Right now in Philadelphia, they're doing what they like to call coping.

They're coping with the fact that they got their ass kicked.

And the excuses are coming.

They are hot and heavy.

So I pulled a couple of Philadelphia sports media members making excuses for the Philadelphia 76ers.

And yeah, it's as pathetic as you'd expect.

Tired has to be one.

Oh, yeah, that's an easy one, right?

That's a shot in a bucket.

A long series against the Boston Celtics. Oh, just exhausted. Or emotional, things like that. Jol Embed doesn't play this many minutes. He's not used to it. Yeah, how about the fact that Joe Lombie has now played five, I think it's five straight games? the last time he's played six straight games?

Do you want to know the answer to that?

I want to say 2019.

No. has now played five, I think it's five straight games. The last time he's played six straight games? Do you want to know the answer to that? I want to say 2019. No, that's a little too far. I mean, he's won an MVP. Nah, the Nick series from two years ago. Oh, yeah. That's the last time he's played six consecutive games. So it's not normal for him. Let's start with the Philadelphia's 76ers postgame show and hear what their excuse is.

One of the fears I think that we all had was that the emotion from the Celtic series was, you know, really, I'm going to use the word, it was so overpowering that it's hard to come back to earth.

I know everybody, you know, they talk to talk, but in reality, it's a very, very difficult. There's a 48-hour turnaround on a team that's sitting there waiting on you. Yeah, it's emotional, man. A whole four days. That's a lot. It's a lot. It's a lot. Well, it's two days, right? No, I'm talking about for the Knicks. Oh, for the Knicks, it's four days. The Knicks were waiting like a whole month. What are you talking about, dude? Right, the Knicks did go to six. I know. But it was very emotional the way they beat the Celtics, Teague. There was a lot of tears afterwards, so it took a lot. Here's another one. This is actually an idea that

this Philadelphia 76er podcaster

had on what the Sixers

could have done last night to make things different

because of the excuses that they're right.

I was actually thinking this, they would

have never done this. I was thinking

before the game,

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