Magic 83, Nets 77
NEW YORK -- Guard Victor Oladipo scored 20 points and hit six 3-pointers Friday as the Orlando Magic ended a four-game losing streak with an 83-77 victory over the Brooklyn Nets.
Center Nikola Vucevic added 20 points and 10 rebounds for his seventh game with at least 20 points and 10 rebounds. It also was his 14th double-double.
Reserve forward Aaron Gordon added 14 and guard Evan Fournier contributed 13 for Orlando, which closed out the game with a 15-9 spurt over the final 6:48 to end its longest losing streak of the season.
Center Brook Lopez scored 17 points but shot 6 of 15 for the Nets, whose home losing streak reached nine games. It is the club's longest since a 14-game skid at the Meadowlands during the 12-70, 2009-2010 season.
Forward Joe Johnson added 13 and point guard Shane Larkin had 12 for Brooklyn, which shot 39.7 percent and committed 15 turnovers.
Brooklyn took a 64-60 lead early in the fourth on a dunk by forward Thomas Robinson. About a minute later, Orlando took a 66-64 edge on consecutive 3-pointers by swingman Mario Hezonja and Gordon, and held a 68-65 lead when Vucevic returned with 7:34 remaining.
A hook shot by Lopez brought the game into a 68-68 deadlock with 6:48 left. Less than a minute later, Orlando held a 73-68 lead on a 3-pointer by Oladipo.
Orlando finished it off on a reverse dunk by Gordon with 3:25 remaining and a 3-pointer by Oladipo with 2:42 left.
Before surging ahead down the stretch, the Magic built a 26-13 lead with 3:09 remaining in the first quarter. Orlando could not sustain it and trailed 38-37 at halftime and 62-60 entering the fourth.
NOTES: Orlando G Elfrid Payton (left ankle contusion) missed his third straight game. Coach Scott Skiles said Payton was unable to move very well during the team's morning shootaround. ... Entering Friday, Brooklyn had been outscored by 46 points in the first quarter during its eight-game home losing streak. ... Nets F Andrea Bargnani has not played more than 10 minutes in his previous three games, and coach Lionel Hollins gave a vague response, saying: "I just decided to make a change." ... Orlando G Evan Fournier participated in the morning shootaround and started despite being bothered by an ingrown toenail. Had he not been able to play, G Shabazz Napier would have made his 11th career start and first one for Orlando.