Wizards snap Philly win streak
John Wall had 25 points, seven rebounds and seven assists, Bradley Beal added 20 points and the Wizards used a second-half spurt to beat the 76ers 109-93 in Washington last night, ending Philadelphia’s rare three-game winning streak.
The 76ers played without rookie star Joel Embiid, who sat out to rest after scoring 24 points on Thursday. Jahlil Okafor, who hadn’t played in the last three games, had a seasonhigh 26 starting in his place.
The Wizards have won 11 straight at home. Bulls 107, Pelicans 99 — Jimmy Butler scored 28 points in his return from flu, and Dwyane Wade had 17 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter as Chicago held off visiting New Orleans. After the Pelicans cut a 15-point second-half deficit to one point early in the fourth, Wade scored six straight points. He later added a 3-pointer, then a three-point play to help put it away.
Anthony Davis had 36 points, 14 rebounds and three blocks for New Orleans. Suns 108, Spurs 105 — Devin Booker scored a career-high 39 for the second straight game in Mexico City and Phoenix surprised San Antonio by overcoming an 11-point deficit.
Booker made two baskets to give the Suns a 106103 lead in the last minute. Leonard and P.J. Tucker traded pairs of free throws, and the Spurs’ Danny Green missed an open 3-pointer to seal the win for Phoenix.
Before the game, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said a team in Mexico City — something Dallas owner Mark Cuban is in favor of — will not happen in the immediate future.
“The next step before we start talking about a franchise in Mexico City is to bring more games here ... whether we bring additional regular-season games next season or do some sort of tournament with several teams playing each other, that is something that we are looking at,” Silver said. Clippers 113, Lakers 97 — In Los Angeles, DeAndre Jordan scored 24 points on 12-of-13 shooting, and the host Clippers shot 52 percent to crush their city rivals and improve to 6-0 in 2017.
Jordan had 21 rebounds, and Chris Paul added 20 points and 13 assists for the Clippers, off to their best start since going 7-0 to begin 1974 when the franchise was located in Buffalo. Jazz 114, Magic 107 — In Salt Lake City, Gordon Hayward scored 23 points and Rudy Gobert had 19 points and 19 rebounds to help Utah beat Orlando.
Joe Ingles made two 3-pointers in the final 1:07 to wrap up the victory that was tempered by the loss of Rodney Hood to what looked like a serious knee injury with 2:54 remaining. Hood had 14 points.