Philadelphia 76ers Lose by 43, Which Is Actually Better Than Yesterday

Here's hoping the Philadelphia 76ers employ a glass-half-full philosophy.

They'll need that kind of optimism to spin their 43-point drubbing at the hands of the Golden State Warriors on Monday into a positive. What's incredible is that from a literal perspective, the 123-80 bludgeoning was actually a step in the right direction.

But only because the Sixers lost by 45 to the Los Angeles Clippers the night before.

Per Stats LLC (via ESPN), 76ers head coach Brett Brown said after that debacle: "We ran into a buzz saw and we got jumped early."

Well, they ran into the buzz saw again.

Philly ascended into the pantheon of back-to-back ineptitude by dropping two 40-point contests in a row:

Worse still, the Sixers' combined margin of defeat put them in a category occupied by just two other teams in the entire history of the NBA:

That's some epic futility.

In a strange way, Philadelphia's season, though hard to watch, is going exactly as planned. Nobody expected the Sixers to do anything but lose this year, and they're settling into a comfortable doormat groove lately.

This is what they wanted.

As a matter of fact, these two recent defeats might give rise to a new term in honor of 76ers general manager Sam Hinkie:

I'm not sure he'd like to be remembered for what his team has done over the past two games, but it might not be up to him.

The Utah Jazz get a crack at the Sixers on Feb. 12, and no team has ever lost three straight by at least 40 points. History will be on the line in Salt Lake City on Wednesday.

Don't screw this up, Jazz. The world is watching.

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While Cavs, 76ers Prepare for Doomsday Scenarios, Lakers Prepare Checkbook

PHILADELPHIA — They obviously got rid of Andrew Bynum’s ticking-time-bomb knees just before the overdue explosion. This week, the Los Angeles Lakers passed through the two NBA cities that Bynum has turned to ash.
Apologies, Philadelphia. Really sorry, Cleveland.
At least you’ll never forget the hair!
The Lakers are clearly awful this season, yet without enough eligible players they still beat the Cavaliers on Wednesday as an injured Steve Blake (elbow/thigh/eardrum/three cuts leading to blood-splattered shorts) dropped a triple-double.
The Lakers came into the game Friday two-and-a-half games ahead of the 76ers in the standings—and Philadelphia somehow made a newly-back-from-injury and newly-40-year-old Steve Nash look dominant in a 14-point Lakers victory. Nash admitted he was pushing himself to an unstable point where “my legs were shaking at halftime,” but the birthday boy was all smiles afterward: “Had a blast.”
Thanks so much, Philadelphia! Much appreciated, Cleveland!
The Lakers’ 2012 trade of Bynum to Philadelphia didn't work out considering the disappointment of last season and Dwight Howard’s free-agent exit after that. But the 76ers never did see Bynum wear his No. 33 uniform in a game. Besides Bynum disrupting their team chemistry this season, the Cavaliers are left desperate to re-sign Luol Deng to avoid Bynum actually costing them three draft picks they included in the trade to get rid of him.

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