Wizards silence Thunder
Kiwi Steven Adams’ Oklahoma City Thunder’s three-game winning NBA streak come to an end yesterday after losing to the Washington Wizards.
Adams wasn’t a big contributor in the 116-98 loss, scoring 10 points in the first quarter and two in the rest of the game.
The Thunder started the day with the second-best record in the Western Conference while Washington were nine games under .500 and still adjusting to losing star guard John Wall for the season. Those factors made the win sweeter for Brooks, the former Thunder coach.
Bradley Beal scored 25 points to help the Wizards to the win.
Otto Porter had 20 points, six rebounds and five assists, Jeff Green scored 16 points and Tomas Satoransky added 15 for the Wizards.
‘‘It has to be up there, there’s no question,’’ Brooks said. ‘‘We battled. We played against one of the best teams in basketball. They’ve got a lot of talent. They’ve got three AllStars on the floor and I think we battled them and did a lot of things well.’’
Porter had been playing sparingly since coming back from a right knee contusion. He came off the bench and made 7 of 17 shots and 4 of 6 3-pointers.
‘‘I am still trying to get the rust off,’’ he said. ‘‘Coming off the bench allows me to add scoring coming off the bench. I’m doing whatever I can.’’
Russell Westbrook had 22 points, 15 rebounds and 13 assists for his 12th triple-double of the season and the 116th of his career.