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Sizing up the Sixers’ competition in the tightly packed Eastern Conference

Entering Monday, the 33-24 Sixers were one game back of the fourth-place Knicks … and only 1½ games ahead of the eighth-place Magic.

Sixers coach Nick Nurse talking to guard Buddy Hield and forward Paul Reed during the game against the Atlanta Hawks on Feb. 9.
Sixers coach Nick Nurse talking to guard Buddy Hield and forward Paul Reed during the game against the Atlanta Hawks on Feb. 9.Read moreYong Kim / Staff Photographer