NBA 1st Round Preview: Chicago-Philadelphia

The Chicago Bulls-Philadelphia 76ers playoff matchup is one that could have been reasonably anticipated back in early February, but no one would have been thinking first round. At the time the 76ers looked like the best team in the Atlantic Division by a lot and a viable threat to at least put a scare into the Bulls if the teams were to meet in the second round. Instead it’s a Philly team that nearly played its way out of the postseason altogether that comes to the Windy City on Saturday afternoon to start the 1-8 matchup on the Eastern Conference side of the draw. TheSportsNotebook previews the Bulls-Sixers series…