Beal scores 41 as Wizards rally past Clippers
(The Sports Xchange) - Bradley Beal scored 41 points and sank six 3-pointers as the surging Washington Wizards rallied past the Los Angeles Clippers for a 117110 win on Sunday evening.
Markieff Morris scored 23 points and John Wall added 18 points and 11 assists for the Wizards, who set a season high with their third consecutive win. Washington made 12 of 15 field-goal attempts in the fourth quarter and finished 53.1 percent from the field and sank 10 of 19 3-point attempts.
The Wizards overcame an 11-point deficit in the second half and trailed the Clippers 102-95 midway through the fourth quarter.
Blake Griffin topped Los Angeles with 26 points and added seven rebounds and seven assists. Clippers center DeAndre Jordan had 13 points and 17 boards, while Chris Paul finished with 13 points and 12 assists. (Reuters) - The NBA All-Star voting process has been tweaked in what appears to be an effort to encourage selection of players based on form rather than reputation.
Players previously were chosen entirely by fans, a situation that last season, for example, led to the selection of veteran Dwyane Wade, even though by his own high standards he was having a relatively mediocre season for the Miami Heat.
This season, selection will be based on voting by fans (50 percent), players (25 percent) and media (25 percent), the National Basketball Association announced yesterday.
The All-Star Game will be played in New Orleans on Feb. 19.
All-Star weekend was originally scheduled for Charlotte, North Carolina, but was moved by the NBA in response to that state’s controversial legislation forcing transgender people to use public restrooms matching their gender assigned at birth.