The Phillies advanced to the World Series in October, the Union reached the MLS Cup in November, and Eagles will play the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl on Feb. 12.
So does that make it an NBA Finals-or-bust season for the 76ers?
“It’s funny that we are talking about that now, because we also were talking about it before the season was started,” Matisse Thybulle said. “The pressure for us to do well is always there because everything that happened was kind of manifested by the fans. Like everyone [said the Eagles advancing to the Super Bowl] was going to happen, and it did.”