With that smothering defense and top-tier lockdown approach, Mikal Bridges came up huge while becoming one of the undisputed candidates for this season’s Defensive Player of the Year.
Yet in his viewpoint, the said award might be special as it is, but he remains focused on the much bigger prize.
“Obviously I want that, but control what you can control,” Bridges said about his DPOY case, via team writer Gerald Bourguet. “Even if I don’t win it, that doesn’t define who I am.”
Meanwhile, head coach Monty Williams believes that Bridges deserves a lot of recognition for the competition for the award for defending the opponent’s top players.
“I’ve been saying it all year, he does it from the outside in. He’s not in a coverage, which a lot of the bigs are in coverage. He’s actually guarding people … and he guards the toughest guy every night.”
Thanks to Bridges’ defensive masterclass and honed offensive arsenal, the league-leading Phoenix Suns delivered…
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