Gortat and Beal lead Wizards past Knicks 101-87

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Marcin Gortat scored 19 points, Bradley Beal added 18, and the Washington Wizards defeated the New York Knicks 101-87 on Friday night.

Otto Porter, starting his second straight game for the Wizards, scored 17. John Wall was held to six points on 3-of-13 shooting, but had a career-high 18 assists for Washington, which has won three of four.

Leading 59-49 early in the second half, the Wizards went on a 13-5 run capped by a Porter steal and fast-break dunk with 4:43 left in the third. New York got no closer than within 10 points, with just 1:33 left in the game.

Reserve Ricky Ledo scored a career-high 21 points for the Knicks, who have dropped nine straight.

With a game at Memphis on Saturday, the Wizards rested Paul Pierce (for the second straight game) and Nene. Drew Gooden started in place of Nene and grabbed 13 rebounds.

Wall, who has 45 assists in his last three games, started a pair of highlight-reel plays early in a 19-0 first-quarter run. First, he drove the lane and dished behind his back to Gortat for the layup. Two trips later, Wall lofted an alley-oop pass that Porter slammed home.

Washington led 30-8 after Gooden and Porter (two) combined for three-straight 3-pointers.

Porter shot 7 of 9 from the field for the game and added eight rebounds.

New York shot 4 of 19 (21.1 percent) for the quarter and was outrebounded 18-5.

Ledo scored 11 points in the second quarter, Quincy Acy added 10 and New York's reserves brought them back. A 12-3 run to end the quarter cut Washington's lead to 54-46 at halftime.

TIP INS

Knicks: Were swept 4-0 in the season series. ... Cleanthony Early departed with a sprained left ankle in the first quarter and didn't return. ... Tim Hardaway Jr. (right wrist) returned after missing nine games. ... Andrea Bargnani, averaging 20.3 points over last three games coming in, finished with two points in 19 minutes.

Wizards: Have won seven straight against the Knicks. ... Finished 3-2 on homestand, and have just one home game remaining: April 12 vs. Atlanta. ... Nene has appeared in 65 games, the most he's played in a season since 2010-11. ... Beal is averaging 17.3 points over his last four games.

NEXT UP:

Knicks: Host 76ers on Sunday.

Wizards: At Memphis on Saturday.

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