Mikal Bridges further cements status as Knicks game-changer: ‘Thankful for his long-ass arms’
NY Post
Silent most of the game, Mikal Bridges required just one play to make himself heard.
With 2 seconds left in a tie game, the Bulls ran a crisp inbounds play from the sideline in which Lonzo Ball lobbed into Nikola Vucevic, who caught the ball with his back to the basket and at point-blank range.
A few feet from defeat, the Knicks’ only chance involved a 6-foot-6 Mikal Bridges finding a way against a 7-footer.
“Not trying to gamble when they threw it in and give up an easy layup,” Bridges would say later. “Just trying to make it tough, trying to time it up.”
He suspected Vucevic would put the ball in his right hand. He knew, with just two ticks remaining, exactly when the shot would need to go up.
The ball barely left Vucevic’s hand.
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