Mikal Bridges explodes for 42 points, Nets beat Hawks for second straight win

NBA: Mikal Bridges puts up 42 as Nets down Hawks

Mikal Bridges scored 42 points, including an acrobatic jumper later in the third quarter as the Brooklyn Nets strengthened their grip on sixth place in the Eastern Conference with a 124-107 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday in New York.

Mikal Bridges puts up 42 as Nets down Hawks

Mikal Bridges scored 42 points, including an acrobatic jumper later in the third quarter as the Brooklyn Nets strengthened their grip on sixth place in the Eastern Conference with a 124-107 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday in New York.

Mikal Bridges explodes for 42 points, Nets beat Hawks for second straight win

Mikal Bridges drove the lane, hop-stepped, pump-faked to get his man in the air, then absorbed the contact, whipped the ball off the glass with English for the and-one bucket. Then he turned around and flexed for the camera before dapping up his teammate, Dorian Finney-Smith. The basket was the dagger in the Nets’ 124-107 victory over the No. 8-seeded Atlanta Hawks on Friday, a moment that prompted Hawks head coach Quin Snyder to throw in the pr…

Mikal Bridges explodes for 42 points, Nets beat Hawks for second straight win

Mikal Bridges drove the lane, hop-stepped, pump-faked to get his man in the air, then absorbed the contact, whipped the ball off the glass with English for the and-one bucket. Then he turned around and flexed for the camera before dapping up his teammate, Dorian Finney-Smith. The basket was the dagger in the Nets’ 124-107 victory over the No. 8-seeded Atlanta Hawks on Friday, a moment that prompted Hawks head coach Quin Snyder to throw in the pr…

Mikal Bridges puts up 42 as Nets down Hawks

Mikal Bridges scored 42 points, including an acrobatic jumper later in the third quarter as the Brooklyn Nets strengthened their grip on sixth place in the East

Mikal Bridges pours in 42 points as Nets rally for critical win over Hawks

Locked in a second-quarter tie with Atlanta, the Nets used an extended blitz to win the game. And maybe win their way into the playoffs as well.