We learned a couple of things on Friday night.
1) The Sixers might be better than was suspected by even those of us who knew they were a legitimate threat in the Eastern Conference.
2) The most deluded among us are those who think the favorite in the Eastern Conference is anybody other than LeBron James.
Actually, there were a lot more than two things that we learned, but the biggest takeaway from the Sixers’ 48-minute thrill ride against the Cavaliers is that if it had been a 49-minute thrill ride they would not have won.