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Mikal Bridges

G-F · 6′6″ · Current team: New York Knicks

Playoffs · Finals · Game 3 · Jun 8, 2026 · SAS 115 @ NYK 111 · Final

Mikal Bridges 2 points on 1-of-5 vs Spurs (Jun 8, 2026): Finals Game 3

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-5 FG · 0-of-3 3P · 28:42 MIN

Usual: 2025-26 regular season, 81 games, Oct 22 – Apr 12 (14.4 PTS · 11.7 FGA · 32.7 MIN)

Game Score -0.1 against a usual 12.6 (-12.7)

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
below usual

Playoff game · against the 2025-26 regular season

No more than 3 in 100 games by players at this level finish this far below their usual: playoff games, each against the player's regular-season usual.

How the score works

Why did Mikal Bridges score 2 points?

Mikal Bridges scored 2 points in 28:42 against the Spurs on Jun 8, 2026, Game 3 of the NBA Finals: 1-of-5 from the field, 0-of-3 from three, no free throw attempts. Before this game, Bridges averaged 14.4 points on 11.7 shots in 32.7 minutes across 81 regular-season games. Bridges took 5 shots, 6.7 fewer than usual. By shot type: threes 0 points (usual 5.8); two-pointers 2 points (usual 7.6); free throws 0 points (usual 1.0). Bridges played 28:42 against a usual 32.7 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -0.1, against a usual 13.9. At home against the Spurs, the Knicks lost 115-111. The box score records what changed, not why: it holds no injury, matchup or coaching information.

Generated from the box score and this season's game log. How the score works

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What changed

Bridges in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (81 games)Change
Minutes28:4232.7-4.0
Points214.4-12.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-511.7 · 48.9%-6.7
3PA · 3P%0-of-35.2 · 37.2%-2.2
FTA · FT%0-of-01.2 · 82.3%-1.2
Rebounds53.8+1.2
Assists23.7-1.7
Turnovers11.00.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 80 games9.117.4-8.3
Game Score per 36 minutes-0.113.9-14.0
02

Points by shot type

Twos, threes and free throws: the changes add up to the points change

Points by shot type against the usual line
Shot typeThis gameUsual (81 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-3)5.8 (1.9-of-5.2)-5.8
Twos2 (1-of-2)7.6 (3.8-of-6.5)-5.6
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.0 (1.0-of-1.2)-1.0
Total214.4-12.4
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-0.1 against a usual 12.6 (-12.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-9.5
Rebounds0.0
Assists-1.2
Steals and blocks-1.2
Turnovers and fouls-0.8
Total-12.7
04

This postseason so far

Playoff games in date order, this game last; no score

This postseason's games, oldest first, this game last
DateRoundOppMINPTSREBASTGame Score
Apr 18, 2026First round · Game 1vs ATL31:3611217.6
Apr 20, 2026First round · Game 2vs ATL37:0010125.7
Apr 23, 2026First round · Game 3@ ATL20:30012-5.2
Apr 25, 2026First round · Game 4@ ATL19:188217.3
Apr 28, 2026First round · Game 5vs ATL27:307113.4
Apr 30, 2026First round · Game 6@ ATL26:42245323.5
May 4, 2026Conference semifinals · Game 1vs PHI26:36172517.5
May 6, 2026Conference semifinals · Game 2vs PHI37:48185217.1
May 8, 2026Conference semifinals · Game 3@ PHI36:54233118.8
May 10, 2026Conference semifinals · Game 4@ PHI28:18124614.8
May 19, 2026Conference finals · Game 1vs CLE42:18185113.1
May 21, 2026Conference finals · Game 2vs CLE39:48193317.8
May 23, 2026Conference finals · Game 3@ CLE39:18226221.9
May 25, 2026Conference finals · Game 4@ CLE30:0615357.0
Jun 3, 2026Finals · Game 1@ SAS28:129339.2
Jun 5, 2026Finals · Game 2@ SAS40:54206619.3
Jun 8, 2026This gameFinals · Game 3vs SAS28:42252-0.1
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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Knicks lost 115-111 at home against the Spurs.
  • Previous appearance: Jun 5, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • Earlier in this series: 9 points (Game 1), 20 points (Game 2).
  • The source holds fewer Knicks regular-season games than the 2025-26 regular season had, so the usual line counts only the games it holds.
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What this page cannot tell you

The same on every performance page

Limits

Box scores record what happened, not why: no injuries or health, defensive assignments, matchups, coaching decisions or play-by-play.

METHOD

Game Score against the player's own regular-season usual line, never blended with last season. How rare a gap is comes from NBA playoff games of 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26, each postseason checked on a table fit on the others; the top tier is Rare.