The New York Knicks acquired Mikal Bridges last year to make life difficult for the Boston Celtics’ top stars if

Do the Knicks have a snowball’s chance in hell of winning this series if Bridges isn’t playing lockdown defense while putting up the sort of offensive game he had in Game 6 against the Pistons — 25 points on 11-of-16 shooting to rescue what had been an OK-at-best offensive series through the initial five games?

The New York Knicks are advancing to the second round of the NBA Playoffs, and they’re doing so with a new nickname making the rounds — courtesy of guard Cameron Payne. Following the team’s dramatic Game 6 win over the Detroit Pistons,