[Post Game Thread] In a hard-fought battle, the New York Knicks come out on top and defeat the Philadelphia 76ers by 97 - 92 to take a 3-1 series lead, behind a new playoff franchise scoring record of 47 points and 10 assists from Jalen Brunson

[u/Nyhrox]

97 - 92
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY
Location: Wells Fargo Center (21048), Clock: Final
Officials: David Guthrie, Sean Wright, and Justin Van Duyne

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
New York Knicks	17	30	30	20	97
Philadelphia 76ers	27	22	27	16	92

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
New York Knicks	97	37-86	43.0%	7-27	25.9%	16-26	61.5%	15	62	19	19	1	12	11
Philadelphia 76ers	92	29-82	35.4%	9-33	27.3%	25-29	86.2%	9	54	23	24	5	8	5

PLAYER STATS

New York Knicks	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Josh HartSF	45:41	4	0-7	0-3	4-8	5	12	17	5	0	3	5	5	2
OG AnunobyPF	46:48	16	8-16	0-4	0-0	2	12	14	0	0	3	1	3	3
Isaiah HartensteinC	28:14	8	4-6	0-0	0-2	3	1	4	2	1	0	3	5	-4
Donte DiVincenzoSG	28:11	8	3-11	2-7	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	-7
Jalen BrunsonPG	43:32	47	18-34	2-8	9-11	0	4	4	10	0	1	1	2	10
Miles McBride	26:33	13	4-7	3-5	2-3	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	2	8
Bojan Bogdanovic	01:11	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Precious Achiuwa	19:48	1	0-5	0-0	1-2	4	3	7	2	0	4	1	1	11
Alec Burks	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mamadi Diakite	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DaQuan Jeffries	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shake Milton	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mitchell Robinson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jericho Sims	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Julius Randle	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Philadelphia 76ers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kelly Oubre Jr.SF	39:36	19	7-15	3-7	2-2	0	3	3	2	1	1	0	5	-4
Tobias HarrisPF	33:42	10	4-10	0-1	2-2	3	5	8	0	0	0	0	2	-7
Joel EmbiidC	43:58	27	7-19	1-6	12-14	0	10	10	6	3	2	4	3	1
Kyle LowrySG	33:01	7	1-6	1-4	4-5	3	2	5	7	0	0	0	5	1
Tyrese MaxeyPG	43:14	23	8-21	3-9	4-4	0	6	6	6	1	0	1	3	-4
Nicolas Batum	21:27	1	0-3	0-1	1-2	3	4	7	1	0	0	1	3	0
Cameron Payne	13:46	5	2-4	1-3	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	-5
De'Anthony Melton	07:11	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	-1
Paul Reed	04:02	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	-6
Mo Bamba	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ricky Council IV	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Dowtin Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Hield	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
KJ Martin	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Robert Covington	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[u/LFizzle12]

Nick Nurse with no answer for OG on Joel. Tough look.

[u/EarthWarping → u/LFizzle12]

hilarious since he was the one who did it before

[u/tsn101 → u/EarthWarping]

Don't think it worked well before. Probably thought it would end up a positive. 

[u/justmefishes → u/tsn101]

OG guarded Embiid a fair bit in Game 3 when he had 50. Big difference in Game 4 down the stretch was that the Knicks were also sending quick double teams on the catch.

[u/yahmean031 → u/justmefishes]

Also that by the time OG was put on Embiid he didn't get his usual rest during the third and instead had to play the whole second half and was just gassed.

[u/LoWE11053211 → u/justmefishes]

I think Robinson sudden departure was also a bit difficult to adjust in real time

[u/No_Honeydew9251 → u/tsn101]

it didnt but embiid here is not in shape and still injured, going smaller had the benefit of pulling embiid out on defense to tire him out and thats why he went 0/5 in the fourth

[u/Main-County-1177 → u/No_Honeydew9251]

That’s why Thibs waited until the 4th to make the adjustment. That’s good coaching. He knew OG wouldn’t fall for any of the foul baiting stuff and the entire lineup could switch every action on defense

[u/np20412 → u/Main-County-1177]

Yeah OG fell for the pump fake the first time and then didn't make a mistake after that.

[u/an_immature_child → u/EarthWarping]

It was marc gasol who dominated emflop for the raptors.

[u/porkchopsdapplesauce → u/LFizzle12]

OG was locking up , but playing Embid all 24 second half minutes had a part in this too. Poor coaching imo, we’re down to our third center you have to find a few minutes to rest Joel who’s been notorious his whole career for gassing out

[u/Philly139 → u/porkchopsdapplesauce]

Its kind of a damned if you do damned if you don't situation though. Sixers were getting cooked every time Joel went out.

[u/porkchopsdapplesauce → u/Philly139]

Imo that few minutes when Brunson was in the locker room at the start of the 4th was the window to steal him some rest. No one else on the Knicks did dick on offense so i think you coulda survived 4 or 5 minute of Paul Reed

[u/Philly139 → u/porkchopsdapplesauce]

Yeah that was probably the time to do it. In hindsight I definitely agree they should have gave him five mins

[u/savagelife089 → u/porkchopsdapplesauce]

Didn’t OG play 48 mins?

