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THESE 76ers HAVE THE SPIRIT OF '67
Barry McDermott
February 16, 1981
Philadelphia is evoking fond memories of that year the Sixers, with the team's best-ever record, last won the NBA title
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February 16, 1981

These 76ers Have The Spirit Of '67

Philadelphia is evoking fond memories of that year the Sixers, with the team's best-ever record, last won the NBA title

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In truth the Sixers didn't draft Brooks because they had no place to play him, not with a front line of CJ, Dawkins and Erving evoking memories of the great Philly team that had Luke Jackson, Wilt Chamberlain and Chet Walker. A kid named Billy Cunningham came off the bench that season. That was the 1966-67 season, the last in which the 76ers won a championship.

Since then there have been a lot of excuses and sidestepped confrontations. Now the 76ers have stopped running—both away and off at the mouth.

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