The Philadelphia 76ers are playing their best basketball at the right time. They won their 8th game in a row tonight beating the Knicks 118-101 at Wells Fargo Center.
Currently, the Sixers are the 4th-seed(44-30) in the Eastern Conference and are a 1/2 game behind the 3rd-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers.
With the return of the number one overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, Markelle Fultz, some people believe the 76ers can make a deep run in the playoffs.
76ers starting PF Dario Saric is very confident in his team, but there is one player he would like to avoid in the playoffs.
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The Sixers have 30 wins since their Christmas day W over the Knicks (the Knicks have 10)…and have now won eight straight, 19 of the last 20 in Philadelphia. Here’s @dariosaric on @NBCSPhilly postgame with us. *Dario told us he doesn’t want to face @KingJames in the first round. pic.twitter.com/iQIshj85Xg
— Molly Sullivan (@MollyESullivan) March 29, 2018
I agree with Saric. LeBron James has never lost a first-round playoff series in his career, and he is still the best player in the game. Therefore, if I am any team in the Eastern Conference, I would want to avoid LeBron, too!