The Knicks found themselves trailing in the fourth quarter. Just like before those heroic playoff moments.<\/p>\n
Except this time, Captain Clutch struggled when it mattered most Tuesday, OG Anunoby committed a costly turnover and the Knicks became the rare team to lose on their own Ring Night, 106-100, to the Sixers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jalen Brunson shot 1-for-5 in the final five minutes, including an airballed trey with 10 seconds remaining that sealed New York\u2019s defeat. <\/p>\n
The point guard shot just 6-for-19 overall with just two points in the fourth quarter, including a botched open runner.\u00a0<\/p>\n
New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (11) drives to the basket as Philadelphia 76ers Anfernee Simons defends in the third quarter of a game at Madison Square Garden in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n
The 2026 NBA champion New York Knicks watch as they hoist the championship banner into the rafters before the start of the first quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Philadelphia 76ers at Madison Square Garden in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. Carlos Toro for NY Post<\/p>\n
Karl-Anthony Towns, who struggled for much of the evening, came alive in the fourth quarter and finished with 19 points and 12 boards.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Philadelphia 76ers LeBron James looks for an opening as New York Knicks guard Landry Shamet (44) defends in the first half. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n
But the rest of the starters struggled, and the Knicks were bombarded by Philly point guard Tyrese Maxey, who finished with 28 points.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Knicks blew it at the end of the third quarter. With 1.5 seconds left, Miles McBride threw an inbounds pass directly out of bounds. Philadelphia took possession, and Jaylen Brown nailed a buzzer-beating trey for a seven-point lead heading into the final quarter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Knicks became the first home team to lose on Ring Night since the 2020 Lakers, and that game was played in an empty arena because of the pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before Tuesday, the NBA defending champs were 64-15 in their home openers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Knicks found themselves trailing in the fourth quarter. Just like before those heroic playoff moments. Except this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4777,1555,10581,21,9,11,1104,10,9126,319],"class_list":["post-378559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-jalen-brunson","tag-karl-anthony-towns","tag-lebron-james","tag-nba","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-new-york-news","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}