The Sixers did exactly what they needed to in Game 3. To win their first game of the series against the Knicks, the Sixers answered with a 125-114 victory, powered by a host of strong contributions and a playoff career-high statement from Joel Embiid.
After a crushing end to Game 2, this was just the kind of response that was needed to make this a competitive series. And as the early Sunday tip-off of Game 4 approaches, the Sixers will need to focus on replicating some of what they did on Thursday to advance to 2-2.