They just didn’t have it. The Nets fell to the Magic Saturday night, 102-89 in a game that featured poor shooting and sloppy ball handling. It the Nets first back-to-back loss since they started their 20-8 run starting December 6.
Brooklyn (28-25) was playing their third game in five days, fourth in six days and it showed early. The Nets had five turnovers in the first quarter and shot poorly. They went down by eight early and were down 26-21 at the end of the first.
Then, at the end of the second quarter, the Nets looked like they had woken up with a 13-4 stretch, led by Shabazz Napier’s two three’s in the last minute, one a buzzer beater.