Mikal Bridges explained his role in a blowup late in Phoenix's loss to Washington.
That led to Wizards guard Bradley Beal smiling and clapping during the Ayton-Bridges spat.
The Wizards later took a timeout to get out of a trap with 43.4 seconds left. During the timeout, Suns coach Monty Williams and Ayton got into a heated exchange that was captured on video and tweeted. “It was the whole team in those moments," Williams said after Tuesday’s game."It wasn't just Deandre, it was the whole group out there not executing properly. It was a bit of frustration, but that happens. That was not an isolated one-person or one-player thing."
Three days later, Bridges addressed the situation, as the Suns didn’t practice Wednesday after a back-to-back and announced Wednesday evening they wouldn’t practice Thursday. “I was totally out of line,” Bridges said Friday. “Just being in front of everybody like that. There are people and players in this league that just kind of do that for show, trying to get on their teammate so the crowd can see it and I’m the last person to do that. So to do that, feel like it was an embarrassment on DA’s part cause I’m going at him like that. It messed me up.”"We were just going at each other. I apologized to him.