Knicks’ og Anunoby misses the sixth game in a row with a right -wing excerpt

OG anunoby’s injury absence continues.

The Knicks excluded the striker against the Chicago Bulls before the home game on Thursday and marked the sixth game in a row, who missed anunoby with a right -wing inspection.

“The player has input, but they have to be released by Medical,” said head coach Tom Thibodeau after winning 113-111 on Thursday.

Thibodeau said that he thinks Anunoby would travel to Cleveland with the Knicks (37-18) for her upcoming trip.

The 27 -year -old Anunoby was a complete participant in the training on Wednesday and was classified as questionable for the game on Thursday. He was also classified as questionable before the Knicks games on February 11th and 12th, but also did not play.

On Thursday, the first game of the Knicks marked since the All-Star break.

It was almost three weeks since Anunoby suffered the non -contact violation on February 1 when he planted awkwardly in the event of a house loss against the Los Angeles Lakers.

Anunoby, an elite defender, achieves an average of 16.4 points per game at 48.2%, including 36.5% from a 3-point range. On Thursday, his 1777.7 minutes in the NBA took 18th place, while his 36.3 minutes per game took 11th place.

“(He is) strong on both sides of the ball, protects several positions and brings us out in the transition,” said Thibodeau before the game on Thursday.

“What he does is roamed and creates a lot of chaos, and that brings us into the open floor. These simple baskets are huge for us. “

The Knicks are 5: 1 without Anunoby, but his absence occurred a little bigger on Thursday because the security guard Josh was hard with the patellofemoral syndrome or the “Runner’s knee” in his right knee.

The Knicks also remain without a shot block center Mitchell Robinson, who approaches his season debut after the left ankle surgery last May.

The game on Thursday against the Bulls (22-34) was the first leg of a back-to-back. The Knicks will compete against the Eastern Conference leadership of Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday evening.

“When you go into the season, you know that you will meet such routes and you have to have a strategy for everything,” said Thibodeau and largely spoke about the Knick’s approach to injured players in two back runs.

“If we deal in the first game in a row, we will play for the first game. We’ll take care of the second game tomorrow, but stay in what we have to do today. If you are available, great. If not, the next man has to be ready. “

Precious Achiuwa and Miles “Deice” McBride started instead of Anunoby and Hart.

Anunoby started each of the first 49 games of the Knicks before his continued absence, but injuries hindered the striker during his eight-year NBA career.

Last season, he missed 27 out of 50 games of the regular season with the Knicks with an injured elbow after being taken over by the Toronto Raptors in a trade in December 2023.

He also missed four games during the Knicks playoff series against the Indiana Pacers with a thigh pollution and then only took five minutes when he tried to return for a do-or-the game 7.

But Anunoby remains an undeniable differential maker if he is in the line -up. The Knicks competed on Thursday with a record of 58-23, including the playoffs, when anunoby is active.

Anunoby again signed the Knicks in a five-year contract of $ 212.5 million in the low season.

Originally published: February 20, 2025 at 7:47 p.m. EST