How strong is Bridges, who is defensively defeating the Celtics Gemini?

If a movie is not reflected by the top supporting role, the protagonist will be dull. If a MOBA game team does not have the protection and sacrifice of the auxiliary, the shooter will not develop the output environment at all. If an NBA team does not have functional puzzle players, it will be difficult to win. Recently, Mikal Bridges of the New York Knicks once again confirmed this. He became awesome and perfect assistant with his outstanding performance. Today's Star Test will bring you Bridges' data analysis. Among the top 100 NBA 2024-25 stars selected on April 16, Bridges ranked 59th, with a 64th place at the beginning of the season, ranking fourth in the New York team, lower than Brunson (10th in the league), Towns (17th in the league), and OG Anunobi (48th in the league). The comments on the website are as follows: From 1986 to 2001, AC Green played 1,192 consecutive games, and Bridges' consecutive games have not reached half of his record, but now the team's medical staff and data analysts have almost eliminated this hard work model, and Bridges is still a miracle. He leads the league in aerobics—he can run 5,000 miles, and Thibodeau will let him run another 5,000 miles, but the running we are talking about here is not the route of bait receiver (a position in rugby, an off-ball runner who attracts opponents’ defensive power).

Every game, Bridges will punch in to defend his opponent's offensive points, constantly bypassing the pick-and-roll screen, his amazing wingspan can rebuild the defensive space and reduce the gap; his light body can bend over and keep defending in close proximity. When he is in good shape, you can personally feel the huge impact of a defender like Bridges with a taller body and better wingspan against a point guard. When he is in a bad shape, you start questioning his value, he is the runner-up of the best defensive player of 2022, what exactly is going on now? Five future first-round draft picks were given to this guy?

Although he has been criticized this season, he has proved his worth. He is one of the elite mid-range shooters in the NBA league, and his bottom corner threes are far superior to other players. He undertakes some of the toughest defensive tasks while playing time at career-high levels. But New York’s bets on him were set up specifically for the playoffs. Bridges is undergoing all the defensive training he can, knowing he will be the core of the perimeter defense in the playoffs to fill Brunson's defensive holes. As advertised, he has a wealth of skill trees, just that he never merges together at enough time, but if he reaches his peak at the right time, then everything will be forgiven.

The New York Knicks bet right, Bridges did the most critical thing at the critical moment of the playoffs. In the first two games against the Boston Celtics in the last round, he stole the Celtics Gemini Jaylen Brown and Tatum at the last moment of the game, so as to directly help the team win two away games with a defensive finale. After the game, his name became a hot search in the United States. The last time he was on the hot search was in July last year because the New York Knicks paid him 5 first-round draft picks. At that time, many basketball media and fans said that the New York Knicks management was crazy, and a puzzle player like Bridges was completely It's not worth the price, but now they are like Wang Jingze's stubborn meal: "Well, it's so good."

Chinese actress Jin Qiaoqiao said a controversial saying: "You let me play the princess, OK My temperament is very close, there is no problem, but if you let me play the rural person, I will struggle." To use her words to Bridges, it's like: "You let me be the team's big brother and the main scorer, I can't be, but if you let me be the third leader of the team, OK, then I'll be excited." Bridges, who was incompetent to the main force of the Brooklyn Nets, was as if he was in the water after entering the New York Knicks.

As the website says, he is the strongest iron man in the league. He has played 82 games this season and has played 556 consecutive games in the regular season. He is the second highest consecutive game player in the league since 2000. Currently, it is only lower than Andre Miller's 632 games, ranking 14th in the NBA's total consecutive game list. The first is the 1,192 games of ascetic master AC Green.

This season, he ranked first in the league in 3036 minutes, and had a total of 372,000 running, and averaging 4538 meters, ranking second in the league in 2018. He was only lower than Maxi's 4651 meters. He is the most dedicated and hard-working player in the league and the favorite player of the farm head coach Thibodeau. They have created a new theorem of basketball, that is, the final battle between basketball games is physical fitness.

He is 1.98 meters tall and is the most scarce No. 3 position in the league. He has an excellent wingspan of 2.15 meters. This wingspan is currently ranked 125th in the league, but ranks 7th among all No. 3 players, only lower than Leonard, Ingram, Scotty Barnes, Kulibaly, Oubre, and Hunter. This height wingspan has a huge suppression on the 1-2 player on the defensive end.

defense is also Bridges's famous skill. His opponents are averaging 13 shots in front of him this season, ranking fourth in the Newx team, with 17 first Towns, 15.5 second Joshhart and 13.8 third Anunobi.

The opponent averaged 6 goals per game to 46.4%, an average increase of 0.8 percentage points. This defensive efficiency is at the average level. The overall defensive efficiency of the New York Knicks is not outstanding this season. They lost 114.3 points per 100 rounds and ranked 14th in the league.

is detailed to the specific defensive position efficiency of the regular season.

