With every playoff game that you’re forced to stomach at this point in the season, the Sixers “what if” lists grows.
What if they’d been the ones to trade for Pascal Siakam instead of the Indiana Pacers at the deadline? Would they still be competing? What if the Chicago Bulls hadn’t lost that one-point game on the final day of the regular season and the Sixers notched a No. 3 seed? Would they have defeated a Bucks’ squad without Giannis and a banged-up Damian Lillard? If so, might they be just picking up steam vs.