Cole Anthony made a floater with 1.3 seconds left, and the Orlando Magic rallied from 21 points down in the third quarter to beat the Brooklyn Nets 102-101.
The Magic trailed 61-43 at halftime and 71-50 with 7:55 left in the third quarter. They were still down 97-85 with 3:47 left in the fourth quarter, with a 2.6% chance to win, and outscored the Nets 17-4 the rest of the way.
The Nets had the ball down 1 after a timeout, but Cam Thomas missed a 21-foot turnaround fadeaway at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Magic outscored the Nets 7-4. With 38 seconds left, Caleb Houstan stole the ball from Keon Johnson, and Goga Bitadze’s free throws off it put the Magic ahead 100-99.
Tristan da Silva had a career-high 21 points (7 during a 13-0 run in the fourth quarter) and 7 assists, and Bitadze added 19 points and 11 rebounds on 8 for 10 shooting. Silva scored 13 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter.
For the Nets, Thomas scored 25 points but shot 6 for 18 off the bench.
The Nets gave up 16 offensive rebounds, about 5 more than usual for the shots the Magic missed. They did not make a field goal in the last 7:16. The Nets outscored the Magic 24-9 in 8 minutes with Sharpe, Johnson, Thomas, Wilson and Martin on the floor together.