Mikal Bridges’ carryover shooting woes were so hard to watch in a scoreless first half that it probably felt to some Knicks fans as if he’d get shut out Tuesday night.
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“I definitely could have done better. I think my performance at the defensive end wasn’t that for me personally, as well as our team,” said Bridges, who finished a team-worst minus-33 in 35 minutes. “Me personally, I think I just could have been better, especially a guy getting it and having that rhythm from the three, just getting up a little bit more .How to watch Knicks vs.
Bridges, who was acquired from the Nets in a blockbuster trade over the summer, missed his first five shot attempts of the season, including four from 3-point range, in the first 13 minutes of the game before he was replaced by rookie Pacome Dadiet early in the second quarter. “The talk around it is stupid and there is stupidity to it because at the end of the day he’s been almost a 40 percent 3-point shooter. The talk around it is stupid and we’re not really going to entertain it.Karl-Anthony Towns then found him on a cut to the basket for a layup and he sank a baseline jumper for three straight makes and missed only one of his last eight.
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