Washington 104, Denver 108
Friday, January 20, 2012 7:00 PM
Location -
Verizon Center, Washington, District of Columbia
Officials -
#54 Nick Buchert, #71 Rodney Mott, #23 Jason Phillips
Attendance -
14866
Final Scoring Summary
Team Records
Recap
Al Harrington came off the bench to score a season-high 29 points, lifting the visiting Denver Nuggers to a 108-104 victory over the Washington Wizards on Friday night.
Ty Lawson and Danilo Gallinari added 21 points apiece to help Denver win for the fifth time in six games and improve to 3-0 on its five-game road trip.
Harrington buried a season-best five 3-pointers, the last coming with 1:14 remaining to give the Nuggets a 103-98 lead. He added a dunk with seven seconds left as Denver beat Washington for the fourth straight time and ninth in the last 10 meetings.
Nick Young scored a team-high 25 points for the Wizards, which dropped to a league-worst 2-13.
Harrington scored 10 in the third quarter to help the Nuggets go ahead by as many as eight points before taking an 86-81 lead into the final 12 minutes.
Denver was without center Nene, who sat out the game with a bruised heel.
Young scored 17 first-quarter points to spark Washington to a 37-27 lead, but Lawson rallied the Nuggets by delivering 12 in the second quarter and hitting two of Denver's five 3-pointers to slice the deficit to 63-61 at halftime.
Top Game Performances
| Denver |
|
Washington |
|
Al Harrington 29 |
Scoring |
Nick Young 25 |
|
Ty Lawson 7 |
Assists |
John Wall 10 |
|
Ty Lawson 9 |
Rebounds |
John Wall 9 |
|
Danilo Gallinari 6 |
Free Throws Made |
John Wall 5 |
|
Arron Afflalo 1 |
Steals |
Nick Young 4 |
|
Chris Andersen 2 |
Blocks |
JaVale McGee 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Denver
|
108 |
49.4 |
10-21 |
20-30 |
24 |
46 |
4 |
6 |
18 |
| Washington
|
104 |
42.1 |
11-26 |
13-17 |
28 |
40 |
9 |
11 |
11 |
Upcoming Games
-
Washington
will play their next game at home against
Boston.
The
Wizards
have a W/L % of
.000
after a win and
.154
after a loss.
-
Denver
will play their next game on the road against
New York
.
The
Nuggets
have a W/L % of
.727
after a win and
.600
after a loss.