Think about the feeling you had in the 48 hours in-between Game 5 and Game 6 in the Sixers series against the Hawks. After the historic collapses in Game 4 and Game 5 it felt like the sky was falling. The hope that the Sixers would at least make the conference finals in their best […]
What is there to write and say at this point? You know what happened. A 26 point lead. Up by 24 with 14 minutes left in the entire game. It was supposed to be a bounce-back game after a disappointing Game 4 in Atlanta when they had an 18 point lead at one point. We […]
Last night was likely the Sixers most impressive win of the season or at least since they flew into the All-Star break with a win over the Jazz. It was a masterclass on how to win a playoff game on the road. Bench production, fantastic team defense, stars getting buckets, momentum killing shots. The Sixers […]
It wouldn’t be a day in the life of the Philadelphia 76ers if they weren’t being disrespected by the NBA in some way, shape or form. 2020-21 NBA Defensive Player of the Year: Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert. This is Gobert's third DPOY. — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 10, 2021 Yes, Rudy Gobert has astoundingly […]
Late in the third quarter, you could feel the tides turning in what was a previously raucous Wells Fargo Center. The Sixers were shot out of a cannon to start the game, quickly taking their lead to double digits. The officials made sure it was a close game at half, but again the Sixers raced […]
The Atlanta Hawks upset the Philadelphia 76ers 128-124 in game one of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Sunday afternoon. It was just the fifth home playoff loss for the Sixers since 2017. It felt as if the Sixers were down by 15 points for the entirety of the game, yet found themselves within three in […]
The moment that we’ve all waited for!! pic.twitter.com/j7T1Ilt0oZ — Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) May 28, 2021 Given how NBA arenas have looked over the course of the playoffs, it was no surprise to see the Sixers going full capacity. It could not have come at a better time for the team as the playoffs start to […]
After a relatively quiet couple of weeks, the Sixers have locked up the number one seed in the Eastern Conference for the first time since 2001. A year after their depressing ending in the NBA Bubble playoffs that saw the end of the Brett Brown Era, Daryl Morey and Doc Rivers have helped made Philly […]
This past year has been one of the most difficult in all of our lives. For sports, it has been no different. After months of watching games played in empty arenas with artificial crowd noise, fans have finally returned to sports. Last night, I was one of those lucky fans as I secured tickets to […]
It appears Joel Embiid has shaken off the rust. Questions looked as to whether or not he would be the same player upon returning from a hyperextended knee that kept him out of action for almost a month. After a rusty performance in his first game back in a loss to the Grizzlies, Embiid and […]