The Sixers entered the Bubble as the hipster pick to upset the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference. Why not? Their roster is loaded, Joel Embiid is fully healthy and appeared to be staying in shape with his quarantine workout sessions. And the pandemic even bought time for Ben Simmons to recover from his injury.
The Sixers looked dangerous on paper two weeks ago. But that was two weeks ago. In this, their opening game loss to T.J. Warren and the Indiana Pacers was a bad omen.