By Jeremy Harness

AP photo: Marcin Gortat of the Washington Wizards battles for the ball as the Wizards defeated the Kings

Washington star guard John Wall has always been a big-time playmaker in the NBA who has put an emphasis on making his teammates better.

He took that to a new level Monday night.

Wall handed out a career-high 19 assists to go along with 12 points in leading his Wizards to a 113-99 win over the Kings at Washington’s Verizon Center.

However, he did commit five turnovers in the process, but that did not take much away from this achievement, especially considering the fact that the Wizards had three players out with assorted injuries on Monday and played with an eight-man rotation.

For the Kings, it was a minor setback for a team that lost for only the second time in six games

DeMarcus Cousins led the Kings with 22 points to go along with eight rebounds, even though he made only eight of his 22 shots to do so. Rajon Rondo, meanwhile, could not match Wall’s output. He had nine assists of his own as well as eight rebounds, but he had only two points and made only one of his seven shots and turned the ball over four times.

Rudy Gay chipped in with 16 points on 6-of-17 shooting and also pulled down seven rebounds, while Marco Belinelli scored 15 points while making six of his 12 shots from the field.

The Kings actually out-rebounded the Wizards, 46-38, but what doomed the Kings in the end was that they only made seven of their 22 attempts from behind the 3-point arc, while Washington made 14 of their 24 3-point shots.