Mikal Bridges finds solace in front of a television screen: a game controller gripped by his gangly fingers, a headset sitting on his waves and his best friend in the NBA in his ear. For months, Bridges and Knicks teammate Cam Payne had been playing the recently resurrected College Football 25.

When the New York Knicks traded five first-round picks and a first-round pick swap to acquire Mikal Bridges from the Brooklyn Nets, last night’s performance was exactly what they had in mind.

Dave Portnoy is spilling the tea on his close encounter with a Celtics rival.