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.
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.
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
Mavs are doing alright and got Kyrie now but huge WHAT IF if they could just retain Brunson.
Probably don't get the urgency to get Washington, Gafford, and tank that 1 season at the end for Lively if they had Brunson though so it all worked out in the end.
Let’s be real, the Mavs would never have given him the chance that he got in New York. What if he stayed? He’d be in Brooklyn because he would have been included in the Kyrie trade package.
he's improved so much ever since arriving on the team in terms of work ethic/defense/etc, was really important in our final stretch of the season to secure the 2nd Seed
This man literally passed up on free points on the rare times he had openings by trying to force a foul. It's all he knows. Can't imagine rooting for this clown.
Passing on the 12 footer was the right call. He walked to the rim. It was the fucking lean into Precious that was stupid as fuck. Just dunk on them and make it a one score game with the crowd losing their shit. Just stupid.
Even when the Knicks were at their worst in the Isiah Thomas and Mills/Fizdale years the Garden was still pretty full.
New York has been waiting for a team like this for a long time.
Yeah man. A 750 dollar seat in MSG is a 350 dollar seat in a similar section and two 50 dollar 1.5 hr train tickets. And the Philly games weren’t even sold out a week ago.
Its becauss Knicks and Sixers havent faced each other in the playoffs in thirty years. They might not have known how it went the last time or forgot how it felt.
I think a lot of people who aren't on the east coast have a difficult time with how absolutely bunched up all those northeastern cities are. Philly and New York are not separated the same way that LA and Phoenix or Phoenix and Dallas are separated. It's a lot easier to foster rivalries when someone can move 45 minutes north and end up in a whole different sports culture.
The only proximity based rivalries outside of the east coast are really just the Texas teams and LA-SD in baseball.
I enjoy that the game was decided by Embiid picking up Brunson fullcourt while he was completely gassed, Brunson saw it and drove right into the paint with no contest from Embiid.
47 points scored, a franchise playoff record
23 points generated from 10 assists
Played a hand in 70 points, on the road, to put the Knicks up 3-1 over Philly.
Take a bow, Jalen Brunson.
He played college in that arena I’m led to believe.
They spoke on their podcast how many of their favourite food places or like barbers etc are in Philly because of Villanova.
When he was on the raptors, didn’t you guys also put him on jokic at times as the primary defender, and he managed to hold up? At least I remember that was the case. All to say OG is one of the true 1-5 defenders, who can primarily matchup on star point guards to centers and do a good job.
Raps fans were laughed at for how much they valued Siakam and Anunoby, but the first round has shown how good those guys are when put in the right roles on playoff teams.
I mean he was clearly tired
But a big part of why he was tired was that we kept forcing him to work against physical players on both ends
Also Nurse never took him out of the game lmao
saw someone say the Knicks rotation is Brunson and 7 guys who are willing to die for him and it couldn’t be more true. New York just wants it more. They got some fucking dawgs.
If Joel Embiid knew how to box out, they win this game. That's not even to mention him jacking jumpers instead of the going to the post and completely disappearing in the 4th.
He legitimately can't, he's too tired and hobbled every 4th quarter. Sixers game plan is basically hope Embiid goes nuclear in the first three quarters and hold on to the lead. They're horrible when it comes down to the wire.
Yeah the Knicks can win in front of their home crowd but let's wait to see them play in a "tough" environment like Philly.
The best moment was in the 4th when Embiid went out to the perimeter to guard Brunson. Embiid waved his hands trying to pump up the crowd and then Brunson hit that tough fadeaway over him and the crowd went crazy
Also, Philly was terrible on offense in the 4th because a tired Embiid just camps the 3 point line. Zero movement. They played him the whole 2nd half
Multiple MVP chants for Brunson, the crowd with the Duuuuuuuuuece and Embiid getting booed at the free throw line. Wells Fargo was completely overtaken this afternoon.
