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Can the 76ers live up to their own hype? That’s the main question surrounding the franchise heading into Tuesday night’s season opener against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden. On paper, the Sixers are a notch below the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks in Eastern Conference supremacy. The Brooklyn Nets have more skilled players. Yet anything less than a conference finals appearance would be deemed a failure for the Sixers. And even that might not be enough to avoid a disappointing season. “If we get this thing together, which I’m more than confident we will,” James Harden said, “it’s no reaso…