Hornets’ Miles Bridges reveals key to career-high 46-point game vs. Cavs
Miles Bridges dropped 46 points on the Cavs, but it wasn’t enough to lead the Hornets to victory on Friday night
The Charlotte Hornets lost a tight one against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night, with the final score settling in at 118-117. The main reason behind the near win was because of Miles Bridges’ productivity, as he scored a career-high 46 points. The Hornets made key runs to stay within 10 points throughout the game, and they even took the lead with just under six minutes to go in the fourth quarter.
When it came down to the key to his scoring explosion, Bridges kept it simple.
“Just taking what the defense gave me and going at mismatches the whole game,” Bridges said.
High pick and rolls did force switches, putting Darius Garland on Bridges and allowing him to play bully ball against him. If that didn’t happen, mismatches were created for Charlotte’s big men, leading to easy baskets for them. Bridges kept the game plan as basic as possible, and it worked in his favor. Attacking mismatches is an easy way to get and stay hot. Unfortunately, it just didn’t end with the team coming out on top against the top team in the Eastern Conference.
Miles Bridges wants Hornets to focus on what works
Bridges was asked about how Charlotte could maintain leads to begin to win these tight games with more frequency moving forward.
