""It was whatever," Embiid, who finished with 26 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, said with a smile. "It was an easy one. I wish it would have been one off the backboard. ... That's the next step.""
""I was so happy," said Tyrese Maxey, who led the 76ers (19-14) with 36 points in his latest scintillating performance of this season. "So now it's my fault because the play before, I dropped him off a pass thinking he wasn't going to dunk it. Now he's telling me to throw him a lot. So I'm going to throw him a lob, and we're going to see how that goes.""
""It was a pretty cheap way of getting it, I think. But at least we know he can still dunk, and he can check that off his list.""
Joel Embiid had his first dunk of the 2025-26 season in a 130-119 victory over the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. Embiid finished with 26 points, 10 rebounds and five assists. Tyrese Maxey led the 76ers with 36 points. Rookie VJ Edgecombe also scored 26 points. The dunk occurred in transition with no defender nearby and was the final basket of the game, followed by a playful mock celebration with teammates. The win moved Philadelphia five games over .500 for the first time this season, improving the team to 19-14 and closing a 10-day road trip with their third straight victory.
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