Wholesale NBA Jerseys Cheap NHL Jerseys Cheap MLB Jerseys Wholesale Soccer Jerseys Cheap College Jerseys Cheap Football Jerseys Cheap Basketball Jerseys Cheap Baseball Jerseys ' ' '