WASHINGTON — Bradley Beal scored 20 of his 28 points after halftime, and the Washington Wizards finally gave new coach Scott Brooks his first victory with the team by beating the Atlanta Hawks 95-92 on Friday night.

Beal averaged only 14 points during Washington’s 0-3 start, never getting more than 15, and Brooks said before facing Atlanta he considered that his fault for not giving his young shooting guard enough opportunities.

John Wall had 21 points, 10 rebounds and six assists for Washington.

Dwight Howard led the Hawks with 20 points and 12 rebounds, and Dennis Schroder also scored 20.

An aggressive Beal made 13 of 14 free-throw attempts and hit three 3-pointers.

Atlanta cut the deficit to 95-92 and inbounded the ball after a timeout with 11.7 seconds left, but Kyle Korver air-balled a 3-point try with 3.6 seconds left with Markieff Morris in his face. Korver finished 1 for 9 from the field, including 1 for 6 on 3s.

[naviga:h3]Spurs 112, Pelicans 111[/naviga:h3]

NEW ORLEANS — Devin Booker scored 38 points, including an improbable jumper that tied the as regulation expired and Phoenix kept New Orleans winless on the season.

T.J. Warren added 18 points on 4-of-17 shooting for the Suns, while Eric Bledsoe had 17 points and Tyson Chandler had 12 points and 18 rebounds.

Anthony Davis had 22 points and 11 rebounds for the Pelicans (0-6), while forward Terrence Jones, starting in place of the suspended Dante Cunningham, had 19 points. Though the Pelicans outshot the Suns 46 percent to 43 percent, they managed to shoot just 53.6 percent from the free throw line (15 of 28). The Suns finished 24 of 28 at the line.

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TORONTO — DeMar DeRozan scored 34 points and reserve Terrence Ross added 20 as Toronto beat Miami.

It was a team-record fifth straight 30-plus-point game for DeRozan, the NBA’s leading scorer coming into the game averaging 36.3 points. Mike James had four straight 30-plus-point games for Toronto in 2005.

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the last player to start a season with five games with at least 30 points was Michael Jordan from Nov. 1-11, 1986.

Hassan Whiteside had 21 points and 16 rebounds and Goran Dragic added 17 points for the Heat.

[naviga:h3]Hornets 99, Nets 95[/naviga:h3]

NEW YORK — Kemba Walker scored a season-high 30 points and Charlotte improved its best start in 16 years to 4-1.

Nicolas Batum added 18 points and nine rebounds, while Marvin Williams, who missed his first 10 shots, made a 3-pointer with 1:05 left after the Nets had cut the lead to one point.

Reserve Sean Kilpatrick scored 19 points for the Nets, who didn’t have starting point guard Jeremy Lin available to face his former team because of a strained left hamstring that will keep him sidelined for at least two weeks.

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CHICAGO — Kristaps Porzingis had 27 points and Carmelo Anthony added 25 to lead New York in the triumphant return of Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah to Chicago.

Rose, the Bulls’ first-round draft pick in 2008, finished with 15 points and 11 assists, while Noah, a 2007 first-rounder, had 16 points and nine rebounds. They teamed up to play a familiar two-man game late as New York held off a Chicago rally.

Both Rose and Noah received loud ovations from the United Center crowd during pregame introductions, although there were some boos mixed in for Rose. The Chicago native also was booed every time he touched the ball in the first couple of minutes.

The Bulls played a video tribute to Rose and Noah during the first timeout.

Dwyane Wade led Chicago (3-2) with 35 points on 12-for-20 shooting and Jimmy Butler added 26 points.