The Philadelphia 76ers have managed to coast to 11 straight wins for the first time since 1990, where a stocky, 6-foot-6 big man by the name of Charles Barkley was sprinting and going behind-the-back before throwing down thunderous jams for the good people of Philly.

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For once in the past two decades, the City of Brotherly Love has an air of greatness, thanks to the likes of Ben Simmons, Joel Embiid, and the newly-returned Markelle Fultz, who is slowly recovering from a shoulder injury.

Yet their streak has been part of having the easiest remaining schedule after the All-Star break, taking down non-playoff teams like the New York Knicks, the Brooklyn Nets, and the Charlotte Hornets (all twice); along with some of the bottom-dwellers battling for the league's worst record — the Atlanta Hawks, the Orlando Magic, and the Memphis Grizzlies — constituting nine of their 11 wins.

Much to their credit, they've won the games they were supposed to win, and that has put them within a hair of the Cleveland Cavaliers (only half-a-game behind) for third place, with a matchup awaiting them on Friday, Apr. 6 — one which could decide who gets the No. 3 seed and if the Sixers are really ready to take that next step, even without Embiid.