76ers' Joel Embiid takes thinly-veiled shot at officials after Knicks take commanding 3-0 lead in playoffs

The Philadelphia 76ers did each they could to support their location arena filled with their ain crowd, but that did not halt New York Knicks fans from taking the New Jersey Turnpike south.

Knicks fans invaded Xfinity Mobile Arena arsenic they took a commanding 3-0 pb implicit the Sixers successful the 2nd circular of the Eastern Conference semifinals, but Joel Embiid seemed to judge that immoderate Knicks bias was connected the level arsenic well.

Embiid pointed retired that the Knicks had doubly arsenic galore free-throw attempts (32) arsenic the 76ers did (16).

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Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid reacts aft a foul telephone during the archetypal fractional of Game 3 successful the second-round NBA playoff bid against the New York Knicks successful Philadelphia connected May 8, 2026. (Matt Slocum/AP)

"I conjecture it’s bully erstwhile New York wins," Embiid said successful an evident changeable astatine the officials.

"Maybe (some imaginable fouls) was fto spell oregon not. They changeable 32 escaped throws, we had 16. We’re not a squad that shoots a batch of 3s. We attack, enactment the shot connected the ground. I don’t know," helium added.

"We’ve conscionable got to person that mentality of conscionable not fouling, I guess, and being astute capable to not enactment ourselves successful a presumption wherever they’re going to instrumentality vantage of it."

Philadelphia 76ers halfway Joel Embiid reacts adjacent to defender Tyrese Maxey aft a foul telephone during the 3rd 4th of crippled 3 of the 2nd circular of the 2026 NBA Playoffs against the New York Knicks astatine Xfinity Mobile Arena successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, connected May 8, 2026. (Bill Streicher/Imagn Images)

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Josh Hart and Mikal Bridges made consecutive baskets that pushed the Knicks' fourth-quarter pb to 92-84. Jalen Brunson, the stone-cold shooter built for these moments, buried a 3 from the apical of the arc that made it 95-86 during a 9-0 Knicks run, to the delight of the visiting fans.

Embiid openly pleaded with fans up of the bid not to merchantability their tickets to New Yorkers. The Sixers constricted income to those successful the Philly country portion besides donating hundreds of tickets to section archetypal responders.

But thousands of Knicks fans, including Timothée Chalamet, Ben Stiller and Spike Lee inactive got inside.

New York Knicks halfway Karl-Anthony Towns drives against Philadelphia 76ers halfway Joel Embiid during the 2nd 4th of crippled 3 successful the 2nd circular of the 2026 NBA playoffs astatine Xfinity Mobile Arena successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, connected May 8, 2026. (Bill Streicher/Imagn Images)

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The Knicks volition spell for the expanse connected Sunday successful Philly.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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