By Peter Gleason
The Sixers have nailed down the Eastern conference No. 3 spot for the playoffs with games against the Heat and Bulls this week before Saturday’s start of the playoffs.
When asked last week whether his vaunted starting unit has played sufficient minutes together, Sixers coach Brett Brown said no.
“Why would anybody expect me to say anything different?”
Brown and everyone else will get a true sense of whether the Simmons-Redick-Butler-Harris-Embiid quintet, with an impressive plus-17.6 points per 100 possessions in a mere 161 minutes, are truly the East’s most dominant lineup.
