Bradley Beal missed his fifth straight game as the Phoenix Suns won their ninth straight at the Footprint Center, defeating the Houston Rockets 110-105 on Thursday night. Despite being up as much as 21, the Valley struggled to put away Houston, allowing the game to be in question more than it should be at points.
As the Suns enter a month where they face the defending champion Denver Nuggets twice on the road, the team with the best record in the NBA in the Boston Celtics twice, and the current two seed in the Western Conference, the Oklahoma City Thunder, multiple times, it is imperative that Bradley Beal returns sooner rather than later.