10-year high point total as Wiz top Suns in 3 OTs
Late in the fourth quarter, Bradley Beal shoots a 3-pointer to give the Wizards a 107-104 lead over the Suns. (0:18)
The Wizards and Suns combined to score the most points in an NBA game since 2008 while Bradley Beal and Thomas Bryant put up some historic individual numbers in leading Washington to a 149-146 triple-overtime home win Saturday night.
The 295 combined points were the most in a game since April 6, 2008, when the Denver Nuggets and Seattle SuperSonics combined to score 298 in two OTs.
By making all 14 of his shot attempts, Thomas Bryant had a career night Saturday in Washington, and in the process joined some exclusive names in the NBA history books. A look at the most field goals without a miss in a game:
Phoenix also became the first team to score 145 points in a game and lose since that same game over 10 years ago, when the Sonics, in their second-to-last game in Seattle before moving to Oklahoma City, prevailed 151-147.
With All-Star point guard John Wall sidelined due to illness, the Wizards were led by Beal’s first career triple-double — 40 points, 11 rebounds and 15 assists. He became only the seventh player in NBA history, and fourth in the past 35 years, to go 40/10/15 in a game. Oscar Robertson, who accomplished the feat four times, is the only player to do it more than once.
Bryant scored a career-high 31 points on a perfect shooting performance. He became only the fifth player to shoot 14-for-14 or better from the field in a game in NBA history, and the first since Gary Payton in 1995.
All 14 of Bryant’s field goals came in the restricted area. The only player with more makes without a miss in the restricted area over the past 20 seasons is Shaquille O’Neal, who went 15-for-15 on Feb. 27, 2009. Bryant also went 3 for 3 from the free throw line.
Beal, who scored eight straight points for Washington in the third overtime, is only the second Wizards player to record a 40-point triple-double, joining Chris Webber, who went for 40/10/10 in 1995. It was the eighth time Beal has scored 40 points for Washington, matching Michael Jordan for the sixth most in franchise history.