Posted on 05/02/2024 5:58:24 PM PDT by Libloather
CNN - After the Philadelphia 76ers’ Wells Fargo Center was overrun with New York Knicks fans last week, the team’s ownership has taken action to guarantee it doesn’t happen again.
Sixers managing partners Josh Harris and David Blitzer, along with limited partner David Adelman and Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin, have purchased over 2,000 tickets for Philadelphia’s pivotal Game 6 on Thursday of its first-round series against New York to firmly establish a home-court advantage.
Sunday’s Game 4 took place in Philly, though traveling Knicks fans packed into the arena and made it feel like anything but a home game for the 76ers squad. The New York contingent serenaded its star point guard Jalen Brunson with MVP chants from the stands and made its feelings on Sixers superstar Joel Embiid very clear before the game with expletive-laden chants.
New York took Game 4 97-92 to grab a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series, with Embiid saying after the game that he had “never seen” an atmosphere like it.
**SNIP**
“Josh Harris, David Blitzer, David Adelman and I just bought more than 2,000 tix for Sixers Game 6 – we absolutely CANNOT let Knicks fans take over our arena again!!!” he wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Giving them to first responders, health care professionals and other local Philadelphia-based organizations once we know they’re legit Sixers fans and not imposters!! Let’s go Sixers – we can do this!!”
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xenophobes
free markets and all.
Hmmm, didn’t know there were playoff going on.
Better yet, do not care either.
Thx for the heads up.
Best of luck with the virtue signalling.
Knicks up by 12.
Reserve the tickets for the gamblers?
Probably could have bought the refs for less.
I don’t know why this came to mind....
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The Flyers bullied the Russians off the ice.
6 ers +3 at half
Knicks down by 10.
Same old Knicks.
I can’t stay up for the last 30 seconds tonight. Enjoy!(Maxey 5 points tonight)
Knicks tie it up going into the 4th.
Last post. Knicks were up by 22, lost the lead, went down by 10, now back up by 4. Time out Sixers.
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