DETROIT - Miles Bridges asks his coach often to keep after him and keep pushing him - not to give him a star treatment but instead plenty of tough love.
So when Bridges missed a fast-break dunk and a desperation end-of-shot-clock 3-pointer early in the second half on Friday night, Tom Izzo did just that.
When Bridges looked to the bench after that missed 3 with 12:02 left, he saw Izzo a step onto the court, fists clenched and screaming. Bridges tugged at his jersey and Izzo immediately sent a replacement to the scorers' table in an animated moment between a coach and his star.