Friday's game against the Los Angeles Clippers afforded the Knicks to reconnect with beloved former head coach Jeff Van Gundy, who now patrols the new sidelines of Intuit Dome as an assistant under Tyronn Lue.

New York Knicks star forward Mikal Bridges made an odd request to his head coach, Tom Thibodeau. Bridges told Thibodeau to 'back off' a bit in the starters' minutes because the bench deserves more. Stefan Bondy of the New York Post shared in his column on Wednesday.

New York Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau has always been known for relying on his starters and primary players for heavy minutes even during the regular season, but swingman Mikal Bridges asked him to reduce some of that playing time heading into the stretch run.