The Knicks have a fresh injury concern right before the playoffs.
OG Anunoby missed the entire second half of the Knicks’ 112-95 win over the Raptors on Friday night at Madison Square Garden with a left ankle injury.
He seemingly suffered the injury when he tripped over Scottie Barnes’ foot, twisted the ankle and fell to the ground while running down the court after contesting Barnes’ shot in the beginning of the second quarter, though he wasn’t visibly in pain and stayed in for a few possessions.
New York Knicks forward OG Anunoby drives to the basket between Toronto Raptors guard A.J. Lawson and Toronto Raptors forward Brandon Ingram during the first quarter in a game against the Toronto Raptors on April 10, 2026. JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POSTAnunoby exited with 7:30 left in the second quarter, then later was ruled out for the rest of the game.
Coach Mike Brown did not have an update on Anunoby postgame.
Anunoby had just two points on 1-for-4 shooting before exiting.
The Knicks have at least a week for Anunoby to rest. They won’t play Game 1 of their first-round series until either next Saturday or Sunday.
With Friday’s win combined with the Celtics’ rout of the Pelicans, the Knicks are locked into the No. 3 seed.
That makes Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Hornets at MSG meaningless, allowing Anunoby to rest.
Anunoby missed nine games earlier this year because of a hamstring injury as well as four games later in the year after losing a toenail.
The Knicks improved to 39-9 on challenges this year.
Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao was at MSG as part of the Knicks’ Filipino American Heritage Night. He hung out in the Knicks locker room postgame.
Giants star Malik Nabers was at MSG to watch Friday’s game.
FIFA named Josh Hart an official World Cup ambassador for New York and New Jersey. Eli Manning and Midge Purce are the other two ambassadors.
