The Philadelphia 76ers' breakout season is about to end. The Sixers are down 3-0 to the hearty Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals, and 3-0 is a sentence from which teams don't return.
But here they come.
Four years of intentional losing, seasons of 19, 18, 10 and 28 wins, finally bore fruit this season, and Philly has a young core of elite talent that could run roughshod over the NBA for several years to come.
Young stars in Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons and Dario Saric. The Sixers have a solid roster around the young studs, plus 19-year-old Markelle Fultz, the No.