The Philadelphia 76ers have been eliminated from the playoffs in devastating fashion: a home loss in a game 7 to a team that, before the series, seemed to be inferior. This comes after an embarrassing exit to the 2019-20 playoffs, being swept in the opening round by their arch rival Boston Celtics, and a heartbreaking end to the 2018-2019 playoffs, dropping game 7 on a quad-doink buzzer beater.
Such tragedy has fans out for blood. Ben Simmons is the subject of a lot blame and scrutiny and understandably so. We will touch on Ben’s shortcomings below, but there are two other areas which cost the Sixers the series.