Just when it looked as though the Sixers would wrap up a victory in Game 2, ignored timeout calls, missed fouls, and an untimely offensive rebound by the Knicks put Philadelphia into a two-games-to-zero hole, 104-101.
Joel Embiid scored 34 points in the first half - and that was his lesser half - en route to a 70-point night as the Sixers held off the Spurs, 133-123.
Joel Embiid scored 48 points, including a record 29 points in the third quarter, to lead the Sixers in a beatdown of the lowly Washington Wizards on Monday.
On the day that he was expected back at practice in anticipation of a potential season debut on Thursday, James Harden is instead packing his bags for Los Angeles.
Tyrese Maxey scored 24 points and Jaden Springer scored 14 points and grabbed four offensive rebounds, but Payton Pritchard dazzled in the fourth quarter to send the Sixers to a 114-106 defeat.