Heading into Game 6 on Thursday night, the Sixers had a golden opportunity in front of them. With a win in front of the raucous Wells Fargo Center crowd, they could have sent the Boston Celtics packing for the summer and would have moved on to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time in more than two decades.
Instead, their offense went stagnant down the stretch, and they mustered only 13 points in the fourth quarter as the Celtics went on a game-ending 14-3 run. They’re now heading back to Boston for a do-or-die Game 7 on Sunday, which could wind up determining how we remember this era of Sixers basketball.