NEW YORK — Brook Lopez scored 26 points, Bojan Bogdanovic added 22 points, hitting all six of his 3-point attempts, and the Brooklyn Nets continued their playoff push with a 117-80 blowout of the Washington Wizards on Friday night.
The Nets’ 37-point margin was their biggest at Barclays Center, where they’ve won six of their last seven and 10 of 13 games overall.
Reserve guard Jarrett Jack scored 14 points and Thaddeus Young chipped in 10 points for the Nets (37-42), who remained in the eighth and final spot in the Eastern Conference race.
Bradley Beal had 24 points and Marcin Gortat had a double-double with 21 points and 16 rebounds for the Wizards (45-34), whose four-game winning streak came to a halt.
Brooklyn led by as many as 27 points during first half before the Wizards trimmed the lead. The Nets finished out the second quarter with a 54-38 lead.
After a pair of free throws by Gortat cut the Washington deficit to 72-62 with 1:56 remaining in the third quarter, Jack hit a jumper that sparked a 16-0 run. Lopez capped it with a pair of free throws that increased the lead to 88-62.
Drew Gooden then stopped the drought with a pair of free throws before Brooklyn reeled off seven straight points that ballooned the lead to 95-63 on Lopez’s dunk with 7:29 left.
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