A record night in Sacramento

I am still digesting what happened at ARCO Arena a few days ago when Orlando set an NBA record by making 23 3-pointers. To do that is simply incredible.

Personally, I am not a huge fan of the 3-point line. It has ruined basketball in ways a lot of people do not realize and it has actually decreased scoring in the league as players became more specialized and less solid all-around (where have you gone mid-range jumper?).

But Stan Van Gundy has created an ingenius system around Dwight Howard that has worked to perfection in two season. Rashard Lewis, Hedo Turkoglu, Jameer Nelson and Mickael Pietrus create so much space for Howard to work with. And it helps that they can all attack the basket and create on their own.

Van Gundy's system is as much a part of Orlando's success as Howard's development. Would Billy Donovan really help the Magic reach 52 wins last season and a 31-8 start this year? I did not think so.

Some of these numbers are incredible:

-All but three players hit one from beyond the arc. And they are the three you think: Howard, Tony Battie and Marcin "The Polish Hammer" Gortat.

-It was not even that the Magic were missing a lot of shots and made them on pure numbers. Orlando shot 62 percent from beyond the arc! That is not even supposed to be possible. Credit Sacramento's defense for some of it.

-Because the biggest thing overlooked in all this hullabaloo about the record was Howard's incredible night. Superman was a beast in the paint against the undersized (and young) Kings. He had a team-high 25 points and 15 rebounds on eight of 10 shooting. Not to mention he hit nine of his 11 attempts from the free throw line.

-No player on the Magic had a negative +/- rating. Courtney Lee had the lowest at plus-2. That is dominance pure and simple.

-Orlando does not win very often in ARCO Arena. I think they have four or five victories in Sacramento in team history. That is not a lot. So always a good win when you win there no matter how bad Sacramento is.

-The Magic did not score less than 30 points in any period of this game. The Magic are playing really well on offense right now (the defense needs to continue to improve and get back into form). But you do not see that stat very often.

-The Kings even recovered with a 135-133 triple overtime win at Oakland, Calif., against the Warriors. They had 105 points in regulation. So good for them.

Take a look at the box score and see if the numbers continue to blow your mind.