Mikal Bridges’ ‘Old School Mentality’, the historical consecutive games played stripes

Mikal Bridges stayed in the Knicks line -up on Tuesday evening after he had ended up on the injury report for the first time this season, and extended an impressive series over his entire NBA career.

Bridges has played in 525 consecutive games since his professional in 2018.

This is the 11th longest series in the history of the league and leaves Bridges 12 games behind the former Knicks coach Derek Fisher for place # 10.

“I think to watch him when we located him for the first time (it is) the work he does all year round,” said Tom Thibodeau after the Knicks won for the eighth time in nine games. “In summer, the time he spends in the gym spends and not only works on the floor, but also on his body. I am not surprised that he has the series he does because he enables it.

The 28-year-old bridges score an average of 18.2 points, while a career high of 38.3 minutes per game is logged this season.

He is the only Knicks player who appears in all 51 games before the home game on Saturday with the Celtics.

“(It is) his work. That is the thing with Jalen (Brunson) and the same applies to Mikal, ”said Thibodeau. “If you work him every day, you are not surprised. I think he is preparing almost everyone in the league. The work he does every day builds up his body to withstand the things he wants to do.

“I think that’s a big key to it. Has a kind of mentality of the old school, but he is a phenomenal worker, has an old durability. … and he does everything very well. ”

Bridges, which was listed in the injury report with ankle pain on Tuesday evening, is still not even in the middle of the AC Green record of 1,192 successive games.

Karl-Anthony Towns scored 20 rebounds against the Raptors-Sin Fifths of at least as many in these season and nine of them were on the offensive glass.

“They only provide one foundation,” said Towns, who took second place in the NBA with 13.6 boards per game. “I just wanted to do everything I can to help us achieve the ball and keep it on the offensive side. I just wanted to have an impact on the game. “