3 biggest takeaways for Sixers following tough Game 2 loss to Knicks

NEW YORK -- The Philadelphia 76ers fought hard on Wednesday night as they gave the New York Knicks everything they could handle in Game 2 without Joel Embiid on the floor, but ultimately, it wasn't enough. The Knicks walked out of Madison Square Garden with a 108-102 win as the Sixers find themselves in an 0-2 hole. Tyrese Maxey had 26 points and six assists, Paul George added 19 points, four rebounds, and four assists, Kelly Oubre Jr.

had 19 points and five rebounds, and VJ Edgecombe had 17 and five rebounds, and Quentin Grimes added seven points. Here are the three biggest takeaways following the loss: Turnovers stand out The Sixers committed 18 turnovers on the night with six coming from Maxey and four coming from Edgecombe. That is a recipe for disaster when considering the Knicks still shot the ball well at 51% from the floor--down from the 63.

1% they shot in Game 1--and the Sixers were unable to really find that offensive rhythm with the turnover issues from the guards. Obviously, the Knicks sent them a ton of attention with various blitzes and traps, but at the end of the day, the Sixers cannot turn the ball over at that clip and expect to win the game. “They were active, you saw them, they were blitzing some," said coach Nick Nurse.

"I think they got their hands on a couple, made a couple mistakes on inbounds as well. That certainly was one negative in the game, and they turned them into points, pretty good. Kind of the difference in the game was the turnovers and points off turnovers was one of the differences for sure.