Despite leading by as much as 26, the 76ers blew it in Game 5 against the Atlanta Hawks.
It was an unfathomable choke job of the highest order, and NBA Twitter let them hear it in hilarious fashion:
They doing this in front of Iverson.
— vince (@vincestaples) June 17, 2021
Allen Iverson watching the 76ers in the fourth quarter pic.twitter.com/CWEJIRx3Wd
— SB Nation (@SBNation) June 17, 2021
this would be the biggest playoffs chokejob ive ever seen since yesterday.
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) June 17, 2021
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) June 17, 2021
Doc Rivers and Mike Budenholzer when asked to make a minor coaching adjustment to save a playoff series pic.twitter.com/bi5LuADH1C
— Steve?!? (@urnotthtguy) June 17, 2021
https://twitter.com/SportInfo247/status/1405348969732055040
Yo you see Brooklyns comeback? 🔥 Atl: Hold my beer 🍺
— Terrence Ross (@TerrenceRoss) June 17, 2021
👀 game of runs lol
— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) June 17, 2021
When it is decidedly not sunny in Philadelphia pic.twitter.com/WN5Ov5U6WI
— CJ Fogler 🫡 (@cjzero) June 17, 2021
Sixers and Bucks now have to play each other in a Loser Leaves Town game.
— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) June 17, 2021
the philidelphia 76ers are a travesty
— Wosny Lambre (@BigWos) June 17, 2021
https://twitter.com/IsaacKLee/status/1405353838387757056