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.

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 is the NBA’s iron man, but in the closing seconds of Monday’s Game 1 win, the Knicks forward embodied an NFL ballhawk.