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If the Sixers are still wondering whether accountability and culture are a problem, this era is too far gone anyway.

It's another offseason of questions for the Sixers. But, for the first time in this era, you can feel the seconds ticking off the Sixers' clock. And once that clock runs out, it'll be time to shift the franchise away from the pillars that currently hold it up.

They are sitting at home, assessing what comes next, because that identity failed them. And it failed them in spectacular fashion. That's why Rivers was the first change of the offseason. It's an easy first step. But, it's a step that cannot absolve the other reasons for the Sixers going out in the second round with a whimper.

A blowout third quarter sent the Sixers spiraling to elimination, 112-88.

Doc Rivers showed his team 45 seconds of missed shots during Saturday's film session. There was neither sound nor talking. When Rivers turned around to face his players, the message coming back to him was simple -- "We're good".

A terrible fourth quarter doomed the Sixers, 95-86.

A balanced, full-team effort carried the Sixers to a shocking blowout victory in Boston, 115-103.

That good juju carried Harden all the way through the Sixers' final possession of overtime.

James Harden flirted with a 42-point triple-double to lead the Sixers past the Celtics, 116-115, in overtime.

The young guard, who shot 4-for-16 in the Sixers' deflating Game 3 loss at home to the Boston Celtics on Friday, said, "I think the biggest thing today was that we were real with each other," when asked about the team's mood during Saturday's film session.

James Harden and Tyrese Maxey stunk up the joint to ruin Joel Embiid's MVP homecoming as the Sixers fell, 114-102.

A brutal third quarter spelled the difference in a 121-87 loss to send the series to Philadelphia tied at one game apiece.