
Nets get served a lesson from rebuild-success Magic
NY Post
Hopefully, the Nets were taking copious notes.
Beyond the normal lessons they can learn from any loss, the Magic provided them an ideal rebuild blueprint to follow and represent so much of what these Nets hope to eventually become.
They’re at a far different spot in their rebuild than the Magic, and it was evident as the Nets were trounced, 123-100, to the red-hot Magic Friday night at Barclays Center, falling to 9-11 on the season.
The Nets have just begun their organizational reset, while the Magic have come out the other side and begun enjoying success.
Friday’s loss snapped the Nets’ three-game winning streak and marked the Magic’s 10th win in their last 11 games despite being without star Paolo Banchero since the start of November.
“They were the best team overall, we just gotta give it to them” Fernandez said. “On both ends, they made their shots, they were very physical, they got to the free throw line, a little bit of everything.

Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.












