LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Caris LeVert scored 25 of his 34 points in the second half to help the Brooklyn Nets beat the Washington Wizards 118-110 on Sunday and move closer to a playoff berth.Joe Harris scored a season-high 27 points and Jarrett Allen added 22 points and 15 rebounds for the Nets, who bounced back from a loss to Orlando in their first seeding game.
The Nets are now seven games ahead of ninth-place Washington in the Eastern Conference standings.Thomas Bryant had a career-high 30 points and 13 rebounds, and Troy Brown Jr.
added 22 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists for the Wizards.Both teams were short-handed. The Wizards entered the bubble without their top two scorers, Bradley Beal and Davis Bertans.