WASHINGTON — Otto Porter Jr. scored 26 points, Bradley Beal and Kelly Oubre Jr. had 21 each, and the Washington Wizards beat Houston 121-103 Friday night for the high-scoring Rockets' fifth straight loss.
It's the longest skid for Houston since dropping seven straight from Jan. 9-19, 2013.
NBA scoring leader James Harden matched his season low with 20 points for the Rockets. Chris Paul returned after missing three games with a strained groin and had eight points and six assists in 26 minutes.
A night after blowing a 26-point lead in Boston, the Rockets held their last lead midway through the first quarter en route to their worst defeat of the season. Houston has by far the most 3-pointers in the league this season but was held to 29.2 percent (14 for 48) from deep.
RAPTORS 111, HAWKS 98
TORONTO — DeMar DeRozan scored 25 points, Jonas Valanciunas had 13 points and 11 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors beat the Atlanta Hawks for their 11th straight home win.
Toronto is 13-1 at home this season, best in the NBA.
Kyle Lowry scored 12 points, Delon Wright had 13 and Jakob Poeltl added 10 rebounds as Toronto finished December at 11-3, its best record ever in the month.
Toronto snapped a two-game skid despite the absence of forward Serge Ibaka, who the Raptors suspended for one game following an altercation with a team staff member after Wednesday's loss at Oklahoma City. The Raptors lost at Dallas on Tuesday.
Raptors coach Dwane Casey would not share details of the incident but said Ibaka and the staffer had apologized to one another. Casey said the situation had been "resolved."
"It went over the limit and we've handled it," Casey said.
The Raptors have lost consecutive games three times this season but have yet to lose three in a row.
Taurean Prince had a career-high 30 points and 10 rebounds, but Atlanta's two-game winning streak ended. The Hawks posted consecutive victories for the first time this season by beating Dallas on Dec. 23 and Washington on Dec. 27.
Dennis Schroder and Marco Belinelli each scored 14 points, and John Collins had 11.
Nine Toronto players made at least one 3-pointer, the second time this season that's happened. The Raptors also did it in a Nov. 1 loss at Denver.
Lowry scored the first five points in a 14-3 run to end the first quarter that gave the Raptors a 30-22 lead.
The Hawks made eight turnovers in the second quarter, allowing Toronto to widen its lead. OG Anunoby had a pair of dunks, one of them a reverse jam off a steal, giving the Raptors a 62-47 lead at halftime.
Prince scored 12 points in the third, but Toronto led 88-69 heading to the fourth.