OG’s Scare Leaves Knicks Fans Uneasy After Gritty Game 2 Win

Evan & Tiki

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🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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The Knicks are up 2 to 0 after doing exactly what they needed to do against the 76ers, but the biggest story is the health of OG Anunoby. Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber react to a gritty playoff win that was not pretty, not dominant, and not comfortable, while sorting through why OG’s injury scare immediately changes the mood around the series. Evan and Tiki compare this moment to OG’s previous postseason injury against Indiana, debate whether the Knicks can still finish off Philadelphia without him, and explain why his defense, shooting, and clutch impact have become so essential to New York’s championship hopes. They also break down the Sixers’ late-game fatigue without Joel Embiid, the Knicks’ defensive stand, and the Josh Hart three set up by OG that helped turn the game.

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0:00.0	Story number one is the New York Knicks did what they needed to do.
0:04.4	Right.
0:04.8	It wasn't easy.
0:06.2	It may not have been fun.
0:08.0	It certainly wasn't like the last four postseason games they played.
0:11.7	But a result is the result.
0:14.0	The New York Knicks are up to O.
0:15.7	That is certainly story number one.
0:17.7	But the other story that we are going to follow throughout this day and and it has major implications, is the status of O.G. Ananobe. Do you have a gut feeling when you saw O.G. pull up? Yes. Finished the play. I actually went for a dunk after he pulled up a little bit lame. Then he takes himself out. Any kind of gut feeling at first glance on this? So my gut when I first saw it was he's cramping that he has hydration issues and that he got a cramp but it didn't seize up on him. Remember what happened to Luca? We saw Luca Donchitz when he pulled his hamstring and now he's been out for a month and probably even, who knows how long if he's even coming back.
0:54.8	He's not coming back. He's not coming back.
0:55.5	He's not coming back.
0:57.5	I feel like when you see somebody truly tear their hamstring, severe pulled, whatever
1:03.6	they're going to call it, grade three strain, you see it.
1:07.0	Yeah.
1:07.1	You just can't run on it any longer.
1:08.9	The fact that OG strained or pulled or cramped or whatever it's going to be diagnosed as
1:15.5	and he continued to play tells me that it's not that bad.
1:19.4	However, this is a critical piece to what the Knicks are doing.
1:24.6	In fact, he's probably been one of the most, it's not the most important player than Jalen Brunson on this team because of how great he has been defensively, but also how clutch he's been, corner threes, and making open shots for this Knicks team. It's what's led to a bunch of these blowouts. So if you have to play it safe, I would play it safe. Oh, no doubt. I think he's going to be okay, even if he does miss a game.
1:47.4	Yeah, so what I'm comparing this to, and this is the comparison that scares the crap out
1:52.5	of any Nick fan, is what happened two years ago in the exact same situation.
1:56.8	The Knicks were up by nine points with three and a half minutes to go of game two of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Indiana Pacers.
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