7:10 pm
November 8

Knicks @ 76ers

Who will WIN this matchup?

New York Knicks (6-4)

@ Philadelphia 76ers (8-2)

 

Current odds:

New York Knicks: (-130)

Philadelphia 76ers: (+110)

 

• The line for this game is Knicks by 2 points.

• The depleted Philadelphia 76ers continue to find new ways to win. The Sixers will look to extend their winning streak to seven with a thin roster when they host the New York Knicks on Monday.

• Philadelphia is expected to be without Ben Simmons (personal reasons) along with Joel Embiid, Tobias Harris, Matisse Thybulle and Isaiah Joe, the latter four due to health and safety protocols. Embiid is expected to miss several games after testing positive for COVID-19 on Monday. Danny Green, who missed the team’s 114-105 road victory over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday, is questionable for Monday because of left hamstring tightness.

• Even with the short-handed roster, the Sixers increased their winning streak to six with a balanced effort against the Bulls. Embiid led the way with 30 points and 15 rebounds while Furkan Korkmaz tied his career high with seven 3-pointers on his way to a 25-point performance. Seven players reached double figures, including Paul Reed, who scored 10 in the first start of his two-year NBA career. Embiid, who has been bothered by a sore right knee, played arguably his best game all season.

• The Knicks will look to rebound after a surprising 126-109 loss to the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday. Julius Randle led the Knicks with 19 points, seven assists and seven rebounds and Derrick Rose added 17 points. However, the Knicks struggled with their shooting, going 9 of 31 (29 percent) from beyond the 3-point arc. And their defense, which has been usually stingy since head coach Tom Thibodeau took over, allowed the Cavaliers to shoot 54 percent from the field, including 19 of 35 (54.3 percent) from long distance.

• The Knicks, who have dropped three of four, won’t have much time to dwell on the loss with a key matchup at Philadelphia coming in the second leg of a back-to-back.

• It’s unclear if Kemba Walker will return to the lineup after sitting out Sunday’s defeat for rest. “The big thing is there’s a lot of parts to this,” Thibodeau said. “There’s obviously (what) the medical people recommend, and then the player has a lot of say, too, because the player has to trust his body. And that’s an important part of this equation, which we don’t take lightly.”

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