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There were roughly 19,812 screaming as one \u2014 \u201cO-G! O-G! O-G!\u201d \u2014 family, friends and strangers who made no distinction, processing the unimaginable, releasing avalanches, tidal waves and mountains of emotions, inspired by 53 years of close calls and bad calls, of decades as a punchline and a punching bag, of a love that was rarely reciprocated and a hope that was never rewarded.<\/p>

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They stayed in their seats long after the final buzzer screamed victory, unwilling to leave the dream. They continued chanting through the concourses, down the escalators and outside nearby bars \u2014 \u201cO-G! O-G! O-G!\u201d \u2014 sporting jerseys that span the eras, smoking blue and orange vapes in a semicircle of ecstasy, making out as if V-J Day was just declared.<\/p>\n

Inside the Knicks locker room, there was quiet.<\/p>\n

Roughly 20 minutes had passed since OG Anunoby followed a game-saving block by sprinting to the rim and soaring through the lane for the game-winning tip-in with 1.2 seconds remaining in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, capping a record-setting 29-point comeback and putting the Knicks one win from their first title since 1973.<\/p>\n

Anunoby had delivered the most important shot in Knicks history, overcome the constant injuries that capped his potential and rewarded the team that saw a soft-spoken role player in Canada as someone built for Broadway.<\/p>\n

New York\u2019s new hero sat at his locker, alone, icing both knees, looking through his phone as if the day had just begun, as if he didn\u2019t just create one of the most iconic moments in the history of the most iconic arena, as if he didn\u2019t yet realize his name will be lifted to the rafters with one more win.<\/p>\n

Even in triumph, even on the receiving end of unending adulation, Anunoby stayed on-brand, displaying an expression that won\u2019t reveal if he has a royal flush or a busted straight, speaking as if he\u2019s charged by the word, more focused on the next play than the one that changed his life.<\/p>\n

But he doesn\u2019t have a say in what comes next. The spotlight he never sought has found a new home, stitched now and forever to the owner of two letters they\u2019ll be chanting for years to come.<\/p>\n

\u201cOG is just, he\u2019s unique,\u201d Knicks coach Mike Brown said during this postseason run. \u201cHe\u2019s special.\u201d <\/p>\n

Ogugua Anunoby was born in London on July 17, 1997, to parents of Nigerian descent. His mother, Grace, was a track and field star in her homeland, who died of cancer before Anunoby turned 1. His father, Ogugua Sr., raised seven children \u2014 including Anunoby\u2019s older brother, Chigbo, who was a defensive lineman in the NFL \u2014 teaching at universities in Nigeria and England before moving the family to Missouri when Anunoby was 4 to become a professor of business and finance at Lincoln University.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not intend to be immodest, but we tried to raise a proper family,\u201d Ogugua Sr. told Sportsnet in 2017. \u201cAnd when I say proper, what I mean is we are people who do things well. We value hard work, order and success. You don\u2019t talk unless you have to talk. And if you have to talk, you should say something that doesn\u2019t take away from the conversation, but enriches it.\u201d<\/p>\n

During Anunoby\u2019s rookie season in Toronto in 2018, his father died in his sleep, at 66.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was tough not having a mother, but my dad did a really good job raising us,\u201d Anunoby told Sportsnet at the 2017 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n

Anunoby excelled in baseball \u2014 and was a big fan of the Carlos Delgado-era Mets \u2014 football and track, but was drawn to basketball, begging his father to buy a high-priced hoop for their Jefferson City home when he was 8.<\/p>\n

Dr. Anunoby \u2014 who demanded his children read for at least one hour every night \u2014 complied, as long as it was put to good use.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy dad always taught me discipline and to do everything with my best effort, to always do things on time and be respectful in everything I do,\u201d Anunoby told the London Evening Standard in 2017. \u201cMy whole family is big on that so it\u2019s very important to me and I try to do it in everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anunoby was a relatively unknown star at Jefferson City High School, outside the top 250 players in national recruiting rankings. He was a three-star, 6-foot-8 prospect who played in the shadow of AAU teammate Jayson Tatum and was left off the program of a tournament attended by Tom Crean, leaving Indiana\u2019s coaching staff scrambling to learn the identity of the physical and explosive wing with an invisible ceiling.<\/p>\n

