Game ID: 42300114
New York Knicks @ Philadelphia 76ers
Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 1:00 PM ET
Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
PHI 27 22 27 16 92NYK 17 30 30 20 97
NYK @ PHI ScoutingNYK @ PHI Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
PHI availability going into 4/14 · 1 day's restOUT Martin missed 2 since 4/09, out tonight
BACK Maxey back 4/04 after 2, 40 min since (105% of 38)
BACK Harris back 4/09 after 3, 33 min since (97% of 34)
BACK Lowry back 4/12 after 2, 24 min since (85% of 29)
BACK Melton back 4/09 after 21, 11 min since (40% of 26)
BACK Bamba back 4/07 after 3, 6 min since (50% of 13)
BACK Dowtin Jr. back 4/06 after 2, 12 min since (103% of 12)
NEW Batum 26 to 32 min over the last 5
PHI availability going into 4/20 · 5 days' restOUT Martin missed 3 since 4/09, out tonight
BACK Harris back 4/09 after 3, 32 min since (94% of 34)
BACK Lowry back 4/12 after 2, 24 min since (83% of 29)
BACK Melton back 4/09 after 21, 11 min since (40% of 26)
BACK Bamba back 4/07 after 3, 9 min since (73% of 13)
BACK Dowtin Jr. back 4/06 after 2, 11 min since (95% of 12)
PHI availability going into 4/22 · 1 day's restOUT Melton missed 2 since 4/14, out tonight
OUT Martin missed 4 since 4/09, out tonight
BACK Harris back 4/09 after 3, 32 min since (94% of 34)
BACK Lowry back 4/12 after 2, 29 min since (101% of 29)
BACK Bamba back 4/07 after 3, 9 min since (73% of 13)
PHI availability going into 4/25 · 2 days' restOUT Melton missed 3 since 4/14, out tonight
OUT Bamba missed 2 since 4/20, out tonight
OUT Martin missed 5 since 4/09, out tonight
OUT Dowtin Jr. missed 2 since 4/20, out tonight
BACK Harris back 4/09 after 3, 34 min since (99% of 34)
BACK Lowry back 4/12 after 2, 30 min since (105% of 29)
PHI availability going into 4/28 · 2 days' restOUT Melton missed 4 since 4/14, returns tonight: 7 min (27% of 26)
OUT Bamba missed 3 since 4/20, out tonight
OUT Martin missed 6 since 4/09, out tonight
OUT Dowtin Jr. missed 3 since 4/20, out tonight
BACK Lowry back 4/12 after 2, 30 min since (105% of 29)
PHI availability going into 4/30 · 1 day's restOUT Bamba missed 4 since 4/20, out tonight
OUT Martin missed 7 since 4/09, out tonight
OUT Dowtin Jr. missed 4 since 4/20, out tonight
BACK Melton back 4/28 after 4, 7 min since (27% of 26)
NEW Embiid 35 to 40 min over the last 4
PHI availability going into 5/02 · 1 day's restOUT Hield missed 2 since 4/28, returns tonight: 22 min (88% of 24)
OUT Bamba missed 5 since 4/20, out tonight
OUT Martin missed 8 since 4/09, out tonight
OUT Dowtin Jr. missed 5 since 4/20, out tonight
BACK Melton back 4/28 after 4, 7 min since (27% of 26)
NEW Maxey 38 to 45 min over the last 5
NEW Embiid 35 to 42 min over the last 5
NEW Oubre Jr. 31 to 36 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 4/14 · 1 day's restBACK Anunoby back 4/05 after 9, 32 min since (92% of 35)
BACK Burks back 4/12 after 3, 12 min since (77% of 15)
BACK Sims back 4/12 after 4, 23 min since (189% of 12)
NEW DiVincenzo 30 to 39 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 4/20 · 5 days' restBACK Burks back 4/12 after 3, 12 min since (77% of 15)
BACK Sims back 4/12 after 4, 23 min since (189% of 12)
NEW DiVincenzo 30 to 43 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 4/22 · 1 day's restOUT Burks missed 2 since 4/14, out tonight
OUT Sims missed 2 since 4/14, out tonight
NEW Hart 35 to 40 min over the last 5
NEW DiVincenzo 30 to 40 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 4/25 · 2 days' restOUT Achiuwa missed 2 since 4/20, returns tonight: 10 min (43% of 24)
