MADRID, 30 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Brooklyn Nets, coached by the Spanish Jordi Fernández and already without Dorian Finney-Smith in their ranks, lost 102-101 on their visit to the Orlando Magic during Sunday’s NBA day, with a heart-stopping ending and where Cole Anthony scored the winning basket ‘in extremis’.
At the Kia Center in Orlando (Florida), the visitors went up by 21 points (50-71) in the third period, but they mishandled their rival’s reaction and succumbed to the Magic who did not have Paolo Banchero or Paolo Banchero due to injury. to the brothers Franz and Moritz Wagner.
Even so, the locals had inspiration in the fourth period from another German, the ‘rookie’ Tristan da Silva; He scored 13 of his 21 total points in that fourth act, leading the Magic’s comeback, which is fourth in the East with a balance of 24-10. Meanwhile, the Nets occupy twelfth place in that same Conference with a record of 12-20.
The news in the hours before this game had been the probable departure of Finney-Smith on his way to the Lakers. As reported by the ESPN network, the Los Angeles franchise has agreed to a trade to send D’Angelo Russell, Maxwell Lewis and three second-round draft picks to the Nets for Finney-Smith himself and Shake Milton.