For so much of Sunday's afternoon Game 1 against the Philadelphia 76ers, the Wizards hung tough and even looked like they could pull off the upset. But the 76ers just had too much firepower pulling away with a 125-118 win at Wells Fargo Center to get the first victory in the best-of-seven first-round series.
What the Sixers should and shouldn’t do in their series vs. the Wizards
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The gap between regular season and playoff basketball is enormous. The scenario in which one team can thoroughly scout the other and implement game-to-game adjustments throughout the two weeks of a series on top of the added intensity and attention to details put forth by the players truly make for a different game.
That alone makes looking back on two teams’ regular season matchups to try and solve the equation of knowing what to expect in a playoff series a questionable task. Add on top of that the weirdness of the Wizards and the Sixers’ three contests and it becomes even more fruitless.
Those of you who have been around and following these Sixers need no introduction to the No. 1 seed in the East. You have been glued to your TV, enjoying a terrific bounceback season, and (hopefully) reading my dispatches postgame, debating the ups and downs with yours truly and a legion of diehards locally and around the world.
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