A close overtime victory barely compensates for a glaring Knicks flaw on display at Madison Square Garden. All-Stars Jalen Brunson (22 points) and Karl-Anthony Towns (32) 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.

The Chicago Bulls lost a hard-fought overtime game to the New York Knicks, 113-111. Entering the game, the Knicks were short-handed, missing key starters OG Anunoby and Josh Hart, while the Bulls were also without Patrick Williams and Jalen Smith,