From @TheAthletic: The Knicks, the reigning champions, appeared mortal in a 106-100 loss to the new-look 76ers, and they are, a columnist writes. "It won’t be easy being the hunted, and New York wouldn’t have it any other way." nyti.ms/3UIZ4p7

Knicks’ title defense won’t be easy — and they wouldn’t have it any other way

"We shouldn't sit here and think we're champions because we're not," Josh Hart said after the Knicks' loss to the 76ers. "We're 0-1."

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Every champion gets tested eventually; this feels like an early warning, not a crisis.

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