Mikal Bridges is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Villanova Wildcats, winning national championships in 2016 and 2018.
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Trade to suns:
Having lost their primary scorer in Devin Booker, the Suns need all the help on the offensive side of the court more from any and every player wearing the Phoenix jersey.
Chris Paul, Deandre Ayton, and Mikal Bridges all upped their game offensively in Game 3, the game after Book went out with the series tied at one each.
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In Game-4 though, only Ayton could keep up and scored 23 while Bridges scored 8 and CP3 scored a mere 4 points in a 118-103 thrashing.
The series stood even again at 2 each when Suns and Pelicans took on each other on Tuesday, and the three stars had the responsibility of showing up, and boy didn’t they do it well.
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”I’m ready to play tomorrow,” Bridges said with a big grin at the postgame news conference. ”I’m energized, my teammates keep me going. I’m itching my knee right now, talking about it. I’m ready, I love being out there with my teammates. They’re my best friends, it makes it way easier.”
Chris Paul added 22 points and 11 assists, bouncing back from a subpar performance in Game 4. Deandre Ayton added 19 points and nine rebounds.
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The Suns took an 89-78 lead into the final quarter after Cameron Payne’s late 3-pointer. The Pelicans – just 36-46 during the regular season – pulled within seven points with less than two minutes left, but Cameron Johnson threw down a one-handed jam on the ensuing fast break to keep the Suns in control.
The Suns never trailed but also never totally pulled away until the final few minutes against the feisty Pelicans. Once again, Phoenix found a way to close, improving to 50-0 this season when leading after three quarters, including 3-0 in this series.
Mom:
Mother
Tyneeha Rivers
The Sixers selected Bridges out of Villanova with the 10th overall pick in the 2018 NBA draft.
It “felt like a dream” that the Pennsylvania native was going to be playing in his hometown, his mother Tyneeha Rivers, who worked as the Sixers Vice President of Human Resources at the time, told USA Today Sports.
