Brooklyn Nets vs Orlando Magic Match Player Stats On Oct 24, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Oct 24, 2017

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Aaron Gordon scored a career-high 41 points and hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 35 seconds remaining to lead the Orlando Magic to a 125-121 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night.

Orlando's Evan Fournier scored 28 points, including 12 points in the final 5:22. Gordon, who was 5 of 5 from beyond the 3-point line, added 12 rebounds.

D'Angelo Russell led the Nets (2-2) with 27 points. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson added 18 points, and DeMarre Carroll had 16. Caris LeVert scored 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds.

D.J. Augustin, starting at point guard for the Magic (3-1) in place of injured Elfrid Payton, scored 19 points and hit all eight of his free throws. Center Nikola Vucevic and reserve Jonathon Simmons each scored 12 points.

The Nets grabbed a 121-120 lead with 48 seconds remaining when Carroll stole the ball from Vucevic and scored. Russell had just hit three consecutive free throws to pull the Nets within one point.

Gordon then hit the go-ahead 3-pointer.

Earlier, Fournier made a 3-pointer with 3:50 remaining for a 112-110 lead, the first Magic lead in the second half. He hit a 3-pointer a minute earlier to cut the deficit to just three points.

The Nets led 96-87 going into the fourth quarter. They led by as many as 12 points in the third when Carroll scored nine points, including a pair of 3-pointers.

Carroll completed a four-point play midway in the third for the 73-66 lead.

Gordon, who missed the previous two games with a sprained left ankle, led everyone with 24 points in the first half when he hit 9 of 11 shots and all three of his 3-point attempts.

The game was tied at 61 at intermission. The Nets led by as many as 10 points in the first half.

Russell was hot early, hitting four consecutive 3-pointers in the first five minutes. He had 15 at halftime while Hollis-Jefferson had 12.

NOTES: Magic PG Elfrid Payton, one of only 17 players in the NBA to play all 82 regular-season games last season, missed his second consecutive game with a sore left hamstring. He is expected to be out for another week. .... The Nets return home Wednesday to face the Cleveland Cavaliers. ... The Nets beat the Magic last week, 126-121, in Brooklyn, despite Nikola Vucevic scoring 41 points. ... Nets G Sean Kilpatrick missed the game for personal reasons. ... The Magic asked the NBA to be part of the league's Global Games series next season, according to the Orlando Sentinel. They requested to play in the Far East. ... G Isaiah Whitehead, who played in 73 games for the Nets last season, was assigned to the team's G-League Long Island team Monday but was recalled a few hours later.