The Knicks’ 118-110 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers—a magnificent choke job in which they were outscored by 20 points over the last 18 minutes—was the kind of defeat that leads to all sorts of questions. Perhaps the most important question is whether or not Jeff Hornacek is actively trying to lose.
The ‘Bockers controlled the game from the middle of the second quarter on, but the Sixers were indeed applying pressure in the fourth. But the Knicks appeared to be holding firm with their second unit, particularly Trey Burke, Kyle O’Quinn and Damyean Dotson.