\u201c[He is] a quiet killer,\u201d Crean, his former college coach, told The Post after Anunoby joined the Knicks. \u201cHe\u2019s an old soul in a lot of ways, a very caring person, but he has got an incredible drive. I\u2019d almost say it\u2019s an insatiable drive to be great and to win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anunoby spent two years with the Hoosiers, but saw his final season cut short after he suffered a torn ACL, resulting in the potential lottery selection falling to the Raptors with the 23rd overall pick.<\/p>\n

In his second pro season, Anunoby earned a championship ring in Toronto, but missed the entire postseason run after undergoing an emergency appendectomy.<\/p>

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\u201cI believe that created an incredible hunger for him because he wasn\u2019t on the court for it,\u201d Crean said. \u201cIt\u2019s almost like, yeah, he got the ring and was a big part of it all season, but in his own mind, he didn\u2019t feel the level of winning it.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was around the team and he\u2019d been instrumental in getting to that point, but he wasn\u2019t out there on the court at the end, and I think that\u2019s what he truly wants more than anything else. That\u2019s where that drive is for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anunoby\u2019s 240-pound frame seemed chiseled from concrete, but it was constantly crumbling. Injuries limited him to an average of less than 53 games in the three seasons before the Raptors sent him to New York for former No. 3 overall pick RJ Barrett, Knicks fan favorite Immanuel Quickley and a second-round pick.<\/p>\n

The Knicks were 17-15 and in eighth place in the Eastern Conference when Anunoby debuted with the Knicks on Jan. 1, 2024. They went 12-2 in his first 14 games in the lineup before an elbow injury sidelined him for nearly two months. <\/p>\n

Anunoby returned in time to help the Knicks take a 2-0 second-round series lead against the Pacers, but he suffered a hamstring injury that sparked a Knicks tailspin, keeping him sidelined until he hobbled through five minutes of an excruciating Game 7 loss at the Garden.<\/p>\n

The Knicks locked up Anunoby that offseason to a five-year, $212.5 million deal (the largest in team history), tying their title hopes to an injury-prone wing who had never been an All-Star.<\/p>\n

Anunoby matched a career high by playing 74 games last season and set a personal best with 18 points per game, helping the Knicks make the conference finals for the first time in a quarter century. This season, Anunoby hit nearly 39 percent of his 3-pointers, while being selected to the NBA\u2019s All-Defensive second team.<\/p>\n

\u201cOG is someone who brings it every night, does what\u2019s asked of him, plus more,\u201d Jalen Brunson said after the Game 4 win. \u201cHis work ethic, since the moment I\u2019ve been teammates with him and seen him, has grown. His confidence has grown just because of his work ethic, everything that I\u2019ve seen, he\u2019s got exponentially better at.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo regardless of what the outside world thinks of him, we know what we have in our locker room. And we have a superstar in that locker room.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anunoby\u2019s importance has long been understood at the Garden, where fans emphatically assist PA announcer Mike Walczewski\u2019s booming introduction of a player whose numbers will never convey the value of someone whose 7-foot-2 wingspan and basketball IQ impact every possession.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe does everything,\u201d Landry Shamet said in the locker room. \u201cHe\u2019s a virtuoso.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Anunoby was the Knicks\u2019 best player during their first-round comeback against the Hawks, but he suffered a hamstring injury in Game 2 of the second-round series against the 76ers, threatening to derail another deep run. But the 28-year-old was back for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, contributing nine points, three rebounds and a steal in the overtime of what was then the biggest playoff comeback in team history.<\/p>\n

Entering Game 5 of the NBA Finals in San Antonio, Anunoby ranks second on the Knicks in scoring (20.7), third in rebounds (6.2), second in steals (1.4) and second in blocks (1.1) in the postseason, while shooting 57.8 percent from the field and a team-best 50.6 percent on 3-pointers.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s unbelievable,\u201d Mikal Bridges said. \u201cHe\u2019s different, man.\u201d<\/p>\n

He is forever different, forever elevated, forever linked to Willis Reed and Larry Johnson. He is the one who made Manhattan shake, the author of the improbable, who took a sledgehammer to Charles Smith\u2019s layups and Patrick Ewing\u2019s finger roll, who called for the ball, then backed up Captain Clutch, flying through the air and parting the clouds to grab a rebound that\u2019s been out of reach for 53 years and put it home.<\/p>\n

The legend has spoken \u2014 two letters to stand the test of time.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery time I talk to him, I say, I already know what OG Anunoby is going to do in the fourth quarter, and he did exactly what I thought he would do,\u201d Karl-Anthony Towns said. \u201cHe gave us a chance to win, and that\u2019s all you could ask for from the best two-way player in the NBA.\u201d<\/p>

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