Mikal Bridges had two steals in overtime that helped seal the win, including a strip of Jaylen Brown on the final play of the game to prevent a potential game-tying three. On that pivotal play, Bridges looked like a cornerback tracking the ball,

Mikal Bridges ' basketball skills were not their best on Monday, so he relied on his football knowledge instead to make the game-saving play in the New York Knicks ' 108-105 overtime victory against the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of their second-round series.

The Knicks were the definition of resilient — they could have rolled over down 20 but didn’t. With a 20-6 run in the second half of the third quarter, New York stormed back to make it a game. Jalen Brunson was doing his own matchup hunting, going at Al Horford, and it worked.