To the East Side… they finally got a piece of the pie-i-i-iiiii! Ah The Jefferson’s, that classic sitcom with Sherman Helmsley. The rags to upper middle class riches theme is a good comparison to The Sixers story that’s been written this season. The only difference is that, although I’ve seen just about every episode of The Jefferson’s, I never really enjoyed it. Hey, there used to be only 5 channels, some nights I just didn’t have much choice.

With the Sixers, on the other hand, I can’t wait till they come on. With four games left the Sixers are 2 games behind The Cleveland Cavaliers and just 1 game back of Washington. They play both teams in those final four games, and if The Sixers win out, they will clinch the 5 seed and with some luck, hop over The Cavs and get home court advantage for the first round.

Do I think they’ll be able to do it? I think it’s possible, maybe a 40% chance, which isn’t bad, but I’d have …