Sixers still holding on to last playoff spot

While I was away, the Sixers went 1-3 with a win over the Lakers, and losses to the Kings, Suns, and Mavericks. This wasn't too surprising because these were tough games on the West Coast. Putting those games behind, the Sixers have a very important game today versus the Boston Celtics on national television. The Celtics lead the Sixers by 4 games for the Atlantic division lead. If the Sixers can win this game and their game against the Celtics on March 12, they will only have to make up 2 other games to get the 3rd seed in the playoffs. Hopefully that will happen, but being realistic, the Sixers are probably going to be battling for the 8th playoff spot with the Magic and Nets. They will be without Webber for a few more games, so this might be a tough challenge. A positive note about the playoff race is that the Sixers don't have a very tough schedule remaining, with 6 of their 10 games remaining at home. I will update you later on the Sixers and Celtics game that starts at 1:00.