The team recently demoted Bradley Beal and Jusuf Nurkic to the bench to turn things around. So far, the team is 1-1 since the change and they are playing the Hawks closely, looking to advance to 2-1 since the start of the experiment.

Bradley Beal had the game-high 25 points and the team-high three steals to lead the Phoenix Suns (17-19) to a 123-115 home win over the Atlanta Hawks (19-19) on Thursday. This was the third consecutive game Beal has come off the bench after being removed from the Suns' starting lineup earlier this week.

Suns guard Bradley Beal has not discussing waiving his no-trade clause, with his agent telling ESPN that "Bradley's total focus is on helping the Suns turn things around."