NBA ROUNDUP : For O’Neal, One Star Down, One to Go

Shaquille O’Neal won another matchup against Alonzo Mourning, then looked to Michael Jordan.

“We’ll just have to go in and play our game and whatever happens, happens,” O’Neal said in anticipation of tonight’s game between the Orlando Magic and Chicago Bulls. “I’m just glad to be on the same floor with the world’s greatest player.”

O’Neal scored 34 points Thursday night, and his highlight-film jam over Mourning during a 10-0 fourth-period run helped the Magic pull away to a 105-93 victory over the Charlotte Hornets at Orlando.

O’Neal had 15 rebounds and five blocks. Mourning had 35 points, six rebounds and four blocks.

The Magic won the season series, 3-1, with Mourning sitting out the only game the Hornets won.

Horace Grant added 23 points and 12 rebounds for the Magic, which also got 12 points and a career-high 16 assists from Anfernee Hardaway, playing despite a dislocated finger.

Dallas 102, Detroit 94--Popeye Jones scored 21 points and added 18 rebounds to lead Dallas, which withstood 32 points by the Pistons’ Grant Hill at Auburn Hills, Mich.

Utah 112, Houston 104--Karl Malone scored 15 of his 30 points in the third quarter, preventing the Jazz from blowing an 18-point halftime lead at Houston.

New York 104, Denver 101--Derek Harper fouled Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf on a three-point shot, watched him make three free throws to give the Nuggets a 101-99 lead, then scored the game’s last five points at Denver.

Seattle 108, Washington 103--Gary Payton’s driving bank shot with 16.9 seconds to play broke a 102-102 tie and rallied the SuperSonics to a victory in Tacoma.