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Sixers trade gave Mikal Bridges a better opportunity with Phoenix Suns

The Villanova product and Philadelphia native, clad in Phoenix Suns purple and orange, played in front of friends and family in a 119-114 loss to his hometown 76ers, the team that drafted him and traded him.

Bridges isn't playing for the team he thought he would be on. Instead, he's on a team with a 3-13 record that is last in the Western Conference. But, he might be better off with Phoenix than he would have been had the Sixers kept him.

June 21, 2018 is not a date Bridges or his family is likely to forget.