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OG Anunoby out for Game 3 vs. Pacers with hamstring strain; Knicks are 26-5 when he plays

INDIANAPOLIS — The New York Knicks’ damage report continues to develop.

OG Anunoby will miss Game 3 Friday of the second-round playoff collection in opposition to the Indiana Pacers with a left hamstring pressure, the staff introduced Thursday. The Knicks haven’t introduced a timetable for his return.

Anunoby departed the Game 2 victory in opposition to the Pacers with 3 minutes, 27 seconds to go within the third quarter, grabbing behind his left leg and instantly limping to the locker room. He didn’t return.

The 26-year-old ahead was having his finest recreation since arriving in New York greater than 4 months in the past, scoring 28 factors in solely 28 minutes and holding collectively an offense that was lacking its engine for many of the first half after Jalen Brunson exited within the first quarter.

When Anunoby plays, the Knicks are 26-5 since he was acquired from the Toronto Raptors on Dec. 30.

22 factors within the first half for OG 💪 pic.twitter.com/oCcD8fFqgf

— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) May 9, 2024

Brunson, who left for the coaching room in the course of Wednesday’s 130-121 win however returned for the beginning of the second half, is listed as questionable for the sport in Indiana with proper foot soreness.

Brunson stayed within the coaching room by the second quarter and emerged from the tunnel with a couple of minutes to go till the beginning of the third quarter as followers rose to their ft for an enormous ovation. “MVP!” chants rained from the stands as Brunson went by his warmups. He selected to play and dropped 24 factors within the second half, serving to the Knicks to a victory.

The Knicks, which lead the collection 2-0, are already dealing with accidents aplenty.

The staff introduced earlier this week that Mitchell Robinson, who underwent left ankle surgical procedure in December, would miss the rest of the postseason due to a stress damage in the identical ankle. (*3*) is completed for the postseason as effectively after injuring his foot and present process surgical procedure in the course of the first-round collection in opposition to the Philadelphia 76ers. Julius Randle has been out since January with a dislocated shoulder and won’t return till 2024-25.