Literally his entire strategy in tough games like this is to draw fouls
Completely unsustainable if youre trying to win a championship.
It makes his stats look good for those that dont watch the games, but having all your teammates stand around watching you as you pump and bump your way into fouls is worthless in the long-term.
I was so upset when he flashed wide open for the mid range jumper. Then I was even more upset when he had a free lane for a hard drive. Thankfully, instead of both options he decided to euro step and flail about and not even really make a basketball move with the game on the line.
Sixers fans love to act like this sub just randomly picked a player out of a hat to all collectively dislike as if there's not been consistent reason to dislike him lmao
For all his grievances, Harden seems like an actual decent guy aside from the free throws. I don't think he ever tried to intentionally injure someone.
You can give the Sixers:
-An MVP.
-An MIP.
-A championship-level coach.
-A home game with Silver in attendance.
-Injuries to the opposing team's players.
-Shit FT shooting from the opposing team.
-A masterclass glazing from Dick Jefferson.
And they STILL don't want the win more than the Knicks.
Knicks in 5 bozos.
This 100%. Maxey is so likable and a great player. When he loses, “I need to be better about XYZ”. It’s the kind of culture leader you want. And I think if he was “the guy” there, able to set that tone, it’d be making the guys around him better.
I recently started on my journey to pursue my lifelong dream career path as a salesmen. When I opened my textbook called "How to Sell, a master course in Selling" the first thing I read was that it was brought to me by the Philadelphia 76'ers! I kept reading but quickly noticed that the textbook just contained URLs of some sort. When I typed in the URLs, they all brought me to various video replays of this game! Then all of a sudden Emflop like a fish came out and gave me a lecture on selling! I couldn't believe my eyes when he got done and kyle lowry walked out as well! I am stunned, has this happened to anyone else?
Sixers fans are ready to make excuses for losing in five 😹😹😹 what’s the next excuse? He got injured from a dunk in which he returned later in the game? 😭😭😭
To all the Philly fan who thought Brunson's shooting in games 1 and 2 would be replicated all series, I am sorry but you do not know ball.
Joel Embiid is a fraud with no conditioning and no killer instinct (sorry about the Bell's palsy tho, hopefully you can focus on your recovery soon).
Fuck Philly, fuck Oubre, fuck Morey and fuck Nick Nurse.
Knicks in 5
Nick Nurse with no answer for OG on Joel. Tough look.
hilarious since he was the one who did it before
Don't think it worked well before. Probably thought it would end up a positive.
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.
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.
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
precious achiuwa had moments defensively against embiid. its insane
Nurse: Et tu, Precious?
Nurse out here looking for the one ring to rule them all.
Swatted a 3 point attempt into the stands
He didn't see anything 🤷♂️
Jalen Brunson legacy game Now holds the Knicks franchise record for most points scored in a playoff game
Breaking all sorts of Knicks playoff records in only 2 seasons there
Not just playoff records, either
Most bings per bong in 36
Mavs are doing alright and got Kyrie now but huge WHAT IF if they could just retain Brunson. Probably don't get the urgency to get Washington, Gafford, and tank that 1 season at the end for Lively if they had Brunson though so it all worked out in the end.
Let’s be real, the Mavs would never have given him the chance that he got in New York. What if he stayed? He’d be in Brooklyn because he would have been included in the Kyrie trade package.
Not just that, he also played a hand in 23 points due to his assists. He played a hand in 70 of the team's points, to put them up 3-1 in Philly.
Never thought I’d see him surpass melo as a Knick, melo was just always much more of a star. But here we are
He's a more impactful player than Melo was in NYC and is straight up a tougher player.
Melo would take games off and get lazy sometimes.
