Brooklyn Nets at Orlando Magic: Live stream, TV info, injury report

The Brooklyn Nets look to complete a season sweep of the Orlando Magic when the teams meet Saturday at Amway Center. The Nets have won the first 2 meetings.

The Brooklyn Nets close out a short two-game road trip Saturday night when they visit the Orlando Magic at Amway Center for a 7 p.m. Eastern tip.

The Nets (28-25) will look to split the trip after losing Thursday night to the San Antonio Spurs, 117-114.

Orlando (21-31) is looking for its first consecutive wins since Jan. 12-13 after beating the Indiana Pacers at home on Thursday 107-100 to snap a four-game losing streak. The Magic have lost seven of their last nine overall and are just 1-4 in their last five games at home.

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Brooklyn took a 109-106 lead over the Spurs Thursday on Joe Harris‘ second straight 3-pointer with 2:46 remaining, but San Antonio went ahead on Derrick White‘s two free throws with 2:07 left and held off the Nets to get the win.

D’Angelo Russell led Brooklyn with 25 points and nine assists. Ed Davis had 11 rebounds, while Rodions Kurucs added 10 boards. Shabazz Napier finished with 15 points, seven assists and two blocks and Jarrett Allen went for 14 points and two blocks.

Orlando came from behind in the fourth quarter against the Pacers Thursday night, taking the lead for good on Nikola Vucevic‘s turnaround hook with 5:08 to go. Terrence Ross put the Magic up by four with a pull-up jumper at the 2:07 mark and Indiana got no closer.

Ross came off the bench to score a season-high 30 points for Orlando, adding three steals, and D.J. Augustin went for 20 points. Jonathan Isaac finished with 13 points, 13 rebounds and two blocks, Vucevic added 17 points and 10 boards and Isaiah Briscoe dished out eight assists.

Evan Fournier notched six dimes and Mohamed Bamba blocked two shots.

The Nets are 50-62 against the Magic since Orlando came into the NBA in 1989 and have won the last four meetings. The Magic have the longest winning streak between the teams, taking 10 in a row from Oct. 30, 2009, to March 16, 2012.

The longest run for the Nets was six consecutive wins from Dec. 30, 1991, to March 4, 1993.

Orlando set the standard in the series for both scoring and margin of victory in a 139-105 win at home on March 29, 2016. The Nets set their scoring mark in a 129-91 victory at East Rutherford on March 12, 2000, and their largest victory was a 107-68 win at Orlando on Nov. 9, 2012.

Nick Anderson has the high individual game in the series with a 50-point performance in a win at East Rutherford on April 23, 1993. For the Nets, Kendall Gill scored 41 points in a losing effort on Jan. 13, 1997, at East Rutherford.

In the Brooklyn era, which began in 2012, the Nets are 14-9 against the Magic, but it is Orlando that has the longest winning streak in the series with five in a row from Dec. 14, 2015, to Dec. 16, 2016.

Brooklyn has won four straight games three separate times, including the current run which began on Jan. 1, 2018. The Nets posted their best scoring effort in a 126-121 victory at Barclays Center on Oct. 20, 2017.

Individually, Nikola Vucevic scored 41 points for Orlando in a loss at Barclays Center on Oct. 20, 2017, while Aaron Gordon matched that for the Magic in a win at Orlando on Oct. 24, 2017.

The Brooklyn era scoring high for the Nets was D’Angelo Russell’s 40 points in a win at Orlando on Jan. 18.

*-Historical research courtesy of Basketball-Reference.com.

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Here is how to catch the game between the Nets and Magic Saturday night.

Brooklyn Nets at Orlando Magic

Amway Center, Orlando, Fla.
Time: 7 p.m. Eastern
TV: YES Network
Live stream: NBA League Pass

The skinny

Availability

from NBA.com

Brooklyn: OUT–Allen Crabbe (sore right knee), Spencer Dinwiddie (torn ligaments, right thumb), Jared Dudley (left hamstring strain), Caris LeVert (subtalar dislocation, right foot), Dzanan Musa (assignment, Long Island Nets).

Orlando: QUESTIONABLE–Jonathon Simmons (abdominal strain); OUT–Troy Caupain (two-way, Lakeland Magic), Amile Jefferson (two-way, Lakeland Magic), Timofey Mozgov (right knee surgery).

Last meeting

Jan. 23 at Brooklyn: The Nets went ahead for good on D’Angelo Russell’s pull-up juimper from 16 feet out with 3:37 to go and held off the Magic down the stretch for a 114-110 victory at Barclays Center.

Orlando had a chance to tie it with 3.1 seconds to go, but Nikola Vucevic was called for offensive goaltending. Russell iced it for Brooklyn with a pair of free throws with 2.4 seconds remaining.

Spencer Dinwiddie paced the Nets with 29 points, while Russell went for 25 points and 10 assists. Jarrett Allen grabbed 11 rebounds.

Vucevic led the Magic with 21 points, 14 rebounds and four blocked shots. D.J. Augustin added 19 points and six assists, Jonathan Isaac finished with 16 points and three blocks and Mohamed Bamba blocked two shots.

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What’s next?

Brooklyn: vs. Milwaukee, Monday; vs. Denver, Wednesday; vs. Chicago, Friday

Orlando: at Oklahoma City, Tuesday; vs. Minnesota, Thursday; at Milwaukee, Feb. 9