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Inside the OG Anunoby injury — and why it's a sigh of relief for Knicks
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Inside the OG Anunoby injury — and why it's a sigh of relief for Knicks

New York Post·Stefan Bondy·25 days ago
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OG Anunoby (8) drives against VJ Edgecombe (77) during the Knicks' Game 2 win over the 76ers on May 6, 2026.
OG Anunoby (8) drives against VJ Edgecombe (77) during the Knicks' Game 2 win over the 76ers on May 6, 2026. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post

The Knicks dodged a bullet.

OG Anunoby is truly considered day-to-day after imaging revealed a “very minor” hamstring strain, league sources told The Post, and will officially be listed as questionable for Friday night against the Sixers.

It’s a sigh of relief after Anunoby came up hobbling in the final minutes of Wednesday’s Game 2 at MSG, when he asked to be subbed out and never returned to the bench as the Knicks won, 108-102, to take a 2-0 series lead.

Anunoby did not speak to the media afterwards and coach Mike Brown pled ignorance on the severity. But Anunoby’s real-time reactions to the pain also offered clues it wasn’t as serious.

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