Defensive back players 786 minutes and 4107 rounds, accounting for 70% of the total defensive time. The defenders hit 44% under their defense, of which the three-point shooting percentage is 35%..

Defensive forward players have 1,550 rounds in 288 minutes, accounting for 25.5% of the total defensive time. The forward players hit 50% under their defense, and the three-point shooting percentage is 31%.

Defensive center players have 332 rounds in 56 minutes, accounting for 4.5% of the total defensive time, and the center players' shooting percentage is 57%.

From the counter data, it can be seen that he is not a multi-functional defensive player, but he only has strong suppression on defenders and is also very deterrent in the outside defense.

But in the playoffs stage, Bridges woke up on the defensive end. Currently, he has 104 shots in the eight playoffs. His opponent has only hit 38 goals under his defense, and his shooting percentage has dropped to 36.5%, reducing his opponent's shooting percentage by as much as 10.4 percentage points on average. Among them, his three-pointers under defense have only 6 of 31 shots in 31 shots, which is only 19.5%, which is completely an airtight defensive gate.

In the first round of the playoffs, he was mainly responsible for defending four players of the Pistons.

Defense Tobias Harris has 115 rounds in 23 minutes, and Harris has made 3 of 9 shots and shots from 33%.

Defense Cunningham made 85 rounds in 16 minutes, and Cunningham made 38% of the shooting percentage.

Defensive Beasley in 15 minutes and 78 rounds, Beasley made 3 of 12 shots and shot 2 of 2 of 10 shots.

Defense Schroder was 12 minutes, 30 seconds and 60 rounds, and Schroder made 6 of 9 shots and shots 67%.

From the defensive data, it can be seen that Bridges completely restricted Harris, Cunningham and Beasley on the defensive end, making great contributions to the team's victory.

and then to the first two playoffs against the Celtics, he is mainly responsible for defending Derek White, and currently defends 12 minutes, 20 seconds, 58 rounds.

Defense Zhu Holiday 5 minutes 50 seconds 25 rounds.

Defense Jaylen Brown 5 minutes 27 seconds 33 rounds.

Defense Tatum 4 minutes 42 seconds 27 rounds.

Defense Prichard 3 minutes 50 seconds 17 rounds.

The total number of 26 shots against the opponent, the opponent hit 10 goals under his defense, and the average shooting percentage is reduced by 8.5 percentage points. Among them, 2 of 10 shots in his defense is 20% of the shooting percentage of 2 of 10 shots in his defense is the best weapon to limit the death of the Celtics five-for-nothing shots.

In addition to the oppressive defense, Brischi can also contribute on the offensive end. This season, he scored 61% of his inside points, 39% of his three-point extra points, as high as 76% of his assists, and 24% of his autonomous scores. He is a top supporter who has both internal and external scoring and does not occupy the offensive ball rights.

In terms of specific efficiency, what he is more valuable than other 3D players is that he has other scoring methods besides shooting. The first is to cut in the running. He is the first cut in the New York team. He has completed 145 cuts this season and ranked 11th in the league. He made 136 cuts in the intrusion box and hit 96 balls in 136 shots in the intrusion box. The shooting percentage is as high as 70.6%. The intrusion run is the most capable of showing the player's ball quotient. He and Brunson's Villanova helped BUFF have a chemistry reaction. Whether it is pick-and-roll or tactical running, the Bridgesman got the open position at the basket and the two are mutually fulfilling.

In addition, he has the NBA's trump card skill on the verge of losing - mid-range jump shot. As The ringer said, he is one of the league's elite mid-range scorers. This season's regular season regular season shooting 318 times, 153 goals hits 48%, and 45% of mid-range in the NBA is an excellent level. Although mid-range in the magic ball trend is considered an inefficient scoring method, it is extremely difficult to score every point in the playoff stage with the highest defensive level. Under this defensive intensity, the easier it is to score points as close to the basket. Currently, Brischi scored 15 goals in 34 mid-range in 8 playoff games, with a shooting percentage of 44%.

Bridges can also open up space from the outside. This season, this season's regular season three-pointers have 58 three-pointers and 15 goals have only 26%, and 398 three-pointers have 148 goals have 37% of the shooting percentage. It can be seen that under Thibodeau, his task on the outside is to play a shooting scorer without the ball. In 8 games of the playoffs, he hits 13 goals with 40 shots and 13 goals have 32% of the shooting percentage. If he can maintain the regular season level on the offensive end, it will be more helpful to the team.

In the NBA arena, the scorer is the arrow for charge, and the auxiliary is the bow string that is pulled full. Without cooperation with each other, no matter how sharp the arrow is, it cannot break the enemy. The core of the team is a ship that breaks the waves and ice. The auxiliary is the sail of the help. Without cooperation with each other, no matter how close the range is, it cannot be docked. The basketball game is a scoring game, but it also requires a team collaboration game with clear division of labor and mutual cooperation. I hope that Brischi can continue to perform well and use a lifting posture to help the team win the championship.

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