NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets wing Mikal Bridges has been getting better every year since he was the 10th overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft. Before coming to Brooklyn, Bridges’ role was primarily to play defense and then score when the opportunity presented itself.
“Yeah, my teammates kept finding me,” Bridges said after scoring a career-high 45 points in Wednesday’s 116-105 win over the Miami Heat. “They felt I had it going and they just gave me the ball and kept setting screens and let me just operate and coach (Jacque Vaughn) just drawing stuff up too. So, you know, it just gave me the confidence to go out there and just be aggressive.”
Before Wednesday, the most that Bridges scored in a game in his NBA career was 34 points and on Wednesday, he had it going so much that he surpassed that by 11 points. To make his scoring feat even more impressive, Bridges scored 45 points on only 24 shots as he was pouring in points from the three-point land and from the free-throw line as well.
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