These Knicks, man. Not even 24 hours after suffering an absolute dagger to the soul in an overtime loss to the Clippers, they suited up once again to face the scalding-hot Philadelphia 76ers. These same Sixers embarrassed the Knicks on Christmas day. They have an MVP candidate in center Joel Embiid, and New York is missing their starting center, of course. To make matters worse, RJ Barrett had to sit out the game with a virus. The storm clouds were looming.
And the rain, sleet, and hail came pouring down from the MSG rafters from the opening tip.