After downing three Western Conference foes on the road, the Brooklyn Nets may have been feeling themselves a little too much. Not that anyone could blame them,

Franz Wagner scored 21 of his 29 points in the first half as the red-hot Orlando Magic seized control late in the second quarter and pulled away in the third for a 123-100 NBA Cup victory over the Brooklyn Nets Friday night in New York.

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).

Star Ben Simmons finished with four points, seven rebounds and eight assists while shooting 2/2 from the field in 26 minutes of playing time.Many people reacted to his performance on social media. @erikslater_: "Ben Simmons missed a pair of free throws with 11:16 left in the second quarter.

The Nets come into this game following an impressive 127-117 win at the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday in which the leading scorer for Brooklyn was not Dennis Schroder or Cam Johnson, but Two-Way forward Tyrese Martin with 30 points off the bench.

Franz Wagner scored 29 points, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 19 and the Orlando Magic eased to a 123-100 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night in an NBA Cup game. Jalen Suggs and Wendell Carter Jr.

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

Hopefully, the Nets were taking copious notes. Beyond the normal lessons they can learn from any loss, the Magic provided them an ideal rebuild blueprint to follow, as they represent so much of what these Nets hope to eventually become.