Knicks Announce OG Anunoby News Before Game 3 Against 76ers
The New York Knicks secured a close 108-102 win over the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 2 of their second-round series, taking a 2-0 lead but suffering a major loss while pulling off the victory.
With fewer than three minutes left for the end of the game, Knicks forward OG Anunoby exited the game and did not return.
Anunoby suffered the injury on a missed dunk attempt. He landed awkwardly, grabbed the back of his leg, pretty much stopped moving shortly after, and ultimately signaled to the bench before being subbed out.
He finished with 24 points, five rebounds, and four steals before exiting, having logged 37 minutes of play.
Anunoby was not made available to media after the game, and head coach Mike Brown said he had no immediate update on the situation.
"Yeah, I haven't-like I said, they haven't told me," Brown said. "I just know that he left the game, so I was like, ‘Deuce!' And I turned and looked, and [Anunoby] wasn't back. Nobody said he was back. So I have not talked to anybody yet, but he wasn't-did he even come back on the bench? No. So yeah, I don't know."
However, things took a turn for the worse on Thursday afternoon as ESPN's Shams Charania reported that Anunoby has been diagnosed a right hamstring strain and will be day-to-day.
Anunoby's availability for the upcoming games of the series is now in question, with Game 3 scheduled for Friday and games continuing every other day.
New York Knicks forward OG Anunoby has been diagnosed with right hamstring strain and will be day to day, sources tell ESPN. Anunoby is the Knicks second-leading scorer this postseason at 21.4 points per game. He is listed questionable for Game 3 on Friday against Philadelphia. pic.twitter.com/q1zLXpbRkr
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 7, 2026
Speaking after the Game 2 win, multiple Knicks players acknowledged the potential impact of OG's absence in the second-round series and New York's postseason run.
"He's one of the best two-way players in the league, and it's tough to replace that," Miles McBride said. "You don't replace it with one guy. Everybody's going to have to step up."
Through eight postseason games, Anunoby is averaging 21.4 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 1.9 steals per game in 35.3 minutes of play. More impressive than anything, however, has been Anunoby's shooting, with the wing currently boasting a sky-high 61.9 field-goal percentage and a 53.8 three-point percentage.
The Knicks now head to Philadelphia with a 2-0 series lead and Game 3 scheduled for Friday at 7 p.m. ET.
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This story was originally published May 7, 2026 at 10:57 AM.