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.
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Washington has won three of four since a nine-game losing streak. The Wizards started the night last in the Eastern Conference, but moved a half-game ahead of Indiana.
Zach LaVine scored 35 points and DeMar DeRozan scored 32 for the Kings, who are last in the West and concluded their season-long East Coast swing with a 0-6 record.
Maxime Raynaud added 14 points for Sacramento, but no other Kings player scored 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 have played in the G League this season on the court in the final minutes. Riley and Johnson were joined by Skal Labissiere and Sharife Cooper, whose touch gave Washington a 115-110 lead with 37.2 seconds left.
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Labissiere scored 13 points. Little-used veteran Anthony Gill played a season-high 27 minutes for Washington and scored no goals while going 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. Riley, 19, responded with eight points in the next 3:13 to put the Wizards back on top.
Next
Kings: Host Memphis on Wednesday night.
Wizards: Host New York on Tuesday night.
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