The Brooklyn Nets (9-11) came into Friday's game against the Orlando Magic (14-7) looking to keep the good times going given how successful their road trip was. However, Brooklyn has been surviving on the "next man up" mentality this entire season,

Winning anywhere in the NBA is hard. The task gets tougher when trying to do so on the road. Doing so twice in a row is as tough as it gets.

The Orlando Magic didn’t give the Brooklyn Nets any sort of a discount tonight on Black Friday. Dropping this one 123-120, their shorthandedness seemed to finally, finally catch up to them. For team tank,

Orlando won its fifth straight game Friday night against the Nets behind a game-high 29 points from Franz Wagner.

Franz Wagner scored 29 points, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 19 and the Orlando Magic eased to a 123-100 victory over the Brooklyn Nets in an NBA Cup game.

Nets : OUT: Bojan Bogdanovic (foot), Noah Clowney (ankle), Jaylen Martin (knee), Dennis Schroder (personal), Day’Ron Sharpe (hamstring), and Cam Thomas (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: Nic Claxton (back), Dorian Finney-Smith (ankle), Cam Johnson (ankle), and Jalen Wilson (calf).