Yet consider that about 100 lightning bolts reach the earth’s surface every second—statistically, hundreds of thousands of people are going to get hit annually, with somebody bound to take multiple zaps. - Steve Mirsky
The fourth-seeded Sixers are winning 3-2 in a first-round playoff series vs. the fifth-seeded Raptors. If that’s all you’d heard coming into the series, you’d probably breathe a massive sigh of relief. But having lived the who, what, where, when, and why of it all, it’s been a lot more stressful than that simple summary.
The Sixers went up three to zip, we learned Joel Embiid was injured, they dropped Game 4, Embiid had an MRI which confirmed suspicions he has ligament damage in his right thumb and needs offseason surgery, and then they laid a total, disheartening, rotten egg on their home floor in Game 5.