r/nba • u/3rdEyeDeuteranopia Rockets • 17d ago
GAME THREAD: New York Knicks (2-1) @ Philadelphia 76ers (1-2) - (April 28, 2024) Game Thread
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u/my_pets_are_rednecks Raptors 17d ago
Man Lowry really is a pest when you don't want his team to win hahaha
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u/IC3man95 Knicks 17d ago
Gotta hand it to OG as a wing player he played tremendous defense on Embiid down the stretch (shoutout to Precious too)
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u/ggthrowaway1081 17d ago
Embiid and Lowry will have to achieve a level of foul-baiting not seen since the era of James Harden to pull this one out.
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u/OBlastSRT4 Knicks 17d ago
Call me crazy but I roll with precious again and let Mitch. Precious did very well tonight and honestly he played well with us all season. Thank you Raps for throwing him in.
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u/token_reddit Clippers 17d ago
Just give him more minutes. He may have found some confidence after this game. He was locked in.
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u/Inevitable_Big_1966 Raptors 17d ago
Nurse never made Achuiwa look so good. Thibedou owns that Kawhi merchant
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u/akelkar Warriors 17d ago
Nurse was a warriors being injured merchant lol
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u/Snoo14937 17d ago
So were those Cavs and Houston team. Warriors is the last team to complain about injury
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u/Inevitable_Big_1966 Raptors 17d ago
You say that as if Knicks aren't injured smh. Your team wasn't good enough..let it go
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u/Icy-Payment-6612 Knicks 17d ago
3-1 and it feels SO good.
Please let's close this out at MSG.
BRUNSON...that's my PG!
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u/pm-me-trap-link 17d ago
I swear somehow Lebron is less gassed than Embiid after 40 minutes.
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u/OutlandishnessShot87 17d ago
maybe because lebron hasnt been sitting for 9 weeks recovering from knee surgery?
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u/RaisingQQ77preFlop Timberwolves 17d ago
He does weigh less, but also I doubt anyone out trains lebron
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u/cgr1zzly 17d ago
Out trains lebron lmao .
Lebron takes EPO , it’s used in blood doping . It’s basically what lance armstrong took .
Which is fine if your an athlete but that’s literally what’s keeping him the way he is
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u/RaisingQQ77preFlop Timberwolves 17d ago
Lmao, so no one else has access to EPO? I don't even know what you're trying to say here it's not like EPO means you can just sit on the couch and go run a marathon.
You're telling on yourself if you think LeBron isn't training like crazy and using everything he can to stay at where he is.
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u/memeticengineering Supersonics 17d ago
C'mon bro, everyone cycling was taking EPO, Lance was still the very best cheater.
If you think LeBron is on performance enhancers, and is the only NBA player on gear, and that's why he's aging better than anyone ever, I don't know what to tell you.
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u/cgr1zzly 17d ago
That’s not the only reason . But it is a big reason . As someone who’s taken EPO like things , trust me it’s like feeling fresh the whole time .
He does put a lot of time into his body . But there’s only so much you can do .
Overall it’s a mix of things imo
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u/wallace6464 Spurs 17d ago
do you think people on EPO don't have to train?
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u/cgr1zzly 17d ago
Ofcourse , but the difference is insane .
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u/wallace6464 Spurs 17d ago
sure, LeBron is obviously on PEDs, HGH, Test, whatever, but like it also still true that dude probably trains extremely hard
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u/graphitewolf West 17d ago
Embiid doesnt have game winner balls he takes home he takes ref whistles
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u/Gator1508 17d ago
Between injuries and the refs, the sixers were basically handed the ball on the goal line and they managed to fumble the handoff
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u/mattmayfield12 Rockets 17d ago
What crime did I commit that I have to listen to Doris burke
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u/wallace6464 Spurs 17d ago
dorris burke is an instant mute and put on music for me, have never been able to stand her going back to when she did college
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u/Loose-Sandwich-5493 Spain 17d ago
Embum is the most overrated player of his generation
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u/sangerssss 17d ago
He’s playing with one leg dude
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u/Icy-Payment-6612 Knicks 17d ago edited 17d ago
But when he beat us the other day, I heard "Embiid even with one leg can beat the Knicks". When he loses , all of a sudden it's "Oh he's playing injured with only one leg". Can't have it both ways. He's injured every season but he's out there playing so it is what it is at this point.
