Just three games now separate the Philadelphia 76ers from the start of the postseason, but it’s been a couple weeks since the Sixers decided to try and hit the SIM REST OF REGULAR SEASON button in real life. Turns out, real life isn’t NBA 2K, and you actually need to try in the NBA, even against theoretically less talented competition. Like Adam Sandler’s character’s in Click, the Sixers have discovered that fast-forwarding through life can prove disastrous. The team has lost three straight games and five of their last seven. All the good vibes of mid-March have completely evaporated, and the third seed in the Eastern Conference is no longer as secured as once believed.
Sixers’ Magic Number for the 3-Seed Remains at 2 as They Head to Chicago
