DeMar DeRozan scored 37 points and Dejounte Murray added 25 points and a career-high 17 rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs outlasted the host Washington Wizards 146-143 in overtime in a wild game on Monday.
The loss snapped Washington’s eight-game winning streak, their longest since December 2001.
The game went back and forth over the last five minutes or regulation and went to overtime on a layup by Washington’s Bradley Beal with 15.8 seconds left that tied things at 133.
DeRozan & Beal DUEL in DC… SAS comes out on top in OT!@DeMar_DeRozan: 37 PTS, 10 AST@RealDealBeal23: 45 PTS pic.twitter.com/EZQHkLBRuN
— NBA (@NBA) April 27, 2021
DeRozan had a chance to win it for the Spurs, but his 18-foot turnaround fadeaway shot at the buzzer went in and out.
Beal’s putback layup with 1:24 …
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