The Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. - The Los Angeles Lakers not only shattered Orlando's 40-game home winning streak, they buried it.

Nick Van Exel scored 22 points and the Lakers went 11-of-18 on 3-point shots to beat the Magic 113-91 last night and end the second-longest home regular-season winning streak in NBA history.

Eddie Jones was 3-for-3 from beyond the arc and had 18 points, while Magic Johnson and Elden Campbell each scored 14 for the Lakers. Los Angeles also got a boost from Cedric Ceballos' 15 points in his first game since returning from a four-day unexcused absence.

''We take personal pride in winning a big game on the road,'' Johnson said. ''Because of all that's happened, we came together. Cedric was a big part of that tonight, and we welcomed him back. Streaks are made to be broken. We're just the team that broke it. We're happy about it, but we're happy more that we got a big win against basically the second-best team in basketball.''

Orlando lost a regular-season game at home for the first time since March 14, 1995, leaving Chicago (34-0) as the only team with an unblemished record on its home court.

The Magic had won 33 straight at Orlando Arena this season and were trying to keep pace with the Bulls, who have won a league-record 41 consecutive regular-season home games dating back to last spring.

''All streaks must come to an end,'' Orlando's Shaquille O'Neal said, shrugging off the loss.

''I thought we were going to make a run at them, but they just kept hitting shots. It seemed like they hit six or seven 3s in a row.''

The Lakers wound up shooting better from behind the 3-point arc (61 percent) than Orlando did from the free-throw line (8-for-18, 44 percent).

O'Neal led Orlando with 23 points and 10 rebounds. Anfernee Hardaway finished with 21 points and Nick Anderson added 16 for Orlando, which made only 7 of 23 shots from 3-point range.

Ceballos, criticized by the Lakers for abandoning the team last week, scored eight of his points in a third-quarter spurt that enabled Los Angeles to break the game open.

''We came together. You have to give us credit for that,'' said Johnson. ''We never felt sorry for ourselves. Everybody came in and was upbeat about this. We could have been holding our heads down, but maybe that's a sign that this team is growing up. Maybe the Cedric thing was a blessing in disguise to make us understand what we need to do to come together and make sure we play as a team.''

Ceballos blamed unspecified family matters for his absence, which resulted in a suspension and the loss of $54,756 in salary for missing two games.

Johnson replaced the Lakers' leading scorer in the starting lineup for the third straight game.Despite the layoff, Ceballos said he felt comfortable when he entered the game late in the second quarter.