Wall has 27 points and 12 assists as Wizards beat Hornets 109-101
John Wall had 27 points (11 in the first quarter) and 12 assists, and the Washington Wizards beat the Charlotte Hornets 109-101.
The Wizards took control with a 23-9 run bridging the third and fourth quarters and led by as many as 15.
The Hornets got within 99-98 on Cody Zeller’s hook shot with 2:24 to play, but Wall answered with a 20-foot pull-up jumper, and the Hornets got no closer.
During clutch time, the Wizards outscored the Hornets 10-8. Garrett Temple scored 4 of the Wizards’ 10 on 1 for 1 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line.
Temple scored 21 points on 7 for 9 shooting, and Jared Dudley added 19 points (9 in the fourth quarter) and 9 rebounds on 7 for 10 shooting.
For the Hornets, Kemba Walker had 18 points and 3 steals but shot 6 for 18, and Nicolas Batum went 1 for 7 from 3.
The Wizards shot 50.6% from the field and 45.0% from 3 to the Hornets’ 41.9% and 30.3%. The Hornets turned it over 18 times, about 5 more than usual for this many possessions. They outscored the Wizards 39-16 off the bench.