Wizards upset Nets with Beal’s 27 points
NEW YORK — Bradley Beal had 27 points, 10 rebounds and the assist on Thomas Bryant’s go-ahead dunk with 14.9 seconds left, leading the Washington Wizards to a 123-122 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday.
Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant missed jumpers on the last possession, dropping the Nets to 3-4.
Russell Westbrook had 24 points and 10 assists but only five rebounds after recording triple-doubles in his first four games with the Wizards. Bryant finished with 21 points and 14 rebounds.
Irving had 30 points and 10 assists for the Nets, while Durant had 28 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists.
The lead changed hands frequently down the stretch before Beal missed a jumper with the Wizards down by one. Bryant grabbed the rebound and the ball got back to Beal, who drove into the lane and dished it to his big man.
NUGGETS 124 TIMBERWOLVES 109
Jamal Murray scored a season-high 36 points, Nikola Jokic had 19 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists for is fourth triple-double of the season and visitng Denver beat Minnesota.
LAKERS 108, GRIZZLIES 94
LeBron James had 22 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists, Anthony Davis added 17 points and nine rebounds and Los Angeles opened a twogame set in Memphis with a road victory over Memphis.
CELTICS 122, PISTONS12O
Jayson Tatum hit a fallaway as Blake Griffin stumbled with 2.9 seconds left, then tied up the Detroit veteran on the other end to help visiting Boston beat the Pistons for a weekend split.
JAZZ 130, SPURS 109
Bojan Bogdanovic scored 28 points and Utah made a season-high 21 3-pointers to beat San Antonio on the road.
BULLS 118, MAVERICKS 108
Zach LaVine had 39 points and Coby White scored 21 of his 23 points in the second half to lead hosting Chicago past Dallas.
CLIPPERS 112, SUNS107
Paul George scored 39 points and Los Angeles held on to beat Phoenix on the road after nearly blowing a 31-point lead in a matchup of two of the Western Conference’s top early season teams.
WARRIORS 137 TRAIL BLAZERS 122
Stephen Curry let it fly
from way out under pressure with a minute-plus left for another perfect swish on theway to a career-high 62 points, and Golden State beat Portland at home to split the twogame set.