Daily Cover: Bubbleball

Heading into the postseason as the top seed in the East, Philly can draw lessons from its first-round flameout last year against the Celtics. Sports Illustrated's Robin Lundberg spoke with Ben Golliver about his time covering the NBA playoffs last season.

Heading into the postseason as the top seed in the East, Philly can draw lessons from its first-round flameout last year against the Celtics. Here's what went wrong.

Excerpt from the new book Bubbleball: Inside the NBA’s Fight to Save A Season by Ben Golliver published by Abrams Press. Copyright © 2021 by Ben Golliver. Used by permission of Abrams Press, an imprint of Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York. All rights reserved.

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