Source: Knicks’ Ozzie Anunobi has hamstring strain, day to day

New York Knicks ahead and Anunobi A right hamstring strain has been diagnosed and will be day-to-day, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charnia on Thursday.

It is not believed to be a serious hamstring strain for Anunoby, allowing him to receive treatment and the side to make a day-to-day decision on his condition, a source told Charnia.

Anunoby will be listed as questionable for Game 3 on Friday Philadelphia 76ersSources told Charnia.

Anunobi Sadalape walked off the court in Game 2 After a dunk attempt and then the bench signaled that he had to come out of the game Mikal Bridge jumper that put the Knicks up 103-99 with 2:56 left.

Anunoby finished with 24 points, five rebounds, four steals and a block in 37 minutes as the Knicks took a 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals with a 108-102 win. He entered the playoffs as the Knicks’ second-leading scorer Jalen BrunsonAnd its most efficient, shooting 64% from the field and nearly 60% from 3-point range on nearly five attempts per game.

Anunoby was slowed in the 2024 Eastern Conference semifinals by a left hamstring strain. Indiana PacersAs a result, he had to sit out Games 3-6. He attempted to play in Game 7 at Madison Square Garden but lasted just five minutes before being pulled as the Knicks lost.

The absence at this point would be a blow to a Knicks team that is playing at a high level during the most important time of the season.

“We’ll see what it does, but it’s next man,” Bridges said Wednesday night.

ESPN’s Vincent Goodwill contributed to this report.