After Wednesday’s riveting loss to the Washington Wizards — and the Toronto Raptors’ blowout win over the Brooklyn Nets — the Sixers’ offseason picture is coming more into focus.
The Raptors are now three wins up on the Nets and Sixers with only nine games to go. The Sixers have the inside track for either the fifth- or sixth-worst record in the league, although there’s still no guarantee that they’ll keep their first-round pick, which conveys to the Oklahoma City Thunder if it falls outside of the top six.
That’s a problem for a later day.