Wizards Beat Lakers, Win Sixth Straight, NBA Scores

By ESPN

With the score tied at 91 with 9:10 to play, John Wall took over for the Washington Wizards.

He heard lots of cheers for the visiting Los Angeles Lakers, and it bothered him.

"They kind of just made me mad," Wall said. "I did what I had to do to get a win for us."

Wall kept his word, scoring 16 of his game-high 33 points in the final nine minutes as the Wizards won their sixth straight, 116-108 over the Lakers on Thursday night.

The All-Star point guard wasn't the only one to notice the cheers for Los Angeles, which lost for the ninth time in 11 games.

Bradley Beal, who scored 19 of his 23 points in the first half, didn't like the pro-Lakers fans, either. It didn't matter that Washington, whose last six-game run came from Dec. 8-19, 2014, won its 16th straight game at home -- second-longest in franchise history.

"I'm sick of that," Beal said. "That's terrible. I felt like we were on the road today."

Jordan Clarkson led Los Angeles with 20 points.

The Wizards outscored the Lakers 27-15 in the second quarter, and had a 14-point halftime lead.

"The second quarter was terrible," Los Angeles coach Luke Walton said. "We actually came out and played a little better than I thought we would. It's tough when you fly across the country like that and you kind of expect some early sloppiness and then you expect the guys to clean it up.

"I think it took a little too long to clean it up, but I was proud the way we came back in the second half."

Thursday, February 2 Scoreboard

Washington 116, Los Angeles Lakers 108

Atlanta 113, Houston 108

San Antonio 102, Philadelphia 86

Golden State 133, Los Angeles Clippers 120

Friday, February 3 Schedule (All Times Central)

Toronto at Orland, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Chicago at Houston, 7 p.m.

Memphis at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles Lakers at Boston, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Denver, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Sacramento, 9:30 p.m.

Dallas at Portland, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, February 4 Schedule (All Times Central)

New Orleans at Washington, 6 p.m.

Orlando at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

Cleveland at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Utah, 8 p.m.

Milwaukee at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Denver at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Memphis at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Golden State at Sacramento, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday, February 5 Schedule (All Times Central)

Toronto at Brooklyn, 11 a.m.

Los Angeles Clippers at  Boston, 1 p.m.

Portland at Oklahoma City, 2 p.m.