Game ID: 42500211
Philadelphia 76ers @ New York Knicks
Monday, May 4, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
NYK 33 41 35 28 137PHI 25 26 27 20 98
NYK vs PHI ScoutingNYK vs 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.
NYK availability going into 4/23 · 2 days' restOUT Kolek missed 6 since 4/06, out tonight
BACK Robinson back 4/18 after 2, 16 min since (89% of 18)
BACK Alvarado back 4/10 after 2, 20 min since (145% of 14)
NYK availability going into 4/25 · 1 day's restOUT Kolek missed 7 since 4/06, returns tonight: 4 min (32% of 11)
BACK Robinson back 4/18 after 2, 15 min since (80% of 18)
BACK Alvarado back 4/10 after 2, 17 min since (119% of 14)
NYK availability going into 4/28 · 2 days' restBACK Robinson back 4/18 after 2, 15 min since (81% of 18)
BACK Kolek back 4/25 after 7, 4 min since (32% of 11)
NEW Hart 31 to 36 min over the last 4
NYK availability going into 4/30 · 1 day's restBACK Robinson back 4/18 after 2, 15 min since (82% of 18)
BACK Kolek back 4/25 after 7, 4 min since (32% of 11)
NYK availability going into 5/04 · 3 days' restBACK Kolek back 4/25 after 7, 6 min since (57% of 11)
NYK availability going into 5/06 · 1 day's restBACK Kolek back 4/25 after 7, 7 min since (66% of 11)
NYK availability going into 5/08 · 1 day's restBACK Kolek back 4/25 after 7, 7 min since (66% of 11)
NYK availability going into 5/10 · 1 day's rest
full strength
NYK availability going into 5/19 · 8 days' restOUT Anunoby missed 2 since 5/08, returns tonight: 34 min (103% of 33)
PHI availability going into 4/26 · 1 day's restOUT Embiid missed 6 since 4/09, returns tonight: 34 min (107% of 32)
OUT Watford missed 2 since 4/21, returns tonight: 5 min (31% of 15)
OUT Walker missed 2 since 4/21, returns tonight: 4 min (39% of 11)
OUT Terry missed 2 since 4/21, returns tonight: 4 min (43% of 10)
BACK Beauchamp back 4/12 after 3, 3 min since (19% of 14)
NEW Drummond 18 to 25 min over the last 5
PHI availability going into 4/28 · 1 day's restBACK Embiid back 4/26 after 6, 34 min since (107% of 32)
BACK Watford back 4/12 after 3, 6 min since (40% of 15)
BACK Beauchamp back 4/12 after 3, 3 min since (19% of 14)
BACK Walker back 4/26 after 2, 4 min since (39% of 11)
BACK Terry back 4/12 after 8, 5 min since (48% of 10)
PHI availability going into 4/30 · 1 day's restBACK Embiid back 4/26 after 6, 36 min since (114% of 32)
BACK Watford back 4/26 after 2, 3 min since (21% of 15)
BACK Walker back 4/26 after 2, 3 min since (27% of 11)
BACK Terry back 4/26 after 2, 3 min since (29% of 10)
PHI availability going into 5/02 · 1 day's restBACK Embiid back 4/26 after 6, 36 min since (112% of 32)
BACK Watford back 4/26 after 2, 3 min since (17% of 15)
BACK Walker back 4/26 after 2, 3 min since (27% of 11)
BACK Terry back 4/26 after 2, 2 min since (24% of 10)
NEW George 32 to 38 min over the last 5
PHI availability going into 5/04 · 1 day's restOUT Walker missed 2 since 4/30, returns tonight: 10 min (93% of 11)
BACK Embiid back 4/26 after 6, 37 min since (115% of 32)
BACK Watford back 4/26 after 2, 3 min since (17% of 15)
BACK Terry back 4/26 after 2, 2 min since (24% of 10)
NEW George 32 to 39 min over the last 5
PHI availability going into 5/06 · 1 day's restBACK Embiid back 4/26 after 6, 34 min since (107% of 32)
BACK Watford back 4/26 after 2, 5 min since (35% of 15)
BACK Walker back 4/26 after 2, 6 min since (49% of 11)
BACK Terry back 4/26 after 2, 5 min since (47% of 10)
PHI availability going into 5/08 · 1 day's restBACK Walker back 5/04 after 2, 10 min since (93% of 11)
NEW George 32 to 39 min over the last 5
PHI availability going into 5/10 · 1 day's restBACK Walker back 5/04 after 2, 6 min since (56% of 11)
NEW George 32 to 38 min over the last 5
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 119 a night and allowing 100, shooting 50 percent and 36 from three, 28 free throws a game; Brunson at 26 and Anunoby at 22 a game. That is 3 straight wins. It has won the glass by 10 a night. 3 days' rest. Philadelphia comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 105 a night and allowing 105, shooting 45 percent and 35 from three, 21 free throws a game; Embiid at 28 and Maxey at 28 a game. That is 3 straight wins. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. One day's rest.
