Julius Randle missed his last seven attempts. RJ Barrett muffed a crucial wide open, 10-foot fadeaway. Immanuel Quickley bricked a potential game-tying three-pointer.
A banged up and short-handed New York Knicks team faded down the stretch as the Joel Embiid-less Philadelphia 76ers improved to 18-3 at home with a come-from-behind 99-96 win at the Wells Fargo Center on Tuesday night.
Randle survived a nasty fall in the second half while Quickley went back to the locker room to retaped a tweaked ankle. But they were running on fumes and didn’t have the usual fire late in the game to drag the Knicks to the finish line.