DETROIT — Mikal Bridges said it best himself. He didn’t sugarcoat how he was playing. “I was playing pretty s—ty in the first half and the first three quarters,” he said. Through three ...

DETROIT — Mikal Bridges had just lost an outdoor summer league game. He was in high school at the time, a rising junior. The defeat left him upset and not eager to discuss with his mother the ...

Mikal Bridges works on this shot all the time. So frequently, it felt good when it left his hands. Facing a three-point deficit with just seconds left in the fourth quarter of Game 2 against the ...