In today's episode of The Sixers Beat, Rich and I go over the Sixers'

recent play, where that leaves them in a race for the top seat in the Eastern Conference

with six games remaining and what to look for down the stretch.

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All right, welcome, everybody.

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

Here to talk to you about your 45 and 21 Philadelphia 76ers who are in firm control of the first spot in the Eastern Conference.

How you doing, Rich?

I'm okay, man.

You know, it's, uh, I haven't watched a real basketball game in like, no, it's been,

it's been a minute.

Three weeks, I don't know.

The last ones that the Sixers, I think the regular season, the regular part of the regular

season ended when Joe L. M. Bede threw that basketball

75 feet and it didn't go in. And I haven't seen a real game after that. Phoenix was the last

real game because you had that game, the first one against the the bucks where they were on that

back to back without Ben Simmons.

And the next game they're without Ben Simmons and Joelle and Bede.

And now they've ripped off six straight games against Garboz Beans competition

who have been without most of their key players.

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