The Knicks will be without OG Anunoby for a decent while.
He suffered a left hamstring strain during the Knicks’ 140-132 win over the Heat at Madison Square Garden on Friday and will be re-evaluated in two weeks, per a league source.
He will not join the Knicks on their upcoming five-game road trip, which is set to begin on Monday with a rematch against the Heat in Miami.
During Friday’s win, Anunoby missed a layup on a fast break, and during a subsequent timeout, was in obvious discomfort on the bench, rubbing his left hamstring.
He then went to the locker room and was quickly ruled out.
That two-week timeframe is not necessarily his expected recovery outlook, but rather just a date the Knicks will use to provide another update.
Often in the past, their players’ injuries extend past that two-week date.
What’s concerning is that Anunoby has a history with the injury.
During the 2024 playoffs, Anunoby injured that left hamstring in the second round against the Pacers and the shorthanded Knicks lost the series.
Last year, Anunoby bucked his injury-prone history, playing at least 70 games for the first time since he was a rookie in 2017-18.
Already, though, he’s back on the sidelines.
