Watch: Knicks' OG Anunoby has hilarious postgame habit

Anunoby scored 25 points in the Knicks 125-101 win over the Charlotte Hornets, which earned him a postgame interview. And as has become his habit, Anunoby took the microphone out of sideline reporter Alan Hahn's hands before giving his answer.

Karl-Anthony Towns had seen this too many times. He crashed the interview, yelling, "Stop grabbing the mic!" to his teammate, having seen him snatch the microphone away from unwary reporters far too many times in the past.

Ten days after the trade that sent Anunoby to New York from the Toronto Raptors, the newest Knick scored 23 points and his team beat the Portland Trail Blazers. Anunoby got the star interview and proceeded to snatch the microphone away from reporter Rebecca Haarlow.

On Nov. 17, Anunoby scored 24 points, grabbed eight rebounds and played "a whole lot of defense" in a win over the Brooklyn Nets. After the game, he snatched the mic away again, from Hahn, Haarlow's replacement.

Perhaps it's second nature. Anunoby is leading the Knicks with 1.5 steals this season. He led the entire NBA in swipes in the 2022-23 season with 1.9 steals per game. He might be so focused on defense that he can't help but go for the steal when a reporter doesn't protect the microphone.

Or he's unused to being the star. Anunoby is one of the NBA's best defenders, but only this season has he really started pouring in the points. He scored a career-high 40 points on Nov. 25, part of a career-high scoring average of 17.7 points. The Knicks have a 120 offensive rating when Anunoby is on the court.

But even though he's made the All-Defensive team, it's not usually the ace defenders who get the postgame press. That's changed this season.

The Knicks would love it if Anunoby kept up his star-level performances. But the broadcast media and Towns would prefer he stop stealing their equipment.