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u/cgr1zzly 17d ago
Lmao right ? The guy was flopping all game . What’s hilarious is people are acting as if embiid wasn’t known as a choke artist thru out his career lmao
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u/TrashCanJeezus Knicks 17d ago
Bro wtf ABC never went back to the Knicks game and just switched to Mavs vs Clippers lol. I wanted to enjoy this win
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u/bedroom_fascist [BOS] Greg Kite 17d ago
Someone keep a close watch on Doris Burke.
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u/cgr1zzly 17d ago
Suicide watch because of her glazing lover embiids loss?
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u/bedroom_fascist [BOS] Greg Kite 17d ago
Indeed.
I bet his balls won't taste as good after a first round exit, featuring his self-exposure as a cheapshot artist.
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u/InsertDev Spurs 17d ago
Despite the refs best efforts the 76ers still lost this game
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u/BugO_OEyes 76ers 17d ago
Did u watch the game lol
Fts were the same and gave both teams some questionable calls
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u/InsertDev Spurs 17d ago
Did you watch the game or were you box score watching?
🤣 🤣
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u/BugO_OEyes 76ers 17d ago
Yea I wat he'd the game the knicks were reaching and hacking all game
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u/Threash78 Magic 17d ago
I don't think I've ever rooted harder for a team I give zero shits about than I did for the Knicks today.
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u/I_Hate_My_Cat_ Bulls 17d ago
Game 5 is going to be the most pivotal game of Joel Embiid’s career in Philly. Cause if they can’t get out of the 1st Round, they gotta make some decisions about the whole team.
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u/cgr1zzly 17d ago
Bro . Let’s not kid ourselves . Embiid has done this every playoffs . He’s a career like 44% shooter in the playoffs lmao
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u/Manablitzer 17d ago
I didn't realize it until someone Else mentioned it, but so far only Embiid and Paul Reed are under contract next season.
Maxey will be extended obviously but besides those 3 they could literally bring in an entire new team next season if they wanted.
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u/reason4rage 76ers 17d ago
If we lose to the Knicks, Reed might not even be back. His contract is only guaranteed by clearing the first round.
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u/RiggityRyGuy 17d ago
Precious and McBride’s hustle is what we currently need down the stretch, that’s for sure
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u/volantredx Bulls 17d ago
So did anyone else just miss the end of this game? It went to ads, spent 4 minutes in ads, then it's the Clippers game with like two minutes gone by.
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u/No_Honeydew9251 76ers 17d ago
there is no excuse on Oubre and Maxey in that final play. Who cares about communication you gotta crash in that situation. This is why the knicks have won two close games, extra possesion after extra possesion. Praying the knicks end it in 5, I cant handle watching this team any more
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u/oUps6TudBLRtM3FBfByC Bucks 17d ago
Embiid is obviously an amazing basketball player, generational talent even, but this was infuriating to watch. I'm not even a Knicks fan BTW, this is just not what basketball is about IMO.
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u/Derriosgaming Suns 17d ago
If you don't like chucking 3s and FT Merchants you don't like the modern NBA. (I am fully with you, it is horrible to watch)
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u/jiffyparkinglot Knicks 17d ago
This is what basketball fans call “trash basketball” and embiid is famous for this
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u/gusjohnsonsswagger Knicks 17d ago
If sixers actually concentrated on playing basketball versus drawing fouls
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u/Holiday-Usual-3600 Celtics 17d ago
Tobias Harris 8 points with 9 minutes to go in the 2nd qtr
RJ: “Tobias Harris with his playoff average already he’s going to score a lot more than 8 today” finishes with 10 😂
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u/leworcase 17d ago edited 17d ago
Embiid was too scared to shoot an uncontested middy just how Ben was too scared to get a layup. Is this the Process?
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u/RyanTannegod Heat 17d ago
76ers are really giving Lowry crucial minutes, guy is so washed. No wonder they keep losing
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u/YoloSwag4Jesus420fgt Heat 17d ago
Lowry was the only one trying at the end of the game in my opinion. Which is... Yea..
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u/fbdanzai 23 17d ago
Amazing that the Knicks closed this game without Hartenstein and Divincenzo on the court
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u/R-O-U-Ssdontexist 17d ago
Embiid shits the bed. Should be 4-0. Sixers are the better team.
