It was Embiid’s third consecutive missed game, yet the first time the Sixers played this season without Harden.
played at home Friday night. But when the Knicks’ Jalen Brunson dropped a high-arcing finger roll into the basket through contact, the roar of the crowd could have made one believe they had been transported to Madison Square Garden.
An Obi Toppin corner three-pointer — which Rivers called a game-changer — gave the Knicks a 97-96 lead with less than two minutes to play. Then, following a crucial Sixers turnover, Brunson’s big and-1 finish to push that advantage to four points.After P.J. Tucker missed the second of two free throws with the Sixers trailing, 101-99, Matisse Thybulle grabbed the rebound and passed the ball to, who missed the three-pointer with 25.7 seconds to play.
“We stoped attacking. We stopped trusting,” Rivers said. “ ... In the fourth quarter, I thought we tried to hold onto the game — and hold onto the ball — and it cost us. [At the] end of games, you need closers. You really do.
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