Overview

• New York beat Philadelphia 99-84 in Abu Dhabi, with the short-handed Sixers missing Joel Embiid and Paul George and shooting 3-for-35 from three.
• Josh Hart slipped without contact early in the second quarter, tossed the ball into the stands and was ejected, and Mike Brown later called it lower-back soreness and day-to-day.
• OG Anunoby was a pregame scratch with a sprained left hand, leading Pacome Dadiet to start on the wing.
• Mitchell Robinson started alongside Karl-Anthony Towns and grabbed 16 rebounds in about 18 minutes as Brown limited starters’ run.
• Brown’s pace-and-space look featured extended bench minutes, with Miles McBride scoring 12, before a second Knicks–Sixers exhibition on Saturday.