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New York has won nine straight and is on the verge of cracking the top five as it vies for a top-four spot in the East.

INDIANAPOLIS – Ninety-seven minutes before tipoff Rick Carlisle was asked a question about defending 76ers All-Star Joel Embiid.

DALLAS – It was Turn Back the Clock Night for the 76ers.

MIAMI — Five takeaways from the Miami Heat’s 119-96 blowout loss to the Philadelphia 76ers (40-21) on Wednesday night at Miami-Dade Arena to open a critical season-long six-game homestand, as the Heat fights to avoid the play-in tournament. The Heat (33-30) continues the homestand with another important game Friday against…

“That one makes no sense,” Daryl Morey tells @JGrasso_ regarding James Harden to Houston rumors. “That seems to be invented by someone. I don't understand it, at all.”

Milwaukee has continued its surge without Giannis Antetokounmpo. Plus, the Mavericks and Heat slide.

The Nuggets have all the ingredients to make a deep run. The Pelicans and Mavericks, not so much.

MIAMI — There is something particularly honorable about a professional sports team overachieving. It is a way of telling fans that no matter what appears to be missing, there is a willingness to go above and beyond.

The weekend was quintessential Sixers: a two-game stretch that gave you every reason to think they can compete in a playoff against the best the NBA can offer, and several reasons to wonder whether they can actually win four times in seven games.