Mikal Bridges has Jerry Ferrara screaming ‘F**K THEM PICKS’

Jerry Ferrara can’t hold his excitement for the New York Knicks beating the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Power actor shared the popular rallying cry, writing “F–K THEM PICKS” on X after Saturday night’s game (May 23).

The now iconic phrase was coined by Knicks fans to celebrate the team’s blockbuster trade for Mikal Bridges, in which the Knicks gave up five first-round draft picks to get him on the roster. Before the blockbuster trade, Bridges played for the Brooklyn Nets.

During the shootaround, Karl-Anthony Towns praised Bridges before Game 3 on Saturday in Cleveland.

“Yeah, we never worried about Mikal,” Towns said. “We know what he can do, so there was never a worry in our locker room about Mikal or anything like that. We know when we need Mikal, he’ll show up, just like he did last year in Boston, [with those] two big steals.

“He does a lot of things that don’t end up on the stat sheet, that he doesn’t get credit for,” Towns added. “Right now, you know, the stat sheet’s giving him the credit for it. But we always know the impact he has on our team.”

Bridges shared the same respect to his teammates who have helped him stay confident.

“I think it’s just more knowing they’re my brothers, you know what I’m saying?” Bridges said at the Knicks’ Saturday shootaround. “Like, you don’t have to be sometimes too much just talking so much about the court. I think off the court and hanging around each other and just giving that energy to each other, you know, helps a lot. Especially for me.”

The Knicks will take on the Cavs once again in Cleveland at the Rock Arena on Monday, May 25 at 8 p.m. ET for Game 4. With a 3-0 lead in the series, they are one win away from a repeat clean sweep as they did against the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. If the Knicks make it to the NBA Finals, it will be the first time the team has been on the main stage since 1999.