76ers' Tyrese Maxey disappointed with fan turnout for home playoff games vs Knicks

Philadelphia 76ers prima Tyrese Maxey was downcast aft falling to the New York Knicks successful Game 4 connected Sunday night, starring to an aboriginal second-round playoff exit.

Maxey appeared to beryllium much upset with the instrumentality support.

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Philadelphia 76ers' Tyrese Maxey tries to get past New York Knicks' Landry Shamet during the 2nd fractional of Game 3 successful a second-round NBA playoff bid successful Philadelphia connected May 8, 2026. (Matt Slocum/AP)

Knicks fans swarmed the Xfinity Mobile Arena successful Philadelphia for some Games 3 and 4. They got a front-row spot to ticker their squad expanse their Atlantic Division rival. Knicks fans adjacent went arsenic acold arsenic infiltrating section quality broadcasts successful celebration.

Maxey spoke astir the fans successful his postgame property conference.

"It perfectly sucks, if I'm being honest. It conscionable sucks," helium said, via SNY TV. "That's truly each I tin accidental astir it, man. It's hard. It's decidedly difficult. It's lone 1 mode to enactment a halt to it and it's, we person to spell retired determination and triumph these games.

Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers shoots a escaped propulsion during the archetypal fractional of Game 4 against the New York Knicks successful the 2nd circular of the NBA playoffs successful Philadelphia connected May 10, 2026. (Matt Slocum/AP)

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"Just being wholly honest, we were amended erstwhile we played them successful the Garden this full season. I cognize we mislaid Game 2 and 1, but Game 2 was better. The regular play was better. I was telling them, it felt louder present for them than it did successful the Garden."

He said it was up to the squad to drown retired the noise.

"We got to enactment a halt to it arsenic a team," Maxey added. "Winning these games, that's gonna marque our fans louder than theirs oregon whatever. I don't cognize however to support them out. I don't cognize the logistics of it, but it does suck. I can't adjacent lie. It decidedly does suck."

New York blew the doors disconnected Philadelphia successful Game 4 with a 144-114 win.

Tyrese Maxey of the Philadelphia 76ers defends Mikal Bridges of the New York Knicks during the archetypal fractional of Game 4 successful the second-round NBA playoffs successful Philadelphia connected May 10, 2026. (Matt Slocum/AP)

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It was the eighth clip successful the past 9 playoff appearances that the 76ers haven’t astatine slightest made it to the Eastern Conference Finals. Philadelphia hasn’t gotten that acold successful the postseason since making the 2001 NBA Finals.