While many of us are currently getting an overload on our usual basketball fix via collegiate March Madness, the Philadelphia 76ers are making their way through a West Coast trip unseen at ungodly hours of the night by a lot of us on the East Coast. After a loss on Wednesday night in Phoenix, the Sixers now find themselves in eighth place in the Eastern Conference, tied in record, but behind via tiebreaker, with the seventh-place Miami Heat, and one-half game back of the sixth-place Indiana Pacers. Inspiring times, these are not.
With margins so tight and just 13 games left in the regular season, this road trip is not coming at a good time for the Sixers.