The Philadelphia 76ers won for the second time on their visit to Madison Square Garden by winning by a final score of 130-119.
The team led by Nick Nurse is on a streak of results with three consecutive victories against Memphis, Dallas, and last night against the Knickerbockers.
Once again Tyrese Maxey commanded his offense with 36 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists to secure direct playoff spots (19-14).
The Kentucky-trained point guard finished with an outstanding 14/22 from the field, including 6/9 from three-point range.
- December 20: victory by 116-107.
- Last night January 3rd: victory by 130-119.
For their part, the Knicks are not going through their best moment and they lost to the Sixers for the third consecutive day despite the return of Karl Anthony-Towns to the court.
The Dominican center recovered from his stomach problems to dance against the ugliest, that is, against Joel Embiid who reaped his second double-double of the regular season (26 points and 10 rebounds).
KAT harvested 23 points and 14 rebounds through a gray 6/16 attempts to the basket.
The Knicks also recovered Mitchell Robinson, who started alongside the aforementioned Towns, although his contribution was quite limited with 2 points and 5 rebounds in 19 minutes.
«Right now we are in a terrain that we are not used to… A bit of adversity. All teams go through this. It’s about how to recover… How we get out of here. A great opportunity to see what stuff we are made of,” said Mike Brown about the negative streak.
Other highlights
- Sixers: A total of five players reached double digits in scoring. They finished with 54% shooting from the field, including an outstanding 47% on three-pointers.
- Embiid: 26 points.
- Edgecombe: 26 points.
- George: 15 points.
- Grimes: 10 points.
- Knicks: Third consecutive defeat and on the next day they face the leaders of the East: Detroit Pistons.
- Jalen Brunson recovered his feelings at the launch to reap 31 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists through 10/21 basket attempts.
- Also contributing double figures were Anunoby (19); Bridges (12) and McBride (20).
(Cover photo: Imagn images)
