The Knicks don’t beat the 76ers. That as much as anything explains how Philadelphia sans Joel Embiid could score just 90 points on 44/31/63 shooting and still beat New York for the 11th straight time. Well, that plus the Knicks shooting 40/24/61. It was like watching two fetuses fighting over one viable birth canal, only they were scratching themselves and tripping over their own feet as much as they were hurting their rival.
Before unveiling the sorely missed home white jerseys, the players were wearing T-shirts in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Maybe “shooting” isn’t the diction to go with when honoring MLK, but I hear it’s the thought that counts.