Inside the Sixers: Joel Embiid, James Harden, and company prepare for a marquee matchup: ‘Hopefully, we can put on a show’

NEW YORK — Georges Niang was far from complacent following the 76ers’ statement victory over the Los Angeles Clippers.

“But now we have to go handle business on the road on a Christmas Day game. It’s going to be a crazy environment in New York.” The Sixers, who accumulated that winning streak by going 7-0 on their just-completed homestand, are in fifth place in the Eastern Conference, a game behind the fourth-place Brooklyn Nets . The sixth-place Knicks dropped to two games behind the Sixers after losing consecutive games.

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