With 8:25 to go in the fourth quarter and New York down 4, Mikal Bridges went to the bench and didn't touch the court again until there were 13 seconds left in the game, and that was only as a defensive substitution in what proved to be a 99-98 Knicks win over the Hornets.

Mikal Bridges understands why he watched most of the fourth quarter from the bench. Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau pulled Bridges 3 minutes and 45 seconds into the fourth quarter in favor of Miles McBride in an eventual 99-98 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Friday.