OUT Burks missed 3 since 4/14, out tonight
OUT Sims missed 3 since 4/14, out tonight
NEW Hart 35 to 40 min over the last 5
NEW DiVincenzo 30 to 40 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 4/28 · 2 days' restOUT Burks missed 4 since 4/14, out tonight
OUT Sims missed 4 since 4/14, out tonight
BACK Achiuwa back 4/25 after 2, 10 min since (43% of 24)
NEW Hart 35 to 43 min over the last 5
NEW DiVincenzo 30 to 37 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 4/30 · 1 day's restOUT Burks missed 5 since 4/14, out tonight
OUT Sims missed 5 since 4/14, out tonight
BACK Achiuwa back 4/25 after 2, 15 min since (64% of 24)
NEW Brunson 36 to 42 min over the last 5
NEW Hart 35 to 44 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 5/02 · 1 day's restOUT Burks missed 6 since 4/14, out tonight
OUT Sims missed 6 since 4/14, out tonight
BACK Achiuwa back 4/25 after 2, 15 min since (64% of 24)
NEW Brunson 36 to 44 min over the last 5
NEW Anunoby 35 to 41 min over the last 5
NEW Hart 35 to 46 min over the last 5
NEW McBride 21 to 26 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 5/06 · 3 days' restOUT Achiuwa missed 2 since 4/30, returns tonight: 4 min (18% of 24)
OUT Burks missed 7 since 4/14, out tonight
OUT Sims missed 7 since 4/14, out tonight
NEW Brunson 36 to 44 min over the last 5
NEW Anunoby 35 to 44 min over the last 5
NEW Hart 35 to 47 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 5/08 · 1 day's restOUT Burks missed 8 since 4/14, returns tonight: 1 min (5% of 15)
OUT Sims missed 8 since 4/14, out tonight
BACK Achiuwa back 4/25 after 2, 11 min since (48% of 24)
NEW Brunson 36 to 45 min over the last 5
NEW Anunoby 35 to 45 min over the last 5
NEW Hart 35 to 47 min over the last 5
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Philadelphia comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 106, shooting 46 percent and 39 from three, 24 free throws a game; Embiid at 36 and Maxey at 29 a game. Without Melton (4 straight). 2 days' rest. New York comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 111, shooting 45 percent and 41 from three, 23 free throws a game; Brunson at 31 and Hart at 18 a game. 2 days' rest.
So: Philadelphia wins, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-3 a night and Philadelphia minus-1. Call it Philadelphia 113, New York 109, New York keeping it close.
4/14 vs BKN 107-86 — PHI notes
PHI won 107-86. PHI shot 43% (41 of 96) to BKN's 39%, 14 of 44 from three. The glass went 57-42 for them. Maxey led with 26 (10 of 20, 3 of 7 from three); Harris added 21, Hield 19. The hinge was Q2, 33-21: PHI came in trailing by 1 and left it ahead by 11, and the lead reached 28. Hield was the night's best plus/minus at +20.
4/20 @ NYK 104-111 — PHI notes
PHI lost 104-111. PHI shot 44% (36 of 81) to NYK's 40%, 12 of 35 from three, and got to the line 22 times to NYK's 28. The glass went 33-55 against them. Maxey led with 33 (14 of 26, 3 of 9 from three); Embiid added 29, Lowry 18. Q3 was theirs, 36-21, turning a 12-point deficit into a 3-point lead, but the other 3 periods went 90-68 against them. They led by as many as 13.
4/22 @ NYK 101-104 — PHI notes
PHI lost 101-104. PHI shot 43% (36 of 84) to NYK's 41%, 13 of 36 from three. Maxey led with 35 (12 of 22, 5 of 11 from three, 6 of 6 at the line); Embiid added 34, Harris 10. Q1 was theirs, 25-18, but the other 3 periods went 86-76 against them. They led by as many as 10.
