Injured in his hamstrings the day before yesterday during Game 2 of the conference semi-finals against the Pacers, Knicks winger OG Anunoby is already out for Game 3. And if it’s only Game 3, the Knicks will do well…
It’s pulling in New York, it’s pulling very hard. Bojan Bogdanovic finished his season, Mitchell Robinson was injured, Julius Randle has been on vacation for several weeks and Tom Thibpdeau finds himself obliged to give 300 minutes per match to his starters, led by Josh Hart. Well, Thibodeau loves it, it’s true, but while the Conf semi-finals are in full swing and even if the Knicks are in very good shape (2-0), we are starting to doubt the ability of these gladiators of 2024 to finish these Playoffs on their own two legs…
Ouch… an absence match for OG Anunoby, we hope he gets better quickly.
New York will have to crawl to the next round. https://t.co/pZXKK0FlV4
— TrashTalk (@TrashTalk_fr) https://twitter.com/TrashTalk_fr/status/1788683509374067042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Exited with an injury during Game 2 when he scored a whopping 28 points in 28 minutes, the 2019 NBA champion with the Raptors will therefore miss Game 3 this evening, and quite a few sources suggest that the tonic winger could be absent for a little more than a simple match…
Important info, a little wet finger of course but: 2 weeks of rest generally for players who have the same injury as OG Anunoby.
We’ll see but it doesn’t look good for the Knicks and their winger. It would take a miracle, they announced it outside of Game 3 directly. https://t.co/VZqW3a32t6
— TrashTalk (@TrashTalk_fr) https://twitter.com/TrashTalk_fr/status/1788711312043696306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
After playing 47, 50, 45 and 42 minutes in his last four matches, OG has therefore marked the occasion, and he leaves his coach obliged to draw on his resources, on his bench therefore, sorry Thibs but there you no longer have a choice. The Knicks have been playing with seven since the start of these Playoffs, Mitchell Robinson is no longer there, and in the section of candidates for minutes it is Alec Burks who positions himself, he who presents the advantage of experience despite skills infinitely less useful than the titular position 3 of New York. Precious Achiuwa could also be offered more minutes at position 4, while the Brunson / Hart / DiVincenzo / Hartenstein quartet can already bet that they will play between 45 and 48 minutes until the end of the series.
We will be closely monitoring the next updates concerning OG, the Knicks’ best defender and absolutely major piece of the Thibodeau system. Because if his absence is obviously detrimental, the way in which the NY coach will have to shoot at the others promises to be all-time… and problematic for the future. The end of the Knicks Playoffs would hang on the next announcement concerning Anunoby’s hamstrings? Very close to saying yes.
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