The last time the Brooklyn Nets played a home game, they produced their best showing of the season.

The Nets will get several chances in the upcoming weeks to produce more home victories starting on Monday night when they host the Orlando Magic at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Nikola Vucevic scored 34 points - eight straight in a decisive 10-0 fourth-quarter run - and the Orlando Magic beat the New York Knicks 105-100 on Sunday.

With the score tied at 85 midway through the fourth quarter, Vucevic made a short basket, a three-point play and a 3-point shot in succession to give the Magic the lead for good.

Evan Fournier had 20 points, Jonathon Simmons added 16, and Elfrid Payton had 15 for Orlando.

Michael Beasley, who replaced the injured Kristaps Porzingis in the starting lineup, led the Knicks with 21 points. Courtney Lee had 19, and Enes Kanter added 18 points and 16 rebounds.

NEW YORK (AP) D'Angelo Russell, Trevor Booker and DeMarre Carroll all scored 17 points, and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Orlando Magic 126-121 on Friday night in their home opener.

Booker added 11 rebounds and made the clinching free throws with 0.9 seconds left after Orlando's Evan Fournier missed a tying 3-point attempt.

Courtney Lee scored 18 points, Lance Thomas added 17 and the New York Knicks used a big fourth quarter to rally past the Orlando Magic, 113-105 on Monday night.

Willy Hernangomez had 14 points and eight rebounds, while Kristaps Porzingis scored 14 points for the Knicks, who stopped a two-game losing streak. Kyle O'Quinn sparked the comeback with 11 points and eight rebounds, all in the fourth quarter.

Elfrid Payton had his first triple-double of the season with 16 points, 10 assists and 11 rebounds. Evan Fournier led Orlando with 25 points and Aaron Gordon had 17 in the Magic's third loss in four games.

New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony won't play in Monday's road game against the Orlando Magic, the team announced.

The Knicks are playing back-to-back games for the first time since Jan. 31-Feb. 1. 

Anthony "wrenched" his knee while blocking a shot in Sunday's loss against the Golden State Warriors, head coach Jeff Hornacek told reporters prior to Monday's game. He scored 15 points on 6-of-12 shooting in 35 minutes against the Warriors. 

He is averaging 23.2 points and six rebounds in 62 games for New York this season.

Effort was not the problem for the Orlando Magic in their 101-90 loss to the New York Knicks last Wednesday. Something else was off about the team.

With three days at home between their last game -- a stellar 18-point win over the Atlanta Hawks -- the Knicks seemed poised to build some positive momentum. Then the Knicks came and seemed to pull the rug from underneath them in a loss to the Golden State Warriors on Sunday.

What seemed like a turning point for the Knicks last week has instead become a blip on an otherwise difficult season. New York hopes a return to Orlando on Monday at the Amway Center can get the team back on the right track.

Kristaps Porzingis had 20 points and nine rebounds, and Derrick Rose added 19 points to help the New York Knicks cruise to a 101-90 victory over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night.

Keith Schlosser, SNY.TV: 

• Though Carmelo Anthony struggled, this game was a productive one for many reasons. As the Knicks pushed the pace with a small ball lineup, Kristaps Porzingis looked like a triangle offense savant. The big man was moving well and pivoting towards the basket efficiently. He embraced being a true focus point. Porzingis also looked fatigued, which is to be expected following an injury absence. Still, he fought through it pretty well and Thursday's day off from game action should help. He was very active.

The Knicks head to Orlando for a matchup with the Magic at 7 p.m. 

According to STATS: 

• The Magic have won three of their last four home games against the Knicks dating back to February 21, 2014. In those games, Orlando has outscored New York by an average of 38.5 to 24.5 in the paint.
• The Knicks are shooting 3.6 percent worse from the field on the road (43.0 percent) than at home (46.6 percent) this season, the largest differential in the league (with road shooting being worse).
• The Magic are shooting just 29.8 percent on corner three-pointers this season, the worst mark in the league by a considerable margin (Suns are second-worst at 33.2 percent).

NEW YORK -- The New York Knicks enter the new year under .500 for the fourth straight season and 12 out of the past 15 seasons, excluding the lockout-shortened 2011-12 campaign.

New York (16-17) will try to get back on track after dropping three straight in a southern road swing when it hosts the Orlando Magic (15-20) Monday at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks defeated the Magic at the Garden, 106-95, on Dec. 22.

The Knicks surrendered at least 100 points in their recent three-game road slide, losing to the Atlanta Hawks (102-98), the New Orleans Pelicans (104-92) and the Houston Rockets (129-122). New York has the sixth-worst defensive rating in the league.

NEW YORK -- The New York Knicks opened a three-game homestand on Tuesday by rallying for their biggest comeback win of the season. Trailing by as many as 15 points, the Knicks ended a three-game losing streak with a 118-111 victory over the Indiana Pacers.

New York (15-13) will try to keep the momentum going when it entertains the Orlando Magic (13-17) at Madison Square Garden on Thursday. The homestand ends on Christmas Day with a visit from the Boston Celtics.

Orlando also fought back from being double digits down in its 136-130 double-overtime win against the Miami Heat on Tuesday.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Nikola Vucevic had 21 points and 10 rebounds, Evan Fournier also scored 21 and the Orlando Magic defeated the Brooklyn Nets 118-111 on Friday night to snap their six-game home losing streak.

The Nets head to Orlando to take on the Magic at 7 p.m. on Friday night.

According to STATS...

• This will be the first meeting between the Nets and the Magic this season. Orlando has won the last four games in this series; the 139 points that they scored the last time the teams met (March 29, 2016) are the most the Magic have ever had in a game against the Nets. 
• Brooklyn defeated the Lakers on Wednesday despite shooting just 38.4 percent from the field. The victory snapped the Nets' 39-game losing streak when shooting less than 40 percent.

The Orlando Magic are all but officially eliminated from playoff contention, but they're surely feeling good about Nikola Vucevic and Victor Oladipo potentially returning.

Matchups with the Brooklyn Nets usually help, too.

While the statuses of their top two scorers are unknown, the Magic attempt to sweep the season series from the Nets on Tuesday night.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Victor Oladipo and Nikola Vucevic each scored 20 points Friday night to lead the Orlando Magic to an 83-77 victory over the Brooklyn Nets, who have lost nine straight home games.

Aaron Gordon added 14 points and Evan Fournier had 13 for the Magic, who snapped a four-game losing streak.

Brook Lopez led the Nets with 17 points. Joe Johnson finished with 13.

The New York Knicks were rolling along before their worst offensive performance of the season led to the end of their longest winning streak in 19 months.

They had similar poor showings in two road matchups with the Orlando Magic last season, but the Knicks might be catching them at the right time Wednesday night.

New York (8-7) opened a four-game trip with wins over Oklahoma City and Houston to give it four straight victories overall for the first time since the end of the 2013-14 season.

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Jim Mancari, SNYNets.com

Nelson missed all three games that the two teams have played this season ? all Nets victories.

The Nets are coming off two ugly losses but will hope to rebound against a team that they have already defeated three times this season.

The Magic meanwhile have lost five-straight games as they now embark on a five-game road trip.

?Jim Mancari, SNYNets.com

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