Overview
- Orlando closed on an 11-0 run as Brooklyn went scoreless over the final 2:37, punctuated by two Franz Wagner threes and one from Tristan da Silva.
- The Magic erased a 53-37 deficit with a 25-5 surge across eight minutes in the third quarter, a swing sparked by timely threes and a Goga Bitadze block.
- The result lifted Orlando to 2-0 in East Group B of the NBA Cup while Brooklyn fell to 0-2 and has dropped 11 of its past 12 games.
- Wagner led Orlando with 25 points plus six rebounds and five assists, and da Silva shined in his first start in Banchero’s place with 22 and nine.
- Desmond Bane added 19 points with nine in the fourth, Jalen Suggs posted 14-7-6, and Michael Porter Jr. paced the Nets with 24 points and 11 rebounds.