If you have ever witnessed a game between the Boston Celtics and their Atlantic Division rivals, the Philadelphia 76ers, and wondered if the Celtics happened to be built especially well for giving the team from the City of Brotherly Love fits on the court, you are far from alone — especially after Boston utterly destroyed the Sixers 135 – 87 on the road on Feb. 15.
In fact, all of the hosts of the popular ESPN podcast “The Hoop Collective” got together and discussed exactly this on a recent episode, with Brian Windhorst, Dave McMenamin, and Tim Bontemps putting their heads together to ask what it is that makes the matchup — in Joel Embiid’s opinion, anyway — less than a rivalry.
Watch the clip embedded below to get their takes on why the Celtics always seem to have Philly’s number on the court.
