The final fan votes have been counted and the 1983 Philadelphia 76ers are voted as the best in franchise history.
The final fan votes have been tallied and the last championship team in history came out on top as the best team ever assembled in the history of the Philadelphia 76ers.
We set up a March Madness type of bracket with the top 12 teams in franchise history and had you, the fans, vote on each matchup to find a winner in each one. To see the final results for the previous matchups:
Voting results: Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Championship Round
The 1982-83 Sixers team defeated the 2000-01 Sixers by a wide margin of 95.45% to 4.55% of the vote. On paper heading into this matchup, it appeared that the 1983 team had the edge and that the 2001 Sixers probably should not have received more votes than the 1967 title-winning Sixers.
The 1983 team was led by one of the most electrifying players in the game in Julius “Dr. J” Erving and he was flanked by a dominant big man in Moses Malone who went on to win Finals MVP of the Finals where the Sixers swept the Los Angeles Lakers. Malone averaged a gaudy 25.8 points and 18.0 rebounds in the series against Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
The Sixers were more than just Erving and Malone too. Andrew Toney was a huge part of that team and he averaged 22 points in the Finals providing terrific play on both ends of the floor. The team also received big contributions from Maurice Cheeks and Bobby Jones as well. They were a complete team.
The 2001 team was special and they were led by the electric Allen Iverson and the inside play of Dikembe Mutombo, but they were not better than the ’83 champions. [lawrence-related id=28994,28985,28977]
