Bridges, physically overmatched, remained in between Vucevic and the basket, leapt quickly and swatted the ball and the Bulls’ chances away to send the game into an overtime that the Knicks survived, 113-111, on Thursday at the Garden.

All-Stars Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns combined for 54 points, and Mikal Bridges came up with a massive block on Bulls center Nikola Vucevic to force overtime in New York’s 113-111 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Thursday.

With two seconds remaining in Thursday night's tied contest between the Knicks and Chicago Bulls ... said. "Mikal had a stretch in the fourth gave us a good lift as well.” Bridges isn't normally ...

The New York Knicks were able to squeak out a victory to kick off the return of the regular season schedule after the All-Star break. The Knicks hosted the Chicago Bulls in the Madison Square Garden to get their campaign rolling again. New York secured a 113-111 victory, though it took an overtime period to do so.

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Boston leads the NBA in both three-pointers attempted and made. The Celtics tied an NBA record with 29 made threes on 61 attempts in their season-opening blowout against the Knicks. They buried another 19 threes on 39 attempts on Feb. 8, another blowout win.

The New York Knicks won a nailbiter in overtime against the Chicago Bulls on Thursday, Feb. 20. Mikal Bridges secured a game-saving block for the Knicks during the dying moments of regulation ...