Despite beating the Boston Celtics on Friday night, the New York Knicks looked like they had suffered a loss in the process. They didn’t. OG Anunoby isn’t just going to be fine; apparently, he was fine all along.
Inside five minutes to play during the fourth quarter, Anunoby left the court with what seemed to be a leg injury, and then didn’t return. Though he could be seen on the sidelines riding the stationary bike, any hint of an injury to New York’s defensive anchor incites at least an undercurrent of panic.
As SNY’s Ian Begley has since noted, though, Mike Brown said that Anunoby “would have been able to go back in the game if needed.