OG Anunoby just won his second NBA championship. He also became the accidental star of the most awkwardly hilarious moment in the New York Knicks’ locker room after Game 5.
As the Knicks celebrated their 2026 NBA Finals victory, cameras caught Anunoby — phone in hand — having clearly hit the wrong button. A livestream went live, and instead of soaking in the moment, Anunoby could be heard in the background asking someone, “How do I turn this off?” The moment was fleeting, but fans online quickly clipped and shared it, turning an otherwise routine celebration into a viral inside joke.
The Knicks, of course, wouldn’t have been celebrating at all without Anunoby. In Game 4 alone, with the team trailing by one point late in the fourth quarter, San Antonio’s De’Aaron Fox appeared to have a clear path to the basket. Anunoby chased him down from behind and swatted the layup attempt off the glass — a block that preserved the Knicks’ chance to complete their historic comeback. On the next possession, Jalen Brunson’s jumper missed, but Anunoby grabbed the offensive rebound and converted the putback for the game-winner.
Those two plays — a chase-down block and a clutch offensive rebound — encapsulate why New York traded for him in the first place. The Knicks acquired Anunoby from the Toronto Raptors early in the 2023-24 season, and he quickly became the defensive anchor and two-way Swiss Army knife the franchise had lacked for years.
This is Anunoby’s second career championship, after winning as a rookie with the 2018-19 Raptors. He didn’t play in that postseason due to an emergency appendectomy, so this title holds a different kind of weight. He was not just present — he was instrumental.
Anunoby signed a five-year, $212 million contract extension with the Knicks in the 2024 offseason. During the 2026 playoffs, he averaged a career-high 20.1 points per game, along with 6.3 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.5 steals, and 1.1 blocks, while shooting 56.1% from the field, 48.9% from three, and 85.4% from the free-throw line.
When asked about the accidental livestream, Anunoby reportedly shrugged it off. The team has not commented officially, but the moment has already become part of Knicks lore — the kind of unscripted, humanizing detail that makes a championship celebration feel real.
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