Sixers start season’s second half against Brooklyn

Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY SportsThe NBA’s All-Star break comes to an end tonight, and as much fun as fans had watching Zion break a basket, guys hoist shots from the Mountain Dew Zone, Aaron Gordon jump over 7-foot-5 Tacko Fall, and the Elam Ending transform the All-Star game into the most competitive pick-up game of the century, it’ll be good to have regular NBA basketball back in our lives. The Philadelphia 76ers currently sit 1.5 games back of the Miami Heat for fourth place in the Eastern Conference. With just 27 games remaining before the crucible of the NBA postseason, the Sixers can’t afford any slip-ups, starting tonight against the Brooklyn Nets at home, where Philadelphia enters play a remarkable 25-2 on the season.

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