Suns guard Bradley Beal detailed his thought process when asked by Mike Budenholzer to come off the bench for the first time.
Phoenix Suns' head coach Mike Budenholzer gave a blunt response after their crushing loss to the Charlotte Hornets.
As soon as the Phoenix Suns benched Bradley Beal and Jusuf Nurkic, it sparked plenty of questions. However, head coach Mike Budenholzer put those to rest on Monday’s pregame availability. He explained exactly why he made the change before Monday’s matchup vs the Philadelphia 76ers,
Ahead of their 34th game of the season, a road game against the Philadelphia 76ers, coach Mike Budenholzer and the Phoenix Suns made a drastic change in the starting lineup. The change comes amid ...
Having lost four games in a stretch, Suns' Mike Budenholzer felt like "we needed to make a change". The post Bradley Beal Breaks Silence on Being Benched as Suns’ Coach Gets Brutal Reality Check vs 76ers appeared first on EssentiallySports.
Beal came off the bench for the first time in nine years on Monday night and scored a team-high 25 points as the Suns snapped a four-game losing streak with a 109-99 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers. Beal scored 20 points in the second half as Phoenix overcame an early 12-point deficit and won for just the second time in nine games.
After the game, the 31-year-old Beal said he accepted coach Mike Budenholzer’s lineup change ... huge boost as the Phoenix reserves outscored Philadelphia's bench 54-7.
The Phoenix Suns currently employ one of the best scorers in NBA history, a four-time All-Star, a three-time All-Star, a coach who has won a championship and several veteran, accomplished role players.
Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal had another impressive outing off the bench on Thursday, going for 25 points and seven rebounds on 11 of 16 from the field in a win over the Atlanta Hawks. That was Beal's second 25-point outing since he was removed from the starting lineup earlier this month.
Before the recent game, Bradley Beal deliberately avoided the Phoenix Suns' pre-game huddle due to trade rumours