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The 76ers could still set a record for NBA futility (Ball Don't Lie)

Don’t look now – seriously, don’t look now or at any other time between now and April 13 – but the Philadelphia 76ers still have a chance to set an NBA record for futility.

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The team enters Friday night with a 9-66 record, worst in the NBA. If the team loses its next seven contests, something that statistically is a likely scenario for a squad that has gone 1-23 since Feb. 6, the team will tie the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers for the worst record in NBA history.