All-Star guard Bradley Beal scored 21 points and Kelly Oubre Jr had 15 on Monday night to help the Washington Wizards hold on for a 111-102 victory over the Indiana Pacers.
The Wizards have won five straight overall, all without John Wall, and four in a row over the Pacers.
Bojan Bogdanovic scored 29 points for the Pacers, trying to spur a fourth-quarter rally. Joe Young added 17 as Indiana’s six-game home winning streak ended.
Without starting guards Victor Oladipo (illness) and Darren Collison (left-knee surgery), the Pacers were out of sync all night.
The Wizards took full advantage.
Indiana missed their first six shots, allowing Washington to jump out to a 17-8 lead. The Wizards took control with a 13-0 run to make it 55-39 with 3:13 left in the first half.
The Pacers never got closer than seven again.
They cut the deficit to 58-50 at the half, then Washington scored the first two baskets of the second half to make it a 12-point game. A 9-0 run late in the third gave the Wizards a 79-62 lead, forcing the Pacers to scramble the rest of the night.
They never got closer than eight again.
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Wizards: Markieff Morris had 11 points and 10 rebounds, while Otto Porter Jr scored 13 … Ian Mahinmi finished with 12 points and seven rebounds against his former team … Washington shot 55.6 percent from the field … The Wizards have won four of the last six played in Indianapolis … Washington have had at least 25 assists in six consecutive games … Beal was 1-of-4 on 3-pointers, giving him 2,002 attempts in his career.
Pacers: Domantas Sabonis finished with 15 points and seven rebounds … Young made five threes … Lance Stephenson had 13 points, nine rebounds, six assists and six turnovers … Indiana were 12-of-29 on threes but shot 45.6 percent overall, ending their four-game run of shooting better than 50 percent … The Pacers also were 16-of-25 from the free-throw line.
By NBA News