Mikal Bridges finds solace in front of a television screen: a game controller gripped by his gangly fingers, a headset sitting on his waves and his best friend in the NBA in his ear. For months, Bridges and Knicks teammate Cam Payne had been playing the recently resurrected College Football 25.

If Tom Thibodeau is casting spells on the Celtics from the sideline, doing it twice in a row seems a little greedy. "Can't really explain it," Knicks star Ja