
Short-handed Nets blown out by Magic in ugly loss
NY Post
ORLANDO — Cam Thomas and Ben Simmons were out.
Mikal Bridges was out of sorts.
And the Nets were outclassed, embarrassed 108-81 by Orlando before a crowd of 17,708 at the newly renamed Kia Center.
Brooklyn failed to build on any momentum from interim coach Kevin Ollie’s first win the night before in Memphis.
Maybe the Nets (22-36) left all the good vibes on Beale Street. Perhaps they just ran out of gas on the tail end of a back-to-back, playing sans starting guards Thomas and Simmons. Or worst of all answers, maybe they’re just this bad.
Brooklyn trailed by as much as 32 and were dominated on both ends of the floor.

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.












