Five To Go

The Sixers have 5 games left in the schedule and they figure to be important until the end. It always amazes me how people can say that certain games, especially toward the beginning of the season, don't matter as much because there are plenty left. Untrue. The Sixers will need every win to solidify a possible 5 seed. I previously said they needed to win 8 of their last 11 to do that. Well, they better win out because they already have those 3 losses. Hosting Detroit will figure to be the toughest win but the most important game is the Wizards one. We need to beat them head to head to take the tiebreaker and move up. The loss to Atlanta was a rough one they need to bounce back from if they are going to finish strong. They must take care of business against Indiana, Charlotte and probably Cleveland. The possible saving grace is the fact that the Wizards play Boston on Wednesday and then at Detroit the night before they play us. We will be coming off hosting Indiana. I love this time of year and we haven't felt this in a few years. Isn't it great when you actually take each game individually and truly care about the outcome? Should be a great 10 days here.