Morant scored just 10 points on 5-13 shooting while being completely taken out of the game by New York's top wing defender. It was something that the coaching staff loved to see.

All of that was to acquire Mikal Bridges. That was more than the Nets received when they traded former league MVP Kevin Durant. Bridges is enjoying success in his first season with the Knicks.

A lot of eyebrows were raised when the New York Knicks gave up a chest of first-round picks to the Brooklyn Nets to acquire Mikal Bridges last summer. At the time, many felt the Knicks parted ...

Mikal Bridges summed up the key to the Knicks 119-109 win over Atlanta on Monday evening: "Just playing defense, just playing hard, everybody connected, Josh Hart felt, "We've been struggling a little bit,