Led by superstar Dolph Schayes, the former NBL franchise was a powerhouse in the NBA ’40s and ’50s, including a championship in 1955, and the last small market team to survive up to their 1963 relocation to Philadelphia
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- Billy King tenure as general manager
- Conference Finals upset loss to Bullets (1978)
- Conference Finals upset over Celtics (1980)
- Conference Finals upset over Celtics (1982)
- Dolph Schayes tenure as coach
- Don DeJardin tenure as general manager
- In the 1967 Eastern Conference Finals (“Virtual NBA Finals”)
- In the 1981 Eastern Conference Finals (“Virtual NBA Finals”)
- Maurice Cheeks tenure as coach
- Name change from Nationals to 76ers
- Players feuding with coach Maurice Cheeks
- Playing games in Philadelphia Civic Center and The Spectrum
- Postponing a game due to MLK assassination
- Re-location from Syracuse to Philadelphia
- Rivalry with Bucks
- Rivalry with Rochester Royals (as Syracuse Nationals)
- Roy Rubin tenure as coach
- Struggling to defend their title in ’83-’84
- Trading Allen Iverson to the Nuggets
- Upset by the Nets in the 1984 playoffs first round
- Upsetting the Bulls in the 2012 playoffs first round
- Upsetting the Pistons in 1955 NBA Finals (as Syracuse Nationals)
- Winning 1986 NBA Draft Lottery
- Winning 1955 NBA Finals under suspect circumstances (as Syracuse Nationals)
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