Today's episode of the Sixers Beat, Rich and I talk about the Sixers.

Road win over the Sacramento King snapping their nine-game road losing streak about

Joel and Bede's eventual return to lineup, which could be as early as this Wednesday,

about how the team will look when Joel and Bede does return,

and about where you want them to finish in terms of playoff seating.

With that out of the way, enjoy the podcast.

All right, welcome everybody.

This is Derek Bodner, joined by Rich Hoffman on the Sixers Beat, a part of the Athletic.

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everything that Rich Mike and myself write about your Philadelphia 76ers. How doing, Rich?

I'm good, man. Are you struggling on the end of your road trip? It's honestly been,

it's been pretty good. I'm now in a hotel in San Francisco, downtown San Francisco, getting ready for what, as we are recording us, will be tonight's game against the Golden State Warriors.

Steph Curry's second came back from his broken hand.

The changing venues, I think, has reinvigorated myself a little bit.

Five days in L.A. was great.

I think I was ready for a little bit of a change. Like you were saying, though, before I left, Sacramento myself a little bit. Five days in LA was great. I think I was ready for a little

bit of a change. Like you were saying, though, before I left, Sacramento, a real underrated

portion of this road trip. And look, I say that and I experienced pretty much none of Sacramento.

I had two takeaways from my time in Sacramento. First of all, I was driving from Los Angeles to

Sacramento, which, by the way,

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