Breaking news : Mikal bridges  shares eye-opening  take after Spurs takedown

 

All Tom Thibodeau and the New York Knicks hoped for this Christmas was to extend their winning streak to five games, and at Madison Square Garden, Mikal Bridges made that wish a reality. Bridges delivered his most impressive game as a Knick, pouring in 41 points on an efficient 17-of-25 shooting. His performance powered New York to a gripping 117-114 triumph over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday.

 

They say slow and steady wins the race, and that’s what he’s been. If you look at his whole career, he just keeps getting better and better and better. What is he? It’s hard to put him in a box because he does everything. He can run the floor in transition. He moves extremely well without the ball. He knows how to create advantages. You can put him in pick-and-roll. He’s smart. There’s so many intangibles that he brings to the team. It’s creating big advantages for us.” said the Knicks head coach when talking about Bridges.

 

 

Mikal Bridges entered an elite group with his performance, becoming only the third Knicks player in history to score 40+ points on Christmas Day. He joined Bernard King (60 points) and Richie Guerin (40 points), according to New York Knicks PR.

The Knicks forward’s  clutch performance erased an eight-point deficit in the final seven minutes, countering an extraordinary effort from reigning Rookie of the Year Victor Wembanyama. The Spurs’ star dazzled with 42 points, 18 rebounds, 4 assists, and 4 blocks.

 

Bridges and Wembanyama made history as the first opponents to each score 40 points in a Christmas Day game since 1961. Bridges’ impressive performance was just four points short of his career-high 45, which he achieved last season with the Nets during a November clash against the Atlanta Hawks.