76ers 89, Wizards 81
Nerlens Noel scored nine of his 14 points in the fourth quarter and grabbed 13 rebounds as host Philadelphia sent Washington to its sixth straight loss.
Robert Covington finished with 13 points while Jason Richardson hit four 3-pointers en route to 12 points for the 76ers, who snapped their own five-game slide. Luc Richard Mbah a Moute had 10 points and both Thomas Robinson and Jerami Grant added nine off the bench as Philadelphia survived a 35 percent effort from the field.
John Wall scored 21 points on 7-of-26 shooting and Otto Porter Jr. finished with 19 points for the Wizards, who have lost 11 of 13 overall. Ramon Sessions chipped in 14 points in a reserve role for Washington, which shot a season-low 32.3 percent while losing its seventh straight on the road.
The teams combined to shoot 34.8 percent in the first half, which Philadelphia ended with a 9-2 run to take a 47-42 lead into the break. Porter's three-point play capped Washington's 11-0 burst out of the locker room, but the 76ers answered with their own surge and a late 3-pointer by Hollis Thompson put the hosts up 63-61 entering the fourth.
The Wizards went the first 2:44 of the final period without a point and a flagrant foul called on Wall helped Philadelphia build a 69-61 advantage, but Sessions later had five straight points and Porter buried a 3-pointer to get Washington within 74-73 with 4:36 left. Richardson knocked down a triple and Noel had a pair of dunks for an 83-76 lead with under two minutes to go, and a runner by Ish Smith in the final minute helped provide a safe cushion.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Wizards were without SG Bradley Beal (leg) for the eighth straight game and SF Paul Pierce (knee) and Kris Humphries (hamstring) for the second game in a row. ... Wall, who had 11 assists, is 9-of-36 from the floor in his last two games. ... Smith shot 2-of-10 but led the 76ers with six assists.