Knicks Gut It Out. Beat 76ers 108-102. New York Leads 2-0.
That one wasn’t pretty. But they got it done.
New York Knicks 108. Philadelphia 76ers 102. Game 2 is theirs. The series is 2-0.
After the 39-point demolition of Game 1, nobody expected Philadelphia to come in and make this a fight. They did. Twenty-five lead changes. Fourteen ties. Neither team led by more than seven the entire night. This was a playoff game.
And the Knicks still won.
That’s what separates good teams from great ones. Anyone can win a blowout. It takes something different to win a street fight. Tonight Madison Square Garden held its breath for 48 minutes, and this team delivered when it had to.
Jalen Brunson was the difference. When the game was on the line — truly on the line, tied with five minutes left — he made the basket that mattered. Then another. A 103-99 edge. A six-point game after Bridges converted. And then Philadelphia went cold. Three points in the final 6:52. The Sixers didn’t just run out of luck. They ran out of answers.
“That’s what separates good teams from great ones. Anyone can win a blowout. It takes something different to win a street fight.”
Brunson finished with 26. OG Anunoby was spectacular — 24 points, locked in on both ends. KAT did KAT things: 20 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists. This team has so many weapons that even in a grinder, three different guys can put the opponent away.
Philadelphia fought without Joel Embiid and made it interesting. Maxey gave them 26 and kept them alive. Paul George had 19. Oubre had 19. But the Sixers’ offense went into a coma when it mattered most, and that’s a credit to New York’s defense when the lights were brightest.
The series now heads to Philadelphia for Games 3 and 4. The Knicks have all the momentum. The Garden did its job. Now the job is to go into Philly and make it hurt.
New York is 2-0. Playing in someone else’s building next. Doesn’t matter.
Lock in. 🔒🏀
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Series: New York Knicks lead Philadelphia 76ers 2-0
Game 2 final: Knicks 108 — 76ers 102
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