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The Knicks head down to Philadelphia for Game 3 against the 76ers in a game the Sixers desperately need to secure. While Jalen Brunson has struggled this series as a scoring threat, he has been excellent as facilitator and as a rebounder. Brunson has 7 and 6 assists on 12 potentials in each game of this series and he’s actually recorded 7.8 assists per game against Philadelphia over the last few seasons as well - all games in which he has struggled to score. One of the things Philadelphia is doing to him is they won’t concede penetration by sending multiple wings at the pick and roll instead of Embiid who is in a drop. Even if a big is setting the screen, another wing comes to defend it and the defensive big is picking up the wing’s assignment on the backend. With De’Anthony Melton possibly returning tonight, it should make this strategy a bit easier for Philly to employ as well. Overall, Philly is deciding not to allow Brunson to beat them off the bounce, and this should continue to offer strong assist opportunities in the half court. In Game 1 he grabbed 5 offensive rebounds which is a bit unrealistic to expect moving forward; however, in Game 2 he secured 8 rebounds off of the defensive glass. These defensive rebounds help the Knicks push in transition which is where they have a clear edge. The Knicks have are scoring just 86.3 points/play in the half court compared to 164.3 points/play in transition. This will be the Knicks best chance to put up points and with Brunson grabbing additional boards to push the pace he can rack up some easy assists. I expect Brunson to exceed 11.5 RA tonight, a number he has exceeded in both games this series and 8 of his last 10 against the Sixers.