<p>Beal entered the game with 3 minutes 20 seconds remaining for his final push with the Wizards leading by three after a made free throw by Phoenix, but the lead quickly vanished as the Suns tied the game at 93 on a dunk by Miles Plumlee. Beal responded with a three-pointer that proved to be decisive and finished with 17 points, six rebounds and four steals.</p><p>"I heard the coaches talking about it, but I wasn't really sure what was going on. I heard they tried to give me more minutes than I had," Beal said of the confusion surrounding his minutes. "I had no idea. Whenever I came out, I just came out, I didn't even think twice about it. I knew that eventually the ball was going to come my way."</p><p>Marcin Gortat was back in Phoenix for the first time since he was traded to Washington on Oct.25, having spent 21/2 seasons with the Suns and having watched the team transition from the Steve Nash era and bottom out into a complete rebuild. Many viewed his trade as the latest sign that the Suns were playing for the future, not the present. Instead, the Suns had been thriving, coming into Friday's game at 24-17 and jockeying for a playoff spot in the rugged Western Conference.</p><p>Before the game, Gortat expressed a desire to get a win in his old home and he appeared pressed on the opening tip, when he drove baseline and simply dribbled the ball out of bounds. He finished with 14 points, five rebounds and two blocked shots.</p><p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/wizards/wizards-101-suns-95-bradley-beal-john-wall-combine-to-eclipse-phoenix/2014/01/25/07c23800-857a-11e3-bbe5-6a2a3141e3a9_story.html">Keep reading...</a></p>