The Orlando Magic fought valiantly without Anthony Black, Jett Howard and Tristan da Silva, but fell short in overtime against the Brooklyn Nets.
After exchanging haymakers for all of the fourth quarter, the Orlando Magic fell one basket short, as they lost to the Brooklyn Nets 102-100 in overtime on a layup from Jalen Wilson on Thursday at the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas in the NBA 2K25 Summer League.Magic guard Theo Maledon had a stellar game off the bench for Orlando with 20 points, six assists and four rebounds.
The game appeared to be slipping away from the Magic late in the second quarter and early into the second half. After leading by nine points with 6:45 left in the first half, the Nets closed it on a 26-9 run to lead 49-41 at halftime. Brooklyn carried its momentum into the third quarter, extending its lead to 16 with 5:58 left. Orlando responded with an 18-2 run to tie the game and went into the fourth quarter down 75-72.
Orlando and Brooklyn were tied six times and exchanged leads six times in the fourth quarter. After a Wilson basket gave Brooklyn a two-point lead with 54 seconds to play, Huff's layup tied things up with 38 seconds and the game went to overtime tied 95-95.
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