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WASHINGTON -- A month removed from a dreadful start to the season, the Washington Wizards just might becoming together under coach Scott Brooks. Ricardo Allen Jersey .It continued Friday night, as John Wall had 29 points and 11 assists while guiding a Wizards offense that committed a season-low five turnovers in a 122-108 victory over the Detroit Pistons.Bradley Beal added 25 points and Marcin Gortat had 12 to go with 14 rebounds, helping Washington score its most points of the season while winning for the fourth time in five games.I think were getting into a nice little rhythm that were understanding what we want to do as a basketball team on both ends, said Brooks, who replaced Randy Wittman after last season. Were still not where we want to be. But I see some progress, I see some belief in each other, and thats what its all about.After losing eight of 10 to start the season, the Wizards have gone 9-6 since to move within three games of .500 (11-14).Recently, Washington has at least 109 points in its last three wins. And against a Detroit team that entered Friday allowing the second-fewest points per game, Washington shot 57.1 percent (44 for 77) from the floor and 48 percent (12 of 25) from 3-point range.Were competing. Were into guys. Were making guys uncomfortable, Wall said. At first we were giving ups 3s, giving up layups and giving up transition points. I think (when) were a team thats more physical, we give ourselves a better chance to win.Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 24 points to lead the Pistons. Andre Drummond added 13 points and 12 rebounds, but Detroit allowed its most points all season while seeing its streak of holding opponents under 100 halted at seven games.John Wall was great. Beal was great, Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy said. We couldnt handle them at all. They were getting wherever they wanted on the floor making plays. Then the other guys shot the ball well two, but those two guys just destroyed us.The Wizards broke it open during an excellent second quarter, shooting 5 of 7 from 3-point range and taking a 13-point lead after a 21-8 run, part of a season high 38 points in a quarter.We know this is a team who loves to slow the game down a little bit, Beal said. But we didnt want to play their game. We wanted them to adjust to us.TIP-INSPistons: Began the game 1 of 8 from 3-point range ... Drummond picked up his second personal foul with 4:15 left in the first quarter. F/C Aron Baynes then replaced Drummond and accrued three personals before the end of the period.Wizards: Wall and Gortat each had their 14th double-doubles. ... F Markieff Morris returned after missing his only start of the season in Wednesdays win over Charlotte. ... Reserve F/C Jason Smith left in the second quarter with a strained right hamstring.BROTHER, BROTHERWizards F Markieff Morris blocked twin brother Marcus shot on the baseline midway through the third quarter, then reached out a right arm to lift him off the floor.He put it right in my face; I cant just not block the shot, Markieff said.In their fifth game as opponents since playing as teammates in Phoenix, Markieff finished with 11 points while Marcus had two.QUOTABLEThere were so many times during the timeout I didnt know which one was giving us fits. -- Brooks, on facing the Morris twins when he coached Oklahoma City.UP NEXT:Pistons: Complete their seventh back-to-back set at home on Saturday against Indiana.Wizards: Host the Los Angeles Clippers Sunday to close a three-game homestand. Duke Riley Jersey . The 20-year-old Pelicans big man glanced up and smiled widely at the well-wishers -- a fitting end to a day he wont soon forget. Davis responded to his selection earlier in the day as a Western Conference All-Star with 26 points and 10 rebounds, and the New Orleans Pelicans overcame a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves 98-91 on Friday night. Deion Jones Jersey . Louis Blues absence from top spot in the TSN. http://www.falconsauthenticofficialonline.com/authentic-laroy-reynolds-jersey.html . After a first half in which he thought "the lid was on the basket," the Toronto Raptors coach watched his squad mount a second half surge to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 98-91. Isaiah Stokes, the younger brother of NBA forward Jarnell Stokes, broke the backboard in the final minute of an AAU game at the Adidas Summer Championship in Las Vegas on Thursday.The 6-foot-8, 250-pound Stokes went up for a two-handed breakaway dunk and said he was shocked when the breakaway rim gave way and he went crashing to the floor.I had intentions to try and break it, Stokes said before heading to a local hospital to get stitches on his left hand. But I didnt think Id be able to do it.The court where Stokes broke the backboard was shut down for three hours after his dunk, but the tournament is bringing in a replacement basket for games later on Thursdayy. Matt Ryan Jersey. Stokes had the pinkie finger on his left hand bandaged as he left the Cashman Center, but told ESPN he intended to play on Friday.I didnt even know what happened until I was on the floor, he added.Stokes brother, Jarnell, played primarily in the D-League last season and was the league MVP. 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