Heading into the 2023-2024 season, the Philadelphia 76ers were predicted to have a 48.5 win total. The New York Knicks were given an estimated 45.5 total wins, per FoxSports.
As it finished the Big Apple bunch torched their expectations going 50-32, stealing the No. 2 seed from Milwaukee in the waning moments of a 120-119 overtime win over the Chicago Bulls during the final game of the regular season.
The Sixers (47-35) finished just three wins shy of the Knicks’ win total, despite the 7-foot-2, sweet-shooting center missing more than half (43 games) of the season.