Beal leads Wizards over Suns in 3 OTs

Washington’s Bradley Beal had 40 points as part of his first career triple-double as the host Wizards beat the Phoenix Suns 149-146 in triple-overtime Saturday night.

With All-Star point guard John Wall sidelined because of illness, Beal scored 10 points in the third overtime, including two on a slicing layup that made it 146-144 with 40 seconds left. He also had a careerhigh 15 assists and 11 rebounds. Thomas Bryant added 31 points for Washington, hitting all 14 of his shots and making all three of his free throws. At one point, Bryant scored 16 of 18 points for the Wizards across a stretch of the first and second overtime. He also had 13 rebounds.

Devin Booker had 33 points and 14 assists for the Suns, whose four-game winning streak ended after they gave back a seven-point lead late in the fourth quarter. Deandre Ayton had 26 points and 17 rebounds for his fifth consecutive double-double but fouled out midway through the second overtime.

After going scoreless for nearly a 10-minute stretch in overtime, Beal scored eight straight points for Washington in the third extra period.

Later, he cut through several defenders for a layup that gave the Wizards the lead for good, 146-144.

Beal missed a potential winning floater to end the first overtime period, and Booker’s shot from a similar spot rimmed out as the second OT ended.

Clippers 132, Nuggets 111: Danilo Gallinari and Tobias Harris each scored 21 points, Montrezl Harrell added 20 and host Los Angeles dealt Denver its worst loss of the season. The Nuggets had not lost by more than 10 points and had won four straight. Nikola Jokic led Denver with 19 points in 20 minutes before being ejected after screaming at an official following a foul call.

Thunder 107, Jazz 106: Paul George had 43 points and 14 rebounds to help visiting Oklahoma City hold off Utah. Jerami Grant and Steven Adams each scored 15 as the Thunder won their fourth straight game and tied Denver for the best record in the Western Conference. Russell Westbrook had eight points on 3-for-17 shooting with 12 rebounds and nine assists. Rudy Gobert had 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Jazz. Donovan Mitchell scored 20, Derrick Favors added 16 and Ricky Rubio had 12 points and 14 assists.

Rockets 108, Spurs 101 James Harden had 39 points and 10 assists to lead host Houston past San Antonio. Clint Capela had 21 points and 23 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan led San Antonio with 28 points and eight assists. The Rockets were playing without point guard Chris Paul, who is expected to be out at least two weeks because of a hamstring injury. Houston entered Saturday winless in five games without Paul this season. 76ers 126, Raptors 101: Joel Embiid had 27 points and 11 rebounds, Ben Simmons added 26 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists and host Philadelphia routed Toronto. JJ Redick added 22 points for the 76ers, who pulled within 2½ games of first-place Toronto in the Atlantic Division.

Heat 94, Bucks 87: Josh Richardson scored 16 points, Dwyane Wade had two big baskets in the final minutes and host Miami held Giannis Antetokounmpo to a season-low scoring effort. Antetokounmpo scored nine points — his previous low was 12 — on 3-for-12 shooting, though he did have 13 rebounds.