In a game where most of the Nets most intriguing players had to sit for a variety of reasons, Orlando defeated Brooklyn, 86-80, Friday evening in the opening game of the Las Vegas Summer League at Cox Pavilion.
Even before the game started, five of the Jacque Vaughn-coached Nets were ruled out of action.
Ding Yanyuhang, the two-time Chinese Basketball Association MVP, left the team after experiencing knee tendinitis and returned to China; Juan Pablo Vaulet, who’s been plagued by foot problems since being drafted by the Nets in 2015, had to sit with foot pain; Rodions Kurucs, the Nets second round pick, couldn’t play because his buyout with F.