By and large, it has not been a fun year to follow professional basketball in the Philadelphia area. The Sixers bandwagon is a bumbling mess swerving all over the road with spare parts falling into the ditch at every turn. The ‘push for the 10-spot vs. tank for something like a 60 percent chance to keep their first-round pick’ debate is as heated as it is depressing. While being Super Bowl Champions was a worthy distraction for many of us, that time is unfortunately now in the past.
But for one weekend, we can enjoy NBA basketball, or at least something NBA basketball-adjacent, without thinking too much about the Sixers’ downfall.