NBA Power Rankings: Are the Warriors destined for failure in the playoffs?

NBA Golden State Warriors Draymond Green (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
NBA Golden State Warriors Draymond Green (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
27 of 31
Philadelphia 76ers
Philadelphia 76ers Ben Simmons Joel Embiid Jimmy Butler (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

5. Philadelphia 76ers (47-27)

The Philadelphia 76ers might be the hottest team in the Eastern Conference heading into the playoffs, and they might have the most talented roster too. If the Sixers could avoid the Bucks and Celtics in the second-round, it would be a huge win too.

Perhaps the only thing standing between the Sixers and an Eastern Conference Finals appearance is the Raptors. If I told the Sixers before the season that they could avoid the No. 1 seed and the Celtics until the Conference Finals, they’d take it 100 out of 100 times.

Philly is my pick to come out of the Eastern Conference at the moment. They made the perfect in-season acquisitions to make a deep run.