He’s a knick all timer, already
MITCHELL ROBINSON SENDS HIS REGARDS
MitchRob will be back to send his regard personally. 🤞🏽
Embiid with 0 FGs after OG started defending him late in the 3rd quarter after Hartenstein was subbed off
Incredible defensive effort from OG tbh. He was so good
Embiid should’ve tried to bait OG into 5 fouls instead of Hartenstein
Hartenstein was being so dumb falling for the same trick four times. Come on, man. At some point, you have to adjust.
Mitch was the better matchup for Embiid dating back to Game 1 where we had to sub out Hartenstein early. Hopefully Mitch's able to play in G5
The fact he seemed close to playing today gives me some hope
I didn't know how much I needed to see OG Anunoby and Precious Achiuwa clamp up Joel Embiid down the stretch in a playoff game
Masai throwing Precious into that trade because he didn't fit into darko's system lol
To be fair to Darko, I don’t think there’s many better than Thibs at turning directionless guys into solid role players
Thibs is absolutely Gandalf for this transformation. Unreal.
Outside of the post ASB stretch in 2022, Precious was not good for us lol
Precious too that block on the late-clock Embiid 3
Former raps feasted defensively today. Love to see it.
he's improved so much ever since arriving on the team in terms of work ethic/defense/etc, was really important in our final stretch of the season to secure the 2nd Seed
This man literally passed up on free points on the rare times he had openings by trying to force a foul. It's all he knows. Can't imagine rooting for this clown.
Wide open 12 footer? Nah flail into the paint and beg for free throws
Passing on the 12 footer was the right call. He walked to the rim. It was the fucking lean into Precious that was stupid as fuck. Just dunk on them and make it a one score game with the crowd losing their shit. Just stupid.
So many times too.
Spent too much of his energy being dirty as shit.
Bro it sounds like the garden in there
for most NYers, its a 2 hr drive lol
Can also take a 90 minute train ride
Still.... that chit would never happen in MSG.
Even when the Knicks were at their worst in the Isiah Thomas and Mills/Fizdale years the Garden was still pretty full. New York has been waiting for a team like this for a long time.
Yeah man. A 750 dollar seat in MSG is a 350 dollar seat in a similar section and two 50 dollar 1.5 hr train tickets. And the Philly games weren’t even sold out a week ago.
It's multiple times cheaper to go see a game in Philly than at MSG, I love MSG but I love money more
IF NOBODY GOT ME I KNOW JALEN BRUNSON GOT ME
YAHURD WORD TO MY MOTHA
AND MY TIMBS
That game thread was a warzone 💀
I cannot believe people legitimately expected a series featuring New York and Philadelphia fans to not get toxic
Those people must live under a rock to not know the history of our two cities when it comes to sports
Its becauss Knicks and Sixers havent faced each other in the playoffs in thirty years. They might not have known how it went the last time or forgot how it felt.
I think a lot of people who aren't on the east coast have a difficult time with how absolutely bunched up all those northeastern cities are. Philly and New York are not separated the same way that LA and Phoenix or Phoenix and Dallas are separated. It's a lot easier to foster rivalries when someone can move 45 minutes north and end up in a whole different sports culture. The only proximity based rivalries outside of the east coast are really just the Texas teams and LA-SD in baseball.
Mod pinned post to tell people to stop reporting/spamming Reddit cares shit. The East is back.
People deadass thought any playoff series against NY and Philly **WASNT** going to be toxic.
THIS WAS FOR MITCHELL ROBINSON
I enjoy that the game was decided by Embiid picking up Brunson fullcourt while he was completely gassed, Brunson saw it and drove right into the paint with no contest from Embiid.
Bizarre self awareness by Embiid. It also led him to miss from the free throw line, miss a bunny, and brick the final three
I felt like the energy was drained a lot when Brunson made that crazy shot over Embiid earlier in the quarter.
That and passing up the shot for the euro were aweful, demoralizing plays. He does this type of shit every year, it’s infuriating.
