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Brooklyn Nets forward Michael Porter Jr. (17) looks to pass in front of Orlando Magic forward Franz Wagner (22) during the first quarter at Kia Center. Mike Watters-Imagn Images<\/p>\nORLANDO \u2014 The Nets turned their biggest lead of the season into their most galling loss of the year.<\/p>\n
Brooklyn squandered a huge cushion in the second quarter, and a late edge in the fourth, only to fall 105-98 to the Magic before 17,902 at Kia Center.<\/p>\n
The Nets had led by 16 points -\u2014 their biggest cushion of this tanking campaign \u2014 and by 98-94, before coughing up the final 11 points of the contest.<\/p>\n
Michael Porter Jr. had 24 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high seven assists \u2014 albeit only one after the first quarter \u2014 and no turnovers. <\/p>\n
Brooklyn Nets forward Michael Porter Jr. (17) looks to pass in front of Orlando Magic forward Franz Wagner (22) during the first quarter at Kia Center. Mike Watters-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
But the Nets got hammered 46-34 on the glass, with center Nic Claxton managing just four rebounds \u2014 and failing to get a huge one that led to a clutch Franz Wagner 3-point dagger in the waning moments.<\/p>\n
Wagner had a game-high 25 for the Magic, who closed on an 11-0 run.<\/p>\n
The NBA Cup defeat saw Brooklyn fall to a league-worst 1-11, keeping them tied with Indiana and Washington for the best odds in the lottery. <\/p>\n
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Tyrese Martin of the Brooklyn Nets looks on during the game against the Orlando Magic during the 2025-26 Emirates Cup on November 14, 2025 at Kia Center in Orlando, Florida. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n
The Wizards have lost 10 straight and seem to be gunning for the top lottery seed with a single-minded determination. <\/p>\n
The Nets play in Washington on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO \u2014 The Nets turned their biggest lead of the season into their most galling loss of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,355,99,4600,21,9,24,63,1264,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-40309","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-nets","11":"tag-brooklyn-news","12":"tag-michael-porter-jr","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-orlando-magic","18":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}