Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Wall nets 31 as Wizards beat Lakers


Wizards 116, Lakers 111

John Wall scored 13 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter and Nene added a career-high 30 as Washington snapped Los Angeles' three-game winning streak.

Martell Webster also had 20 for the Wizards (6-8) who have won four of five games.

Jordan Farmar made 9-of-11 shots and finished with 22 points for Los Angeles (7-8), who had seven players score in double figures.

The Lakers led 108-107 with 1:54 remaining but Wall's jumper 20 seconds later put the Wizards in front for good and started a 6-0 spurt.

Earlier in the day, the Wizards announced leading scorer Bradley Beal has been diagnosed with a stress injury in his right fibula and will miss at least two weeks.

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Magic 109, Hawks 92

E'Twaun Moore's nine-point, third-quarter binge helped Orlando Magic overcome a 12-point deficit to beat the Atlanta Hawks.

With the win, the Magic broke an 11-game, head-to-head losing streak against their Eastern Conference rival.

Moore, a second-year player, helped Orlando out-score Atlanta 36-20 in the third quarter and take over momentum.

Arron Afflalo led the Magic (5-9) with 26 points.

Atlanta (8-7) lost back-to-back games for the first time under first-year coach Mike Budenholzer. Tuesday's game ended with the Hawks' biggest losing margin of the season.

source: www.abs-cbnnews.com