Suns Complete Perfect Road Trip

The Phoenix Suns will head back to the desert with a three game winning streak after completing an undefeated road trip on Sunday night with a 104-92 victory over the previously surging Washington Wizards.

The game was knotted up at 50-50 at halftime, but the Suns came out strong in the second half. Phoenix jumped ahead with a 13-4 run in the first five minutes of the third quarter. The Wizards battled back in the fourth quarter, but another surge by Phoenix proved too difficult to overcome.

Washington cut the Phoenix lead to 95-89 with just over two and a half minutes to go in the fourth quarter before Eric Bledsoe decided to turn on the jets again with another late game push. He scored seven points in part of a 9-0 run to help push the lead to 15 points.

Bledsoe tied with Markieff Morris for the team-high in points with 17. Bledsoe also added nine rebounds in the contest, coming up just one board shy of his second consecutive double-double after finishing with 25 points and 10 rebounds against New York on Saturday.

Dec 21, 2014; Washington, DC, USA; Phoenix Suns guard Eric Bledsoe (2) shoots a lay up past Washington Wizards center

(13) during the fourth quarter at Verizon Center. Phoenix Suns defeated Washington Wizards 104-92. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports

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The bench unit totaled 40 points as they were superb once more with each reserve player finishing with a positive total in the plus/minus category. Gerald Green was the most successful of the reserves finishing with 13 points (5-7 FGs, 2-3 3pt) and four rebounds.

As far as the center battle goes, Alex Len outplayed Miles Plumlee yet again. Len finished with eight points, eight rebounds, and four blocks in 24 minutes of play, while Plumlee only had four points and six rebounds in 21 minutes.

The guard play was all the hype surrounding this game and the Suns’ guards outplayed the Wizards’ guards. Bledsoe and Goran Dragic combined for 33 points, 15 rebounds, and seven assists on 12-26 shooting. John Wall and Bradley Beal combined for 28 points, 12 rebounds, and eight assists on 9-26 shooting.

Dec 21, 2014; Washington, DC, USA; Phoenix Suns guard Goran Dragic (1) goes up for a lay up during the third quarter against the Washington Wizards at Verizon Center. Phoenix Suns defeated Washington Wizards 104-92. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports

Phoenix improves to 7-1 on the road this season against Eastern Conference and also pushed the Suns to over the .500 mark as they are now 15-14, while dropping the Wizards to 19-7 and snapping their six game winning streak.

The Suns will return home for one game on Tuesday against newly acquired Rajon Rondo and the Dallas Mavericks before hitting the road for the last four games of the 2014 calendar year.