Like Ringo Starr before him, New York Knicks shooter Mikal Bridges got by with a little help from his friends. Bridges recovered from a brutal Black Friday on

New York added to the No. 2 offense in basketball with a 118-85 thumping of the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday night. The performance continued what has been an up-and-down start for the 12-8 Knicks, who have looked like the best team in the NBA at points and then a bunch of strangers at others.

Made the right decision,” said Bridges, who went to the bench with 8:25 to play and only got a couple of defensive possessions in the final seconds of the Knicks' 99-98 win. “Go out there and win the game.

The Knicks should’ve had a great deal on Black Friday against a battered, bottom-dwelling opponent. Instead, they paid full retail price for a 99-98 victory, a performance that required a fourth-quarter comeback as the team’s top disappointment Mikal Bridges watched most of it from the bench.

The New York Knicks made a bold move when they traded for Mikal Bridges from the Brooklyn Nets this offseason for a heap of future first-round draft picks. Bridges was seen as a savior for the Knicks and as someone who could finally get them over the hump.