Sixers spoil the Knicks' ring night 106-100

Philadelphia beat the defending champions 106-100 at Madison Square Garden on the night the Knicks got their rings. Tyrese Maxey led all scorers with 28 points, Jaylen Brown scored 19 and LeBron James had 14 in his Sixers debut. Joel Embiid scored 13 points on 4-for-15 shooting with 3 blocks. The Sixers came back from a double-digit deficit and led by as many as nine early in the fourth. Karl-Anthony Towns cut it to one with a long three at 4:37, but New York scored on only two of its last eight possessions, and Maxey sealed it by stealing an OG Anunoby pass for a dunk. Jalen Brunson scored 21 on 6-for-19.