Schedule and 2025-26 Results:
Regular Season Records: New York 53-29, Philadelphia 45-37
Game 1 on Monday, 04 May: Philadelphia loses at New York, 137-pts-98
Game 2 on Wednesday, 06 May: Philadelphia loses at New York, 108-pts-102
Game 3 on Friday, 08 May: New York wins at Philadelphia, 108-pts-94
Game 4 on Sunday, 10 May: New York wins at Philadelphia, 114-pts-114

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The New York Knickerbockers visited and bested the Philadelphia 76ers 144-pts-114 to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1641 victory. With the series 1641 win, the New York Knickerbockers improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 24-30 overall and 12-14 in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1641 loss, the Philadelphia 76ers see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 25-33 overall and 9-17 (with an active eight-series losing streak) in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious New York Knickerbockers in series 1641 was WWWW: Series 1641 thus becomes the 31st NBA Quarterfinals-round series, the 99th NBA series (all rounds), and the 263rd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. In series 1641, the New York Knickerbockers scored a total of 497 points, which is the fourth-most total points by a team winning a best-of-7 NBA playoff series by a four-game sweep; ironically, tied for third place in such a series with a total of 498 points are the Philadelphia 76ers, in series 344 in the 1978 NBA Quarterfinals via their four-game sweep of ... the New York Knickerbockers.

After Game 3: The New York Knickerbockers visited and defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 108-pts-94 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1641 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the New York Knickerbockers have a series record of 4-0 and a Game 4 record of 2-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Philadelphia 76ers have a series record of 0-7 and a Game 4 record of 5-2. In the Spring 2026 NBA/NHL Quarterfinals round, the NHL Philadelphia Flyers and NBA Philadelphia 76ers have become the 419th and 420th MLB/NBA/NHL teams (respectively) to fall behind 3-games-nil in a best-of-7 playoff series.

After Game 2: The New York Knickerbockers hosted and defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 108-pts-102 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1641 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the New York Knickerbockers have a series record of 12-3 and a Game 3 record of 4-11. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Philadelphia 76ers have a series record of 0-15 and a Game 3 record of 8-7. The last best-of-7 NBA playoff series in which the Philadelphia 76ers trailed 2-games-nil was series 1567, against the New York Knickerbockers in the 2024 NBA Preliminary round.

After Game 1: The New York Knickerbockers hosted and outscored the Philadelphia 76ers 137-pts-98 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1641 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the New York Knickerbockers have a series record of 19-7 and a Game 2 record of 15-11. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Philadelphia 76ers have a series record of 6-24 and a Game 2 record of 15-15. Once before did the New York Knickerbockers take a 1-game-nil best-of-7 NBA playoff series lead over the Philadelphia 76ers: In series 1567, the Knicks did so against the 76ers in the 2024 NBA Preliminary round, and won their series in six games. The 137 points posted by the New York Knickerbockers in series 1641 Game 1 are the second-most ever in a best-of-7 NBA Quarterfinals-round Game 1, below only the 152 points notched by the San Antonio Spurs against the visiting Denver Nuggets in series 422 (in the 1983 NBA Quarterfinals) Game 1. The 39-point victory margin by New York over Philadelphia in series 1641 Game 1 is the largest in a best-of-7 NBA Quarterfinals-round Game 1 since series 1113 Game 1, in which a 43-point victory margin was achieved by the Orlando Magic over the visiting Atlanta Hawks in a 114-pts-71 win to open their 2010 NBA Quarterfinals round series.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2025-26 NBA regular season, the New York Knickerbockers finished eight games ahead of the Philadelphia 76ers. From 1947 through the 2026 NBA Preliminary round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by eight regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 28-8 (.778) in those series against those opponents. Best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1641 is the 54th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the New York Knickerbockers, and the 58th for the Philadelphia 76ers. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the New York Knickerbockers have an all-rounds series record of 23-30, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 11-14, and a Game 1 record of 26-27, while the Philadelphia 76ers have an all-rounds series record of 25-32, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 9-16 (with an active seven-series losing streak), and a Game 1 record of 27-30. Series 1641 is the fifth best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the New York Knickerbockers and the Philadelphia 76ers. The Philadelphia 76ers won three of their first four best-of-7 NBA playoff series against the New York Knickerbockers; the sole series victory by New York against Philadelphia occurred in series 1567, in the 2024 NBA Preliminary round.