Last Wednesday night around 10:45 p.m., I exhaled and tried to cope with the reality that the Sixers would not add to Philadelphia’s incredible sports success in the past year. You might say that I should have been prepared for the Sixers to lose the series against the Celtics because no NBA team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit, but I really believed that this very special team would turn in one more incredible performance by winning four games in a row. I really believed the mantra “one game at a time.” After the Sixers won Game 4 on Monday night, I was a true believer, and when they surged to a 109-105 lead with a minute left, I thought, just two more to go.
Rendell: Getting a grip after Sixers' elimination
