The Philadelphia 76ers clinched a playoff spot for the second consecutive year Monday night by handily beating the New Jersey Nets, 105-87. The win guarantees a winning record for the Sixers for the first time in seven seasons. At 34-30, the Sixers are tied with the New York Knicks for the seven seed in the Eastern Conference.

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A look around the league and the web that covers it. It's also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren't always listed in order of importance. That's for you, dear reader, to figure out. C : SI Vault . With the Nets playing their last game in New Jersey on Monday, let's take a look at some of the nicer snapshots in the Netsies' sordid history. PF : Newark Star-Ledger . Dave D: 'Nets are leaving a place that never felt like home.' SF : New York Times . Harvey Araton on New Jersey's 'Sorry State of Affairs.' SG : Boston Globe . Bob Ryan: 'Nets jersey was never a good fit.' PG : The Basketball Jones . Trey Kerby gets funny with DeMarcus Cousins.

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The Philadelphia 76ers can wrap up a playoff berth when they visit the New Jersey Nets on Monday, April 23. The 76ers are currently 33-30 and hold a three game lead over the Milwaukee Bucks for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. With one more win or one loss by the Bucks, the 76ers will secure a playoff spot for the second straight season. Hopefully, they can wrap things up tonight. The sooner the 76ers clinch that playoff spot, the better off they will be. Here are a few reasons why the 76ers need to win this game and take care of business now.

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For the last 35 years, the New York Knicks have had to cross the Hudson River to play road games against the New Jersey Nets.

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The Philadelphia 76ers were starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel this week. Although Sixers fans like myself couldn't get carried away by two straight easy victories, the fact that they were victories was enough of a relief. And since the week ended at Philadelphia on April 13 against the same New Jersey Nets team that the Sixers blew out on April 10, it appeared that the recovery would continue.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) Gerald Green scored 23 points, and Kris Humphries had 18 points and 13 rebounds to lead the New Jersey Nets to a 95-89 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) Gerald Green scored 23 points, and Kris Humphries had 18 points and 13 rebounds to lead the New Jersey Nets to a 95-89 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night.

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The Philadelphia 76ers got back on track earlier this week with a victory over the New Jersey Nets and now could continue their playoff push with another one.

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The Philadelphia 76ers played the second of back-to-back games against inferior competition on April 11. Normally, Sixers fans like myself could breathe easy at that prospect, but things are much more difficult now. As such, even after the Sixers throttled the New Jersey Nets on April 10 and visited the lowly Toronto Raptors the next night, there was still reason to expect the worst.

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Hey there, friend. Having a tough time feeling bright-eyed and bushy-tailed after a six-game Tuesday night headlined by a national doubleheader that didn't wrap up 'til after midnight on the East Coast? It's cool. We've got a double shot of video espresso to crack open those droopy eyes, courtesy of the Dallas Mavericks and Philadelphia 76ers. First up: Jason Terry turns an ambitious lead pass into an even more ambitious lob pass, which is flushed by a surprisingly (and increasingly) ambitious Brandan Wright: Of course an announcer would think that was Jason Terry just taking a crazy shot. He's Jason Terry. He attempts 15 field goals per 36 minutes ; he gets off the bus chucking. He's not particularly shy about just throwing something up (or, as I learned when I talked to him after the NBA Finals last year , much of anything else). Forgetting that, though: Big up yourself, Brandan Wright. After two solid per-minute but quiet per-game seasons with the Golden State Warriors, a 2009 season lost to a shoulder injury and a '10-11 campaign split between the Bay and the New Jersey Nets, people pretty much forgot you even existed. And now here you are, starting over at age 24 with the defending NBA champions, deterring shots (he's blocking 6.6 percent of opponents' attempts , highest of his career), filling the lane, showing your springs and producing a sterling 21.1 Player Efficiency Rating in a career-high 41 appearances. There might just be a spot in this league for you yet, Brandan. (Especially if you keep turning wild, blind passes from JET into fast-break buckets.) Next up: Thaddeus Young and Andre Iguodala making sweet music in the open court.

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