This game had the hallmarks of yet another Wizards stomp loss. The Phoenix Suns jumped out to an early lead (up 13 at the end of the first quarter), maintained it in the second quarter, and then seemed to blow things open with a dominating third quarter. Phoenix never trailed in the game and built their lead to as much as 24 points.
And then, trailing by 21 after three quarters, head coach Brian Keefe broke out the secret weapon, two-way player Jared Butler. For those who missed the past few weeks (you could be forgiven), Butler’s been on something of a binge.