Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals will forever be known in New York as the OG Anunoby game.
The quietest player on the Knicks made the loudest play in the Knicks’ historic 29-point comeback against the Spurs with an offensive rebound tip-in to put the team ahead 107-106.
The only thing that jumped higher than Anunoby did on that play was his odds to win Finals MVP.
Entering the NBA Finals, Anunoby was 40-1 at BetMGM to win the award, the fourth-shortest odds on the board behind Victor Wembanyama, Jalen Brunson, and Karl-Anthony Towns.
Ahead of Game 4, Anunoby was 30-1 to win, still trailing Brunson, Wembanyama, and Towns. After his game-winning tip, Anunoby is +275 to win Finals MVP with only Brunson ahead of him at -135 odds.
As huge as the Anunoby tip-in was for the Knicks, his block on De’Aaron Fox, who inexplicably tried to go for a layup with the Spurs leading 106-105 with 11 seconds left, was even more important for the comeback.
Anunoby finished Game 4 as the game’s second-leading scorer with 33 points, including 7-of-9 shooting from beyond the arc.
Anunoby is averaging 23.8 points per game in the NBA Finals and shooting 58 percent from the floor, 55 percent on 3-pointers, and 91 percent from the free-throw line. Throw in 1.5 blocks and 1 steal per game, and Anunoby looks like the best two-way player in the Finals.
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His play in this series has been reminiscent of what he showed through the first eight games of the Knicks’ playoff run when he dominated both ends of the floor before suffering a hamstring injury in Game 2 against the 76ers.
Now, after one of the greatest plays in one of the wildest games in NBA Finals history, Anunoby has a strong chance to be holding two trophies if the Knicks can close out the Finals up 3-1.
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