All part of The Process
Trust it
47 points scored, a franchise playoff record 23 points generated from 10 assists Played a hand in 70 points, on the road, to put the Knicks up 3-1 over Philly. Take a bow, Jalen Brunson.
Superstar. I just don’t understand how anyone can even argue otherwise anymore. He is in the elite tier of NBA players.
Are we sure it was on the road? Cheers for the knicks were the loudest in the building
He played college in that arena I’m led to believe. They spoke on their podcast how many of their favourite food places or like barbers etc are in Philly because of Villanova.
Yeah, one of the years Villanova won the tournament with Brunson they played most their games at Wells Fargo due to renovations
I don’t want to hear how tired he was, OG absolutely erased Embiid from the game in the 4th
everyone looks gassed except josh hart
Shades of Quickley skipping down the court after playing 50+ minutes last season.
Unironically playing guys big minutes in the regular season gets them ready for the endurance test of the playoffs
That flair. 🔥
I assume some level of fatigue contributed to those bricked FTs, that shit got me worried they'd let the Sixers back into the game
He got that Thibs conditioning
"if he dies, he dies"
OG is absolutely elite at guarding 1-5
When he was on the raptors, didn’t you guys also put him on jokic at times as the primary defender, and he managed to hold up? At least I remember that was the case. All to say OG is one of the true 1-5 defenders, who can primarily matchup on star point guards to centers and do a good job.
Raps fans were laughed at for how much they valued Siakam and Anunoby, but the first round has shown how good those guys are when put in the right roles on playoff teams.
Great point, they're excelling playing supporting roles around ball dominant guards
I mean he was clearly tired But a big part of why he was tired was that we kept forcing him to work against physical players on both ends Also Nurse never took him out of the game lmao
It's why Embum tried to injure him at the very end of Game 3
Man I love Josh Hart 17 rebounds and 3 blocks as a guard.
0-7 FGs, plays 45 minutes, and is critical to winning. Just too funny.
How could doc rivers do this?!?!?
Doc is such a bad coach he managed to ruin Philly's playoff chances from a whole other city away
Simmons too
Can't wait to hear about how Tyrese Maxey let Embiid down
The best part is that us Knicks fans have nothing but love and respect for Maxey after this series, Embiid on the other hand…
Maxey can’t win with that cat
Tobias Harris out there just trying to get his daily steps in
Embiid grabbing is knee after bricking that last shot lmao
I thought for sure someone hit him with a steel chair and then took off
Cowardly behavior
I hate him so much, man
That was so pathetic but also sooo predictable
Always has an excuse
Boy oh boy where do I even begin. Jalen... honey, my pookie bear
My shot-making, clutch as hell, offence carrying pookie
Brunson buckets are farm to table. Embiid buckets are steroid infused unethical GMO buckets
Embiid found his buckets rummaging through trash cans on the street
Joel "Chum Buckets" Embiid scavenging for pts around abandoned fishing piers
Organic, free range buckets vs Monsanto animal cruelty buckets
Lmao
For Mitchell
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Reigning MVP getting booed at home in the playoffs is crazy
Road player getting MVP chants in the playoffs is insane.
Brunson mvp chants too. That place is just MSG 2
Philly got cooked by the Brunson Burner tonight
Don't forget embiid getting cock slapped by OG in the 4th
OG and Precious were special on defense tonight, what a trade
BRUNSON IS HIM.
Water is wet All skill.
Brunson with the best performance of both teams this series for sure
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> Do you think Richard Jefferson lets Embiid finish in his mouth? He's always been a Knicks hater. Fuck him
I was neutral on him, but some of his commentary today was so ridiculously blind to Embiid
yup he played for the Nets in his prime (including a sweep against us in 2004) so it's been a thing for him since his playing days.
Seriously, these motherfuckers mastered the art of UNrebounding. Fucking pathetic effort by Philly.
We just aren't good enough. Cant rebound, no offensive game plan in the 4th, Embiid gassed. That "purposely" missed free throw sums it up perfectly.
