Mikal Bridges

The Miami Heat paid a visit to the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center Wednesday night. It was the first meeting between the two squads since Kevin Durant's ...

[Box Score: Brooklyn Nets 116, Miami Heat 105](https://www.nba.com/game/mia-vs-bkn-0022200878/box-score#box-score)- NBA [Game Highlights: Brooklyn Nets 116, Miami Heat 105 (Video)](https://youtu.be/s0uZDtM-S9o)- NBA [Highlights: Mikal Bridges / 45 PTS (Video)](https://youtu.be/Q3Hyy8g7wUI)- NBA [Highlights: Cameron Johnson vs. Bridges led the scoring for the Nets at the break with 17 points, while Simmons out-played Claxton at the center spot, earning 11 minutes to his teammate’s 8. Despite it all, the Nets were in front by a point, 26 to 25, after a deep side-step three from Spencer Dinwiddie in the closing seconds. He had two strong rolls to the basket after stepping onto the floor — laying the ball in on a feed from Bridges and then finding Mikal in the corner for three — but still struggled with illegal screens and general passiveness. is headed to Salt Lake City for the G League equivalent of the G League. The trend continued in the third quarter with more strong play from Miami, but the visiting Heat couldn’t extend their lead past six points. He [Bridges] was in the zone,” Cam Johnson said. Bridges ended up scoring 15 straight, the lead became ten, then twelve. It was the first meeting between the two squads since Kevin Durant’s MCL Sprain in South Beach, which turned out to be the last of his Nets tenure. He did so in his first stint on the floor with multiple self-created mid-range jump shots. The versatile two-way forward showed out with 12 points in the first period on 5-of-6 shooting while also swatting two shots. “They gave me the confidence to go out there and just be aggressive, but man, I want to do all that and win, too.

In just his third game with the Brooklyn Nets since being traded from the Phoenix Suns, Mikal Bridges went off for 45 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — In his third game since arriving in the Kevin Durant trade, Mikal Bridges had an electrifying scoring stretch to rival even the supers...

He finished with two points, four rebounds and four assists in 20 minutes. “It’s all about being healthy, which is what going into this break is going to do for us, come out swinging for the fences in the right way.” Bridges scored 17 points in the final quarter to blow by his previous career best of 34 points. Bridges was the runner-up for Defensive Player of the Year last season whose offensive game is growing. The Nets led only 90-89 before Bridges went to work with an array of drives, 3-pointers and jumpers over the next three minutes. I know that he really wants to.” Oladipo has missed seven in a row with a sprained right ankle. He definitely is not ready to be able to play in an NBA game tonight and then we’ll just see how he feels the next two days with his treatment, whether he’ll be able to do that. Nets: Ben Simmons was booed when he checked in four minutes into the game. Heat: Lowry missed his sixth straight game with left knee soreness. He was 17 of 24 from the field, 4 of 6 on 3s and 7 of 7 at the line, and also had eight rebounds and five assists. Bridges scored a career-high 45 points, including 15 in a row for Brooklyn to break open a game that had been close for 3 1/2 quarters, and the Nets beat the Miami Heat 116-105 on Wednesday night in the final game for both teams before the All-Star break.

Bridges scored a career-high 45 points with eight rebounds, five assists, two steals and two blocks in Wednesday's 116-105 win.

Vaughn said he plans to spend the All-Star break working on the terminology to help the group adjust better. [Spencer Dinwiddie](https://theathletic.com/nba/player/spencer-dinwiddie-huzVN9MOnuJR3hwP/) remains a firm candidate, but Bridges has made a strong case for himself. But for a team that seemed to be searching for solutions as early as Monday, the Nets appear to have found a formula to win. Claxton has been less of a factor offensively since the Durant trade, which Vaughn said is because of the workload he’s had to take on this season. “The coaches, before we walked in, we talked about how, really, Nic and Spencer didn’t have their best nights,” Vaughn said. It might not be the same dose of the same player.” Going into the fourth quarter, the score had been tied 11 times with 10 lead changes, and the Nets led by three. I think overall it was just attitude and the mindset of not letting us go away without a win tonight.” Should the Nets expect Bridges to flirt with 40 points as frequently as Durant did? “The 3s were able to go down for him. “He had the mindset. He added eight rebounds, five assists, two steals and two blocks and celebrated by handing his mother, Tyneeha Rivers, his jersey before walking off the floor.

BROOKLYN -- The new-look Nets got their first win of the post-Kevin Durant era and Brooklyn gets to head into the NBA All-Star break with a win. The Nets.

It was down the stretch in the third quarter that the Nets finally erased a small six-point deficit and swung the game in their favor. “We didn’t allow them to get to their spots, more deflections in the second half, turn them over more in the second half. It was until the second quarter that Thomas finally checked into the game. Thursday marked the third game that Brooklyn had all four of its trade deadline acquisitions on the floor together, while head coach Jacque Vaughn continued to experiment with his lineup. The Nets picked up a gritty 116-105 win over the Miami Heat on Wednesday night at Barclays Center as Mikal Bridges hit a new career high in points with 45 and Cam Thomas added 19. “They gave me the confidence to go out there and just be aggressive, but man, I want to do all that and win, too.

NEW YORK (AP) — Mikal Bridges scored a career-high 45 points, including 15 in a row for Brooklyn to break open a game that had been close for 3 1/2 quarters ...

Mikal Bridges scored a career-high 45 points, including 15 in a row for Brooklyn to break open a game that had been close for 3 1/2 quarters, and the Nets ...

He finished with two points, four rebounds and four assists in 20 minutes. “It’s all about being healthy, which is what going into this break is going to do for us, come out swinging for the fences in the right way.” Bridges scored 17 points in the final quarter to blow by his previous career best of 34 points. The Nets led only 90-89 before Bridges went to work with an array of drives, 3-pointers and jumpers over the next three minutes. Bridges was the runner-up for Defensive Player of the Year last season whose offensive game is growing. I know that he really wants to.” Oladipo has missed seven in a row with a sprained right ankle. He definitely is not ready to be able to play in an NBA game tonight and then we’ll just see how he feels the next two days with his treatment, whether he’ll be able to do that. Nets: Ben Simmons was booed when he checked in four minutes into the game. Heat: Lowry missed his sixth straight game with left knee soreness. Bridges scored a career-high 45 points, including 15 in a row for Brooklyn to break open a game that had been close for 3 1/2 quarters, and the Nets beat the Miami Heat 116-105 on Wednesday night in the final game for both teams before the All-Star break. In his third game since arriving in the Kevin Durant trade, Mikal Bridges had an electrifying scoring stretch to rival even the superstar he replaced.