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CLEVELAND \u2014 Here\u2019s all you need to know about the Eastern Conference finals:<\/p>\n

Mikal Bridges has outscored James Harden.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an amazing development considering how these playoffs started for Bridges, who looked like he had the yips in the opening five games against the Hawks. But Bridges killed those demons like he\u2019s killing Harden.<\/p>\n

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For two series and counting, Bridges has arguably been the most important player on the Knicks. Maybe not the best \u2014 that\u2019s still Jalen Brunson \u2014 but the most impactful.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s all you need to know about the Eastern Conference finals: Mikal Bridges has outscored James Harden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-york-knicks"],"yoast_head":"\nMikal Bridges rises from the depths to become most impactful Knick - Metro Transit Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=327\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mikal Bridges rises from the depths to become most impactful Knick - Metro Transit Review\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here\u2019s all you need to know about the Eastern Conference finals: Mikal Bridges has outscored James Harden.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=327\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Metro Transit Review\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-24T11:07:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=327#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=327\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7cd7bd9683106710eed62ba5da559b14\"},\"headline\":\"Mikal Bridges rises from the depths to become most impactful Knick\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-24T11:07:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=327\"},\"wordCount\":124,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=327#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/eb8f8fefc3d930ab79817f8c265b93b2.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"New York Knicks\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=327#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=327\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=327\",\"name\":\"Mikal Bridges rises from the depths to become most impactful Knick - 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