Game 5’s 115-103 win in Boston was the best the Philadelphia 76ers have looked in the playoffs in a long time. They consistently controlled the game against an excellent Celtics team to put themselves one win away from their first conference finals appearance since 2001.
Crucially, the Sixers didn’t do it via an out-of-this-world performance by one of their two headlining stars, Joel Embiid or James Harden (although both were very good). Instead, they received excellent contributions from nearly everybody up and down the roster, displaying the team depth that has eluded them in past postseasons and even at times during this current playoff run.