New York Knicks forward Mikal Bridges extended his streak of consecutive regular season games played on Sunday to 556.
Bridges has the longest active streak among current NBA players and currently ranks 14th in NBA history for most consecutive games played. That puts him 18 games behind Terry Tyler. If Bridges continues that streak and plays in all 82 games next season, he’ll move ahead of six players and overtake Andre Miller at No. 8 with 638 games.
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But when that streak is noted, and perhaps celebrated, it may be worth noting how Bridges kept it going at times. The Knicks had nothing to play for in Sunday’s regular season finale versus the Brooklyn Nets, locked in as the No. 3 seed in the East and a matchup with the Detroit Pistons at No. 6.
Bridges opened the game in a starting lineup that included Cameron Payne, Miles McBride, P.J. Tucker and Precious Achiuwa. He was the only one of New York’s usual starters on the court at tipoff. However, that lasted all of six seconds.
