2024 NBA Playoffs - East 1st Round: #2 New York Knicks vs. #7 Philadelphia 76ers (NYK WINS 4-2)

[HopelessKnick]

Its not a great look on Knicks fans who keep asking for Embiid to be suspended for Game 4. Indirectly you are telling us that Knicks cannot beat 76ers if Embiid is playing.
Also it would be unfair for NBA to suspend Embiid for Game 4 while not overturning the result of Game 2 in favor of 76ers. Both things go hand in hand.

Not even close to 'hand in hand'

Also the Knicks beat the 76ers multiple times this season including twice in this series with Embiid.

He still deserves to be suspended, he injured the guy who was locking his ass up in Game 1 cause he was frustrating and being a whiny little baby in that 1st quarter. Its disgusting and sad and pathetic, he's scared of competition.

Its weak sauce when you want another player to be suspended just cause of one play lol.

Just soft.

You should want to beat the Sixers with Embiid. Otherwise the series will be tainted.

The Knicks are without Randle---We all know that if he was playing the Knicks would sweep the Sixer's asses. The Sixers would have had to sweep the Knicks to convince anyone they stood a chance against the Knicks with Randle on board. Imagine the Sixers without Maxey---they wouldn't even be able to manage single digit losses, let alone win a game.

Embiid committed dirty play after dirty play in this game---even Draymond Green would have been ashamed of that performance. He earned multiple flagrant fouls and he injured Robinson. He is a dirty player.

[XtremeDunkz]

Not even close to 'hand in hand'

Also the Knicks beat the 76ers multiple times this season including twice in this series with Embiid.

He still deserves to be suspended, he injured the guy who was locking his ass up in Game 1 cause he was frustrating and being a whiny little baby in that 1st quarter. Its disgusting and sad and pathetic, he's scared of competition.

Its weak sauce when you want another player to be suspended just cause of one play lol.

Just soft.

You should want to beat the Sixers with Embiid. Otherwise the series will be tainted.

The Knicks are without Randle---We all know that if he was playing the Knicks would sweep the Sixer's asses. The Sixers would have had to sweep the Knicks to convince anyone they stood a chance against the Knicks with Randle on board. Imagine the Sixers without Maxey---they wouldn't even be able to manage single digit losses, let alone win a game.

Embiid committed dirty play after dirty play in this game---even Draymond Green would have been ashamed of that performance. He earned multiple flagrant fouls and he injured Robinson. He is a dirty player.

Yes because Randle has so much playoff success under his belt

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[NiceLikeChrist]

At the end of the day, it took a playoff career high from Embiid, one of his most efficient shooting performances, 20+ FTs, a handful of flagrant fouls and dirty plays, the absence of embiids best defender in the second half, and a team wide 80% shooting 3rd quarter, in order to finally secure a win against us on their home court. They sure needed a lot to take down a team they’re supposedly better than.

We’ll be back to game planning tonight and be ready for game 4. We have bodies to throw at Embiid and if Jericho is feeling up to it he may as well start falling down with reckless abandon just like Embiid. Who knows where he might land.

Stay classy Knicks fans...

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What? It’s not dirty. Embiid does it all game long. It must be good for your body or something. Well give that tip to Jericho and have him fall all over the place for 30 mins too. If he happens to land on someone then what can you do. Gotta protect your own body as embiid says.

[HopelessKnick]

Its weak sauce when you want another player to be suspended just cause of one play lol.

Just soft.

You should want to beat the Sixers with Embiid. Otherwise the series will be tainted.

The Knicks are without Randle---We all know that if he was playing the Knicks would sweep the Sixer's asses. The Sixers would have had to sweep the Knicks to convince anyone they stood a chance against the Knicks with Randle on board. Imagine the Sixers without Maxey---they wouldn't even be able to manage single digit losses, let alone win a game.

Embiid committed dirty play after dirty play in this game---even Draymond Green would have been ashamed of that performance. He earned multiple flagrant fouls and he injured Robinson. He is a dirty player.

Yes because Randle has so much playoff success under his belt

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You mean as he was playing on a bad ankle that immediately required surgery after the playoffs last year and the Knicks were still clearly better with him on the court despite him hobbling around on one leg?

Ah yes, thought so...

[XtremeDunkz]

The Knicks are without Randle---We all know that if he was playing the Knicks would sweep the Sixer's asses. The Sixers would have had to sweep the Knicks to convince anyone they stood a chance against the Knicks with Randle on board. Imagine the Sixers without Maxey---they wouldn't even be able to manage single digit losses, let alone win a game.

Embiid committed dirty play after dirty play in this game---even Draymond Green would have been ashamed of that performance. He earned multiple flagrant fouls and he injured Robinson. He is a dirty player.

Yes because Randle has so much playoff success under his belt

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You mean as he was playing on a bad ankle that immediately required surgery after the playoffs last year and the Knicks were still clearly better with him on the court despite him hobbling around on one leg?

Ah yes, thought so...

I thought we aren't allowed to make injury excuses?

[HopelessKnick]

Yes because Randle has so much playoff success under his belt

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You mean as he was playing on a bad ankle that immediately required surgery after the playoffs last year and the Knicks were still clearly better with him on the court despite him hobbling around on one leg?

Ah yes, thought so...

I thought we aren't allowed to make injury excuses?

Well the Sixers are playing with their entire squad while the Knicks are missing their second best player, 3 time all-star and All-NBA player.....anyone looking at this from the outside knows very well which team at full strength would be annihilating the other team. Like I said, the Sixers wouldn't even be able to win a single game with Randle in there. The absence of Randle has allowed them to focus their entire defense on Brunson and they are still down 2-1. It's rather comical.

