OG Anunoby’s Tequila Reaction Caps Knicks’ 53-Year Title Run — Tell Me About Og Anunoby Accidentally Streaming The Knicks Championship Celebration

tell me about og anunoby accidentally streaming the knicks championship celebration starts with one odd locker-room moment: OG Anunoby tried tequila after the Knicks clinched their first championship in 53 years, and his body let everyone know it had no interest in cooperating. He coughed, laughed, and grabbed his stomach after the drink.

OG Anunoby And The Tequila

Anunoby does not normally drink, and that made the scene even sharper. Fred Katz described him this way: "He grabbed the neck of it, lifted it to his mouth, tilted his head back and took a swig, as if he had discovered water after weeks stranded in the desert".

Then the reaction hit. "But this was not water, and his body reacted as such." Katz wrote. "He started to cough." "The tequila poured down his face." "He screamed." "As he yelped from the burning in his chest, he laughed, uncontrollably."

Knicks End 53-Year Wait

The Knicks sealed the title with a Game 5 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday, ending a 53-year championship drought. The locker-room celebration came after a run that already included a Game 4 turning point from Anunoby.

His winning tip-in finished New York’s comeback from a 29-point deficit in Game 4, the largest comeback win in NBA Finals history. That put his name on the decisive stretch before the tequila scene even started.

Finals Impact For New York

Anunoby averaged 21.2 points per game in the Finals, giving New York steady production across the series before the celebration shifted from basketball to tequila. He also took a second drink, and Katz wrote, "One Mississippi. Two Mississi — and then the coughs came. But these were not the sounds of someone choking. It was the shrill of a baby ostrich breaking a leg. 'AHHEAWWWW!!,'"

For the Knicks, the title closes the longest wait in the story and leaves one clear image behind: a championship locker room, a player who does not usually drink, and a tequila shot that turned into the loudest few seconds of the night.