New York Knicks star forward Mikal Bridges made an odd request to his head coach, Tom Thibodeau. Bridges told Thibodeau to 'back off' a bit in the starters' minutes because the bench deserves more. Stefan Bondy of the New York Post shared in his column on Wednesday.

In more minutes than usual thanks to another OT, Mikal Bridges scored more than anybody on the Knicks and hit the biggest shot of his Knicks career.