Kristaps Porziņģis scored 23 points (10 in the first quarter), and the Washington Wizards beat the San Antonio Spurs 136-124 to end a 4-game losing streak.
Delon Wright’s 10-foot floater put the Wizards ahead for good with 0.5 seconds left in the third quarter.
The Spurs got within 102-100 on Julian Champagnie’s driving layup with 10:53 to play, but Corey Kispert answered with a corner 3-pointer, and the Spurs got no closer.
Kispert scored a career-high 26 points on 9 for 14 shooting. Wright added a season-high 24 points on 9 for 14 shooting off the bench, and Deni Avdija had 21 points (12 in the paint), 11 rebounds and 6 assists. The Wizards had 4 20-point scorers.
For the Spurs, Keldon Johnson had 30 points and 10 rebounds, and Keita Bates-Diop added a season-high 20 points on 8 for 13 shooting. Tre Jones had 10 points and 12 assists. The Spurs had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
The Wizards shot 60.0% from the field and 50.0% from 3 to the Spurs’ 50.5% and 34.2%. The Wizards outscored the Spurs 21-6 in 5 minutes with Porziņģis, Wright, Avdija, Goodwin and Davis on the floor together.