The Washington Wizards defeated the Phoenix Suns, 131 - 127, Tuesday at Talking Stick Resort Arena. It was a back - and - forth game between these teams, as after the Wizards (38 - 24) opened up the game early with a 13 - point lead after one quarter, the Suns (21 - 43) chipped away and ultimately opened up their own lead of 11 points in the third quarter. From there, after Washington countered, the game was neck and neck until the very end. With two minutes to go, the Wizards gained a 10 - point lead, which then dropped to an eight - point lead with 30 seconds left. Phoenix's Devin Booker would n't let his team go away, however, and managed to score nine points over the next 26 seconds, but ultimately, it was not enough, and the Suns could n't extend their win streak to four games. The Washington backcourt led the way all night for the Wizards, as Bradley Beal scored 27 points in 33 minutes, while John Wall notched 25 points and 14 assists in 37 minutes. The most important for Washington, however, came from one of their newest members, as Bojan Bogdanovic scored a team - high 29 points in 29 minutes off the bench. Most of those came at the free throw line, as Bogdanovic hit an impressive 16 - of - 16 shots from the charity stripe. It was a similar story for the Suns, as the starting backcourt of Eric Bledsoe and Devin Booker carried the team to the bitter end. Bledsoe finished with a game - high 30 points on 50 percent shooting in just 27 minutes. Booker, after his late - game spurt, scored 25 points to go along with six assists and four rebounds in 38 minutes. As a team, Phoenix shot very well, as they hit 50 percent of their shots overall from the field. In the end, it was their carelessness with the basketball that resulted in 19 team turnovers that cost them Tuesday's outing.
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