The Knicks may have avoided the worst with OG Anunoby’s injury.
The forward, who has been the Knicks’ best player this postseason, is day to day with a right hamstring strain, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Thursday. He is questionable for Friday’s Game 3.
Anunoby came up lame while cutting to the basket with about three minutes left in the Knicks’ 108-102 Game 2 win over the 76ers on Wednesday night.
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He labored through one defensive possession before Knicks coach Mike Brown took him out for Miles McBride.
The 28-year-old — always a defensive force — has averaged 21.3 points per game this postseason, while shooting 53.8 percent on 3-pointers.
Brown said after the game that he noticed Anunoby “hopping” on the court, but did not have any further details.
McBride is expected to get a majority of the minutes while Anuboby is sidelined.
“He’s one of the best two-way players in the league, and it’s tough to replace that,” McBride said. “You don’t replace it with one guy. Everybody’s going to have to step up.”
The Knicks are up 2-0 over the rival 76ers with the series shifting to Philadelphia on Friday night.
They have won five straight dating back to the Hawks series, but will have to continue that momentum without Anunoby.