How can Mikal Bridges and OG Anunoby be deployed on defense? It’s difficult to find a better defensive combination on the perimeter than Bridges and Anunoby. The Oklahoma City Thunder are loaded.

OG Anunoby and Mikal Bridges had nightmarish showings in the Knicks’ 127-102 Game 5 loss to the Celtics Wednesday night at TD Garden.

The Knicks’ acquisitions of Bridges and Anunoby, two premier 3-and-D talents, were made with an eye toward contending with Boston’s lethal combination of Tatum and Brown.

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.

OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges helping Knicks contain Pistons’ All-Star Knicks forwards Mikal Bridges (l.) and forward OG Anunoby (r.) are dealing with Detroit’s All-Star in the first-round series.

Chris Herring examines why the Mikal Bridges-OG Anunoby duo is so important to the Knicks' closeout chances.

It was only fitting that Game 2 against the Celtics ended this way for the Knicks, with Mikal Bridges and OG Anunoby suffocating Jayson Tatum on the baseline.

The Knicks hung on for an improbable Game 1 win after trailing the Celtics by 20 points with just over 17 minutes remaining in regulation.

Mikal Bridges and the New York Knicks’ emphatic win against Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs was a Christmas Day classic on Wednesday. Head coach Tom Thibodeau praised Bridges for his ...

Mikal Bridges has a defensive rating of 113.3 for his career, per StatMuse, while OG Anunoby has a defensive rating of 110.6 in his career.

The Knicks’ acquisitions of Bridges and Anunoby, two premier 3-and-D talents, were made with an eye toward contending with Boston’s lethal combination of Tatum and Brown.