Let me see what happened the last time the two teams met with everybody on the court....oh yeah the Knicks sledge hammered that pitiful team by 40points...

[HopelessKnick]

Even without Randle it seems the Sixers only chance is Embiid trying to injure as many Knicks players as possible....a straight dirty player---after watching the NBA for 30+ years I have never seen as dirty a play as grabbing someone's legs when that player is airborne....a clear cut flagrant 2 foul.

I bet 100 out of 100 NBA players if they had the choice between being grabbed by the ankle while being airborne vs. taking all those "excessive" hits to the head would choose the head hits instead of being grabbed by the legs in mid air. Hopefully some knick player is going to take revenge after Embitch injured Robinson....Embitch is so brittle it wouldn't even take anything excessive....just some minor contact to that knee and he will be sent fishing for his summer vacation...

[Statlanta]

It wasn't the hold that made it look bad it was the push off of Robinsons lower leg that made it even worse. Embiid is not the sympathetic tragic figure members of the media want you to think he is(Bill Simmons)

[kaansunman]

Sixers were angry, refs were under pressure because of the first game, so Embiid pushed the limits, it's perfectly normal. Everything aside,the performance who puts up was incredible big respect. Sixers seemed were better both in defensive and offesnsive rebounding compare to first two games. I hope Mitch recovers for next game, Sunday will be blood, sweat and tears.

[NoStatsGuy]

The Knicks are without Randle---We all know that if he was playing the Knicks would sweep the Sixer's asses. The Sixers would have had to sweep the Knicks to convince anyone they stood a chance against the Knicks with Randle on board. Imagine the Sixers without Maxey---they wouldn't even be able to manage single digit losses, let alone win a game.

Embiid committed dirty play after dirty play in this game---even Draymond Green would have been ashamed of that performance. He earned multiple flagrant fouls and he injured Robinson. He is a dirty player.

Yes because Randle has so much playoff success under his belt

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You mean as he was playing on a bad ankle that immediately required surgery after the playoffs last year and the Knicks were still clearly better with him on the court despite him hobbling around on one leg?

Ah yes, thought so...

dont even bother.. there is no reasoning. randle was in the playoffs 2 times and he was hurt both times. but yea, keep that narrative up if it floats your boat. besides, sixers and embiid dont need to brag about their 2nd round exists as if it is anything special. the sixers didnt win **** either.. so yea thats that

knicks in 5

[MMyhre]

Refs are going to make this a 7 game series, Embiid can probably kill a role player on the Knicks and be awarded free throws at this point. Ridiculous behaviour out there, like a petulant child. I hope the Knicks grab the W, but the refs are going to make it impossible so Silver gets a dramatic 7 game series.

[HopelessKnick]

Refs are going to make this a 7 game series, Embiid can probably kill a role player on the Knicks and be awarded free throws at this point. Ridiculous behaviour out there, like a petulant child. I hope the Knicks grab the W, but the refs are going to make it impossible so Silver gets a dramatic 7 game series.

Pretty much. The funny thing about all this is that the Knicks scored like almost twice as many points in the paint, throughout the series got way more offensive rebounds and the Sixers have shot more 3 pointers than the Knicks. All indicators would have you believe the Knicks would shoot more FTs but after the Sixers' bitches like Nicoletta Nurse and Embrittle cry they have Embitch alone shoot more FTs than the entire knicks squad--half of them highly laughable calls. It's like the NBA does not even try to hide their manipulation at all. Make it at least somewhat subtle but no you have Embitch run around injuring knicks players and comitting flagrant foul after flagrant foul. Knicks need to send him to the injured list.

Manipulation at it's best.

[nikster]

Its weak sauce when you want another player to be suspended just cause of one play lol.

Just soft.

You should want to beat the Sixers with Embiid. Otherwise the series will be tainted.

The Knicks are without Randle---We all know that if he was playing the Knicks would sweep the Sixer's asses. The Sixers would have had to sweep the Knicks to convince anyone they stood a chance against the Knicks with Randle on board. Imagine the Sixers without Maxey---they wouldn't even be able to manage single digit losses, let alone win a game.

Embiid committed dirty play after dirty play in this game---even Draymond Green would have been ashamed of that performance. He earned multiple flagrant fouls and he injured Robinson. He is a dirty player.

Yes because Randle has so much playoff success under his belt

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He as much playoff success Embiid does.

[Mamba81p]

This needs to be a 7 game series. Awesome series so far

[GrandTheftRondo]

I don't think that tweet is showing what the tweeter intended to show there. Nice dramatic clips though.

I didn’t see a single actual dirty play

[JShuttlesworth]

Well, now we know what's going on with Embiid's eye. There were a few times on TV last night where you could see his eyes moving independently of each other. I'm assuming that's why the media decided to report on it

I'm not a fan of Joel by any means, but hope it's nothing serious

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[MoneyTalks41890]

The Robinson play by Embiid looked dirty and uncalled for but that wasn't the play he was injured on. There's a later collision where Robinson actually gets hurt and leaves the game.

[eyeatoma]

The Robinson play by Embiid looked dirty and uncalled for but that wasn't the play he was injured on. There's a later collision where Robinson actually gets hurt and leaves the game.

This

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[Spandau]

The Robinson play by Embiid looked dirty and uncalled for but that wasn't the play he was injured on. There's a later collision where Robinson actually gets hurt and leaves the game.

With all due respect, did you watch the game?

His level of motion on that ankle completely changed after his ankle was pulled mid-air. The limping and struggling was immediately noticeable.

It was aggravated further later to ultimately force him off the court, but it’s pretty obvious where it started.

Regardless, the play was horrible. Why is that even up for debate?