With elite perimeter defense from OG Anunoby and Mikal Bridges, the New York Knicks are dominating the Celtics and edging closer to their first Eastern Conference Finals appearance in 25 years.

Jaylen Brown drove to the basket—only for Mikal Bridges (who else?) to strip the ball and ignite a fast break that ended with OG Anunoby scoring to make it 113–104

I take full ownership of the way that I’ve played in this series,” Jayson Tatum said Thursday. “I can’t sugarcoat anything. I need to be better.”

Anunoby effectively contained Tatum, while Bridges' defensive skills were on full display in the game's final moments. Bridges made a game-sealing defensive play by stealing the ball from Tatum in the closing seconds, marking the second consecutive game where he secured the victory with a last-second defensive stop.

During the regular season, the Celtics blitzed the Knicks by 23, 27 and 13 points, respectively, in the teams' first three meetings. And even if the score got tight in the final minutes, no team in the league had a better clutch-time win percentage than the Celtics.

Jalen Brunson and OG Anunoby each scored 29 points before Mikal Bridges stole the ball from Jaylen Brown with a second left in overtime as the New York Knicks stunned the Boston Celtics 108-105 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinals series on Monday night.

Heroes, zeros and more from the Knicks’ 108-105 Game 1 overtime win over the Cetics on Monday night that put them up 1-0 in the Eastern Conference semifinals: OG Anunoby ignited in the second half and finished with 29 points. He also held Jayson Tatum to just 10 points in the second half and overtime.

New York Knicks wing Mikal Bridges had one of the most interesting games one could ever have in Game 1 of the second round against the Boston Celtics.