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[Saba Sports News] On Sunday, the New York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers delivered a throwback to primitive basketball, engaging in a low-scoring “rock fight” where the Knicks edged out the Sixers 79-73 at Madison Square Garden. Philadelphia’s dismal 38.8% shooting from the field was marginally better than New York’s even poorer 32.5%.
Despite the Knicks’ victory, the real defeat was for the 19,812 fans who witnessed a relentless display of missed shots. Social media users ridiculed the teams for their abysmal offensive performance, highlighting that the Knicks’ score was barely higher than Joel Embiid’s single-game high against the Spurs, despite his absence along with Tyrese Maxey.
This game followed a Knicks victory where they held the Magic to the season’s lowest score, only to then feature in a similarly low-scoring affair, despite leading scorer Jalen Brunson’s inefficient 19 points from a 6/22 shooting night.