Your home-town Sixers are currently a 5 seed in the East. The core has struggled to all be on the court together. Whether it’s a suspension here, load management there, or a nagging hamstring, they have not had their starters all available 12 times out of their 21 games. That’s only happened in 9 games. Perhaps with more continuity, they’ll continue to see improved chemistry.
Let’s take a look around the league this morning.
Jimmy Butler shared in the heartbreak the Sixers experienced in Scotia Bank Arena, Toronto last May. Now on his new team, he played the role of the closer for Miami.