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Miles Bridges enters elite company featuring Giannis, Jokic, and Wemby with recent hot stretch

The Charlotte Hornets forward has been red-hot here of late.
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Mar 8, 2025; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges (0) celebrates after scoring against the Brooklyn Nets during the fourth quarter at Spectrum Center. Mandatory Credit: Scott Kinser-Imagn Images
Mar 8, 2025; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges (0) celebrates after scoring against the Brooklyn Nets during the fourth quarter at Spectrum Center. Mandatory Credit: Scott Kinser-Imagn Images | Scott Kinser-Imagn Images

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One of the biggest reasons the Charlotte Hornets have played much improved basketball of late has been because of the contributions of forward Miles Bridges, who has been on an absolute heater in his last five outings.

As a matter of fact, this recent stretch has put him in elite company with some of the game's best. In his last five games, Bridges is averaging 33 points, 8.6 rebounds, and four assists - something only Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jokic, and Victor Wembanyama have done this season.

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Mar 8, 2025; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges (0) walks back during the second quarter against the Brooklyn Nets at Spectrum Center. Mandatory Credit: Scott Kinser-Imagn Images | Scott Kinser-Imagn Images

“It’s just been what he’s been doing since the beginning of the season," Hornets head coach Charles Lee said after the win in Miami on Monday. "Every day, coming into work worried about his body, worrying about his game, his mindset, also helping his teammates and bringing them along with him— all the things that consistent competitors, guys with Hornets DNA, do. I think it’s just a culmination from everything he’s been doing all year and he’s really just scratching the surface too which is really exciting.”

Should he maintain or further improve his per game averages through the end of the season, he will have set career highs in scoring (21.2 ppg) and rebounds (7.8), while tying his single season high in assists per game (3.8).

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Schuyler Callihan
SCHUYLER CALLIHAN

Schuyler Callihan is the publisher of West Virginia On SI and has been a trusted source covering the Mountaineers since 2016. He is the host of Between The Eers, The Walk Thru Game Day Show, and In the Gun Podcast. The Wheeling, WV native moved to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2020 to cover the Charlotte Hornets and Carolina Panthers.

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