The tanking gods were unkind to the Sixers this past weekend. On Saturday, the Brooklyn Nets blew a double-digit fourth-quarter lead to the LaMelo Ball-less Charlotte Hornets, while the Toronto Raptors lost to the Washington Wizards after Jamal Shead’s would-be game-winning layup got overturned for coming right after the buzzer. The Sixers made matters worse on Sunday by beating the Utah Jazz in a good ol’ fashioned Tank Bowl.
Luckily, Monday undid all of that damage. The Nets beat the LeBron James-less Los Angeles Lakers, the Raptors smashed the Wizards, and the Sixers got spanked by the Trae Young-less Atlanta Hawks.