Finally Ready To Resurface...

Yes, after the pain that Saturday's game caused. I have never sat through something like that before, and I've sat through a LOT of games. This one was so different because the Sixers were pulling away from the Nets, a team who got crushed in Atlanta the night before, and were about to be 2 games over .500 right before the Celtics come into town. That meltdown in the 4th was inexplicable. Nothing would go right. Literally ANY kind of basket and the game is over. I said to my buddy that it was almost as if someone put Saran Wrap over the hoop so no shots would go through.

My worry about the loss now is how the Sixers respond. Losses like that are quiet killers, both for team psyche and standings. I tend to look at game on the schedule in groups and say what I hope their record will be after that group of games, rather then going game by game (ok, I do both really). Therefore, I had said I hope they are a game over .500 after tonight's Celtics game. This becomes significantly more difficult when you are forced to beat Boston to have that happen. Not saying the Sixers can't win, but they need to respond with a vengeance and go on a run now. Do not let this loss knock you back and then proceed to drop winnable games. They need to rise above the pack that includes teams like Miami, Atlanta, and Detroit now in order to jockey for playoff positioning. Let's see what they're made of.