So: New York wins, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-10 a night and Philadelphia minus-6 and the line, where New York takes 28 free throws a game to Philadelphia's 21. Call it New York 115, Philadelphia 106.
4/23 @ ATL 108-109 — NYK notes
NYK lost 108-109. NYK shot 43% (40 of 93) to ATL's 45%, 10 of 35 from three, and got to the line 20 times to ATL's 26. Anunoby led with 29 (9 of 16, 4 of 8 from three, 7 of 7 at the line); Brunson added 26, Towns 21. Q4 was theirs, 28-21, the deficit cut from 8 to 1, but the other 3 periods went 88-80 against them. Bridges's -26 in 21 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/25 @ ATL 114-98 — NYK notes
NYK won 114-98. NYK shot 49% (41 of 83) to ATL's 41%, 14 of 31 from three. Anunoby led with 22 (9 of 16, 3 of 6 from three); Towns added 20, Brunson 19. The hinge was Q1, 27-20: from level to 7 ahead, and the lead reached 24. Anunoby was the night's best plus/minus at +19.
4/28 vs ATL 126-97 — NYK notes
NYK won 126-97. NYK shot 57% (45 of 79) to ATL's 45%, 11 of 26 from three, and went to the line 34 times to ATL's 17 — 25 points from the stripe to their 10. The glass went 48-27 for them. Brunson led with 39 (15 of 23, 3 of 5 from three, 6 of 8 at the line); Anunoby added 17, Towns 16. The hinge was Q1, 35-22: from level to 13 ahead, and the lead reached 32. Brunson was the night's best plus/minus at +23.
4/30 @ ATL 140-89 — NYK notes
NYK won 140-89. NYK shot 59% (50 of 85) to ATL's 38%, 13 of 36 from three, and went to the line 34 times to ATL's 23 — 27 points from the stripe to their 18. NYK turned it over 9 times to ATL's 19. The glass went 46-35 for them. Anunoby led with 29 (11 of 14, 4 of 6 from three); Bridges added 24, Brunson 17. The hinge was Q1, 40-15: from level to 25 ahead, and the lead reached 61. Anunoby was the night's best plus/minus at +42.
5/04 vs PHI 137-98 — NYK notes
NYK won 137-98. NYK shot 63% (53 of 84) to PHI's 41%, 19 of 37 from three, and got to the line 17 times to PHI's 34. NYK turned it over 14 times to PHI's 19. The glass went 39-28 for them. Brunson led with 35 (12 of 18, 3 of 6 from three, 8 of 8 at the line); Anunoby added 18, Bridges 17. The hinge was Q2, 41-26: a lead of 8 became 23, and the lead reached 40. Brunson was the night's best plus/minus at +27.
5/06 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 125 a night and allowing 98, shooting 54 percent and 41 from three, 26 free throws a game; Brunson at 27 and Anunoby at 23 a game. That is 4 straight wins. It has won the glass by 10 a night. One day's rest. Philadelphia comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 104 a night and allowing 111, shooting 45 percent and 35 from three, 25 free throws a game; Embiid at 25 and Maxey at 24 a game. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. One day's rest.
So: New York wins, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-10 a night and Philadelphia minus-6 and the defense, New York allowing 98 a night to Philadelphia's 111. Call it New York 118, Philadelphia 106, New York by 12.
5/08 @ PHI — 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 106 a night and allowing 107, shooting 46 percent and 37 from three, 25 free throws a game; Embiid at 25 and Maxey at 25 a game. One day's rest. New York comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 125 a night and allowing 97, shooting 56 percent and 41 from three, 27 free throws a game; Brunson at 27 and Anunoby at 22 a game. That is 5 straight wins. It has won the glass by 9 a night. One day's rest.
So: New York wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-9 a night and Philadelphia minus-2 and the defense, New York allowing 97 a night to Philadelphia's 107. Call it New York 115, Philadelphia 108.
