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In the Finals, he made 15 out of 27 shots! Brunson panicked! He is actually the Knicks' best player.

OG Anunoby was absolutely on fire, absolutely on fire, leading the Knicks to a 107-106 victory over the Spurs in Game 4, completing the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history. They now lead the series 3-1 and are just one win away from the championship.

Born on July 17, 1997, OG is a 2.01m tall wing with a 2.20m wingspan, selected as the 23rd pick in the first round of the 2017 draft. This regular season, he averaged 16.7 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists, and 1.6 steals per game, shooting 48.4% from the field and making 2.3 three-pointers per game at a 38.6% clip.

In the playoffs so far this year, he has averaged 20.7 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.4 steals, and 1.1 blocks per game, shooting 57.8% from the field and making 2.7 three-pointers per game at a 50.6% rate.

OG's performance in this year's Finals has been even more incredible.He averaged 23.8 points, 4 rebounds, 1 steal, and 1.5 blocks per game, with shooting splits of 58%, 56%, and 92%, and a true shooting percentage of 78%. He made 15 of 27 three-point attempts.It seems he is the strongest candidate for Finals MVP, not Brunson or Towns. This elite two-way forward is mesmerizing to watch.

It is especially worth noting that stats show OG's true shooting percentage in these playoffs has reached 72.4%, surpassing the last six Finals MVP winners, as follows:

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, 2025, 56.1%;

Jaylen Brown, 2024, 53.5%;

Nikola Jokic, 2023, 67.2%;

Stephen Curry, 2022, 62.6%;

Giannis Antetokounmpo, 2021, 65.8%;

LeBron James, 2020, 67.1%.

By the way, OG already has one championship ring from the 2018-19 season with the Raptors. However, back then he was only a second-year rotational player who did not play a single second in that postseason. That is completely different from now, where he is on the verge of helping the Knicks win a title as a core forward. The significance cannot be compared.

Finally, congratulations again to the Knicks. Their last championship victory dates all the way back to the distant year of 1973.

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