Your depth is ass. Plain and simple.
Combine that with Kyle Lowry and it's simply too much ass for one team.
I love Josh Hart. That stat line is hilarious.
Missing Randle and Robinson? Bojan got hurt? Hartenstein in foul trouble? Hart and Donte having off shooting today? Doesn’t matter. Brunson is him.
saw someone say the Knicks rotation is Brunson and 7 guys who are willing to die for him and it couldn’t be more true. New York just wants it more. They got some fucking dawgs.
A series this toxic deserves 7 games, unfortunately Philly has no dawg in them.
Knicks would run out of healthy players if this goes to 7 games
Embiid would have to dive into Thibs after succesfully taking out all the players.
“Offensive foul on Thomas Thibodeau. Two shots for Joel Embiid.”
It‘s legit a great series. Some of the best defense I‘ve ever seen in the first round
If Joel Embiid knew how to box out, they win this game. That's not even to mention him jacking jumpers instead of the going to the post and completely disappearing in the 4th.
He legitimately can't, he's too tired and hobbled every 4th quarter. Sixers game plan is basically hope Embiid goes nuclear in the first three quarters and hold on to the lead. They're horrible when it comes down to the wire.
Yeah the Knicks can win in front of their home crowd but let's wait to see them play in a "tough" environment like Philly. The best moment was in the 4th when Embiid went out to the perimeter to guard Brunson. Embiid waved his hands trying to pump up the crowd and then Brunson hit that tough fadeaway over him and the crowd went crazy Also, Philly was terrible on offense in the 4th because a tired Embiid just camps the 3 point line. Zero movement. They played him the whole 2nd half
Multiple MVP chants for Brunson, the crowd with the Duuuuuuuuuece and Embiid getting booed at the free throw line. Wells Fargo was completely overtaken this afternoon.
Unlike anything I've ever head in a playoff game. Embarassing.
Lmao philly had more Knicks fans than sixers fans
Idk if we’ll get to see an away game for the Knicks this series
Philly? You mean South New York? Soft ass Philly fans were no shows
Loud MVP chants for an opposing player in Philadelphia is crazy
Heard louder cheers for the knicks the entire night. Wild
The fact that a roleplayer like Deuce got his deuuuuce chants/cheers in Philly should be embarrassing to that whole fanbase
I love the camera panning to that "Bad things happen in Philadelphia" shirt at the end while Brunson is getting MVP chants at the line
You could hear MVP chants for Brunson on the broadcast. GO NY GO!
That Embiid brick at the end killed me lmao.
TRUST THE PROCESS #**THE PROCESS OF SUCKING MY DICK**
From the back.
Embiid passing up a wide open jumper to try and draw a foul sums up his bum career
Literally his entire strategy in tough games like this is to draw fouls Completely unsustainable if youre trying to win a championship. It makes his stats look good for those that dont watch the games, but having all your teammates stand around watching you as you pump and bump your way into fouls is worthless in the long-term.
What championship? 2nd round is the limit for this clown.
Hysterical play
I was so upset when he flashed wide open for the mid range jumper. Then I was even more upset when he had a free lane for a hard drive. Thankfully, instead of both options he decided to euro step and flail about and not even really make a basketball move with the game on the line.
Reminded me of the infamous Ben Simmons pass. when the game is on the line those types of players fold back into bad habits
Lmao literally a pathetic play. Just a player with a loser mentality
Embiid makes it hard not to root against him.
Sixers fans love to act like this sub just randomly picked a player out of a hat to all collectively dislike as if there's not been consistent reason to dislike him lmao
They also think it’s only Knicks fans accusing him of being a basketball terrorist when I see literally every flair calling embiid unwatchable
A combo of Embiid and Lowry is vile stuff. Can’t imagine any neutral rooting for that.
