2023 Sixer of the Week Award Winners:
Joel Embiid - 5
James Harden - 2
Mac McClung - 1
The Sixers went 3-0 on the week, and now have a firm hold on the three seed in the Eastern Conference with the two spot creeping ever closer. Philadelphia avoided two potential letdown spots this week. After the emotional high of last Saturday’s Milwaukee win, they could have been excused for falling asleep at the wheel against not terrible, but also not great opponents in Indiana and Minnesota. But while the defense didn’t make the trip to Indianapolis, they won that barnburner, 147-143, and then played the second night of a road back-to-back without James Harden and stomped Minnesota, 117-94.