Knicks get over awful start to beat 76ers

Evan _ Fournier, pressed into duty with R. J. Barrett out due to illness just before the opening tip, scored a season-high 17 points and drained three key three-pointers in the fourth quarter as the New York Knicks completed a comeback from a 21-point first-quarter deficit to beat the visiting Philadelphia 76ers 108-97.

NEW YORK Said 76ers centre and last season’s runner-up in the Most Valuable Player stakes Joel Embiid: A 20-point lead in the NBA, that’s nothing. Any team can come back and that’s what they did tonight.”

Julius Randle 24 points, nine rebounds, seven assists) flirted with a triple-double for the Knicks, who recorded their biggest comeback win of the season and won for the first time when trailing after three quarters.

On what was different on Sunday compared to their overtime loss to the Los Angeles Clippers the previous night, Randle said: I think the biggest difference between last night and tonight, where I thought we could have won, it was our defence tonight.”