5/10 @ 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 102 a night and allowing 109, shooting 44 percent and 35 from three, 24 free throws a game; Maxey at 23 and Embiid at 21 a game. That is 3 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. One day's rest. New York comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 124 a night and allowing 96, shooting 56 percent and 39 from three, 28 free throws a game; Brunson at 30 and Anunoby at 22 a game. That is 5 straight wins. It has won the glass by 11 a night. One day's rest.
So: New York wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-11 a night and Philadelphia minus-5 and the defense, New York allowing 96 a night to Philadelphia's 109. Call it New York 114, Philadelphia 107.
5/19 vs CLE — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New York comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 127 a night and allowing 99, shooting 55 percent and 43 from three, 27 free throws a game; Brunson at 27 and Anunoby at 24 a game. That is 5 straight wins. It has won the glass by 11 a night. Without Anunoby (2 straight). 8 days' rest. Cleveland comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 107, shooting 47 percent and 36 from three, 35 free throws a game; Mitchell at 29 and Harden at 21 a game. One day's rest.
So: New York wins, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-11 a night and Cleveland plus-0 and the arc, New York at 43 percent from three to Cleveland's 36. Call it New York 118, Cleveland 108, New York by 10.
4/26 vs BOS 96-128 — PHI notes
PHI lost 96-128. PHI shot 41% (33 of 80) to BOS's 48%, 9 of 30 from three. The glass went 30-51 against them. Embiid led with 26 (9 of 21, 1 of 6 from three, 7 of 9 at the line); Maxey added 22, George 16. Q2 was theirs, 20-22, but the other 3 periods went 106-76 against them. Oubre Jr.'s -31 in 31 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/28 @ BOS 113-97 — PHI notes
PHI won 113-97. PHI shot 50% (39 of 78) to BOS's 40%, 15 of 42 from three. Embiid led with 33 (12 of 23, 0 of 5 from three, 9 of 10 at the line); Maxey added 25, Grimes 18. The hinge was Q4, 28-11: PHI came in trailing by 1 and left it ahead by 16. PHI trailed 50-57 at the half and won the second half 63-40. George was the night's best plus/minus at +19.
4/30 vs BOS 106-93 — PHI notes
PHI won 106-93. PHI shot 44% (39 of 89) to BOS's 42%, 11 of 33 from three. Maxey led with 30 (11 of 22, 3 of 5 from three); George added 23, Embiid 19. The hinge was Q2, 38-26: PHI came in trailing by 3 and left it ahead by 9, and the lead reached 23. Oubre Jr. was the night's best plus/minus at +23.
5/02 @ BOS 109-100 — PHI notes
PHI won 109-100. PHI shot 48% (39 of 82) to BOS's 40%, 11 of 28 from three, and went to the line 23 times to BOS's 16 — 20 points from the stripe to their 13. Embiid led with 34 (12 of 26, 1 of 4 from three, 9 of 11 at the line); Maxey added 30, Edgecombe 23. The hinge was Q1, 32-19: from level to 13 ahead, and the lead reached 18. Edgecombe was the night's best plus/minus at +19.
5/04 @ NYK 98-137 — PHI notes
PHI lost 98-137. PHI shot 41% (30 of 73) to NYK's 63%, 11 of 30 from three, and went to the line 34 times to NYK's 17 — 27 points from the stripe to their 12. PHI turned it over 19 times to NYK's 14, and NYK turned those into 10 steals. The glass went 28-39 against them. George led with 17 (6 of 11, 4 of 6 from three); Embiid added 14, Maxey 13. Q1 was theirs, 25-33, but the other 3 periods went 104-73 against them. Maxey's -28 in 27 minutes was the worst on the floor.
5/06 @ 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 125 a night and allowing 98, shooting 54 percent and 41 from three, 26 free throws a game; Brunson at 27 and Anunoby at 23 a game. That is 4 straight wins. It has won the glass by 10 a night. One day's rest. Philadelphia comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 104 a night and allowing 111, shooting 45 percent and 35 from three, 25 free throws a game; Embiid at 25 and Maxey at 24 a game. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. One day's rest.
So: New York wins, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-10 a night and Philadelphia minus-6 and the defense, New York allowing 98 a night to Philadelphia's 111. Call it New York 118, Philadelphia 106, New York by 12.
