‘Them MF’ers Got Us,’ Says Mikal Bridges of Mavs’ Playoff Win Over Suns

Mikal Bridges didn’t hold back when talking about the Dallas Mavericks’ domination of his Phoenix Suns.

Dalton Trigg | Jun 6, 2022

Although the Dallas Mavericks’ exciting postseason run was cut short in the Western Conference finals against the Golden State Warriors, the thrilling moments from a seven-game, second-round series victory over the league-leading Phoenix Suns will not soon be forgotten.

Over the weekend, Suns’ All-Defensive Team forward Mikal Bridges joined JJ Redick's "The Old Man & the Three" podcast and gave a candid interview about how he felt watching the Mavs demolish his team.

Luka Doncic, Dallas Mavericks, Mikal Bridges, Phoenix Suns — Joe Camproeale-USA TODAY Sports

“It was a good series. I think when we went up 3-2 I think we had a feeling we all thought we was going to win in Dallas. Once they won, even though it was home advantage, you know better than me… Game 7 is just like, now it's up for grabs… I don't think you feel the homecourt advantage as much because they're so confident and now it's like there's really nothing to lose… It got real scary.”

Bridges might have his teammate Devin Booker to thank for the back-to-back blowout losses after the Suns went up 3-2 in the series. In Game 5, Booker flopped in order to get a flagrant foul called on Dorian Finney-Smith. When Booker finally got off the floor, he looked at the crowd and called what he did “The Luka Special.”

On his way off the court that night, Doncic responded, “Everybody acting tough when they up!,” and the rest is history. The Mavs went on to win Games 6 and 7 by a combined 60 points.

“I remember I just looked up (at the scoreboard in Game 7), I felt they were just scoring every time … I can hear them, I can just hear them every time they score and just the energy every single time,” said Bridges.

“I mean credit to them, everybody played really well. I just didn’t think that would happen, especially Dallas. Dallas is good, but I remember besides this playoffs, I don't think I lost to them, the Suns haven’t lost to them in years. So every time we play them it’s like, ‘oh we have their number. We have their number’ and them mother******* got us.”

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Published Jun 6, 2022

DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.