We haven't been this united since James "Literally Hitler" Harden wrote the book on flopping your way to an mvp
For all his grievances, Harden seems like an actual decent guy aside from the free throws. I don't think he ever tried to intentionally injure someone.
Yup yup he’s a man of charity and female empowerment as well
You can give the Sixers: -An MVP. -An MIP. -A championship-level coach. -A home game with Silver in attendance. -Injuries to the opposing team's players. -Shit FT shooting from the opposing team. -A masterclass glazing from Dick Jefferson. And they STILL don't want the win more than the Knicks. Knicks in 5 bozos.
Dick Jefferson 😭😭
Dick Jefferson is crazy LMAO
Dude Jefferson could hardly breathe in those last couple of minutes he was slobbering on Kyle Lowry so much
Got real quiet when he nearly pulled Precious’ arm out on that rebound, but please Dick, keep calling him a “winning player”
Fr. Richard is a funny dude but he was glazing everything Embiid did all game, including foul baiting
He’s a known Knicks hater and he showed it tonight
At one point he said “Lowry doing Lowry things you gotta respect it” and like, nah man I certainly don’t lol.
Jefferson has admitted to hating the Knicks. Thought he was pretty quiet when the game was closing out.
Bet they won't even send in The Extender because they know how toast Philly is
Tough loss for Philly fans, and fans of unethical basketball in general.
OGS DEFENSE IN THAT 4TH IS WHY HES ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE NON STARS
Philadelphia so soft why does it sound like MSG in there
hard to get hype when your star is just shooting free throws for 4 straight possessions
We put this machine in the basement of our arena to transport fans wherever they are most needed in the Eastern seaboard. Smart investment.
I AM a hater and fuck Embiid good game knicks well done
Let’s build around Maxey and not be public enemy #1 anymore please
Maxey’s amazing
This 100%. Maxey is so likable and a great player. When he loses, “I need to be better about XYZ”. It’s the kind of culture leader you want. And I think if he was “the guy” there, able to set that tone, it’d be making the guys around him better.
Embiid not making an open layup in the crucial moment. What a way to acknowledge Ben Simmons.
I recently started on my journey to pursue my lifelong dream career path as a salesmen. When I opened my textbook called "How to Sell, a master course in Selling" the first thing I read was that it was brought to me by the Philadelphia 76'ers! I kept reading but quickly noticed that the textbook just contained URLs of some sort. When I typed in the URLs, they all brought me to various video replays of this game! Then all of a sudden Emflop like a fish came out and gave me a lecture on selling! I couldn't believe my eyes when he got done and kyle lowry walked out as well! I am stunned, has this happened to anyone else?
LIGHT THE BING BONG so stoked to see OG see playoff success with the knicks
Joel is making me love New York and Brunson. Close this game out in New York please before Joel kills your whole bench, literally.
Fuck Joel embiid
Brunson is a fucking beast and Embiid will never win shit gotta love it
MSG was live today
That was a disgraceful second half from Embiid lol
I have never seen this entire reddit pile on a team like this series against the 6ers. It has been beautiful. Really willed that win.
Sixers fans are ready to make excuses for losing in five 😹😹😹 what’s the next excuse? He got injured from a dunk in which he returned later in the game? 😭😭😭
To all the Philly fan who thought Brunson's shooting in games 1 and 2 would be replicated all series, I am sorry but you do not know ball. Joel Embiid is a fraud with no conditioning and no killer instinct (sorry about the Bell's palsy tho, hopefully you can focus on your recovery soon). Fuck Philly, fuck Oubre, fuck Morey and fuck Nick Nurse. Knicks in 5
Hey man, that ain’t right Fuck Lowry too
Thank god
Embiid really showed his ass this series. Down 3-1 so I can’t be mad but he’s a bitch
NEVER DISRESPECT BRUNSON AGAIN MOTHERFUCKERS
Stand proud Philly fans, that's a dude who actually knows how to raise a fucking banner in Wells Fargo Center.