Bradley Beal scored 24 points, John Wall dished out a career-high 20 assists to go with 14 points, and the Wizards held on to defeat the Chicago Bulls, 112-107, on Friday night in Washington.

The win kept the Wizards a game and a half behind second-place Boston in the Eastern Conference.

Playing their first game since Dwyane Wade suffered a fractured elbow that will keep him out for the rest of the regular season, the Bulls rallied from 19 points down and had a chance to tie it, but Jimmy Butler missed a 3-pointer with 3.9 seconds left.

Butler finished with 28 points and Robin Lopez added a season-high 25 points and 12 rebounds.

Washington’s Jason Smith, starting in place of Markieff Morris, who was a late scratch due to illness, tied his season high with 17 points.

Wall, playing despite sustaining a sprained left foot in Wednesday’s loss to Dallas, sank two free throws with 1.8 seconds left to ice it.

After Nikola Mirotic’s 3-pointer with 1:24 left pulled the Bulls within 1 at 104-103, Wall’s 20th assist produced Marcin Gortat’s layup.

Butler’s dunk made it 106-104, but Wall hit two free throws with 44.5 seconds left.

Butler answered with a 3 to pull Chicago to within 1 before Otto Porter’s two free throws put Washington up 110-107 with 18.4 seconds to go.

Washington snapped a two-game losing streak and is 21-4 in its last 25 games.

Chicago, which began the night in 10th place in the East, has lost seven of eight.

Raptors 87, Pistons 75 — Serge Ibaka had 17 points and eight rebounds and visiting Toronto used a fourth-quarter surge to beat Detroit.

Toronto outscored Detroit, 27-9, in the final period to take control of a game that appeared to be slipping away. The Pistons missed their final 10 shots of the game.

DeMar DeRozan added 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists for Toronto, which won for the second time in five games.

Reggie Jackson had 20 points for Detroit, which lost its third in a row. Andre Drummond had 22 points, but only had eight before fouling out in the fourth quarter.

Pelicans 128, Rockets 112 — Solomon Hill scored a career-high 30 points and host New Orleans overcame the absence of All-Star DeMarcus Cousins to surprise Houston.

Anthony Davis had 24 points and 15 rebounds for the Pelicans, who have won three of four. Jrue Holiday added 19 points.

James Harden had 41 points, 14 rebounds, and 11 assists, but that was not enough to prevent Houston’s first loss in four games. Lou Williams added 14 points and Montrezl Harrell 13.

Cousins was sidelined by left knee and rib soreness. New Orleans is now 2-0 without Cousins and 3-7 when he’s played since trading for him Feb. 19.

Pelicans rookie guard Wayne Selden scored 11 points in his third career NBA game.

Heat 123, Timberwolves 105 — Hassan Whiteside scored 23 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, Tyler Johnson scored 23 off the bench, and host Miami downed Minnesota.

 Goran Dragic scored 19 points and added 10 assists for Miami, which lost Dion Waiters to an ankle injury in the second quarter but moved to 23-5 in its last 28 games overall and 15-1 in its last 16 at home. James Johnson scored 17 for the Heat, who never trailed and put the game away with a 15-2 run in the fourth quarter.

 Karl-Anthony Towns had 31 points and 11 rebounds for the Timberwolves.

76ers 116, Mavericks 74 — Justin Anderson tied his career high with 19 points and Robert Covington scored 12 of his 18 points in the third quarter, helping host Philadelphia rout Dallas.

Richaun Holmes added 17 points for the 76ers, who snapped an eight-game losing streak to Dallas.

The Mavericks’ Nerlens Noel had 9 points and five rebounds in his first game against his former team since being traded Feb. 23.