New York Knicks forward OG Anunoby left the team’s 128-112 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night with a non-contact injury and did not return. The Knicks later announced that he was ruled out for the game with a right foot sprain.
“I haven’t talked to medical,” Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said when asked about Anunoby during his postgame press conference. He added that X-rays on Anunoby’s foot were negative.
Early in the third quarter, the Knicks were pushing the ball in semi-transition and Anunoby spotted up on the left wing. After taking a pass from Jalen Brunson, he squared up, then suddenly collapsed to his knees and flipped the ball back to Brunson.
The Knicks immediately took a timeout to stop the game and take Anunoby out. He went straight back to the locker room under his own power, but was walking with …