Call Your Ma and Pa, The Sixers are above .500

It was another defining moment for the Sixers in a season of them. Philadelphia is now 30-29 on the year and now that puts them over the .500 mark for the first time since 2009, wow.

It's been a long time for the Sixers and the team has come a long way since 3-13 and now it feels weird to actually seriously discuss a playoff appearance, but Philadelphia is making really good headway towards that goal of reaching the postseason and the crazy thing is that they might be able to make some noise.

The Sixers are a game behind the New York Knicks for sixth place in the East and are tied with them in terms of victories with 30 each. They are 7-3 in the last ten and have won a season high four games in a row.

This team is peaking right now, at a great point in the season, but it gets a little harder tomorrow night when they host the Dallas Mavericks, but one thing we've all seen about this Sixer team is how tough they play vs. the best teams in the NBA.

Since that 3-13 start to their season, they've beaten Portland, Orlando, Chicago, Atlanta, Denver (with 'Melo twice), San Antonio and lost a couple tough ones to the Celtics,this team has experience vs. the best in the league and they've had some success that they can fall back on going forward.

Part of the reason for their recent rise has to be their awesome bench play, Lou WIlliams and Thad Young have torn it up this season along with a constantly improving Evan Turner, this team has a lot of different looks to throw at the opposition.

While I was watching the game last night on the Cavs feed (terrible homer announcers by the way), there was a good point made about just how well the Sixers can play both the fast-paced style and the half court game.

With the legs of the younger guys, it's not surprise that this team likes to run and can run with the best them and this is evidenced by their very high fast break point total which leads the NBA.

Then they can also slow it down with Elton Brand and Spenser Hawes in the half court being fed from Jrue Holiday, who has improved at a massive clip this season, it's becoming a real treat to watch him play the point and it'll be something we'll hopefully be able to see play over the next decade.

There are many positives about this team going forward, but there are some quirks to this unit as well, but since this is a day for celebration with the team getting over .500 and all, I'll save that for another day.

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