Nets’ Mikal Bridges says ‘staying together’ was key to performance against the Hawks
Brooklyn Nets forward Mikal Bridges has been one of the more vocal members of the “new Nets” ever since the Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving trades happened. It is a role that he isn’t used to since on his previous team, the Phoenix Suns, the more vocal members on that team were Chris Paul and Devin Booker.
However, with the Nets, Bridges has been more of a leader since he has been forced into that role on the fly. In Sunday’s 129-127 loss to the Atlanta Hawks, Bridges did a good job of leading Brooklyn as he scored 24 points while contributing in every area of the game, including defense.
Bridges, along with essentially every member of the Nets, had a much better outing on Sunday than on Friday against the Chicago Bulls. The team gave a much better effort on Sunday and Bridges was one of the leading men in that department. He spoke after the game about the Nets staying together as a reason for the much-improved performance:
“Just getting stops, I think that was the biggest thing. That helps the offense get in play in transition so our best offense is our best defense so just getting stops. Just staying together when times get tough. They (the Atlanta Hawks) made runs and stuff but part of the game. We didn’t just fall, we just kept fighting all the way to the end.”
