Bradley Beal made the most of the unfamiliar role of substitute for the Phoenix Suns. That doesn’t mean he had to like it.

Bradley Beal scored a team-high 25 points off the bench in leading Phoenix Suns past Philadelphia to end four-game losing skid.

Russell Westbrook spent most of his first season with the Los Angeles Lakers fighting off a possible benching and his second season with them begrudgingly accepting it. It's an inevitable part of life in the NBA.