WASHINGTON — The Sixers started out Sunday as the Eastern Conference’s seventh seed. Before they hit the court against the Wizards, they were in sixth place, with a chance to move even higher if they could get past Washington.
The Cavaliers, the Bucks, and the Pistons — all teams fighting for playoff position — lost games on Sunday, making the race in the East even tighter than it was before.
The Sixers became the next casualty, losing, 109-94, to the Wizards, watching their seven-game win streak come to a halt, and falling back into seventh place in the standings.