Daily News | P.J. Tucker’s message: playoffs start now as series with Celtics seems inevitable
notched their first playoff-series sweep in 32 years, their minds were already on the Boston Celtics and exorcizing the ghosts of past second-round exits.
“At the end of the day, I’m just being real. So this is it. This is our season. This is what I’m here for. That’s why I said that.”With Joel Embiid out, Paul Reed stepped up when Sixers needed him most: ‘I know what I can do’ But last season’s second-round exit to the Miami Heat led to the Sixers acquiring Tucker, De’Anthony Melton, and Danuel House Jr. in the offseason.said. “This is our year, and we know we gotta take advantage of all these opportunities that are coming our way. And that’s what we’ve been doing so far, and that’s what we’re going to continue to do.
Boston has won 14 of the 21 series, including the last five. So the Sixers might be better off facing the Hawks in the conference semifinals.
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