Rebuilding Nets cant keep up with up-and-coming Magic in tough loss

ORLANDO — The Nets are just starting their own teardown and tank.Friday they got an up close look at what a rebuild should look like.And the Nets can only hope it goes anywhere near as well.The Nets didn’t so much get outworked as outclassed late by Orlando, 116-101, before a sellout crowd of 19,087 at Amway Center.“For sure, for sure.

Everybody wants to be in a position where they can play for a championship,” said Jalen Wilson.“Orlando was at a point in time where they were young and they lost a lot of games.

The same guys came back and they’re just getting better.“So you see the process.We’ve just got to buy into it, continue to grind, continue to show up even when days may be tough.

And that’s part of the process, really.”Brooklyn fell to 0-2, set to host the Bucks in Sunday’s home opener.Clinging to a two-point lead in the third quarter, the Nets’ offense — shaky all evening — went ice-cold.A three-plus minute scoreless drought and a 13-0 Magic run left the Nets in a hole they never recovered from.

They shot 42.2 percent overall.Orlando is expected to challenge for 50 wins behind their two best players, Franz Wagner and Paolo Banchero, just 22 and 21 years old.Wagner had 29 points, six rebounds and five assists, while Banchero had 15 points and nine assists.“[Banchero is good at] everything.

Very good player.You know, he can handle, he can set screens, handle screens, post up, ISO, his 3-point shot is good enough.

He can play fast,” Nets coach Jordi Fernandez said.“It’s the whole package.

So it’s a good challenge for us because we’ll try different things.“We had Trae [Young] the other day there, which is like a smaller type of guard.And now we see a train that is coming to you really fast, and you have to try to stop it.

And for sure you’re not stopping a train by yourself.You need the whole team.”Meanwhile, Nets guard Cam Thomas scored a team-high 24 points but once again feasted in garbage time.

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