NEW YORK — Bradley Beal scored 31 points, John Wall added 23 points and 12 assists, and Otto Porter Jr. had 20 points and 10 rebounds as the Washington Wizards sent the Brooklyn Nets to their 11th straight loss with a 114-110 overtime victory Wednesday night.
Jason Smith scored 15 points and Marcin Gortat added 14 points and 14 rebounds for the Wizards, who won for the eighth time in their last nine games.
Bojan Bogdanovic led the Nets with 21 points. Brook Lopez, who finished with 20 points, fouled out with 1:20 left in regulation as Brooklyn dropped its 13th in a row at home.
Porter’s two free throws with 1:21 left in overtime snapped a 107-107 tie and gave the Wizards the lead for good.
The Nets pulled within three points at 113-110 on Randy Foye’s free throw with 7.5 seconds left.
After Wall stepped out of bounds in the backcourt with 6.1 seconds remaining, the Nets had a chance to tie it. But, Bogdanovic’s 3-point attempt was off and Wall’s free throw with 2.9 seconds left clinched the victory.
Bogdanovic had tied the game at 100 on a driving layup with 41 seconds left in regulation. The game went to overtime when Wall was called for an offensive foul with less than a second remaining.
Washington led 31-22 after the first quarter and increased its lead to 13 on several occasions in the second before settling for a 59-49 advantage at halftime.
The Nets kept creeping closer and eventually pulled to within two, 74-72, on Justin Hamilton’s 3-pointer with 1:36 left in the third quarter.
The Wizards responded by scoring the last five points of the third and the first five of the fourth to re-open an 84-72 lead.
The Nets then went on a 17-5 run and tied the games on Lopez’s short putback with 2:32 left.
The soaring Wizards have only five players who have started more than three games this season, including Otto Porter Jr. and Marcin Gortat who have started each one. In contrast, the reeling Nets have started 11 players at least three times.
The Nets have not won a home game in 2017. Their last victory at the Barclays Center came against the Charlotte Hornets, 120-118, on Dec. 26.
The Wizards host Indiana on Friday. The teams have split their two games so far this season, with the Wizards winning the last matchup, 111-105, on Dec. 28 in Washington. They will also meet on Feb. 16 in Indiana.
The Nets host Miami on Friday. The Heat have won both meetings this season and have taken four straight in the series.
TIP-INS:
Wizards: Markieff Morris did not play due to right calf tightness. … Ian Mahinmi, who started 71 games for the Pacers last season and was signed as a free agent at 64 million for four seasons, played in only his second game of the season and scored his first points. He had been sidelined with various injuries to both knees. … Washington has defeated the Nets six straight times, including all three games this season and last. Brooklyn has not won a game in the series since April 10, 2015 (117-80). … For only the second time in team history (the other was in 1996-97), the Wizards have been both six games under and over .500 in the same season.
Nets: Quincy Acy missed his second straight game with a sprained left ankle. After signing two 10-day contracts, Brooklyn signed him to a multiyear deal on Jan. 30. … The Nets have allowed 28 of their last 29 opponents to score at least 100 points and are 0-9 in the second game of back-to-backs this season.
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