Nets' Trendon Watford reacts to Mikal Bridges, Knicks win over Celtics

USA Today

08-05-2025

Nets' Trendon Watford reacts to Mikal Bridges, Knicks win over Celtics
The Brooklyn Nets are currently on vacation as they are not participating in the 2025 NBA playoffs, but there are other players that have played for the organization that are playing some good basketball right now. Former Brooklyn guard Mikal Bridges had some good moments with the team and now, he is trying to help his New York Knicks pull off an upset over the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Semi-finals.
After a Game 1 performance that saw Bridges struggle to shoot the ball well while coming up with the defensive play to seal the game in the end, he did the same thing on Wednesday In the Knicks' 91-90 win at the Celtics. Bridges stuffed the stat sheet once again as he put up 14 points, seven rebounds, five assists, and three steals, including the steal at the end of the game to seal the win for New York.
After trailing by as many as 20 points in the game, Bridges and the Knicks managed to come all the way back to make things interesting in the second half, especially in the fourth quarter that New York won 30-17. Not only was Bridges clutch on the defensive end, but he stepped up to the challenge on the offensive end as well as he scored all 14 of his points in the final period.
The Knicks managed win this game to lead the series 2-0 and there were other players that helped out Bridges in the winning effort. Forward Josh Hart had one of his best games in the playoffs thus far with his 23 points, six rebounds, and three assists while center Karl-Anthony Towns bounced back with 21 points and 17 rebounds in 35 minutes of floor time.
The Celtics played well enough to build a 20-point, but they did that in spite of their stars as forward Jayson Tatum dropped just 13 points on 5-of-19 shooting from the field while Jaylen Brown struggled to a finish of 20 points on 8-of-23 shooting from the floor. In what many on social media are discussing, Boston also struggled mightily shooting the ball from three-point land for the second straight as they made of 10-of-40 three-pointers (25.0%).
In the end, Bridges and the Knicks what they had to do to steal two games on the road in Boston as they attempt to change the narrative of them not being able to beat the best teams in the East. Nets forward Trendon Watford, Bridges' former teammate, reacted to how Bridges played in the fourth quarter by saying that he caught on fire at the right time in the postseason.