The Philadelphia 76ers are rollin’. A 13-game win streak, their longest in 33 years, a playoff appearance already a guarantee, and home-court advantage being very much in play. What a time it is to be a Sixer fan. This squad is playing at such a high level of late, even without the services of Joel Embiid, that we have to begin to seriously consider the possibility of a deep playoff run.
And with recent developments around the league, it just got a lot more interesting.
As reported by ESPN‘s Adrian Wojnarowski, Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving will miss the rest of the regular season and the entirety of the playoffs after his recent knee surgery discovered a bacterial infection in the screws he received following his patella injury in the 2015 NBA Finals.