The New York Knicks paid a king's ransom to add Mikal Bridges in the offseason, and the defensive play he made against the Chicago Bulls at the end of regulation of their Thursday night tilt shows just why they coveted him.

Although the former Brooklyn Net has not consistently scored, he continues to be clutch when New York needs him most.

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.

Mikal Bridges shared what led to his game-saving block in the New York Knicks overtime win against the Chicago Bulls

The Knicks pulled out a hard-fought OT win over the Bulls on Thursday night, but it could have been a different story without Mikal Bridges' defense.

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.

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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 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 ...