WASHINGTON (AP) – Caron Butler scored a career-high 38 points to help the Washington Wizards overcome Gilbert Arenas’ mediocre night and beat Seattle 118-108 Monday, the SuperSonics’ franchise-record 15th consecutive road loss.

With Arenas held to 16 points on 4-for-14 shooting and Antawn Jamison out with a sprained left knee, the Wizards needed to find scoring elsewhere – and they did.

It began with Butler, who’s headed to his first All-Star game thanks to his best numbers in every major statistical category this season, though he still usually must take a back seat to Arenas.

Not on this night. The highlight was a steal and buzzer-beating 3-pointer to end the third quarter, putting Washington up 88-79, but Butler was everywhere at both ends of the floor. He closed fast breaks with dunks, made mid-range jumpers, skipped a no-look bounce pass, harassed Ray Allen on defense and swatted one blocked shot into the seats.

Brendan Haywood added a season-high 20 points and 11 rebounds, second-year forward Andray Blatche contributed a career-high 14 points, and DeShawn Stevenson added 15 points.

Allen led Seattle with 29 points, but he shot only 3-for-14 after halftime. Chris Wilcox had 24 points and 10 rebounds for the SuperSonics, who have lost five in a row overall.

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