Mikal Bridges’ offense has been swinging wildly on this team during this playoff run, with him scoring as little as 0 to as high as 24, all in the same series in the first round against the Hawks. Against the Spurs, he’s put up as low as two and as high as 20. He still holds a healthy +11.2 throughout this playoff run, indicating that he’s been able to impact the game in other ways besides putting the ball in the hoop, and the Knicks will need him to continue playing tough defense and hitting tough middies.
Here are some of the best Mikal Bridges prop bets on DraftKings Sportsbook for tonight’s matchup:
Best Mikal Bridges Prop Bets
Over 11.5 Points (-128):
This is a buy-low spot, with Bridges going for just two points in a Game 3 loss while shooting 1/5 from the field. Bridges still finished the game with a +11, but it wasn’t pretty on offense. We’ll cut him some slack, though, as he was in early foul trouble that likely dampened his rhythm.
We’re banking on him returning to his Game 2 form, which featured Bridges going for 20 on 8/13 shooting and four triples, thriving as a secondary scorer. San Antonio’s pressure on Jalen Brunson has made the Knicks’ offense stagnant, and if the Knicks can find quicker offense with more ball movement in Game 4 tonight, Bridges should be one of the first players who will benefit. He doesn’t need massive usage to clear this 11.5 number, he just needs to find enough spot-up threes and pull up middies within the Knicks’ system to get going a little bit more.
Under 1.5 Steals (-113):
Bridges has recorded two, one, and zero steals in the first three games of this series, staying under this number in two of the three. His overall playoff profile also sits at 1.1 SPG, which makes 1.5 a stretch. The one scary caveat is the March 1 regular-season meeting between these two teams, when Bridges had five steals, but that came in a turnover avalanche where San Antonio gave it away 22 times and Victor Wembanyama had seven turnovers by himself.
The Spurs looked much cleaner in Game 3, finishing with 28 assists and getting real creation from Fox, Wembanyama, and Castle. If San Antonio keeps the ball moving instead of feeding Bridges loose passing-lane theft opportunities, the under seems compelling.
