HOOPSAHOLIC

They're the worst team the NBA has seen in a very long time, and going into a Wednesday night showdown with the lowly Timberwolves, the 76ers were 0-17 and only one loss away from tying the longest losing streak to start the season in NBA history set by the Nets in 2009. The pro-tanking Philadelphia squad who's blundered away its last couple of seasons finally ended the horrid losing streak, but the way their game started just puts an exclamation mark on their ridiculous season. 

If you failed to watch the 85-77 Sixers win over the Timberwolves, first off, congratulations! Not only did you miss a completely irrelevant game for the makeup of the league, but you also watched two young teams completely botch the start of a NBA game. You know.. the thing you play in at least 82 times a season. So get this, they tipped the ball and everything to start the game and played a whole 17 seconds before the refs realized that both teams had lined up and were going the wrong way.. Awkward...

Let me get this right.. so we have two teams completely made up of "professional players" and they didn't know which basket they're supposed to score on? OMG, YOU GUYS HOW EMBARRASSING IS THAT?? But for real, I don't really understand how something like that even happens. The look on Timberwolves head coach Flip Saunders was one of complete humiliation. The good news from all of this is that the Sixers finally have one in the win column, and they don't have to face making the wrong side of history on Friday night when they play the Thunder. Now that OKC has a healthy lineup, you can go ahead and tally up another Sixers loss in that matchup. You could almost tell that they knew if they were going to snap the streak that it had to be against the Timberwolves. Now everyone can sit back and prepare for another losing streak from this Philly squad since they play six returning playoff teams from last year in their next ten games. Also, don't forget to mark your calendars for December 19th so you don't miss the pillow fight between the Sixers and Hornets!