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02/01 19:53 CST Rookie Will Riley scores season-high 18 as Wizards hand Kings
their 9th straight loss, 116-112
Rookie Will Riley scores season-high 18 as Wizards hand Kings their 9th
straight loss, 116-112
WASHINGTON (AP) --- Rookie Will Riley scored a season-high 18 points, including
a go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:07 left, and the Washington Wizards beat the
Sacramento Kings 116-112 on Sunday night in a matchup of last-place teams.
AJ Johnson added 17 points and Bilal Coulibaly and Marvin Bagley III each
scored 15 for the Wizards, who relied heavily on their reserves as they handed
the Kings their ninth straight loss.
Washington has won three of four since a nine-game skid of its own. The Wizards
began the night last in the Eastern Conference but moved one-half game ahead of
Indiana.
Zach LaVine scored 35 points and DeMar DeRozan had 32 for the Kings, who are
last in the West and concluded their season-long East Coast trip at 0-6.
Maxime Raynaud added 14 points for Sacramento, but no other Kings player had
more than six. Washington led 61-20 in bench points, and the Wizards' reserves
also outscored their starters.
Wizards coach Brian Keefe had four players who've spent time in the G League
this season on the floor in the closing minutes. Riley and Johnson were joined
by Skal Labissiere and Sharife Cooper, whose tip-in gave Washington a 115-110
lead with 37.2 seconds left.
Labissiere had 13 points. Little-used veteran Anthony Gill played a season-high
27 minutes for Washington and was scoreless on 0-for-3 shooting.
DeRozan scored eight points during a 12-3 fourth-quarter run that gave the
Kings a 101-98 lead with 5:20 left. The 19-year-old Riley responded with eight
points in the next 3:13 to put the Wizards back on top.
Up next
Kings: Host Memphis on Wednesday night.
Wizards: Host New York on Tuesday night.
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