All hail the Sixers

The Sixers have now come played two games against the vaunted Boston Celtics. Won one and lost one. Both by a single point. In Boston.



Now they come home to what should be a raucous Wells Fargo Center for Games 3 and 4 on Wednesday and Friday.


For some reason the Sixers always feel like the stepchild of Philly sports. We live and die with the Eagles and Phillies. There is a fanatical core of die-hard hockey fans for whom the sport is religion. Then there are the Sixers.


I think that’s about to change.


Anyone else remember the feeling you got when Allen Iverson stepped over that fallen L.A. Laker as the Sixers took Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Yes, it was 2001, more than a decade ago.


But it felt damn good.


I think it’s about to feel that way again.


Give the credit to Doug Collins. He’s the manic, driven coach who has willed this group – that plays as a team without a superstar – to this point.


You can read all our coverage from last night’s game in Boston here.

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