OG Anunoby has a Hollywood superfan. Image via: Al Bello/Getty Images
The Knicks lost Game 3 at Madison Square Garden, then fell behind by 29 points in Game 4 against the Spurs. They fought back, and with 1.2 seconds left Jalen Brunson missed a shot. Anunoby tipped the rebound in as time ran out, and New York won 107-106.
The play has real context behind it.
The Oscar winner told Dakota Johnson on Hot Ones Versus that OG Anunoby scored one of the greatest baskets ever, a Game 4 tip-in that beat the San Antonio Spurs 107-106 in the 2026 NBA Finals. The Knicks had trailed by 29 points before the finish. Her fandom goes back to a deflected pass at Madison Square Garden in November 2024. 20, at home against LeBron James and the Philadelphia 76ers. The next night he scored 29 points on 11-of-14 shooting, including 4-of-6 from three, and added four steals in a 140-89 win over the Hawks that closed out the first-round series. Across that round he averaged 21.5 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.8 steals a game.
Since then, it has produced a signed jersey, a Tonight Show moment, and an Instagram photo posted by Anunoby himself.
She told Johnson, “One of the greatest baskets ever scored by a player is OG Anunoby. She said the play looked so smooth it felt choreographed, and that Johnson had to watch it. In April, she told Fallon she had nearly worn an Anunoby jersey on the show.
Anne Hathaway has picked her favorite Knicks player, and she is happy to say it on camera. Johnson was not familiar with him. The Knicks forward now has a championship ring, and Hathaway keeps telling people how he got it. Hathaway had an answer ready. The team raised its banner that night, and Anunoby, the former Toronto Raptors player, got his ring.
Her praise landed just before the Knicks opened their title defense on Tuesday, Oct.