“He impacts (the game) in ways that you can’t even …
And then there’s OG Anunoby, the Knicks’ subtlest lynchpin. The guy who went for 17 points and 11 rebounds in the Game 5 blowout. The guy who has destroyed the Hawks on the glass, averaging 9.
0 boards a game. The guy who has hit more than half of his 3-pointers against Atlanta. The guy who is slicing Atlanta to death, who has mastered how to move the defense without the basketball, who is averaging 20 points during this series, even though he’s run only seven pick-and-rolls over these five games, according to Second Spectrum.
For perspective, Landry Shamet, a little-used spot-up shooter who exited New York’s rotation after Game 2, has run eight. “He impacts (the game) in ways that you can’t even really tell,” Knicks head coach Mike Brown said. “Because it doesn’t show up in the stat sheet.
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