4/25 vs NYK 125-114 — PHI notes
PHI won 125-114. PHI shot 55% (41 of 75) to NYK's 49%, 15 of 31 from three, and went to the line 33 times to NYK's 19 — 28 points from the stripe to their 13. Embiid led with 50 (13 of 19, 5 of 7 from three, 19 of 21 at the line); Maxey added 25, Oubre Jr. 15. The hinge was Q3, 43-27: PHI came in trailing by 3 and left it ahead by 13. PHI trailed 55-58 at the half and won the second half 70-56. Embiid was the night's best plus/minus at +16.
4/28 vs NYK 92-97 — PHI notes
PHI lost 92-97. PHI shot 35% (29 of 82) to NYK's 43%, 9 of 33 from three. The glass went 42-52 against them. Embiid led with 27 (7 of 19, 1 of 6 from three, 12 of 14 at the line); Maxey added 23, Oubre Jr. 19. Q1 was theirs, 27-17, but the other 3 periods went 80-65 against them. They led by as many as 12. Harris's -7 in 34 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/30 @ NYK — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New York comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 108, shooting 45 percent and 38 from three, 23 free throws a game; Brunson at 34 and Hart at 16 a game. It has won the glass by 8 a night. One day's rest. Philadelphia comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 106 a night and allowing 102, shooting 44 percent and 35 from three, 24 free throws a game; Embiid at 35 and Maxey at 28 a game. One day's rest.
So: New York wins, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-8 a night and Philadelphia minus-3. Call it New York 110, Philadelphia 108, Philadelphia keeping it close.
5/02 vs NYK — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Philadelphia comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 107 a night and allowing 106, shooting 45 percent and 37 from three, 25 free throws a game; Maxey at 32 and Embiid at 32 a game. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. Without Hield (2 straight). One day's rest. New York comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 106 a night and allowing 107, shooting 44 percent and 35 from three, 24 free throws a game; Brunson at 34 and Hart at 17 a game. It has won the glass by 5 a night. One day's rest.
So: Philadelphia wins, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-5 a night and Philadelphia minus-5. Call it Philadelphia 110, New York 108, New York keeping it close.
4/14 vs CHI 120-119 — NYK notes
NYK won 120-119 in 1 overtime. NYK shot 51% (46 of 91) to CHI's 49%, 12 of 32 from three. NYK turned it over 21 times to CHI's 12, and CHI turned those into 15 steals. Brunson led with 40 (14 of 30, 1 of 4 from three, 11 of 12 at the line); DiVincenzo added 25, Bogdanović 13. The hinge was Q4, 33-27: NYK came in trailing by 6 and left it level. Hartenstein was the night's best plus/minus at +12.
4/20 vs PHI 111-104 — NYK notes
NYK won 111-104. NYK shot 40% (36 of 91) to PHI's 44%, 16 of 35 from three, and went to the line 28 times to PHI's 22 — 23 points from the stripe to their 20. The glass went 55-33 for them. Hart led with 22 (5 of 12, 4 of 8 from three, 8 of 10 at the line); Brunson added 22, McBride 21. The hinge was Q2, 33-12: NYK came in trailing by 9 and left it ahead by 12. McBride was the night's best plus/minus at +37.
4/22 vs PHI 104-101 — NYK notes
NYK won 104-101. NYK shot 41% (37 of 91) to PHI's 43%, 11 of 33 from three. Brunson led with 24 (8 of 29, 1 of 6 from three, 7 of 9 at the line); Hart added 21, DiVincenzo 19. The hinge was Q3, 30-21: NYK came in trailing by 4 and left it ahead by 5. NYK trailed 49-53 at the half and won the second half 55-48. DiVincenzo was the night's best plus/minus at +11.
