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O.G. Anunoby — who had 26 points, four steals and seven rebounds while helping the Knicks set a playoff record by amassing a 47-point halftime lead — finished the series averaging 21.5 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.8 steals while shooting over 61 percent from the field and better than 60 percent on 3-pointers (17 of 28).
 “[He was] just doing everything — scoring, defense, rebounding, making plays,” said Mikal Bridges, who was nearly as phenomenal, adding 24 points on 10-of-12 shooting from the field. “He’s doing everything out there and that’s what we need. And I think he’s gonna continue to do that for us.”

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Ian Begley: OG Anunoby averaged 21 points on 61 percent shooting in this series. He hit 56.6 percent of his 30 3-point attempts and averaged 8.6 rebounds and 1.8 steals. The Knicks outscored the Hawks by 84 points in Anunoby's 115 minutes vs Atlanta.

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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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Ian Begley: Knicks-Hawks is now a three-game series. Knicks dominated Atlanta in crucial Game 4, thanks in part to Karl Anthony Towns (20p, 10r, 10a), OG Anunoby (22p, 10r) and Josh Hart (10p, 9r, 3a & strong defense on CJ McCollum). Hawks have 18 TOs and are 10-for-40 from three.

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The Knicks have listed OG Anunoby (left ankle sprain) as probable for Monday’s Game 2 against Atlanta.

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Ian Begley: Mike Brown says OG Anunoby (ankle) is day to day. He said, based on Anunoby’s day-to-day status, he’d assume that the injury is a minor one. But he didn’t have specific new information on the injury. Still, seem like positive update for the Knicks and Anunoby.

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Stefan Bondy: The Knicks are sitting the following players tomorrow against the Hornets: OG Anunoby, Mitchell Robinson, Josh Hart, Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns. They are locked into the No. 3 seed.

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Stefan Bondy: Most concerning — OG Anunoby is listed as having a left ankle sprain.

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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.

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Courtside Buzz: CJ MCCOLLUM HIT THE HALF-COURT SHOT TO SEND HAWKS VS. KNICKS TO OVERTIME… BUT… IT DIDN’T COUNT! Knicks beat Sixers, 108-105! Jalen Brunson: 30 PTS, 13 AST, 11/26 FGM Karl-Anthony Towns: 21 PTS, 12 REB, 6 AST, 9/12 FGM OG Anunoby: 22 PTS, 7/14 FGM NAW: 36 PTS, 12/19 FGM, 7/11 3PM

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NBA Communications: Other nominees… West: Kevin Durant (HOU), Cooper Flagg (DAL), Jrue Holiday (POR), Nikola Jokić and Jamal Murray (DEN), and Victor Wembanyama (SAS) East: Nickeil Alexander-Walker (ATL), OG Anunoby and Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK), LaMelo Ball (CHA), Desmond Bane (ORL), Jalen Duren (DET), Donovan Mitchell (CLE) and Jayson Tatum (BOS)

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Ian Begley: “That’s bull—-t,” Mike Brown says when he’s told OG Anunoby has made only 2nd team All Defense in his career. Brown sees Anunoby as a first team All Defense no-brainer this season. Brown also said he went with Jeremy Sochan tonight, in part, because there was an opportunity to play Sochan as backup center. Brown credited Sochan for running the floor well and pushing the ball when he got a rebound. Sochan was in rotation ahead of Jose Alvarado and Mohamed Diawara. Brown said he wanted to take a look at the combination of Landry and Deuce at the guard spot tonight

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Justin Russo: Random factoid: Trey Murphy III is 3 dunks away from being the third player this season to log at least 100 dunks and 100 made 3s. The two who have done it so far are Victor Wembanyama and OG Anunoby. Murphy would be the only player this season to get to 100 dunks and 200 3s.

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An understanding of Redick’s scheme means contextualizing Dončić’s defensive skill set, highlighting what he is good at and attempting to mask what he’s deficient in. Contesting shots, arguably the second-most important aspect of defense outside of positioning, is a strength of his, with Dončić in the 95th percentile in shots contested per 100 possessions and 87th percentile in rim contests. This particularly manifests itself as an isolation defender, when teams try to pick at him; Dončić is allowing just 0.844 points per possession in 109 isolations this year, a hairline below Amen Thompson, and a better mark than Jaden McDaniels and OG Anunoby.

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