The Sixers couldn’t capitalize on an excellent start and dropped their first road game of 2023 Sunday night, falling to a 108-97 loss to the Knicks at Madison Square Garden. NoahLevick of NBCSPhilly has the recap:
Tucker the scorer?
On one impressive possession, Tucker and De’Anthony Melton effectively neutralized a Jalen Brunson-Randle pick-and-roll. The 37-year-old then played physical perimeter defense on Randle and pulled his body away when Randle tried to toss up a runner and draw a foul. The Sixers had early success with double drag actions involving Embiid and Tucker as a way to spread the floor and eventually give Embiid room to do his thing at the elbow. They were superior to New York in transition, too. A fast-break, and-one Embiid layup put the Sixers up 26-12. That lead grew as large as 21 points when Tyrese Maxey scored almost immediately after checking in.
Miles McBride finally hit the Knicks’ first long-range jumper with 1.4 seconds left in the first quarter and Evan Fournier drilled another at the start of the second. The Sixers clearly did not play well during New York’s run, but their favorable early luck also took a steeply negative turn. After Melton banked in a first-quarter three, he saw one go in and out in the second.
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