After the Wizards missed their first six three-pointers, Young hit four and the team made seven of 10 in the third and into the fourth.
Durant missed a potential tying three with 1.9 seconds left.
In other games
* At New York, Steve Nash had 26 points and 11 assists, Shannon Brown hit a crucial three-pointer that was as ugly as this game, and the Phoenix Suns snapped a five-game losing streak with a 91-88 victory over the Knicks.
Brown and Grant Hill each scored 14 points for the Suns, who bounced back from an embarrassing 118-97 loss to a Chicago team without Derrick Rose a night earlier.
* At Orlando, Tony Parker scored 25 points, including 16 in the fourth quarter and overtime, and San Antonio held on to beat the Magic, 85-83, in overtime. Tim Duncan added 17 points and 10 rebounds as the Spurs also snapped a streak of 10 consecutive road losses overall, dating to last season. The Magic were led by Dwight Howard with 24 points and 25 rebounds.
* At Newark, N.J., Deron Williams scored 24 points, 11 coming in a crucial stretch of the fourth quarter, and had 10 assists and eight rebounds, leading the New Jersey Nets to their first home win, a 107-100 victory against the Golden State Warriors.
* At Boston, Rajon Rondo scored 13 of his 21 points in the first quarter and the Celtics ended a five-game losing streak with a 96-73 win over the reeling Toronto Raptors. Rondo was knocked out of the game with a sore right wrist after being leveled on a flagrant foul by Linus Kleiza late in the third quarter.
* At New Orleans, Marc Gasol had a season-high 22 points and 12 rebounds, and the Memphis Grizzlies extended their winning streak to four with a 93-87 victory over the struggling New Orleans Hornets.
* At Atlanta, Joe Johnson scored 24 points and came up with a key defensive play down the stretch, leading the Hawks to their fourth straight victory since losing All-Star center Al Horford, 92-89, over the Portland Trail Blazers.
* At Minneapolis, Kevin Love had 20 points and 17 rebounds and the Minnesota Timberwolves overcame a dreadful start to the game to slug out a 93-85 victory over the Detroit Pistons.
* At Sacramento, Marcus Thornton scored 17 points and DeMarcus Cousins added 13 points and 19 rebounds as the Kings defeated the Indiana Pacers, 92-88.
Noteworthy
* Zydrunas Ilgauskas, the Cavaliers' former center, has returned to the team as a special assistant to general manager Chris Grant.
* NBA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is now a global cultural ambassador. The State Department announced his appointment yesterday.
* Oklahoma City Thunder backup point guard Eric Maynor has had successful surgery to repair a right knee injury that will keep him out for the season.
