The New York Knicks (19-15, 8th East) pay a visit to the City of Brotherly Love on Friday for a Atlantic division and Eastern Conference clash with the Philadelphia 76ers (23-10, 3rd East). New York defeated the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night 116-100 for their second consecutive win, which follows a three-game losing streak. Philadelphia defeated the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday night and have won three of the last four. New York will play without Mitchell Robinson, while Malachi Flynn is questionable. Philadelphia has Robert Covington, Furkan Korkmaz and De’Anthony Melton all listed as questionable.
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The New York Knicks are scoring an average of 115.3 (14th) points per game while shooting 46.6% (23rd) overall and 37.5% (8th) from three point land. New York is 22nd in the NBA in free throw shooting percentage at 77.0. Jalen Brunson is the leading scorer for New York with an average of 25.7 points per game, while Julius Randle (24.4 ppg) is the second leading scorer and OG Anunoby (14.0 ppg) is third. Brunson is the dish leader with an average of 6.4 assists per game.
New York is allowing opponents to score an average of 113.3 (12th) points per game and allowing 47.8% (18th) shooting overall with 37.7% (19th) shooting from 3-point land. New York is averaging 12.6 offensive and 32.7 defensive rebounds per game for a total of 45.4 led by Julius Randle with an average of 9.5 boards per contest. The leader in s teals is Anunoby with an average of 2.0 per game, while the rim protector is Isaiah Hartenstein with an average of 1.1 blocked shots per game.