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NBA: Kyle Kuzma's last-second 3 lifts Wizards over Pistons in OT

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Washington Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma (33) celebrates his three point basket in overtime with guard Bradley Beal (3) in overtime at Little Caesars Arena. Rick Osentoski, USA TODAY Sports/Reuters." src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/tvpatrol/12/09/kyle-kuzma.jpg"/><figcaption>Washington Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma (33) celebrates his three point basket in overtime with guard Bradley Beal (3) in overtime at Little Caesars Arena. <em>Rick Osentoski, USA TODAY Sports/Reuters.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Kyle Kuzma made a 3-pointer with 0.6 seconds left in overtime to give the visiting Washington Wizards a 119-116 win over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday.</p><p>Kuzma had 26 points, seven rebounds and four assists and Bradley Beal supplied 25 points. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 13 points and Spencer Dinwiddie chipped in 12 points and seven assists.</p><p>Jerami Grant&#x27;s 28 points led Detroit, which lost its 10th straight. Cade Cunningham had 21 points and Frank Jackson contributed 19.</p><p>The Pistons rallied from a 13-point deficit in the final six minutes of regulation to force overtime.</p><div><strong>HIGHLIGHTS:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qeyx6aMwP0c?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Dinwiddie made a 3-pointer with 2:16 left in overtime to give his team a 114-110 lead. Cunningham then made two straight layups to tie it.</p><p>Beal and Cunningham traded baskets before Kuzma hit his corner 3-pointer off a Dinwiddie feed.</p><p>Jackson had 13 points while Cunningham and Grant added 11 apiece as the Pistons gained a 60-52 halftime lead. Detroit attempted 23 free throws and made all but one of them.</p><p>Detroit quickly gave up the lead, thanks to Caldwell-Pope. He scored 10 points in less than two minutes to tie the score at 62. Washington took the lead with 6:20 left in the quarter on a Dinwiddie layup.</p><p>The Wizards wound up outscoring the Pistons 37-26 in the quarter to gain an 89-86 edge. Beal had eight points during the quarter and Grant scored a dozen for Detroit.</p><p>Kuzma had a three-point play after an offensive rebound to extend Washington&#x27;s lead to six points. Kuzma&#x27;s 3-point field goal 40 seconds later made it 97-88.</p><p>Raul Neto&#x27;s layup with 7:13 remaining gave Washington a double-digit advantage at 101-90. After Kuzma made a turnaround shot, the Pistons caught fire.</p><p>They went on a 12-1 run, capped by a Jackson 3-pointer with 1:46 remaining.</p><p>Beal hit a jumper with 31 seconds left to nudge the Wizards&#x27; lead to four. Isaiah Stewart answered with a layup and Beal then committed a turnover with 12.9 seconds left. Grant made two free throws with 2.3 seconds left to tie it at 106.</p>

Kyle Kuzma made a 3-pointer with 0.6 seconds left in overtime to give the visiting Washington Wizards a 119-116 win over the Detroit Pistons.