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PHILADELPHIA -- John Wall had his long-distance game working on Wednesday night. Wall scored 24 points on a career-best five 3-pointers, Marcin Gortat had 19 points and 12 rebounds, and the Washington Wizards beat the Philadelphia 76ers 116-102. Bradley Beal had 17 points, Trevor Ariza scored 15 as seven Wizards reached double digits to help Washington earn its first win after starting 0-3. Walls shooting was the big surprise. The former No. 1 overall pick has a career shooting rate of 24.4 per cent beyond the arc. He made only three 3s in his entire sophomore season in 2011-12 and had 12 last season. "He might keep bombing 3s now," Beal joked. The Wizards set a franchise record with 18 3-pointers on 33 attempts. Wall was more impressed with the team getting its first win than his effort. "Theyre a great competitive team, and I like how they play as a young team," Wall said. "They dont give up. They definitely keep fighting until the end." Evan Turner led Philadelphia with 24 points and Spencer Hawes had 13. Rookie Michael Carter-Williams finished with 19 points, seven assists and five rebounds. After a surprising 3-0 start, the Sixers have lost two straight and are starting to play like the team that oddsmakers predicted would win less than 17 games this season. The Sixers sandwiched wins over Miami and Chicago with a comeback win at Washington last week. They overcame a 12-point, third-quarter deficit to beat the Wizards 109-102 and spoil their home opener on Friday. "They were a desperate team trying to find a win against a team that beat them five days ago," Sixers rookie coach Brett Brown said. "We made some not-so smart plays. I give them credit." The Wizards led this one from the opening basket and never let up. They had a 15-point lead midway through the first quarter after Beal hit his third 3-pointer in three tries, and took a 60-51 lead into halftime. The Sixers got close in the third following an 11-3 run. Turner started it with a pull-up jumper and he hit another jumper and 3-pointer during the stretch. Hawes layup cut it to 71-67, but Wall answered with a 3, and Gortat and Nene scored on tip-ins to extend the lead to 78-67. Beals jumper to start the fourth put the Wizards up by 15 and they led by double digits the rest of the way. "We withstood some stretches and we didnt succumb," Wizards coach Randy Wittman said. "We didnt put our heads down. We sustained. I didnt see any guys down." The fast start had Sixers fans feeling a bit perplexed. Many are hoping for the team to lose so they could end up with the No. 1 overall pick so they could draft Kansas prospect Andrew Wiggins. But Brown and his team generated some early excitement so that created a dilemma for some fans who wanted the team to go winless for Wiggins. Opponents certainly are showing the Sixers respect. Beal called them a "good" team, a compliment no one wouldve expected. "When we play like this, we showed we can beat good teams," Beal said. "We know theyre a comeback team and we did a good job." NOTES: The 18 3s tied a floor record. Seattle had 18 at the Wells Fargo Center on Nov. 16, 2004. ... Philadelphias Daniel Orton left the game because of right knee soreness. He had five points in six minutes. ... The Sixers outshot the Wizards 47 per cent to 43.9, but Washingtons 3s made the difference. Philadelphia was 6 for 18 from beyond the arc. Jimmy Garoppolo Jersey . MacLean clocked 8:24.91 seconds, eclipsing the previous mark of 8:27.59 set by Brittany Reimer of Victoria at the 2005 FINA World Championships in Montreal. MacLean and Tabitha Baumann of Ottawa -- second in 8:32.37 -- both went under the qualifying standard to be nominated to the Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific teams. 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Englands players have thrown their support behind Gareth Southgate to be given the England managers job on a full-time basis And Southgates interim period at the helm ended with a 2-2 draw at Wembley in a friendly against Spain on Tuesday.Liverpool skipper Henderson insists the 46-year-old has the backing of the England squad as the FA prepares to name a successor to Allardyce. Jamie Vardy (9) celebrates scoring Englands second goal against Spain Henderson said: When you have asked all the players the question, they have all been very supportive of the manager. He has been brilliant to work with over this period of time.I think we have progressed in the short space of time he has been here, from the first game to this game, and that is definitely a good sign that we are going in the right direction. Six months half price Upgrade to Sky Sports to watch Man Utd v Arsenal on Saturday and get the first six months half price It is out of our hands now but the players have worked tremendously hard for the manager and hopefully in the end, he will get it and we can keep going in this direction.England do not play again until a friendly in Germany in March but Henderson reckons Southgate will have been pleased to see his players apply his ideology against Spain, despite the concession of two late goals to the visitors. Former England captain Terry Butcher believes Southgate will be appointed manager on a permanent basis I think he will be a bit disappointed like we are, Henderson said, when asked about Southgates reaction to the late draw.dddddddddddd.Even though Spain had a lot more possession, I thought we were still in control without the ball. They didnt create many chances apart from the two goals but there are a lot of positives to come out of it. Southgate says he will reflect with immense pride on his time in charge of England, but will not confirm if he wants the job on a full-time basis Im sure the manager will be pleased about what we have done on the training field and how we put that into the game. We need to keep working.After the game, we are disappointed because we put so much into it and wanted to win the game. Daniel Sturridge heads home Englands opener against Malta in Gareth Southgates first game in charge Of course, walking off the field youre disappointed but Im sure if we reflect on the game, then the main things tonight were the performance, the way we set up and doing things we worked on in training. We did that for the majority of the game.We are disappointed with the two goals we conceded late on but for the majority of the game, the players gave everything and that is all you can ask.Upgrade to Sky Sports now to watch Man Utd v Arsenal this Saturday and get the first six months half price! 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