The game might have been closer if China's roster included the country's two biggest stars: Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets and the newest Chinese NBA player: Yi Jianlian, a 7-foot power forward with the Milwaukee Bucks.

Both players were busy with their own pre-season schedules and couldn't fly out to the game at the Venetian Macau Resort Hotel's arena, which hosted a sell-out crowd of 11,572.

The China All Stars, which included some foreign players from the country's professional league, got off to a strong start in the first period, winning the tip-off and hitting three three-pointers in the first eight minutes.

But the Chinese team went cold after building a 9-6 lead, and the Magic took control of the rest of the game. Pat Garrity — who finished with eight points — sparked the run with two three-pointers to give Orlando a 24-18 first-quarter lead.

By halftime, the Magic had a 64-39 edge and they increased it to 92-69 in the third period.

Magic center Dwight Howard scored 12 points while only playing 13:41 minutes. He said the team was tired after spending most of the night traveling by bus and plane to Macau from Shanghai, where the Magic beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 90-86 in an exhibition game Wednesday night.

"It was pretty tough, especially getting in (to Macau) this morning around 5:36 a.m., not being able to sleep until 8 or 9 a.m.," he said.

Forward Hedo Turkoglu scored 17 for Orlando. Forward James Augustine added 14, while Dwight Howard had 12.

Olumide Oyedeji led China with 25 points. The Nigerian center was a second-round draft pick by the Seattle SuperSonics in 2000. Wang Zhizhi, the first Chinese to play in the NBA, added 16 points.

Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy said China would be much more formidable with Yao and Yi. "Obviously that gives them two very talented NBA-caliber guys, so the entire game changes. I think they got off to a great start. They attacked the basket," he said.