The top-seeded Philadelphia 76ers are hoping an entire season’s worth of momentum will be enough to send home a Washington Wizards team that used its own late-season momentum just to reach the playoffs.
The two teams tip off their Eastern Conference first-round series as the Sixers host eighth-seeded Washington in Game 1 of their best-of-series Sunday afternoon.
The 76ers finished the regular season with a 49-23 record and spent the majority of the campaign atop the East standings — 93 days in total and 24 of the final 35 days of the regular season — and fended off the Brooklyn Nets down the stretch.
Meanwhile, the Wizards defied the odds in the second half of the season t…
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