OG Anunoby tipped in Jalen Brunson's missed three-pointer with under two seconds left in Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals. The basket gave the Knicks a 107-106 win over the Spurs and a 3-1 series lead after they overcame a 29-point deficit. The 28-year-old forward finished with a playoff career-high 33 points on 10-of-15 shooting, including 7-of-9 from three, while adding six rebounds and a block in 41 minutes.

Anunoby is in the second year of a five-year, $212.5 million contract that pays him $39.57 million this season and escalates to $42.5 million next year. In the 2025-26 regular season he averaged 16.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 33.2 minutes while shooting 48.4 percent from the field and 38.6 percent from three. He earned his second All-Defensive Second Team selection and has now passed Carmelo Anthony for the most playoff points in Knicks history with 649.

Anunoby's value shows most clearly on the defensive end. His length and instincts allow the Knicks to switch everything and still protect the rim. Offensively he has become a reliable corner three threat who spaces the floor for Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns without needing the ball in his hands. In a league that rewards two-way wings who can guard multiple positions and hit open threes at volume, few players combine those skills as consistently as Anunoby does in New York's system.

The December 2023 trade that sent Anunoby, Precious Achiuwa and Malachi Flynn to New York for RJ Barrett, Immanuel Quickley and a second-round pick has produced clear winners on both sides. The Knicks have leveraged his presence into their first Finals appearance since 1999. Toronto has not reached the playoffs since the deal. New York has built a roster around Brunson and Anunoby that prioritizes physicality and defensive versatility over star power.

The Knicks can close out the series in Game 5 on June 13 in San Antonio. A title would cement Anunoby's place among the most impactful Raptors alumni to leave Toronto. It would force the front office to decide how to keep the core intact under the new collective bargaining agreement.

Few players have extracted more from a mid-first-round pedigree and a midseason trade than Anunoby has in New York.