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You could either have a durable wing player capable of generating his own shot whenever he wants and single-handedly wrecking opposing teams’ offensive possessions—OR—you can have a mystery box full of endless wonder and possibility.
The Knicks chose the former, electing to send their mystery box (4 unprotected first-round picks) to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for Mikal Bridges.
And now the Knicks are up 2-0 in their second-round series against the defending champions thanks to Mikal Bridges shutting down the Celtics to end both games.
At the end of Game 2 with the Celtics down 1 and 12 seconds left, Jayson Tatum iso’d, lost his dribble, took an awkward shot with OG Anunoby in his face, tried to pass it to Jaylen Brown last second, only to be stuffed by Mikal Bridges.
TATUM DOESN’T GET THE SHOT OFF ‼️
KNICKS WIN GAME 2 🤯 pic.twitter.com/q8JH0dYKvU
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) May 8, 2025
This happening 48 hours after Mikal Bridges snatched Jaylen Brown’s chain to win Game 1.
Mikal Bridges looked Jaylen Brown right in the eyes and told him he ain’t want it bad enough
— Zak (@zakeekinlaw) May 6, 2025
This is what Mikal Bridges is here to do. For the second game in a row, Boston blew a 20-point lead in the second half. Bridges took over in the 4th quarter, scoring all 14 of his points in the final frame—hitting 3’s, mid-range jumpers and driving to the basket—elements of the game Boston has ignored to exclusively chuck 3s, miss all of them and then panic at the ends of games.
Mikal Birdges was created in a lab to destroy the Celtics.
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