With an unfortunate Milwaukee Bucks loss last night to the Indiana Pacers, the Sixers have 2.5 games on them for the final playoff spot. The New York Knicks are battling the Miami Heat at the Garden but you gotta figure LeBron and company come away with that one. Either way, it's likelier that the Sixers will make the playoffs today than it was yesterday.

So while we're holding off from the dreaded "Playoff Preview", I don't think it's too early to throw some proverbial hyperboles your way that will certainly get the CASUAL FAN excited about a playoff series against Miami or Chicago.

• It's the Playoffs! Anything can happen!
• Defense wins championships.
• Collins is a veteran coach and knows how to win games.
• Lou Williams just knows how to score the basketball.
• You know in the Playoffs, anything can happen.
• They're a young team and you can't discount all this good playoff experience.
• The Sixers just play the game the right way.
• Anything can happen!
• Playoff experience!
• Anything can happen!
• PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE CAN HAPPEN!
• ANYTHING CAN PLAYOFF!
• ANYOFF EXPHAPIENFF!
• CAXIENFP ANYTHAPPP!
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