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Just as the Knicks appeared to be finding their stride, Jalen Brunson went down with a right ankle injury and OG Anunoby strained his left hamstring. Injuries are par for the course in any NBA season, and it looks like the Knicks are facing their bug early in this one.
Brunson’s injury is only a Grade 1 sprain, and he’s being evaluated daily, so good news for the Knicks on a potential timeline there. He’s historically been able to grit through these types of injuries, and the daily cadence suggests that we’re looking at only a week or two of missed time if things break right.
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Hamstrings can be trickier, and we don’t know the full extent of Anunoby’s injury yet. Assuming a low-severity strain — which is fair, given his immediate reaction — this should also be a two-week recovery.
These injuries come just in time for New York’s first extended road trip of the year as it bounces around from Miami to Dallas, Orlando, Brooklyn and Charlotte before wrapping up the month at home against Milwaukee and Toronto. Those are five winnable road games, especially if the team plays up to the standard that it did this past Friday night against the Heat.
Ultimately, the impact of these injuries to the win column may end up negligible. Three teams are already deep lottery favorites, and the Knicks have already shown that they’re capable of stepping up without key pieces.
New York’s offense skewered Miami to the tune of 140 points, getting separate 30-point halves out of Karl-Anthony Towns and Landry Shamet, plus enough stops down the stretch to secure the win. The Knicks can’t bank on repeated historic performances, and maybe they do drop some of these games, but we can still learn a lot about this team in Brunson and Anunoby’s absence.
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One early question with this squad is where it’s getting secondary ball handling and creation from. We’ve seen this offensive system sputter against tougher, high-pressure defenses that clog and muck up the freelance motion it relies on — and fall right back on Brunson’s shoulders.
This has led some fans to pointing to the team’s lack of…
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