Mikal Bridges drops 45 in Nets’ 116-105 win over the Heat

The Brooklyn Nets hosted the Miami Heat at Barclays Center on Wednesday and won 116-105. Brooklyn leads the regular-season series 2-0.

For the Nets, Mikal Bridges had 45 points and eight rebounds while Cam Thomas had 19 points and four assists off the bench. Cameron Johnson had 18 points and Spencer Dinwiddie had nine points.

For the Heat, Bam Adebayo had 24 points and 13 rebounds while Gabe Vincent had 21 points and three rebounds. Max Strus had 18 points and Jimmy Butler had 13 points.

It was a tightly contested game in the first half as both sides struggled with their offense. Bridges had a great first half with 17 points, but Brooklyn had some trouble defending Adebayo.

Brooklyn pulled away in the second half thanks to Bridges going nuts with his scoring. The Heat could not do anything to stop him and his scoring binge kept the Barclays Center crowd on its feet.

Here are your Nets player grades:

Spencer Dinwiddie: C-

Dinwiddie did not do much in this game on the offensive end. He did not shoot much at all and he did not make much happen in terms of trying to set up teammates. Other than being a presence on the boards from his guard position, Dinwiddie was not much of a factor in this one.

Mikal Bridges: A

Bridges was awesome scoring the ball in this contest. He was unstoppable in the mid-range as he was using his height and athleticism to shoot over any defender that came his way. Bridges was also effective in driving to the rim and that aggressiveness either resulted in an easy finish at the rim or free-throws. He did a little bit of everything tonight in easily his best game as a Net.

Cameron Johnson: C+

Johnson struggled with this shot in this one, especially from behind the three-point line. Johnson did most of his damage driving to the rim as his jump shot continued to fail him. He played decent defense in this contest, but he should have better offensive days in the future.

Dorian Finney-Smith: C-

Finney-Smith had one of his weaker games as a member of the Brooklyn…