The normally hard-nosed Philadelphia media has seemingly found a soft spot for this band of 76ers, who frankly have over-achieved since the trading of Allen Iverson and the departure of Chris Webber...The Sixers have gone 25-20 since both were officially out of here...

The last time we were here, back in January, a lot of the talk centered around drafting Greg Oden if he left OSU, and assuming the Sixers were headed for the #1 pick, at 13-30...Now 10 teams have worse records than Philly...The Sixers play hard, and are seemingly having fun doing it...Credit has to go to Mo Cheeks for keeping them together...

The Cavs had their normal 3-point shooting drill at the end of practice, with the red team (regulars) dueling the white squad...Today there was an upset, LeBron and company lost...Which led to LBJ walking off the floor in mock disgust to the locker room, pretending to pout while doing it...Of course, a roar of laughter followed...

Referee Joe Crawford's suspension for the way he mishandled the Tim Duncan ejection Sunday brought back memories of Crawford tossing Brad Daugherty, Mark Price, Larry Nance, et al, at the Coliseum for a similar laughing binge on the bench...Crawford is a superb referee, but sometimes he does get a case of the rabbit ears....But no question, he has the respect of players and coaches for being one of the best in the business...

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