5/08 vs NYK — 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 106 a night and allowing 107, shooting 46 percent and 37 from three, 25 free throws a game; Embiid at 25 and Maxey at 25 a game. One day's rest. New York comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 125 a night and allowing 97, shooting 56 percent and 41 from three, 27 free throws a game; Brunson at 27 and Anunoby at 22 a game. That is 5 straight wins. It has won the glass by 9 a night. One day's rest.
So: New York wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-9 a night and Philadelphia minus-2 and the defense, New York allowing 97 a night to Philadelphia's 107. Call it New York 115, Philadelphia 108.
5/10 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 102 a night and allowing 109, shooting 44 percent and 35 from three, 24 free throws a game; Maxey at 23 and Embiid at 21 a game. That is 3 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. One day's rest. New York comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 124 a night and allowing 96, shooting 56 percent and 39 from three, 28 free throws a game; Brunson at 30 and Anunoby at 22 a game. That is 5 straight wins. It has won the glass by 11 a night. One day's rest.
So: New York wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-11 a night and Philadelphia minus-5 and the defense, New York allowing 96 a night to Philadelphia's 109. Call it New York 114, Philadelphia 107.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
PHIAB A. Bona
AD A. Drummond
DB D. Barlow
DT D. Terry
JB J. Broome
JE J. Edwards
JE J. Embiid
JW J. Walker
KO K. Oubre Jr.
PG P. George
QG Q. Grimes
TM T. Maxey
TW T. Watford
VE V. Edgecombe
NYKAH A. Hukporti
JA J. Alvarado
JB J. Brunson
JC J. Clarkson
JH J. Hart
KT K. Towns
LS L. Shamet
MB M. Bridges
MD M. Diawara
MM M. McBride
MR M. Robinson
OA O. Anunoby
PD P. Dadiet
TK T. Kolek
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
Knicks crush the 76ers 137-98 to start the second round and keep up a historic postseason roll
NEW YORK -- — Jalen Brunson scored 27 of his 35 points in the first half and the New York Knicks emphatically added to a historic postseason roll by overwhelming the Philadelphia 76ers 137-98 on Monday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
The Knicks became the first team in NBA history to win three straight postseason games by at least 25 points, continuing a wave that began midway through the first round against Atlanta by shooting 63% from the field and leading by 40 points.
“We’re playing well, but it doesn’t mean anything if we can’t find a way to get three more wins,” Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns said. “So, we've just got to stick to the task at hand.”
OG Anunoby added 18 points on 7-for-8 shooting, while Towns and Mikal Bridges both had 17, with Towns adding six rebounds and six assists in just 20 minutes.
After trailing 2-1 against Atlanta, the Knicks have won four straight games by a total of 135 points. They are the first team since detailed play-by-play began in 1996-97 to lead three straight playoff games by at least 30 points, according to Sportradar.
Brunson said the Knicks' focus and attention to detail have been better since they fell behind.
“Yes, it’s turned into obviously big wins, but those attention to detail things are going to help us in the close ones as well,” Brunson said.
Game 2 is Wednesday night before the series shifts to Philadelphia — with Joel Embiid already pleading with 76ers fans not to sell their tickets to Knicks fans when it does.
But the 76ers didn't exactly give their fans much reason to want to keep them Monday.
Paul George scored 17 points for Philadelphia. Embiid shot just 3 for 11 for his 14 points and Tyrese Maxey had just 13, not making his first basket until five minutes into the second quarter.
The 76ers had just one full day off after winning in Boston on Saturday night to complete the NBA's 14th comeback from a 3-1 deficit. But they looked more like the team that lost twice by 32 points in the first four games to fall into that deficit.
The Knicks had a much easier first round — and finished it with one of the easiest games in NBA playoff history. They crushed Atlanta 140-89 on Thursday in Game 6, setting a postseason record by building a 47-point halftime lead.
There were long stretches Monday that looked similar.
“They were obviously picking us apart, moving a lot better than we were,” 76ers coach Nick Nurse said.
The Knicks scored eight straight points midway through the second quarter to extend a 10-point lead to 57-39, and Brunson scored their final 11 points, capped by a 3-pointer with 0.3 seconds remaining, to make it 74-51 at halftime.
Towns' 3-pointer made it 90-60 about five minutes into the second half and it was mostly reserves from there. Brunson played only 31 minutes, perhaps the only reason he didn't reach 40 points for a fourth straight playoff game against the 76ers.
He averaged 35.5 points in a first-round series against the 76ers in 2024 and closed it with three straight 40-point games, including a franchise playoff-record 47 in Game 4.
The 76ers still haven't figured out a way to stop him.