4/25 @ PHI 114-125 — NYK notes
NYK lost 114-125. NYK took 15 more shots (90 to 75), fed by 11 offensive rebounds, but shot 49% to PHI's 55%, 13 of 30 from three, and got to the line 19 times to PHI's 33. Brunson led with 39 (13 of 27, 3 of 7 from three, 10 of 12 at the line); Hart added 20, Anunoby 17. Q1 was theirs, 29-27, but the other 3 periods went 98-85 against them. Hartenstein's -24 in 26 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/28 @ PHI 97-92 — NYK notes
NYK won 97-92. NYK shot 43% (37 of 86) to PHI's 35%, 7 of 27 from three. The glass went 52-42 for them. Brunson led with 47 (18 of 34, 2 of 8 from three, 9 of 11 at the line); Anunoby added 16, McBride 13. The hinge was Q2, 30-22: the deficit went from 10 to 2. NYK trailed 47-49 at the half and won the second half 50-43. Achiuwa was the night's best plus/minus at +11.
4/30 vs PHI — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New York comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 108, shooting 45 percent and 38 from three, 23 free throws a game; Brunson at 34 and Hart at 16 a game. It has won the glass by 8 a night. One day's rest. Philadelphia comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 106 a night and allowing 102, shooting 44 percent and 35 from three, 24 free throws a game; Embiid at 35 and Maxey at 28 a game. One day's rest.
So: New York wins, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-8 a night and Philadelphia minus-3. Call it New York 110, Philadelphia 108, Philadelphia keeping it close.
5/02 @ PHI — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Philadelphia comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 107 a night and allowing 106, shooting 45 percent and 37 from three, 25 free throws a game; Maxey at 32 and Embiid at 32 a game. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. Without Hield (2 straight). One day's rest. New York comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 106 a night and allowing 107, shooting 44 percent and 35 from three, 24 free throws a game; Brunson at 34 and Hart at 17 a game. It has won the glass by 5 a night. One day's rest.
So: Philadelphia wins, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-5 a night and Philadelphia minus-5. Call it Philadelphia 110, New York 108, New York keeping it close.
5/06 vs IND — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New York comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 108 a night and allowing 109, shooting 45 percent and 35 from three, 23 free throws a game; Brunson at 38 and Anunoby at 16 a game. Without Achiuwa (2 straight). 3 days' rest. Indiana comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 110, shooting 50 percent and 37 from three, 17 free throws a game; Siakam at 20 and Turner at 20 a game. Without Smith (3 straight). 3 days' rest.
So: New York wins, and the game turns on the line, where New York takes 23 free throws a game to Indiana's 17. Call it New York 114, Indiana 113, Indiana keeping it close.
5/08 vs IND — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New York comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 112, shooting 48 percent and 37 from three, 24 free throws a game; Brunson at 42 and Anunoby at 16 a game. One day's rest. Indiana comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 113, shooting 49 percent and 36 from three, 18 free throws a game; Turner at 20 and Haliburton at 16 a game. Without Smith (4 straight). One day's rest.
So: New York wins, and the game turns on the line, where New York takes 24 free throws a game to Indiana's 18. Call it New York 115, Indiana 114, Indiana keeping it close.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
PHICP C. Payne
DM D. Melton
JE J. Embiid
KL K. Lowry
KO K. Oubre Jr.
NB N. Batum
PR P. Reed
TH T. Harris
TM T. Maxey
NYKDD D. DiVincenzo
IH I. Hartenstein
JB J. Brunson
JH J. Hart
MM M. McBride
OA O. Anunoby
PA P. Achiuwa
PHI/NYK the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Brunson scores career playoff-high 47 points, leads Knicks over 76ers for 3-1 lead
PHILADELPHIA -- — Jalen Brunson had just finished the highest-scoring game of his playoff career, the highest ever by a New York Knicks player in the postseason, and he was impressed.
Not by his own performance. Brunson loathes talking about that.
He meant by the Knicks fanbase, which came into Philadelphia, took over the arena and made Joel Embiid as miserable as the guys wearing blue.
Brunson scored a career playoff-high 47 points, added 10 assists and the Knicks beat the 76ers 97-92 on Sunday to take a 3-1 lead in their first-round playoff series.
Brunson had a 41-point game for Dallas against Utah in 2022 and another for the Knicks last year against Miami, but that one came in the Game 6 where the Knicks’ season ended.
