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The Sixers will advance to the second round of the NBA playoffs after eliminating the Bulls, 79-78 at the Wells Fargo Center.

Andre Iguodala scored 20 points on 7-of-12 shooting, with four rebounds, seven assists, one steal, and one block in the Sixers'  series clinching win over the Bulls

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You better hope the Sixers were lying or kidding or clueless.

Because if that was, as they said it had to be, their definition of gearing up for a Game 7, they’re toast in each of the next two

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Today in the post-show we examine if the Sixers can take the Bulls out and if the Flyers can keep the series alive.

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Did you miss the Sports Bash or do you just want to listen to it again?

The Sports Bash ON DEMAND gives you the chance to go back and hear what you missed.  Its the Sports Bash with Mike Gill and Todd Ranck

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When Bulls center Joakim Noah rolled his ankle in game three of the Sixers - Bulls first round playoff match-up, the Sixers fans roared when they saw Noah wasn't going to be able to continue.

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Which, if you remember, wasn't exactly the god-fearing sentiments the Flyers strutted into their first potential series-closing op with the Penguins (who, save for the obvious factor that they didn't lose one (two?) of their stars for the entirety of the series, making for a copiously cleaner walk to the next round, make for a pretty close a comp to the Bulls) in their Eastern Conference Quarters. Before they got smoked for two straight games, recalibrated their focus and recaptured control.

Doesn't seem the likely scenario here -- at least to the extent that the Sixers are not only aware of t

Spencer Hawes scored 22 points and Jrue Holiday had 20 to help the surprising Philadelphia 76ers beat the Chicago Bulls 89-82 on Sunday and take a 3-1 lead in their Eastern conference playoff series.

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You thought a 17-point rout was a dagger? This was a guillotine.

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From which you've got three obvious takeaways:

(1) Chicago's playbook is, unequivocally and in no uncertain or twistable terms, clipped without Derrick Rose in the lineup. Don't know if it's like losing a quarterback in football, where you've basically got to perform gastric bypass surgery on the playbook, clipping a hefty portion of it off to allow a cerebrally limited guy can digest enough to be functional, or if it's just a matter of how gameplay shakes out with someone significantly less skilled and speedy and creative running the point

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Joe Blanton recorded his first shutout since 2007 with a three-hitter Thursday against the Braves. Blanton walked none and faced just two batters over the minimum in his third career shutout. He hadn't even pitched a complete game in five years.

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