After beating the last shred of brakes off the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night, the Philadelphia 76ers find themselves in a similar situation as last year: Eastern Conference Semi-Finals against an opponent they did not play well against in the regular season.
Last year, the Sixers lost three out of four games to the team that eventually bounced them, the Boston Celtics. This year, the story is the same, but the opponent is different: the Toronto Raptors. The Raptors took three out of four in the regular season.
The Sixers roster has seen some changes since that 4-1 series loss to the Celtics.