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New York Knicks vs. Philadelphia 76ers

December 19, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The 76ers beat the Knicks 116-107 on 2025-12-19 on the road against the Knicks. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. The 76ers started Paul George, Andre Drummond, Tyrese Maxey, Dominick Barlow, and VJ Edgecombe. Tyrese Maxey (76ers) scored 13 points (5/10) in his matchups, with Mikal Bridges as his primary defender. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 16 points (6/13) in his matchups, with VJ Edgecombe as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks 107

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Mikal Bridges GS 37:04 21 7 5 0 0 2 2 9-16 3-7 0-0 -10
Jalen Brunson GS 36:50 22 6 9 0 0 0 3 7-22 1-7 7-8 -11
Karl-Anthony Towns GS 35:20 22 11 1 0 0 3 4 7-15 1-5 7-9 -7
Josh Hart GS 33:50 5 10 6 1 0 3 1 2-7 1-3 0-0 -12
OG Anunoby GS 31:52 2 3 1 0 1 2 2 1-9 0-4 0-0 -11
Mitchell Robinson 26:03 21 16 1 1 2 1 2 7-8 0-0 7-8 +2
Jordan Clarkson 15:50 9 2 0 1 0 3 2 4-6 1-2 0-0 0
Tyler Kolek 15:27 2 2 2 0 0 4 5 1-3 0-2 0-0 +4
Guerschon Yabusele 4:29 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1-1 1-1 0-0 +5
Mohamed Diawara 3:16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -5
Totals 107 57 26 3 3 18 21 39-88 8-32 21-25

Did not play: Tosan Evbuomwan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ariel Hukporti (DNP - Coach's Decision), Trey Jemison III (DNP - Coach's Decision)

PHI
Philadelphia 76ers
Philadelphia 76ers 116

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
VJ Edgecombe GS 38:04 23 3 4 2 1 1 2 10-18 3-6 0-0 +13
Tyrese Maxey GS 37:49 30 2 9 1 0 3 4 11-24 6-12 2-2 +7
Paul George GS 33:05 7 6 4 1 0 1 3 2-10 1-6 2-2 +16
Andre Drummond GS 32:18 14 13 1 0 1 1 3 4-7 3-4 3-3 +9
Dominick Barlow GS 17:37 11 4 1 0 1 0 3 5-7 0-1 1-1 +7
Jared McCain 21:03 12 3 1 0 0 1 1 4-10 1-2 3-3 -1
Quentin Grimes 17:51 5 1 1 1 1 2 1 1-4 1-4 2-2 -4
Adem Bona 14:46 3 2 0 0 3 1 4 1-1 0-0 1-2 -1
Jabari Walker 13:48 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0-3 0-2 3-4 -6
Justin Edwards 13:39 8 1 0 2 0 0 2 2-4 2-4 2-2 +5
Totals 116 36 21 7 8 10 24 40-88 17-41 19-21

Did not play: Eric Gordon (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kyle Lowry (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

PHI
Philadelphia 76ers
Philadelphia 76ers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Knicks defense

Defender Guarded most
Mikal Bridges Tyrese Maxey: 43 poss., 9 pts (4/6) · Paul George: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jalen Brunson VJ Edgecombe: 37 poss., 4 pts (1/9) · Justin Edwards: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Karl-Anthony Towns Andre Drummond: 29 poss., 6 pts (3/7) · Jabari Walker: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Josh Hart Paul George: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Dominick Barlow: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
OG Anunoby Paul George: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · VJ Edgecombe: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mitchell Robinson Andre Drummond: 20 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Adem Bona: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Tyler Kolek Jared McCain: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Quentin Grimes: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jordan Clarkson Quentin Grimes: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · VJ Edgecombe: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Guerschon Yabusele Dominick Barlow: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Adem Bona: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mohamed Diawara Justin Edwards: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Quentin Grimes: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

76ers defense

Defender Guarded most
Tyrese Maxey Mikal Bridges: 41 poss., 10 pts (3/7) · Jalen Brunson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
VJ Edgecombe Jalen Brunson: 32 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Josh Hart: 12 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Andre Drummond Karl-Anthony Towns: 29 poss., 11 pts (3/5) · Mitchell Robinson: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Paul George OG Anunoby: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Josh Hart: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jared McCain Tyler Kolek: 14 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Jalen Brunson: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dominick Barlow Josh Hart: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jalen Brunson: 5 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Quentin Grimes Jordan Clarkson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyler Kolek: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Adem Bona Mitchell Robinson: 18 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jabari Walker Karl-Anthony Towns: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · OG Anunoby: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Justin Edwards Jalen Brunson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jordan Clarkson: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/0)