Opinion: Philadelphia 76ers' inability to put away Game 4 breathes life into upstart Atlanta Hawks

ATLANTA — This is the opportunity The Process was designed to take advantage of. This is the moment the Eastern Conference has opened up for the Philadelphia 76ers, with all their rivals looking injured and vulnerable. This is the time, after all those years building toward the NBA Finals, for the 76ers to finally cash it in. 

But the 76ers find themselves at the precipice of fulfilling all those expectations with two problems: Their reliance on an increasingly gimpy Joel Embiid and an opponent in the Eastern Conference semifinals that refuses to go away.