Wall, Washington Extend Wolves’ Woes

WASHINGTON (AP) — John Wall scored 21 points and equaled a career high with 17 assists and Rasual Butler had 23 points as the Washington Wizards won their fifth game in a row, 109-95 over the Minnesota 

Timberwolves on Tuesday night.

Washington scored 14 straight to take a 14-2 lead less than 4½ minutes into the game. Wall had 10 points and six assists in the first quarter.

Thaddeus Young, who led a third-quarter charge, had a season-high 29 points for Minnesota, which has lost nine of 10. Shabazz Muhammad had 21.

Meanwhile, Timberwolves backup center Ronny Turiaf will miss the rest of the season recovering from arthroscopic surgery on his right hip.

The surgery went as planned Tuesday in New York and the team announced after that Turiaf won't return this season.

Turiaf appeared in only two games this season, his second with the Timberwolves. They're his seventh NBA team in 10 seasons in the league.

The Wolves are already missing starters Ricky Rubio (ankle), Nikola Pekovic (foot, wrist) and Kevin Martin (wrist) for the long term. Backup point guard Mo Williams has missed the last six games with a back injury.