The Philadelphia 76ers began the final week of the season on the road taking on the Indiana Pacers and they had a goal in their mind and that was to clinch the No. 1 seed in the East. The job was tough as they were missing Joel Embiid as well as three key bench pieces and it proved to be too much to overcome.
Indiana, who was equally as shorthanded, used a scrappy effort and a bunch of 3-pointers to knock off the Sixers at home 103-94. The Pacers were led by Doug McDermott who shot 4-for-10 from deep and 20 points and Domantas Sabonis had 16 points, 15 assists, and 13 rebounds.
Philadelphia was led by Tobias Harris with 27 points and five rebounds, Ben Simmons returned to the lineup and had 20 points, eight rebounds, and seven assists, Tyrese Maxey had 11 off the bench, and Seth Curry had 10.
Here are the observations following a tough loss: