OG Anunoby's day-to-day injury status now looms like a cloud over the Knicks, but they simply can't sit back and curse the basketball gods. Mike Brown is likely already devising a scheme on how his team will get by without the forward, who was on fire on both ends to begin this playoff run.

Recent history indicates Miles McBride and Landry Shamet are the two candidates who would be under the most consideration should Anunoby need to sit. Their past numbers, along with their postseason resume to this point, paint a clear picture of who's the best replacement.

Miles McBride made most of his time when Anunoby sat this season

During the regular season, Anunoby's most significant stretch of missed time was nine games from mid-November to early December. McBride was clearly the first choice.…