D'Angelo Russell scored 40 points (24 on 8 3-pointers), and the Brooklyn Nets rallied from 21 points down in the second quarter to beat the Orlando Magic 117-115.
The Nets trailed 58-37 with 4:35 left in the second quarter and 67-54 at halftime. Their chance to win fell to 3% with 4:22 left in the second quarter, and they outscored the Magic 80-57 the rest of the way.
Terrence Ross went 2 for 3 at the line to make it 116-115 with 22.5 seconds left, and Spencer Dinwiddie went 1 for 2 at the line with the Nets up 1 and 9.6 seconds left. The Magic had the ball down 2 after a timeout, but Evan Fournier missed a floater at the buzzer that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Nets outscored the Magic 10-4. Russell scored 5 of the Nets’ 10 on 2 for 2 shooting.
Dinwiddie scored 20 points (11 in the third quarter) off the bench.
For the Magic, Aaron Gordon scored 23 points on 9 for 13 shooting. Nikola Vučević had 16 points, 17 rebounds and 6 assists.
The Nets’ starters were outscored 30-20 in 10 minutes together.