The Knicks are coming into this game with a 4-5 record this season and they have not been playing well in their recent games. They have lost 3 of their last 4 games with their only win in that span coming at home against a struggling Bucks team, and they are coming off of an 11 point loss on the road to the Pacers in their last game. Their defense has not been great as they have allowed 120+ points in 2 of their last 3 games and they have struggled a lot more on the road this season. They have been awful recently as they have lost their last 3 straight games on the road with 2 of those losses coming by 10+ points. They are going up against a 76ers team that is 2-7 this season and has been awful to start the season. They have lost 5 of their last 6 games with their last 3 losses all coming on the road, but they bounced back in their last game with a win at home against the Hornets. Now they are getting Joel Embiid back for this game and that will be a huge boost to this lineup as they are already going to have some confidence from that win. The 76ers are going to be desperate to start turning things around with Embiid back in the lineup, and this is the perfect spot at home against a struggling Knicks team that has not played well on the road recently and is not defending well either. The 76ers can take advantage of the struggling Knicks at home and they will get up for this 1st game of the NBA IST as well. The 76ers will cover the spread in this game.