Short-handed Celtics fall to Wizards in double OT
Bradley Beal scored 34 points, including a threepoint play with 1:25 left in the second overtime, and the Washington Wizards beat the short-handed Boston Celtics 125-124 on Wednesday night.
Jayson Tatum missed a 3-pointer just before the buzzer that could have won it for the Celtics, who were without six players and missed several opportunities to put away the Wizards.
Otto Porter Jr. finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds. Markieff Morris scored 20 points, Ian Mahinmi added 14 and Tomas Satoransky had 10 points for Washington, which played the night before but still had enough energy at the end to rally past the weary Celtics, who blew a 20-point lead.
Boston patched together a lineup without All- Star point guard Kyrie Irving ( knee) and center Al Horford (illness), two of the four regulars who were sidelined.
Marcus Morris led Boston with 31 points and pulled down 19 rebounds, but made a costly defensive error in the closing seconds of regulation. Terry Rozier added 21 points and nine assists, and Tatum scored 19 points for the Celtics.
The Celtics also missing Jaylen Brown (concussion protocol), Marcus Smart (sprained right thumb) and Daniel Theis (torn knee ligament).
KINGS 123, HEAT 119 >> De’Aaron Fox made a layup at the buzzer to force overtime, and Zach Randolph scored the first three points of the extra period and finished with 22 as Sacramento recovered after blowing a 16-point lead in the fourth quarter.
Miami’s Goran Dragic scored 11 straight points in the fourth quarter to fuel the Heat’s comeback and matched his season high of 33 points. But Dragic missed a tying turnaround jumper with 20 seconds left in overtime, then stepped out of bounds with the ball with 12.3 remaining. MAGIC 126, BUCKS 117 >> Jonathon Simmons scored a career-high 35 points, D. J. Augustin added 32 and Orlando bounced back a night after suffering a 108-72 loss in San Antonio to snap a five-game losing streak.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 38 points for Milwaukee, which has lost seven of 10.
• Bay Area native Aaron Gordon missed a fourth straight game for Orlando after failing to clear the NBA’s concussion protocol.