Jalen Brunson held a steel chair. Tyrese Haliburton had brass knuckles. As the star point guards glared at each other in a WWE wrestling ring last summer in Madison Square Garden, it seemed a fitting next step in the rivalry between the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks.

Bridges hasn't been too shabby in his own right, holding Tobias Harris to 33.3 percent from the floor, and Cunningham to 37.9 percent with eight turnovers. Bridges additionally held Brown to 41.7 percent with three turnovers, while Tatum gave him some issues in limited matchups, shooting five of nine from the floor.