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| PHILADELPHIA - Ellen DeGeneres used her monologue on Wednesdays show to speak right to the heart of Philadelphia 76ers fans.I want to be a glow where its gloomy, she said.Around the NBA, no city is gloomier these days than Philadelphia. Turns out, she said, the Sixers are having a bad season.And where did they get that name?I believe theyre named after the 76 gas stations, she said.Rim shot!And just like most of the 76ers shots at the rim, it was a clunker.She should have tried this one — I believe theyre named after the number of games theyll lose this season.Of course, the Sixers would have to roll into quite the hot streak to win six games this season, so perhaps that one-liner aims a bit high for the worst franchise in sports this side of the Oakland Raiders.The 76ers are the Hacky Sack of the NBA. Watch as Larry Brown kicks an insult to Eric Bledsoe who punts it to Fred Carter who may as well just let it drop to the court and let the other 29 NBA teams stomp and romp all over it.Yes, the 76ers were supposed to be bad — the only one smiling after this 0-11 start is team president and tank mastermind Sam Hinkie — but this bad?Using old school stats or modern analytics, the Sixers are the worst of the worst by any set of numbers.The 76ers are only seven defeats from tying the 2009-10 Nets for the worst start in NBA history.They have five more straight losses ahead to top the 1972-73 team for worst start (0-15) in Sixers history and are the No. 1 contenders to wrest away the crown from those Sixers (9-73) as the worst 82-game season team in NBA history.Keep going?The Sixers are 15 straight losses away from matching an NBA record of 26 straight in a season held by ... set by ... cmon, the answer is on the tip of your tongue ... Yes! The 2013-14 Philadelphia 76ers.The Sixers have done so much deep-hole drilling on second-year coach Brett Browns career record, hed need a Phil Jackson/Michael Jordan run to climb out and see .500 daylight.The 76ers did get a boost this week when they signed the No. 1 pick of the draft! The D-League draft. Robert Covington simply took a roster spot that once belonged to a former All Star. Malcolm Thomas, a D-League All Star.The 76ers have sold fans on the Together We Build slogan. But all theyve built is a D-League team at NBA prices.Around Philly, rebuilding has a different nickname: Tankadelphia.Larry Brown, the vagabond coach who led the Sixers to the 2001 NBA finals, said the last two seasons have made me sick to my stomach.Can you imagine telling Allen Iverson that this is a rebuilding season so were going to be bad on purpose? he said last month.Bledsoe, the Phoenix Suns guard and former Kentucky standout, said Wednesday that the top-ranked Wildcats could defeat the 76ers.Thats certainly in doubt. But not Wednesdays result at the Wells Fargo Center: Boston Celtics 101, 76ers 90.We have to keep the locker room together, Brown said. We have to keep our guys believing that if they dont cheat days, if they really come in and invest in what were selling, then we believe we have a chance of finding some wins.But when?The Sixers play Friday against Bledsoe and the Suns, then hit the road Saturday against the 3-10 New York Knicks. Maybe the Knicks are the tonic for what ails the Sixers. It cant be worse than last week when the Sixers were thumped 100-75 against San Antonio and 123-70 against Dallas.Carter, who played on that 1972-73 Sixers team and would coach the team in the 1990s, said this years team is worse because of how open the franchise has been about the plan to hit bottom for a few seasons before potentially climbing back into contention with great draft picks.There was no intentional dumping. There was no plan to lose games to get better because people didnt think that way, Carter said. Dump a whole season like whats being done now? Its really sickening to the stomach to hear and see that.The 76ers hope a nucleus of Michael Carter-Williams, Joel Embiid, Nerlens Noel and Dario Saric can become winners in three or four seasons.In a column for Derek Jeters new sports website, The Players Tribune, Carter-Williams wrote that he escaped from the grind by watching The Ellen DeGeneres Show with his stepfather.DeGeneres read the column, thanked MCW for watching, and said, Im sorry youre having a tough season. She said everyone on the Ellen team was rooting for him — and brought out characters like Giggles the Clown, Nick the Gardener, and Dave the Stagehand.Somewhere, Hinkie had to wonder if he could sign them to 10-day contracts.Allen Iverson was figuratively castrated for saying, practice, practice, practice, Carter said. What the organization is doing is intentionally losing. Losing, losing, losing.You tell me which is worse? Stefon Diggs Jersey Color Rush . 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LOUIS - When the St. Louis Rams needed it most, kicker Greg Zuerlein regained his rookie-season form.Zuerlein was a career-best 5 for 5 with two field goals of longer than 50 yards last week, providing most of the points in a 22-7 upset over the Denver Broncos and earning NFC special teams player of the week honours.You go out to do what you can to help your team, and thats what Im happiest about, Zuerlein said. I did my job.Zuerlein and Jeff Wilkins (2000) are the only Rams kickers to go 5 for 5 in a game.Chip shot or long distance, Zuerleins approach is the same.A 55-yarder for him is just a normal kick, special teams coach John Fassel said. He doesnt have to add anything to it.When he connects, the mechanics are so sound the kick is likely to clear the goalposts with yardage to spare. Wherever the offence stalled against the Broncos, the Rams were confident of getting points.In pregame warmups he was crushing it, Fassel said. So you just had to make sure he kind of stayed in that groove.He had a kick a quarter, so it kind of kept him going.Zuerlein hasnt missed many throughout his career, but the effort that matched his college best at Division II Missouri Western in 2012 came as a bit of a rebound.In his rookie season, he set a franchise record with seven field goals of at least 50 yards.This season, he has one missed field goal inside the 40 and has mishit a handful of kickoffs, too, one of which resulted in a kickoff return for touchdown in a loss at Arizona two weeks ago.Youre going to miss some, Zuerlein said. Nobodys perfect. But when you do. you have to let it go and try to make sure youre ready for the next kick.One got too much big toe, too little instep. Another was a shank.All the other ones have been really good hits, Fassel said. All his warmmups have been good, all his practices have been great.ddddddddddddThats why Im really happy for him that he had a big day, because it was coming at some point.Coach Jeff Fisher said there was no hesitation calling for the field goal unit against Denver, though a lengthy off-target kick would have put Peyton Manning and the Broncos high-powered offence in good field position. The rationale made sense.Say you punt and you get a touchdown and the balls on the 20, Fisher said. Hes going to be on the 40 in just a few plays, so why not take a shot at the points?Fassel thought Zuerleins 55-yarder would have been good from 66 or 67 yards. The Rams plan accordingly, and let the kicker know when its fourth down.Greg just knows if we get basically across the 50 to be ready, Fassel said. Hes always ready.Zuerleins three field goals accounted for all of the second-half scoring and gave the Rams something to show for Shaun Hills turnover-free game and 100-yard efforts from Kenny Britt and Tre Mason. It was the breathing room they needed to give them victories over both Super Bowl participants from last season.Notes: Fisher said there was a chance DE Chris Long (ankle surgery) could play be activated from the injured reserve-designated for return list Sunday at San Diego. Long is in his second week of practice and must return by next week. Hes getting better each day, Fisher said. ... James Laurinaitis (foot) was a full participant and TE Jared Cook (back) was limited, after both were held out Wednesday. ... G Davin Joseph returned to practice after sitting out Wednesday, essentially a day off for healing. 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