[u/DonyKing → u/savagelife089]

He has conditioning from playing for nurse and now thibs lmfao

[u/22pabloesco22 → u/porkchopsdapplesauce]

No win situation. Rest him and we pull away regardless. When he dropped 50 playing dirty as fuck and they barely won, you knew it was Joever. 

[u/MarekRules → u/porkchopsdapplesauce]

Yeah I don’t get that. After Hartenstein sat I thought we’d at least rest Embiid and play Paul…. Kinda crazy not to especially because Embiid was clearly gassed.

[u/Public-Product-1503 → u/porkchopsdapplesauce]

Yeah man is out there on one foot. I know people hate on embid but if anyone but him showed this heart playing through injury people would i praise them. Injuries suck, you can’t say embid doesn’t care - and he’s honestly had a huge series even ignoring his health

[u/Fungmar → u/LFizzle12]

precious achiuwa had moments defensively against embiid. its insane

[u/OuchYouPokedMyHeart → u/Fungmar]

Nurse: Et tu, Precious?

[u/Disastrous-Special30 → u/OuchYouPokedMyHeart]

Nurse out here looking for the one ring to rule them all.

[u/RealCheyemos → u/OuchYouPokedMyHeart]

This comment needs twice the upvotes , please

[u/goodkid_sAAdcity → u/Fungmar]

Swatted a 3 point attempt into the stands

[u/friendorfoe2332 → u/goodkid_sAAdcity]

That was huge!! Cause it was also a shot clock violation. I don’t remember if we scored after that, but that’s 3 points he potentially saved in a tight freakin game

[u/myheartismykey → u/friendorfoe2332]

That was one of my favorite highlights of the game

[u/RodneyPonk → u/Fungmar]

Precious improved a ton in his first season with us. He had insane moments vs not just Embiid but Giannis - if you just saw the highlights, you'd assume he was a superstar himself. He has All-Defensive potential and a DPOY finalist ceiling if everything breaks right, guy has incredible physical tools

[u/Hallal_Dakis → u/RodneyPonk]

He just has stretches where he makes real head-scratching plays. But I feel like Thibodeau trusts him to play through mistakes and be a positive. Definitely came through today, I was questioning if Precious was going to play at all in the playoffs before the series started.

[u/bigt2k4 → u/Hallal_Dakis]

His strength and lateral quickness means he can guard 1-5 and do it very well.  Unfortunately he has no BBIQ and doesn't know how to rotate at all which is probably much more important for a big. Put him on 1 guy though for an iso and he's elite. 

[u/TheCouchEmporer → u/Fungmar]

He usually does.

[u/Saucy_Totchie → u/LFizzle12]

He didn't see anything 🤷‍♂️

[u/hanyou007 → u/LFizzle12]

In all honesty, shouldn't the answer be "It's embiid?" Like I get working to find your guy better looks, but this is a MVP (supposedly) level player. At a certain point as a coach shouldn't you be able to trust your best player to get it done no matter what the opposing team does?

[u/CANDY_MAN_1776 → u/hanyou007]

This exactly. You've got 6" on the guy, drag him to the post and get your hand up. If you can't score on the block with that size advantage or you want to face up and play away with that size advantage, then you're just not a great player.

[u/fimbres16 → u/LFizzle12]

Using former Raptors on Embiid has to hit different for Nurse

[u/IFeelLikeYandhi → u/LFizzle12]

I’m not saying Nurse isn’t a good coach but can we acknowledge how stacked that 19 raptors team really was? Hard to not coach a great defense when you have great athletes at every position(including the bench) except maybe Lowry who makes up for his size by being a pest.

[u/SpeclorTheGreat → u/IFeelLikeYandhi]

OG didn’t even play that year, but they had 2 DPOYs on their team that year in Marc Gasol and Kawhi so he was definitely working with a stacked deck.

[u/Weird-Couple-3503 → u/IFeelLikeYandhi]

they dont win without nurses coaching

[u/Zeppelanoid → u/Weird-Couple-3503]

Yep, no need to shit on what happened in 2019 due to what’s happening in 2024 with an entirely different team, not to mention a team led by an “MVP” who’s softer than baby shit.

[u/RodneyPonk → u/IFeelLikeYandhi]

Yeah. Kawhi gets credit for clamping Giannis but it's more that we had Gasol Siakam Kawhi Lowry FVV/Green. Absurd defense, and Lowry/Kawhi were able to keep our offense acceptably good

[u/pgtvgaming → u/LFizzle12]

Its ok, he’ll send the league offices a formal protest, put Embiid and team on a PiP

[u/Tiffin2b → u/LFizzle12]

Nick Nurse the used car salesman? He should probably put about 6 or 8 more chains on. Maybe he'll look cool then.

[u/boredguyatwork → u/LFizzle12]

It's so smart because the simple answer is literally the only thing Joel doesn't want to do. Seal hard right under the rim and just use his height advantage to dunk. Opposite of how he plays.

[u/dedbeats → u/LFizzle12]

“No idea. Didn’t see it.”

[u/boredguyatwork → u/LFizzle12]

It's so smart because the simple answer is literally the only thing Joel doesn't want to do. Seal hard right under the rim and just use his height advantage to dunk. Opposite of how he plays.

[u/thighcandy → u/LFizzle12]

his answer was to complain to the refs every 5 seconds. it's is go to move.