Refs Give Sixers the 7th Seed

Now before everyone gets up in arms, I must start off by admitting that I really think the refs made the correct call at the end of the Cleveland game. It was tough to accept from a Sixers' perspective but the call was correct. Dalembert knew he fouled Brown, even though it was a light foul. We just have to live with that. Miller and the rest of the players were clearly frustrated but they have to accept it and move on. The real concern, and thankfully it was addressed by Cheeks, was that the Sixers clearly have not been playing good basketball over the past few games. The losses to Indiana and Washington were killer for their playoff positioning. Now they are sitting at 2-4 over the important final seven games with one more left to play. They know they will face Detroit in the first round but let's not get ahead of ourselves just yet. The Sixers in the 4th against the Cavs finally found that fight that they know so well and made it a game again. They turned up the defense, got steals, rebounded, and got on the break. That's their strength and that's the style we need to see from them every night if they expect to make any kind of noise in the postseason of an already overachieving regular season. We need Dalembert to be a rock, Iguodala to be consistent, Miller to be himself, and the bench to be capable of entering and maintaining the momentum in a game. We did not see that in the past few losses but we saw it late in 4th the other night. Let's hope we build on that against the Bobcats (just don't get hurt!) and roll into the playoffs looking to prove something.