Daily News | With momentum on their side, the Sixers must avoid a letdown loss in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE — The 76ers arrived in the Queen City in the wee hours Thursday morning as the hottest team in the NBA.
That said, the Sixers would be remiss if they relaxed against subpar competition as they have in seasons past. A letdown here against the struggling Charlotte Hornets Friday night could haunt the Sixers and have a impact similar to last season’s road loss against the Detroit Pistons, which cost them a outright second-place finish in the East.
It’s imperative that they win both games to keep pace with Milwaukee and Boston. The Sixers are third in the East, and as of Wednesday were 3 ½ games behind the first-place Bucks and one behind the second-place Celtics with 14 games remaining. “We got to jump on them from the beginning,” Joel Embiid said. “We can’t give them a chance, and we can’t make them believe that they can have a chance of beating us. That’s the key. We have to jump on them from the beginning. The same thing with Indiana.”Sixers vs. Cleveland Cavs takeaways: Joel Embiid, James Harden tandem, trouble, turnovers
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