Knicks’ OG Anunoby practices ‘in full’ after hamstring injury scare
NEW YORK — OG Anunoby’s return from a right hamstring strain appears to be near. The Knicks starting forward was a full participant in practice Friday at the team’s Tarrytown training facility, with head coach Mike Brown calling the defensive anchor’s progress “encouraging” ahead of the Eastern Conference finals. “He practiced today in full, yeah,” Brown said.
Anunoby injured his hamstring ...
NEW YORK — OG Anunoby’s return from a right hamstring strain appears to be near. The Knicks starting forward was a full participant in practice Friday at the team’s Tarrytown training facility, with head coach Mike Brown calling the defensive anchor’s progress “encouraging” ahead of the Eastern Conference finals. “He practiced today in full, yeah,” Brown said.
Anunoby injured his hamstring with five minutes remaining in the Knicks’ Game 2 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers. The injury occurred on the leg opposite of the hamstring costing him the lion’s share of the 2024 Eastern Conference finals, plus nine games earlier this season in November. The Knicks completed the 4-0 series sweep without their starting forward, and Friday marked his first full practice since suffering the injury on May 6.
“Anytime anybody’s able to do anything [return to practice from an injury] like that, it’s always encouraging,” Brown said, noting Anunoby participated in scrimmages during practice. “Everything we did today, he did. ” Before the injury, Anunoby was playing some of the best basketball of his career, averaging 21.
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