The Philadelphia 76ers have won nine of their first 12 games and at 9-3, they sit in second place in the East. In terms of league-wide standings, they’re tied with the reigning NBA Champs, Nikola Jokic’s Denver Nuggets, and the Luka Donu010diu0107, Kyrie Irving-led Dallas Mavericks. The Boston Celtics are first overall at 10-2, after the Sixers squandered a golden opportunity to take at least a split on the season series vs. Boston when both Jaylen Brown and Kristaps Porzingis missed action in Philly recently but Jayson Tatum and co. were still able to get it done.
Even Joel Embiid had to admit that Boston is still the team to beat after that L:
But unlike several of the top-tier teams, Philadelphia believes they have another “big move” they can still make to cement their place among the league leaders and perhaps even reach a few yet-to-be-scaled-summits.