The New York Knicks guards, Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart have recently started a podcast together. In the second episode of ‘The Roommates Show’, the Brooklyn Nets Forward, Mikal Bridges appeared as a guest. While talking about topics such as getting traded from the Suns, Bridges also talked about losing the NBA championship in 2021.
Bridges talked about how during the 2021 NBA finals the Phoenix Suns underestimated the Milwaukee Bucks which led them to lose the series. In the NBA, the competition in the Western Conference is more likely to be tougher than in the Eastern Conference.
Being the Western Conference finals winners, the Suns did not take the finals seriously against the Bucks. He said,
We over here like ‘man it’s light, it’s the east.
At the beginning of the finals, the Suns started at 2-0, which gave them the confidence that East teams were easy to play. Bridges started believing that the Suns were about to win the championship just after winning the first two games. But the whole matchup changed from Game 3 onwards.
The Bucks won four straight games and won the championship in six games. Bridges added that he was shocked at the Bucks winning four straight games. The Milwaukee Bucks won their second NBA championship ever. And Giannis Antetokounmpo won his first finals MVP award.
Fans were shocked at Mikal Bridges’ statement about the 2021 finals
After learning about Mikal Bridges and the Sun’s mindset of the Milwaukee Bucks during the 2021 finals, fans were shocked and upset. Bridges stated that the Suns thought it would not be tough to beat the Bucks in the finals. They underestimated the Eastern Conference final winners.
The Phoenix Suns lost the 2021 NBA finals (Image Via USA Today)NBA fans expressed on social media that this is a bad mindset to have while playing in the finals. They were not happy with Bridges’ statement as it seemed like the Suns did not take the finals seriously. According to fans, their overconfidence was the reason they lost the championship.
in the finals against the best team to come out the east talkin bout “it’s light” yea y’all were destined to lose with that mindset
— ²³𝙻𝚎𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚜🏀☄️🌎💞 (@BronGotGame) February 16, 2024
Since 2021, despite having a good playoff run the Suns have not even come close to making it to the finals or the Western Conference finals. In February 2023, Bridges was traded from the Suns to the Brooklyn Nets.
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