With the No. 3 seed locked up, the Philadelphia 76ers rested all five starters and were missing both James Ennis and Jonah Bolden for Wednesday’s season finale against Chicago. The result was unexpectedly entertaining.
Given the Sixers’ recent struggles, most expected the Sixers — who aren’t deep with the starting five in tact — to unceremoniously drop a meaningless game to end the season. Even with the Bulls missing four of five starters, it just wasn’t a game the Sixers seemed to care about.
The reserves put on a show, though, with Brett Brown’s jumbled rotations doing considerable damage.