NetsDaily · Mar 30, 2023
Nets’ ‘Iron Man’ headed for another minutes title as streak continues
When Mikal Bridges seemed to hurt his left wrist on a missed dunk in the second quarter, the Nets wing grimaced a bit, held the wrist then flexed it a bit throughout the rest of the first half. There didn’t appear to be any concern either then or post-game. Bridges finished with 27 points in 40 minutes.
“It was just bothering me a little bit,” Bridges said after the game. “Just shaking it off. Not at all [a lingering concern].”
Shaking off injuries is what Bridges does. He has now played in 386 regular season games plus another 35 in the post-season, and as of Thursday morning, he leads the NBA in minutes. Bridges now has played 2,774, ahead of Julius Randle 2,738, who’s in second.