Kevin Martin was like all the other Kings on Tuesday night at Arco Arena, unable to stop an Orlando team that shot three-pointers as if they were Dwight Howard dunks and treated the home team as if it were the newest member of the NBA's Development League.

But after the Magic's shooting barrage that would go down as one of the best ever in the NBA and a 139-107 Orlando win that wasn't nearly that close, the Kings shooting guard said he was sure this whole rolling-over habit would end. Even if the latest evidence indicated otherwise.

"We won't come out there like that again," he said. "I'm going to play hard, and it's going to start with me. And if other guys aren't playing hard, coach (Kenny) Natt is going to see that – including myself. It's time to start making people accountable, because that was just an embarrassment tonight."

Before the Kings won for just the second time in 13 games Sunday over Dallas, their last five losses had come by an average of 5.6 points. In other words, the hoops version of demolition derby was no more, and the Kings had been reinstated into the actual NBA.

But the routs returned against the Magic, who set an NBA record by hitting 23 three-pointers (on 37 attempts) while they shot 60.5 percent overall (49 of 81).

Jameer Nelson hit all five of his threes, J.J. Redick and Keith Bogans hit four, and Hedo Turkoglu and Rashard Lewis hit three apiece. But it was Jeremy Richardson, a reserve who played fewer than seven minutes in all, whose three from the left wing with 2:21 remaining was the history-making 22nd.

The previous record was 21, set by Toronto when it faced Philadelphia on March 13, 2005.

The rub for the Kings was the Magic kept rubbing it in, with starter Courtney Lee on the floor until the end alongside the sharpshooting reserve Bogans.

The Magic shot 10 threes in the fourth despite leading by 22 points entering the period, with a Bogans three with two minutes left extending their piece of history and infuriating the humiliated Kings.

"I saw that (they continued shooting threes), and it kind of (ticked) me off a little bit," Kings swingman Francisco García said. "(But) that's the price we've got to pay. We weren't playing no defense."

The Magic, which extended its league-best road record to 15-5, enjoyed the ease with which it dominated the Kings.

In a fourth quarter moment that surely led to García's frustration, he asked Howard, as the Magic center sat on the bench, for the ball so he could inbound it. Howard pretended to shoot the ball and launched it over García's head some 10 feet away, the fake attempt serving as a rare miss while García shrugged his shoulders as he walked away.

The laughs continued in a raucous Magic locker room afterward, as Howard provided the antics and comedy as the team watched its televised highlights.

"We're a joke right now," said Martin, whose 30 points doubled that of the team's second-highest scorer (García, 15). "That's how people look at us. They keep on launching threes and still have one of their best players out on the court. You should be pretty angry about that."

There were records falling by the end of the first quarter, when the Magic's seven threes set an Arco record for one period. It continued from there, with the Magic not only leading 75-56 at halftime but setting an Arco record and Kings opponent's record for threes in a half by hitting 13 (on 19 attempts).

The double whammy came in the form of Howard, who had 15 of his 25 points and 11 of his 15 rebounds at the break. Kings coach Kenny Natt said the game plan called for the Kings to avoid overhelping defensively on Howard so they could guard the perimeter. It was, to be sure, a plan that went unexecuted and led to a virtual Kings' execution.

"Never in my life have I played against an opponent that shot that (well) from the three," Kings center Spencer Hawes said. "It was just an unbelievable display from long range."

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