Mikal Bridges’ first season with the New York Knicks has not been the smoothest. The guard whom the Knicks sent five first-round picks, among other assets, to the Brooklyn Nets for over the summer had eclipsed the 20-point mark just once in his previous 10 games entering Wednesday night’s matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers.

The big trade acquisition watched most of the Knicks’ biggest comeback from the bench. Mikal Bridges sat for all but a few possessions of the fourth quarter and overtime in Sunday’s 116-112 win over the Heat,