The Philadelphia 76ers were short one man, with Josh Richardson missing the game due to a lower body injury (nothing serious). Luckily the Sixers were playing the New York Knicks, who are 3-7 in their last 10 entering this game.
From the get go, something felt different about this game. Simmons hitting a mid-range shot while not doing his usual weird unnecessary fadeaway was very perplexing. Then Ben Simmons starting standing in the corner a lot, and it felt like something was coming.
After continuously staying in the corner and standing beside no one — instead of standing in dunker spot — Simmons received a pass from Furkan Korkmaz.