The Brooklyn Nets were officially eliminated from the NBA Cup on Friday night after a 123-100 loss at home loss to the Orlando Magic.

The Nets suffered a blow at the hands of Jamahl Mosley’s team, which was up 28 points for its biggest lead. Franz Wagner scored 29 points and grabbed a triple-double by adding eight rebounds and an assist. No one on the Nets could guard the German star.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope chipped in with 19 points, nine of which came in the third quarter. Four of his seven field goals were 3-pointers. Jalen Suggs and rookie Tristan da Silva added 12 and 13 points, respectively.

Shake Milton led the Nets in scoring with 22 points off the bench, his most in a game since he was a Philadelphia 76er (four teams ago). Fellow forward Keon Johnson had 15. Cam Johnson had 14 and Trendon Watford added 13.

Nets head coach Jordi Fernández reflected on the loss: “I think (Orlando) was the better team overall … on both ends. They made their shots, they were very physical, they got to the free throw line, a little bit of everything … We were one step slow with our physicality, with our rotations, with our communication, and you pay for it.”

Brooklyn was without its leading scorer in Cam Thomas due to a left hamstring strain that should keep him out most of the month. Dennis Schröder was also unavailable for personal reasons. This meant that the Nets hurt missed fire power.

“We’re going to go out there and fight with whoever we have,” Fernández said.

Jalen Wilson, for example, had nine rushing points in the first quarter and then finished with 11 points. Ben Simmons was 2-of-2 from the field but stopped looking at the basket after missing a pair of free throws early in the second quarter. It was the Australian playmaker’s first foul shot tried then Game 2 of the NBA regular season on October 25.

Simmons had his best game of the year against Phoenix, but returned to a shy showing against Orlando. His two field goal attempts were one low season.

The Nets could have won five of six, and had won their last four home games against Orlando, but instead got blown out. The team had already suffered a 15-point loss to the Magic earlier in the season. Brooklyn can avenge those defeats on Sunday when the Magic, who have now won 11 of their last 12 games, return to Barclays Center.

Jalen Wilson is already looking forward to it: “It’s fun to see them again, know what we did wrong, correct it and just play our game.”

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