Jordi Fernandez still searching for 1st NBA win after Nets lose to Orlando Magic

The Nets were felled successful some trips to Kia Center past play by an mean of 17.5 points. While their latest roadworthy gathering with the Orlando Magic did not get retired of manus until precocious successful regulation, Jordi Fernandez got connected the squad charter backmost to Brooklyn afterward inactive searching for his archetypal vocation win.

Jamahl Mosley’s clump prevailed 116-101, dropping Brooklyn to 0-2 this season. Orlando has present beaten the Nets astatine location 4 consecutive times.

The crippled surely felt winnable for astir of the night, akin to Wednesday successful Atlanta. The Magic were the No. 5 effect successful the Eastern Conference during past postseason, returned astir of their cardinal guys from past play and the Nets kept their feet connected the state for a while. But the wheels intelligibly fell disconnected successful the 4th quarter, wherever they were outscored, 35-30, and fell down by 17 points aggregate times.

Also, just similar Wednesday’s crippled successful Atlanta, the Nets could not get retired of their ain mode astatine times. The effort was decidedly there, but the execution was not. They committed 19 turnovers, which led to 25 points for Orlando, and racked up 31 squad fouls, which led to 23 points astatine the escaped propulsion enactment for the location team. Brooklyn had 46 fouls successful Wednesday’s loss, much than they had successful immoderate crippled each past season. The team’s sloppiness successful some regards indispensable beryllium addressed going forward.

The Nets volition instrumentality to enactment against the Milwaukee Bucks connected Sunday astatine Barclays Center.

Ben Simmons has been much of a foul merchant than a triple-double instrumentality successful his archetypal 2 appearances this season. After collecting 5 idiosyncratic fouls successful 24 minutes against the Hawks, helium already had 2 idiosyncratic fouls successful his archetypal 7 minutes connected the court, 4 with 6:03 near successful the 3rd quarter, past picked up his 5th and last foul with 3:30 near successful the 3rd quarter.

Simmons, playing successful his 2nd regular play crippled pursuing past season’s extended absence, needs to beryllium smarter, particularly with reserve halfway Day’Ron Sharpe sidelined indefinitely. Brooklyn’s frontcourt bladed is capable arsenic it is. He besides failed to ace double-digits successful scoring for the 2nd consecutive game, finishing with 7 points, six rebounds and 3 assists successful 24 minutes.

Excessive fouling, not injuries, is wherefore helium has struggled to enactment connected the court. Perhaps Nic Claxton, who conscionable played successful his 2nd regular play crippled aft missing each of the preseason, volition instrumentality to the starting lineup sooner alternatively than aboriginal due to the fact that of it. Although helium remains connected a choky minutes restriction, helium finished plus-11 successful his 20 minutes connected the court. Simmons was minus-17.

It is besides wide that Fernandez is inactive figuring retired his rotations, but that was expected considering however aboriginal it is successful the season, and the information that the Nets are inactive acold from full due to the fact that of their injuries. Jalen Wilson was the archetypal subordinate disconnected the seat against Atlanta, but that grant went to Shake Milton connected Friday. Wilson played lone 13 minutes against Orlando, the second-lowest full connected the squad down Keon Johnson (two). He ne'er recovered a bushed offensively and went scoreless.

It was besides a somewhat forgettable nighttime for Cam Thomas, who dropped 36 points connected the Hawks earlier successful the week. The Nets attempted 11 shots successful the archetypal 4 minutes of the crippled and Thomas relegated to the country aboriginal on. He started 1-for-7 from the tract and inactive managed to people a team-high 24 points, but did connected a 7-of-17 clip.

Fernandez deserves recognition for however helium handled Paolo Banchero defensively. The Nets sent aggregate bodies astatine him each night, and Orlando’s All-Star guardant was held to conscionable 15 points connected 4-for-12 shooting.