Kristaps Porziņģis had 30 points and 10 rebounds, and the Washington Wizards beat the Detroit Pistons 100-97.
Porziņģis’ 10-foot fadeaway answered Cade Cunningham’s 15-foot pull-up jumper and put the Wizards back ahead for good with 29 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
The Pistons had the ball down 3, but Rodney McGruder missed a 3-pointer with 4.1 seconds left that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Wizards outscored the Pistons 10-6. Porziņģis scored 4 of the Wizards’ 10 on 2 for 3 shooting. Early in the fourth quarter, McGruder had 2 steals in 25 seconds, the first leading to Killian Hayes’ corner 3-pointer and the second to Marvin Bagley III’s turnaround jumper.
Deni Avdija had a career-high 21 points (13 in the second quarter) and 10 rebounds off the bench.
For the Pistons, Bagley scored 25 points on 10 for 16 shooting off the bench, and Saddiq Bey went 1 for 8 from 3. Cunningham had 22 points (16 in the paint) and 9 assists.
The Wizards shot 43.4% from the field and 30.0% from 3 to the Pistons’ 41.1% and 18.8%. The Pistons outscored the Wizards 54-32 in the paint.