So much for optimism heading into the second half of the season for the Philadelphia 76ers,

as all they do is come out of the break with a 20-point beatdown.

And I mean beat down at the hands of the Boston Celtics handing the sixers.

They have sixth consecutive loss.

They lose by 20 at home, 124, 104, 104,

and things did not look good at all. The Boston Celtics are still making threes. Welcome to the

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Rich Hoffman, Devine Givens, pre-producing.

You ticked off in the chat.

This has been pretty much standard for the Sixers as we start things off.

Folks, before we get started, we'll check in with Colin Derek from the arena later on.

We're also going to let you hear our conversation that we had earlier in the game with

Mark Stein from D-L-L-S-Mavs and, of course, the Mark Stein from D LLS, Mavs,

and of course the Mark Stein substack,

also the Hall of Famer that he is,

giving us a few nuggets about the Lani Walker

addition to the team and so much more.

We gotta get to our play of the game a little bit later,

Slim Pickings, and Riches three takeaways that got to get to our play of the game a little bit later, slim pickings, and Rich's

three takeaways that we'll get to as well. But first, Rich, before we get to your three

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