Bradley Beal made a pull-up jumper with 7.4 seconds left, and the Washington Wizards beat the Chicago Bulls 102-100 in their home opener at Capital One Arena.
DeMar DeRozan’s driving dunk had tied it at 100 with 31 seconds left.
The Bulls had the ball down 2 after a timeout, but DeRozan missed a pull-up 3-pointer with 2 seconds left that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Wizards outscored the Bulls 9-7. Beal scored 6 of the Wizards’ 9 on 3 for 4 shooting. With 33 seconds left, DeRozan stole the ball from Beal, and his driving dunk off it tied the game at 100.
Kyle Kuzma scored 26 points, and Beal added 19 points and 8 assists.
For the Bulls, DeRozan had 32 points and 6 assists, and Nikola Vučević added 24 points (12 at the free-throw line) and 8 rebounds.
The Wizards’ starters outscored the Bulls 56-42 in 21 minutes together. Kristaps Porziņģis fouled out.