OG Anunobia’s hamstring injury gets the schedule
There’s trouble in paradise for New York Knicks. Going into their game against the Miami Heat, they were already without star point guard Jalen Brunson. Even without Brunson, the Knicks were still favored against the Heat. Still, five minutes of play, go ahead And the Anunobi he was ruled out after an injury.
Anunoby’s injury would end up being a hamstring injury. Unfortunately for the Knicks, this injury would knock out the long-running forward for at least two weeksaccording to Shams Charania.
“New York Knicks forward OG Anunoby will be re-evaluated in two weeks with a strained left hamstring, sources tell ESPN,” Charania reported to X.
Brunson injured his ankle against the Orlando Magic in their previous game. The outlook didn’t look good at first, as the Knicks point guard was seen wearing cleats after the game. Thankfully, Brunson was only diagnosed with a Grade 1 sprained ankle. Brunson is still out for several weeks, but there was hope that it would be the ever-consistent Anunoby could help ease Karl-Anthony Towns’ load.
Anunoby was one of the better 3-and-D guys in the NBA for several years. This season, the Knicks forward is averaging 15.8 points per game on 39.2% shooting from the outside. His impact on the defensive end is unparalleled: Anunoby averages 1.9 steals and 0.7 blocks per game.
Against the Heat, Towns and Landry Shamet stepped up for the Knicks without Anunoby and Brunson. Towns finished the game with 39 points (31 in the first half), while Shamet fell behind with 30 of his 36 points in the second half. After the game, Towns said they had to step up without their best player.
“JB was missing today,” Towns said of Brunson, “so we all had to step up and contribute to our team.”
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