Bradley Beal guided the Washington Wizards to a win as they defeated the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night.

Brad went 10-of-20 from the field and 2-of-5 from the 3-point line for 27 points while adding three rebounds and two steals across 33 minutes.

The Wizards kept up with the pace of the Suns on their way to a high-scoring 131-127 affair. The win now puts D.C. within a game of the Boston Celtics for the second seed in the Eastern Conference.

BEAL HOT IN PHOENIX

Brad opened his scoring with a mid-range jumper off the dribble over Suns guard Eric Bledsoe before splitting defenders and finishing a tough off-balance layup in the paint. With six and a half minutes left in the first, No. 3 made his first trey in the left corner off a feed from John Wall. Just 30 seconds later, the Wizards’ backcourt redid the sequence from the right corner as Brad hit his other trey of the evening.

No. 3 scored 15 of Washington’s 38 points in the opening quarter, setting the tone for a big night.

BB struck again in the second quarter as he brought the ball up the left side off a pick, hesitated, and blew by Suns forward Alan Williams before finishing another layup in traffic between Williams and Bledsoe.

In the fourth, Bradley drove baseline and hit a reverse layup to bring Washington within a point before finishing a pretty runner over Suns center Alex Len, while drawing a lot of contact, to put the Wizards up eight. With the Suns within four and 44 seconds on the clock, No. 3 drove to the hoop and finished the game with a huge two-handed dunk in the lane.

RETWEET

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NEXT UP

D.C. heads to Denver to face the Nuggets on Wednesday, March 8.

Bradley will look to have another strong showing against the Nuggets after he scored 26 on 4-for-7 from downtown with five assists and three rebounds during their first meeting this season in Washington, a 92-85 win for the Wizards.

Tipoff in Denver is set for 9 p.m. ET.