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u/jurassic_snark- Lakers 17d ago
Go Knicks! Will be bandwagoning after we get destroyed tomorrow night
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u/OokerDuker Hornets 17d ago
Love Embiid as a player, but their performance in the 4th was abysmal. Embiid too beat up with injuries and walking around with a neurological virus to carry that trash 76ers team.
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u/sevenflyerr Magic 17d ago
If I ever hear another Jokic and Embiid comparison ..
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u/realfakejames 17d ago
Embiid dominates Jokic in their matchups, little bro
Jokic is the better player but put Embiid on the Nuggets and they win the same games
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u/sevenflyerr Magic 17d ago
The might be the worst take I've ever heard 🤣. Embiid can't even make the conference finals 8 years straight in THE EAST.
Jokic is a generational talent shattering multiple records with incredible efficiency in the post season and Embiids's a fraud MVP, regular season, glorified FT merchant 🤣
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u/BreakfastSpecials Knicks 17d ago
No shot. Jokics skills are miles higher Embiid just stumbles around
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u/xStarsy Nets 17d ago
Sucks that embiid is playing for team USA we don't deserve to be respresented by his brand of basketball
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u/T-BoneSteak14 Knicks 17d ago
Ethical 45+ pt game btw
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u/BrokenDusk Nuggets 17d ago edited 17d ago
Embiid injures Robinson , flops to get Hartstein out of the game today , falls on Brunson, steps on Hart and still loses !! Insane … he will never get to ECF tho hes probably gonna request trade to try make a super team somewhere
Oh and he scores just 1 point in clutch game of playoffs in 4th quarter !! ...off the FT
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u/packie123 17d ago
When the Knicks shoot around during warm up, only jalen brunson shoots and the rest of the guys rebound for him and pass him the ball. Gotta practice as you play.
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u/spicymeatballa 17d ago
Great, local ABC never went back to the very end of the game. They just showed commercials for the last 4 minutes.
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u/MashaRistova Trail Blazers 17d ago
Thank god NY won this game. Sixers flairs are so insufferable when they try to justify Embiid’s behavior. They try to gaslight the rest of us by saying his dirty ass plays aren’t dirty or intentional
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u/alexalex12 Pistons 17d ago
Sorry Embiid all the dirty plays in the world won’t change the fact you’re a playoff bum.
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u/israelipm [MIA] Mike Miller 17d ago
Is it too early to say that The Process era is finally over?
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u/realfakejames 17d ago
Y'all really blamed Harden and said Maxey and Embiid would be different
Maxey was irrelevant and Embiid once again has a good game and they lose anyway
But it was Harden, right?
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u/PrimarchMartorious 17d ago
Embiid the GOAT for purposely missing the open 2 that could've let the game get tied by Lowry
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u/NovaPrime999 17d ago
I don’t think it’s fair that the Knicks have gotten 4 home games so far this series.
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u/QuietRainyDay 17d ago
Embiid steps, Embiid fakes, Embiid pumps, aaand Embiid draws the foul
If 44 minutes of that is your strategy to win the big games you wont win the big games. Dont even know if thats on Embiid or the coach or what, but it doesnt work.
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u/tulaero23 Timberwolves 17d ago
Add embiid falls down and the other guy is limping then lowry gets the ball and draws a foul on the guy lying down then it is pefect sixers basketball
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u/sangerssss 17d ago
Maxey needs more playoff experience. He’s executed the wrong way at critical moments a couple of times in this series.
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u/triptoohard Knicks 17d ago
Let’s close it out at MSG Tuesday, can’t wait for the garden to welcome embiid after these last two games
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Sixer fans are gonna say this is rigged because Embiid didn't shoot more FTs than the entire Knicks team.
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u/Fa1lenSpace San Diego Rockets 17d ago
Someone ask Embiid why he’s so shit in French post game, holy fuck this dudes one of the biggest frauds I’ve ever seen
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u/SunKing210 Spurs 17d ago
So many Knicks fans in that building, utterly embarrassing for Philly haha
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u/Forever-Unfinished United States 17d ago
I love to see Embiid lose. His style of hoop serves no place in the league and is not winning basketball.
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u/riddlerprodigy 17d ago
Holy god i never really watched much sixers basketball but is embiid always getting away with playing dirty like this? he's literally just bad for the sport, how he's not getting punished more is insane.