playoff elimination after blowing a 26-point lead at home and losing game five of the series against the atlanta hawks. this after the sixers coughed up an 18-point lead in their game four loss. ouch, john berman. >> it was almost mathematically impossible for the sixers to lose. they had a 99.7 win probability i'm told. not only did atlanta beat the sixers, but atlanta beat math. >> someone has to be in the 99 percentile. doesn't happen often, but, yikes. >> you've lived there your whole life. after four years of obsequious deference to donald trump, republicans say it's joe biden who is soft on russia. john avlon with a reality check. >> the big lie is now the operating assumption of most republicans. lie big, lie loud. and assume the base won't know or care as long as they get their quick fix of confirmation.