The Sixers are in a bit of a bog right now. Joel Embiid came into the year far from full strength. The team knew that he’d spent a couple months on the sofa resting his plantar fasciitis, so their answer was to basically play James Harden like he was 24 years old again to pick up the slack. Now their star point guard in Harden is out for a month. P.J. Tucker was a solid signing, but he had off season arthroscopic knee surgery himself, so his defense isn’t where the team needs it to be in order to win playoff games.
Sixers get a shot at vengeance vs. Trae Young’s Hawks
