Joel Embiid did everything he could for the Philadelphia 76ers during the 2026 NBA Playoffs after returning from an appendectomy and playing through injury.
Everybody thought that the Philadelphia 76ers would put up a fight against the New York Knicks in the second round. Well, the series ended in a 4-0 sweep by NY, and Philly fans were not too happy about it.
After Game 4’s 144-114 loss to the New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers rookie VJ Edgecombe, following the final game of his rookie season, made a guarantee for the 2026-27 season.
The Philadelphia 76ers had a tough end to their season with a four-game sweep at the hands of the New York Knicks. However, there were plenty of reasons for optimism for the team in a season where their expectations were unclear.
One year ago, the New York Knicks reached the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time in 25 years. Now a year later, the Knicks are back in the same spot, but having done it in even more historic fashion.
PHILADELPHIA — Had the Sixers cared enough to punch back for a Game 4 victory, you could maybe have seen a world in which the environment in their home building prepared them for the daunting task of going back to New York for a Game 5.
LeBron's career can't go on forever, can it? If it were to end tomorrow, it would be the greatest run of sustained excellence the league has ever seen.
Joel Embiid is still looking for the first conference finals berth of his NBA career, but he is apparently not sweating it one bit. Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers were embarrassed in Game 4 of their second-round series against the New York Knicks on Sunday.
The New York Knicks buried the Philadelphia 76ers through a barrage of 3-pointers. Yet New York’s NBA Playoffs record-tying 25 made threes wasn’t the major problem Nick Nurse pointed out.
The Philadelphia 76ers were going to need a miracle to rebound from a 3-0 series hole at the hands of the New York Knicks, but they didn’t even give themselves a chance with the effort they put forth in the first half of Game 4.
Although the New York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers are currently competing for a spot in the Eastern Conference finals, Karl-Anthony Towns understands that certain things are bigger than sports.
Paul George had already given Skip Bayless ammunition before Game 3, but what followed made the commentator’s mockery feel even sharper. After the Philadelphia 76ers lost Game 2 to the New York Knicks, Bayless called George “Playoff Pee” on ESPN’s First Take, a twist on the forward’s old “Playoff P” label.
Joel Embiid was back. The result didn’t change. The Knicks handled the Sixers 108-94 in Game 3, taking a 3-0 series lead and moving one win from another trip to the Eastern Conference finals.
The 76ers are fighting two battles as the Eastern Conference semifinals shift back to Philadelphia. One is on the floor, where they return home down 2-0 in the series against the New York Knicks after a 108-102 loss in Game 2 at Madison Square Garden.