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Every NBA team’s greatest playoff moment

By Cody Williams

CHICAGO - JUNE 7: Michael Jordan #23 of the Chicago Bulls matches up against Karl Malone #32 of the Utah Jazz in Game Three of the 1998 NBA Finals at the United Center on June 5, 1998 in Chicago, Illinois. The Bulls won 96-54. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1998 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
CHICAGO - JUNE 7: Michael Jordan #23 of the Chicago Bulls matches up against Karl Malone #32 of the Utah Jazz in Game Three of the 1998 NBA Finals at the United Center on June 5, 1998 in Chicago, Illinois. The Bulls won 96-54. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1998 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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Philadelphia 76ers: Fo’, Fo’, Fo’ (1983 NBA Playoffs)

Current Philadelphia 76ers fans are more familiar with tanking and Sam Hinkie’s “Process” than success. While that may be so, this is one of the most storied franchises in the league that boasts a great deal of triumph over the decades. You could look to Allen Iverson carrying his Sixers teams for great moments. However, it’s not going to touch that moment when a great achievement is matched with an equally great story.

Throughout the 1982-83 regular season, no one was breathing the same air as the 76ers. Moses Malone was putting together an MVP-winning campaign, flanked by the great Julius Erving to help  lead the way. They finished 65-17 in the regular season, the best record in the league by seven games and with a nine-game cushion over the closest team in the Eastern Conference. Thus, when asked about how the playoffs would go for the Sixers prior to East Semifinals, Malone unveiled the iconic “Fo’, fo’, fo'” quote, saying that they’d sweep every series.

They didn’t quite sweep every series as they dropped a game to the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference Finals. However, going fo’, five, fo’ is still an assertion of dominance that we may never see again in the playoffs. As for the Sixers, they finished well out of the playoffs again in the 2016-17 season. But in 2020 when the Joel Embiid led 76ers are waltzing through the postseason with ease, we’ll have to look back and see if anything they accomplish rivals the 1983 title-winning club.

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