Brooklyn’s Mikal Bridges stored his ironman streak alive Sunday, beginning his 83rd sport of the season earlier than committing a foul and instantly trying out of the sport after 4 seconds.

Bridges was the one starter to play for both group when the Nets hosted the Philadelphia 76ers of their season finale, every week earlier than they are going to meet within the first spherical of the playoffs.

Bridges was enjoying solely to maintain alive his streak of by no means lacking a sport in school or the professionals. The sport Sunday was his 392nd straight within the NBA and accomplished his longest regular-season but.

He had performed in 56 for Phoenix earlier than being a part of the commerce for Kevin Durant on Feb. 9, then began the Nets’ closing 27 video games. The guard grew to become the forty second NBA participant to play in 83 or extra video games in a season and the primary since Josh Smith for Detroit and Houston in 2014-15.

Before the sport, Nets coach Jacque Vaughn revealed what his technique could be for Bridges.

‘I’m going to convey these different dudes round and I’m going to say it in entrance of them and I’m going to inform them that ‘you are principally going to enter the sport and you are going to foul, after which I’m going to get your tail out of the sport,” Vaughn mentioned. ‘There you go.’

That’s what occurred. The 76ers gained the leap ball and Bridges rushed over to seize Shake Milton earlier than being subbed out by David Duke Jr.

Bridges truly missed a sport this season however it did not depend in opposition to him. The Nets performed on the night time the commerce was accomplished, however it was finalized too near the beginning for him to play and he was listed as ‘inactive ‘ commerce pending’ within the official field rating. The NBA dominated that it might not depend as a missed sport as a result of he wasn’t eligible.

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