Philadelphia 76ers Milestones

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Order these Philadelphia 76ers franchise moments by the year they happened. Drag or tap it onto the line

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How the Philadelphia 76ers milestones timeline works

You're ordering big moments from 76ers history by the year they happened. A card shows the moment and, below it, a sentence describing what went on. The first card is placed for you with its year in view. Each new one goes into whichever gap you pick; land it correctly and the year is revealed, miss and it still slides into the right position while you give up one of your three lives.

The franchise didn't start in Philadelphia, and the deck reaches back into those early days before it ever took its current name. After that come title teams, superstar trades, top draft picks and a deliberate rebuild that the descriptions explain in their own words. Top overall picks are the trickiest cards here, since the team has used several of them and they can land closer together than you might expect.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

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Here are 26 of the 26 cards you might be dealt. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

Founded as the Syracuse Nationals Began in the upstate New York city as a National Basketball League team
Joined the NBA Entered the merged league from the NBL
Reached the NBA Finals as Syracuse Lost the championship series to the Minneapolis Lakers
Won the NBA title as the Syracuse Nationals Beat the Fort Wayne Pistons in seven games
Moved to Philadelphia and became the 76ers Relocated from Syracuse and took a name honoring 1776
Acquired Wilt Chamberlain Brought the scoring giant home in a midseason trade
Won the NBA championship over the Warriors A 68-win team beat the Warriors and ended Boston's title streak
Traded Wilt Chamberlain to the Lakers Dealt the star center west after a first-round exit
Finished a franchise-worst 9-73 Set a then-record for futility in a single season
Acquired Julius Erving Bought 'Dr. J' from the Nets as the ABA folded
Reached the NBA Finals against the Blazers Blew a 2-0 lead and lost to Bill Walton's Trail Blazers
Reached the NBA Finals again Fell to Magic Johnson's Lakers in six games
Acquired Moses Malone Signed the reigning MVP away from Houston
Won the 'fo, fo, fo' championship Malone's 'fo, fo, fo' team swept the Lakers
Drafted Charles Barkley Took the round mound of rebound out of Auburn fifth overall
Traded Moses Malone Dealt the MVP center to Washington in an unpopular move
Traded Charles Barkley to the Suns Sent the star forward to Phoenix for a package of players
Drafted Allen Iverson first overall Took the Georgetown guard with the top pick
Reached the NBA Finals behind Iverson Iverson's MVP season ended against the Lakers
Traded Allen Iverson to Denver Dealt the franchise icon in a midseason blockbuster
Launched 'The Process' Hired Sam Hinkie, whose teardown became a rebuilding byword
Drafted Joel Embiid Gambled on the injured Kansas center third overall
Drafted Ben Simmons first overall Took the LSU point-forward with the top pick
Drafted Markelle Fultz first overall Traded up to grab the Washington guard at number one
Traded for James Harden Sent Ben Simmons to Brooklyn in a deadline blockbuster
Joel Embiid won MVP The center claimed the league's top individual honor