PHILADELPHIA - As the Philadelphia 76ers have navigated major roster turnover and accelerated playoff goals, coach Brett Brown has returned to his mantra, "it all comes down to how the plane lands on April 15."
The health of Joel Embiid will dictate what Philadelphia's playoff path will be.
Less ubiquitous than "all is well that ends well", Brown has used this saying as an anchor. The ups and downs of individual regular season games are trivial, the saying goes, so long as the Sixers are a healthy, well-oiled machine come postseason.
"You're going to hear this a lot," Brown said.