The Nets have been unable to avenge Friday’s loss to the Orlando Magic and fell to them for the second straight recreation, this time 100-92 on Sunday at Barclays Heart.
Brooklyn turned 22 Magic turnovers into 35 factors. Sadly, it additionally dedicated 17 turnovers, which gave 33 factors proper again. Orlando scored 34 factors off 20 Nets turnovers on Friday.
The Nets, who dropped to 9-12 this season, shot simply 38% from the sector and 25.8% from 3-point vary within the loss. Nevertheless, they actually matched Orlando’s physicality, as 60 private fouls have been known as between the 2 groups. The NBA common for fouls known as in a recreation is 38.8.
“The game is judged by three people, and then we all have to go with it,” head coach Jordi Fernandez mentioned. “There was a lot of frustration from myself and the players… We’re going to keep fighting whether it’s against five or more.”
Franz Wagner led Orlando with 20 factors however did it on a 4-of-17 clip. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 16. The Magic outrebounded Brooklyn 52-33 and outscored it 54-38 within the paint.
Cam Johnson scored a game-high 26 factors for the Nets on 9-for-17 capturing. Dennis Schröder added 20 factors in his return from a one-game absence and made his first three photographs to start out the fourth quarter. Trendon Watford (13 factors) and Keon Johnson (12 factors) led a bench unit that outscored Orlando’s reserves 31-26.
Ben Simmons, who performed 11 minutes within the loss, suffered a left knee contusion within the first half and didn’t play within the second half. Nic Claxton was given a flagrant 2 foul and ejected after fouling Wagner with 18.1 seconds left.
“I was just trying to see if I could go and then it was getting to be too much,” Simmons mentioned. “It’s been something that I’ve been dealing with for the last year and a half, so just have to monitor it.”
The Nets return to motion on Monday in opposition to the Chicago Bulls at United Heart.
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