Philadelphia 76ers 130, New York Knicks 119 — Recap

January 3, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Philadelphia 76ers 130, New York Knicks 119. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHI 31-30 NYK; Q2 PHI 35-28 NYK; Q3 PHI 33-29 NYK; Q4 PHI 31-32 NYK.

Top performers (box score): Tyrese Maxey (PHI) 36 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 threes on 14-of-22 shooting; Jalen Brunson (NYK) 31 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; Joel Embiid (PHI) 26 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists on 9-of-15 shooting; VJ Edgecombe (PHI) 26 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-16 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 23 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists on 6-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHI

Tyrese Maxey

36 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 6 3PM · 14-22 FG

Scoring · NYK

Jalen Brunson

31 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 10-21 FG

Scoring · PHI

Joel Embiid

26 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST · 9-15 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

PHI 19 largest lead Q3 3:13 (PHI 96, NYK 77) · 9-0 run, Q1 1:25–Q2 11:35

NYK 5 largest lead Q1 1:43 (PHI 25, NYK 30) · 7-0 run, Q3 2:47–Q3 1:43

Swings 9 lead changes Tied 6 times

Ahead for good: Quentin Grimes makes running dunk (Q2 8:37, PHI 39, NYK 38).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
PHI	31	35	33	31		130
NYK	30	28	29	32		119

🧮 How They Scored

PHINYK

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

22Bench points32

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

63.9%Effective FG%51.7%

11.5%Turnover %13.4%

23.1%Offensive rebound %26.9%

0.256Free-throw rate0.360

Box Score

Philadelphia 76ers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
VJ Edgecombe G	41	26	2	4	2	2	2	10-16	4-9	2-2	+15
Tyrese Maxey G	38	36	8	4	1	2	4	14-22	6-9	2-4	+6
Paul George F	35	15	8	6	0	2	1	5-11	3-5	2-3	+5
Quentin Grimes G	34	10	6	5	3	2	1	4-10	2-7	0-0	+4
Joel Embiid F-C	33	26	10	5	0	0	3	9-15	0-1	8-12	+9
Jared McCain G	18	6	2	1	0	1	0	2-7	2-5	0-0	+7
Adem Bona F	18	2	6	0	1	0	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	+4
Dominick Barlow F	14	5	2	0	0	1	2	2-2	0-0	1-2	+7
Jabari Walker F	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	2-4	0-0	0-0	-2

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
OG Anunoby F	37	19	6	6	1	1	4	6-11	3-5	4-4	-8
Mikal Bridges F	37	12	5	6	2	1	1	5-14	2-8	0-0	-11
Jalen Brunson G	35	31	4	4	0	0	4	10-21	2-4	9-12	-11
Karl-Anthony Towns C	34	23	14	2	2	0	2	6-16	0-5	11-12	-8
Miles McBride G	31	20	5	2	2	0	2	6-9	5-7	3-3	+5
Jordan Clarkson G	19	3	1	0	0	0	1	1-4	1-3	0-0	0
Mitchell Robinson C	19	2	5	2	2	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-1	-11
Tyler Kolek G	13	6	2	1	0	0	0	2-7	2-5	0-0	+2
Kevin McCullar Jr. G	5	3	1	0	0	0	1	1-3	1-2	0-0	-8
Guerschon Yabusele F	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-2
Ariel Hukporti C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Mohamed Diawara F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

Philadelphia 76ersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Tyrese Maxey	Starter	38	36	75.8	30.4	+4.3	19.8
Joel Embiid	Starter	33	26	64.1	28.0	+12.5	15.1
VJ Edgecombe	Starter	41	26	77.0	18.8	+15.6	13.1
Paul George	Starter	35	15	60.9	15.5	+5.1	9.9
Dominick Barlow	Starter	14	5	86.8	15.6	+29.3	0.0
Quentin Grimes	Bench	34	10	50.0	12.9	+2.3	9.7
Jared McCain	Bench	18	6	42.9	16.3	+17.5	4.5
Jabari Walker	Bench	09	4	50.0	17.4	-9.5	7.6
Adem Bona	Bench	18	2	33.3	6.5	+7.0	3.9
Andre Drummond	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Eric Gordon	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kyle Lowry	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Justin Edwards	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

New York KnicksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Brunson	Starter	35	31	59.0	34.9	-13.2	12.3
Karl-Anthony Towns	Starter	34	23	54.0	27.4	-9.2	14.3
OG Anunoby	Starter	37	19	74.5	18.7	-8.4	10.4
Mikal Bridges	Starter	37	12	42.9	16.5	-10.7	7.8
Mitchell Robinson	Starter	19	2	41.0	6.4	-25.1	2.4
Miles McBride	Bench	31	20	96.9	15.2	+10.5	12.8
Tyler Kolek	Bench	13	6	42.9	21.2	+6.7	5.7
Jordan Clarkson	Bench	19	3	37.5	10.9	0.0	0.0
Kevin McCullar Jr.	Bench	05	3	50.0	33.3	-50.0	1.7
Guerschon Yabusele	Bench	04	0	0.0	18.2	-63.5	-10.0
Pacome Dadiet	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	04	0	0.0	0.0	+3.3	0.0
Mohamed Diawara	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	-40.0	0.0