This game was just weird.
That’s the only way I can describe it. You could kind of tell it might be when it was announced that Josh Richardson was going to be a late scratch with a hip injury and Furkan Korkmaz was getting the start.
It actually started okay. The Philadelphia 76ers started by getting three field goals on their first six possessions while the Knicks scored on five of their first seven possessions. Then … it happened. It finally … happened.
In a moment that will likely be an episode of SB Nation’s “Rewinder” series, Ben Simmons rose from the floor of the Wells Fargo Center from a distance of 22 feet from the basket and cashed his first career NBA three pointer in a regular season game.