Overview
- Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET at Madison Square Garden on NBA TV and NBC Sports Philadelphia.
- Kelly Oubre Jr. is out with a left knee sprain, and Trendon Watford is out with a left adductor strain.
- New York lists Karl-Anthony Towns as questionable with an illness, with Josh Hart and Landry Shamet out.
- Embiid has played in four of the last five games with a monitored workload, averaging about 28.3 minutes this season.
- The matchup closes Philadelphia’s five-game road trip following Thursday’s 123-108 win in Dallas.