For the remainder of the 1980s , the Sixers would still flirt with the Playoffs ( excusing the disaster that was 1987 - 88 ) .
Sixers were never as good nor as threatening as Sixers were in the early - mid 1980s .
For the remainder of the 1980s , the Sixers would still flirt with the Playoffs ( excusing the disaster that was 1987 - 88 ) , but they were never as good nor as threatening as they were in the early - mid 1980s .