NEW YORK -- Trevor Booker scored a season-high 23 points and the Brooklyn Nets surged ahead in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter for a 121-111 victory over the Orlando Magic on Saturday.
Brook Lopez led the Nets with 30 points on his 29th birthday while Sean Kilpatrick added 15 for Brooklyn (17-59), which won for the eighth time in its last 18 games by outscoring Orlando 32-22 in the final 12 minutes.
Elfrid Payton recorded his fifth triple-double by totaling 20 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic led the Magic with 27 points and Aaron Gordon added 22, but Orlando missed seven of its first eight shots in the fourth quarter when the Nets pulled away.