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He was excellent in the Sixers’ first-round series against the Washington Wizards too. He made his third All-Star game in four seasons and finished second in the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year voting. Simmons had a strong regular season, posting 14.3 points, 7.2 rebounds, 6.9 assists, 1.6 steals, and 0.6 blocks per game, all while shooting an efficient 55.7 percent from the field. Much of the concerns and criticisms have fallen to six-foot-11 point guard Ben Simmons, who was blasted for his seemingly unwillingness to assert himself on the court and dominate the game, taking a grand total of three field goal attempts in all seven fourth quarters of the series. Instead of walking away from this season having answered the big questions that surrounded them, they begin their off-season with even more questions than before. As the players left the court to a smattering of boos and objects being thrown onto the court, what once seemed like a dream suddenly turned into the same nightmare they’ve been reliving for four years. Yet, they continuously faltered late in games, they blew enormous leads multiple times, and squandered their opportunity, losing to the Hawks in seven games. The Sixers finished the season as the top seed in the East, and facing the fifth-seeded Atlanta Hawks whom most on the roster had yet to appear in a playoff game prior to this year, it looked as though the path was clear for them to make a deep postseason run. The depth, which had plagued them in years past, appeared to be resolved. Tobias Harris had a resurgent year in his reunion with head coach Doc Rivers.
Joel Embiid was finally healthy and enjoying his best season to date. This was supposed to be the year that everything changed for the 76ers.
In the dying seconds of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, there was a strange but familiar aura emanating within the walls of Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Photo credit: Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images
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