The Orlando Magic lost their fifth straight game Monday night, 109-102, in a game where Nets’ star Kevin Durant scored a season-high 45 points.
With just nine available players for the Magic, rookie Caleb Houstan got his first career start in Brooklyn, alongside Gary Harris, Franz Wagner, Bol Bol and Paolo Banchero.
But despite their depleted roster, and being on the second night of a back-to-back, Orlando opened the game with a 14-5 lead. But following a Nets’ timeout, Brooklyn responded with an 11-0 run, claiming an 18-16 advantage.
The game of runs continued as Orlando went on a 12-0 run of their own (10 of which came from Bol) and the Magic took a 28-18 lead with 3:14 to play in the first.