He wouldn’t let them lose Sunday and a crowd that seemed split between big Northeast cities had a decidedly Knicks sound down the stretch.
“The Philadelphia fanbase is, I said this before, they’re very relentless and very passionate. I mean, I’m an Eagles fan, I would know,” said Brunson, who won two national championships playing collegiately for Villanova. “But seeing the Knicks here and hearing the Knicks here, it was pretty cool and it’s awesome.”
Not for Embiid, who had to hear Brunson get louder chants of “MVP! MVP!” than the guy who actually won the award last season.
“I love our fans but it was unfortunate. I’m not calling them out, but it is disappointing." Embiid said, adding that he's aware that Knicks fans often make the short train trip for the road games.
“But never seen it (like Sunday) and I’ve been here for 10 years. Yeah, kind of (ticks) me off, especially because Philly is considered a sports town, so ... I don’t think that should happen. It’s not OK."
But Brunson's performance was too marvelous not to cheer as he surpassed the 46 points scored by Bernard King in 1984.
OG Anunoby added 16 points and 14 rebounds, and took on some of the defensive assignment against Embiid in the fourth quarter as the Knicks moved within a victory of getting to the Eastern Conference semifinals for the second straight year.
The No. 2-seeded Knicks can do that with a victory at home on Tuesday night.
Embiid played the entire second half after the 76ers faltered badly when he sat in the first. But the All-Star center, who has been dealing with lingering problems from his surgically repaired left knee that he appeared to reinjure after a dunk in Game 1, and was recently diagnosed with Bell’s palsy, a form of facial paralysis, couldn't muster a basket in the fourth quarter.
“Your competitive nature is always going to take over and I felt like they always come back in the game in this series,” Embiid said. “So I was like, I've got nothing to lose, just going to push myself and obviously it didn’t work out the way I wanted it to.”
Embiid finished with 27 points, 10 rebounds and six assists. Tyrese Maxey added 23 points for the 76ers, who will try to force another game at home, which would be Thursday.
Josh Hart missed all seven shots and Donte DiVincenzo missed his first seven. But Hart grabbed 17 rebounds and the Knicks kept going after missed shots, especially when it was clear Embiid didn't have the energy to keep chasing them, and scored 21 second-chance points.
Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said his team, which finished with a 52-42 rebound advantage, looks at offensive rebounds as valuable shots.
“So we understand how important that is,” he said, “and we’ve got some guys that are great at it. They’re relentless.”
Brunson was in the locker room to start the fourth quarter but returned to hit a basket over Embiid during a 6-0 Knicks run that gave them the lead for good and made it 86-81.
Embiid scored 50 points, his postseason best, to lead the 76ers to a victory in Game 3, He had them off to a great start in Game 4 but Brunson soon became the dominant player on the floor, the first time All-Star finishing 18 of 34 from the field.
Brunson’s shot was off in the two games in New York but whatever was working for the Sixers against him then is gone now. The point guard had 39 on Thursday and is looking like the player who was fourth in the NBA in scoring with 28.7 per game.
Embiid tried to keep pace. With 76ers Hall of Famers Julius Erving and Allen Iverson sitting behind the baseline, he showed how much the current Philadelphia team needs him on the floor. But without getting a rest he wilted late, missing all five shots in the fourth, and finished 7 for 19.
The Knicks played without backup center Mitchell Robinson because of a sprained left ankle, then lost reserve swingman Bojan Bogdanovic to a bruised left ankle after Nicolas Batum fell on him chasing a loose ball after barely a minute of playing time.
So the Knicks relied on the guys they had, with Anunoby playing 47 minutes, Hart 46 and Brunson 43.
The 76ers led by 10 after one quarter. But Philadelphia couldn’t get anything going offensively with Embiid on the bench to start the second and New York capitalized.
The Knicks held the 76ers without a field goal while outscoring them 12-2 to begin the period, with Brunson’s basket shortly after Embiid returned tying it at 29. Maxey hit a 3-pointer for Philadelphia’s first basket of the period nearly halfway through it.