It did not take long before Mikal Bridges showed why the Brooklyn Nets coveted him in the Kevin Durant trade.
Bridges made his best Durant impersonation Wednesday night, firing from all angles en route to a career-high 45 points as the Nets beat a depleted Miami Heat, 116-105, at Barclays Center.
The Heat were only trailing by one, 90-89, when Bridges single-handedly led the Nets’ breakaway with 15 straight points. Their lead ballooned to 105-96 then Spencer Dinwiddie and Cam Johnson joined the fun with back-to-back hits from downtown that ripped the game wide open.