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Can Joel Embiid make it to 16-1 all-time vs. New York Knicks?

It’s the first Sunday without NFL football since September, and we’ve got a division matchup between the Philadelphia 76ers and the New York Knicks.

When these Eastern Conference Atlantic Division teams met back in early November both James Harden and Joel Embiid were injured so it was the Tyrese Maxey show.

Still, Philadelphia possessed a ten-point lead with under seven minutes remaining in the fourth, led by ‘Rese Lightning’s eventual 31 points. But the Knicks, spearheaded by former Villanova star and Jalen Hurts fan, Jalen Brunson, went on a 19-5 run over the next six minutes to take a four-point lead, hanging on to steal a win on South Broad St.