It has been done so much about the growth of OG Anunobies and scorer in the last week, which was exhibited on Saturday night when he scored 23 points in the victory of game 1 123-112 of the Knicks over the Pistons in Madison Square Garden.
But much of that score arrived early, when Jalen Brunson was fighting.
In the second half, especially in the fourth quarter, Anunoby showed the main reason why the Knicks gave him the biggest contract in the history of the franchise.
Why they made the exchange of success last year to acquire it.
Why do your teammates get excited about him every time they have the opportunity?
Hello, the mainly stored Pistons, Cunningham Caming and closed it to a large extent.
Cunningham ended with 21 points and 12 assists, but in a rough shot of 8 of 21 from the field along with six ball losses.
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Three of those six ball losses arrived in the last quarter.
“Og Anunoby, man. It’s hell or a player,” said Josh Hart. “We defensively had faith in him to protect anyone. So obviously we are all locked up and we enter him. He is a good player. But Og loves those children of clashes, especially in the playoffs, when a clips.
Anunobies Hounding Defense helped the Knicks pull 180 on that side of the ball in the last quarter.
After delivering 36 points in the third quarter, which allowed the Pistons to take an advantage of nine points, the Knicks cool only 21 in the last quarter.
In turn, they started a 21-0 race to turn the game on their head.
“The gift is a great player. It is a difficult confrontation,” said coach Tom Thibodeau. “What I love about OG is the competition in each play. Sometimes it can defend it perfectly, it has the ability to shoot, but that does not deter [Anunoby] To return next time and do it again. You try to do [Cunningham] Work as hard as you can. OG is a great competitor, he has given our team a lot. ”
Anunoby also received a lot of help, with the Knicks often sending multiple defenders in Cunningham.
It served as a good plan for how they can approach Cunningham the rest of the series.
“They sent me bodies, more than anything,” Cunningham said. “They made sure that every time I left, they were checking me. They sent me bodies all the time, trying to follow my hand. So they were in the same agreement today and I only [wasn’t] Choosing the subject enough. ”