Overview
- Bridges was held scoreless in Friday’s loss to the Celtics, going 0-for-8 overall and 0-for-5 from three in 22 minutes while missing all four of his first-half attempts.
- He also struggled in the season opener, shooting 2-of-8 for four points in 33 minutes against the 76ers, leaving him 2-for-16 from the field through two games.
- Knicks coach Mike Brown publicly said Bridges must keep taking open shots and stressed that Bridges and the team need to be more physical on defense.
- Bridges’s early misses are notable because he averaged 14.4 points last season and has averaged at least 13 points per game each year since 2020-21, which frames this as a small-sample slump rather than a new norm.
- The Knicks, 0-2, will return home to face the Magic, and the team could adjust where Bridges gets his touches or shift minutes toward players like Miles McBride, who produced 20 points off the bench in Boston.