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- Jalen Brunson led the Knicks in scoring with a playoff-high 47 points on Sunday.
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Joel Embiid has criticized 76ers fans for having a worse turnout in Game 4 than their New York counterparts, and expressed frustration over the lack of home support in his team’s 97-92 loss on Sunday.
Viral footage on X shows Knicks fans chanting ‘Knicks on 5!’ after his team’s latest playoff victory, as not a single Sixers fan can be seen among the crowd of blue, white and orange jerseys taking over the Wells Fargo Center.
“The game was not at Madison Square Garden,” Barstool Sports wrote to include it in its headline.
Surrounded by reporters after scoring 27 points and 10 rebounds in 44 minutes, Embiid said it was “disappointing” to see a large number of Knicks fans in the stands for Sunday’s big game.
“I love our fans, I think it’s unfortunate,” the Sixers center added. “I’m not criticizing them, but it’s disappointing…
Joel Embiid was not at all happy with the Sixers’ core after the team’s 97-92 loss on Sunday.
The 30-year-old center scored 27 points and 10 rebounds in 44 minutes in Game 4 against the Knicks.
“I’ve been here for 10 years and that bothers me a little bit, especially since Philadelphia is considered a sports city,” he later noted.
Knicks fans were also seen chanting ‘F**k Embiid’ as they walked down the Wells Fargo Center escalator.
Jalen Brunson, who led the Knicks in scoring with a playoff-high 47 points on Sunday, praised New York fans for playing their part in the team’s victory.
“The Philadelphia fan base, like I said before, is very relentless and very passionate. I mean, I’m an Eagles fan, I would know,” said the point guard, who won two national championships playing collegiately for Villanova.
Knicks guard Jalen Brunson, who had a playoff-high 47 points, praised Knicks fans for showing up.
“But seeing the Knicks here and hearing the Knicks here, it was cool and amazing.”
The second-seeded Knicks can now clinch advancement to the next round of the playoffs with a home win on Tuesday night.
Embiid played the entire second half of Sunday’s game after the 76ers failed badly when he sat out at first.
But the 30-year-old reigning MVP, who has been dealing with lingering issues due to his surgically repaired left knee that appeared to be reinjured after a dunk in Game 1, and was recently diagnosed with Bell’s palsy, a form of facial paralysis , could not. Not getting a basket in the fourth quarter.