Mikal Bridges has received significant criticism since joining the New York Knicks. The two-way forward struggled to find his footing within Tom Thibodeau’s roster. However, against the Boston Celtics,

Former Brooklyn Nets guard Mikal Bridges and the New York Knicks are trying to knock off the defending champion Boston Celtics. Monday was a show.

Mikal Bridges finds solace in front of a television screen: a game controller gripped by his gangly fingers, a headset sitting on his waves and his best friend in the NBA in his ear. For months, Bridges and Knicks teammate Cam Payne had been playing the recently resurrected College Football 25.