On Friday evening, the Brooklyn Nets hosted the Orlando Magic at Barclays Center. The Nets lost by a score of 123-100 to fall to 9-11 in their first 20 games o

This was the aggressiveness that Jordi Fernandez wanted. That Ben Simmons had lacked. That the Nets needed for their offense to click and inch closer to its potential, especially with leading scorer Cam Thomas out of the lineup with lower back tightness.

Ben Simmons had 14 points, nine rebounds, eight assists and one steal while shooting 7/8 from the field in 27 minutes of playing time. Many people reacted to his performance on social media. @RealCodyMallory: "All the focus is on Tyrese Martin tonight (rightfully so) but Ben Simmons has been tremendous" @MungoBeanfield: "All jokes aside,