LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — John Wall scored six of his 36 points in overtime as the Washington Wizards outlasted the Houston Rockets 135-131 in overtime on Monday despite James Harden’s season-high 54 points.
Bradley Beal equalled his season-best with 32 points and Markieff Morris finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds. Wall had two baskets in the extra period and dished out 11 assists.
Harden scored 12 points in the first quarter, 11 in the second and 21 points in the third quarter. His career high is 60 points.
He started the fourth quarter on the bench then added six more as the teams remained deadlocked 125-125 at the end of regulation.
Harden missed five of his seven shots in the fourth. In overtime, Harden was one of two from the field and had two free throws. He had 11 turnovers, including three in overtime.
Eric Gordon scored a season-high 36 for the short-handed Rockets, who played without Chris Paul for the second straight game.
Washington’s Otto Porter opened the scoring in overtime with 4:47 to play and the Wizards maintained the lead the rest of the way.
Wall followed with a jump shot to make it 129-125 and later made another jumper that pushed the lead to five. Beal’s jumper extended it to 133-126 with just under two minutes to play.
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