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The Knicks visit the 76ers for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, with New York leading 2-0.\u00a0Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler\/NBAE via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Enjoy the best of the\u00a02026 NBA Playoffs<\/a>, presented by Google, with the NBA.com live blog, featuring all of the meaningful moments, performances, observations, news and highlights from Friday\u2019s action.<\/p>\n A pair of crucial Game 3s await on Prime Video, as the Philadelphia 76ers play host to the New York Knicks (7:00 p.m. ET<\/a>), followed by the San Antonio Spurs visiting the Minnesota Timberwolves (9:30 p.m. ET<\/a>)!<\/p>\n What we know about Friday\u2019s games:<\/p>\n The Knicks look to gain\u00a0a commanding 3-0 lead when they take on the Sixers in Philadelphia for Game 3. They\u2019ll have to do so without OG Anunoby, who\u2019s been ruled out<\/a> with a hamstring injury he suffered in Game 2\u2019s victory on Wednesday. Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges and Miles McBride will be called upon to replace Anunoby\u2019s 21.4 points per game<\/a>. Joel Embiid (ankle, hip) is available and starting for the 76ers after missing Wednesday\u2019s loss. MAY 8, 2026 \/ 6:50 ET<\/p>\n New York Knicks:<\/p>\n PG \u2013 Jalen Brunson (30.5 ppg, 4.5 apg, 1.5 spg) Philadelphia 76ers:<\/p>\n PG \u2013 Tyrese Maxey (19.5 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 4.0 apg) MAY 8, 2026 \/ 6:30 ET<\/p>\n Tonight\u2019s injury report<\/p>\n NYK @ PHI \u2014 Josh Hart (thumb) and Mitchell Robinson (illness) are available, while OG Anunoby (hamstring) is out for the Knicks.<\/p>\n Joel Embiid (ankle, hip) is available to play for the 76ers.<\/p>\n SAS @ MIN \u2014 Anthony Edwards (knee) and Ayo Dosunmu (Achilles) are both questionable to suit up for the Timberwolves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Knicks visit the 76ers for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, with New York leading 2-0.\u00a0Mandatory…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[189687,202845,85,46,146595,102929,11098,105,131473],"class_list":["post-432453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-2026-nba-playoffs","tag-conference-semifinals","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-knicks-76ers","tag-nba-live-blog","tag-prime-video","tag-sports","tag-spurs-timberwolves"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWith their series tied 1-1,\u00a0the Timberwolves welcome the Spurs to town as the Western Conference Semifinals shift to Minnesota. San Antonio dominated Game 2<\/a> after securing a 24-point lead at halftime, so expect the Wolves to try and set the tone early in front of their home crowd. Anthony Edwards (knee) and Ayo Dosunmu (Achilles) are both questionable, but all signs point to Ant suiting up for the third straight contest.<\/p>\n
\nSG \u2013 Miles McBride (6.0 ppg, 1.5 3PM, 1.5 apg)
\nSF \u2013 Mikal Bridges (17.5 ppg, 69.6% on 11.5 FGA)
\nPF \u2013 Josh Hart (6.5 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 6.0 apg, 3.0 spg)
\nC \u2013 Karl-Anthony Towns (18.5 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 6.5 apg, 1.0 bpg)<\/p>\n
\nSG \u2013 VJ Edgecombe (14.5 ppg, 41.7% on 6.0 3PA, 1.0 spg)
\nSF \u2013 Paul George (18.0 ppg, 47.4% on 9.5 3PA, 4.5 rpg)
\nPF \u2013 Kelly Oubre Jr. (15.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.0 spg)
\nC \u2013 Joel Embiid (14.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg)<\/p>\n