PHILADELPHIA — Mikal Bridges scored 30 points and only missed six shots in his first playoff game as Brooklyn’s No. 1 scoring option — but it was a 20-point loss in a game the Nets hoped to play better.
Bridges, who has been on a scoring surge since the trade to Brooklyn averaging 27 points per game since Feb. 9, shrugged off the impressive performance.
“None of that s--- matters when you lose,” he said after the Nets’ 121-101 loss to the 76ers in Game 1 of this Eastern Conference first-round series. “It feels good to make some shots, but I’d rather miss shots and win, so it’s whatever.”
