Nets’ 123-100 NBA Cup loss to Magic ends three-game winning streak

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NEW YORK (AP) — Franz Wagner scored 29 points, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 19 and the Orlando Magic earned a 123-100 victory over the Brooklyn Nets Friday night in an NBA Cup game.

Jalen Suggs And Wendell Carter Jr. each had 12 points for the Magic, who improved to 3-0 in Group A and fell into a tie with New York. Orlando faces the Knicks, who are also 3-0 in East Group A, in an NBA Cup game on Tuesday, with the winner becoming group champion.

The Magic have won their last five games and 11 of their last 12 after a five-game losing streak, all of which came on the road.

Shake Milton scored 22 points coming off the bench, KEon Johnson also had 15 on the bench and Cam Johnson added 14 for the Nets, who had their three-game winning streak snapped and are now 1-3 in the season tournament.

Takeaways

Magic: Orlando has won four of its last five away games after losing five in a row from October 30 to November 6.

Nets: Dennis Schröderteam’s second leading scorer with 18.6 points per game, did not play for personal reasons.

Key moment

Although they are tied with New York in Group A, the Magic hold the tiebreaker in the point differential column. The Knicks’ margin of victory was 23 after their win in Charlotte, but the Magic edged them by one point by hitting their final three shots of the game, all 3-pointers.