After he twice was benched for most of the fourth quarter during a four-game stretch in late November, Mikal Bridges acknowledged that he’s “gotta play better.”
The Knicks wing finally looks like he has found his groove since the calendar flipped to December, including 23 points with a key long-range bucket late in Monday’s pulled-out victory in Toronto.
Bridges is putting up 22.4 points per game during the Knicks’ 4-1 run entering Wednesday’s quarterfinal matchup in the NBA Cup against the Hawks at the Garden.
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