The only thing the Philadelphia 76ers and Brooklyn Nets had in common was their record.
Before facing off in Philly on Saturday night, each team was 20-35, tied (in the loss column) with the Chicago Bulls for the Eastern Conference’s 10-seed, AKA the final Play-In Tournament spot.
That’s the wasteland of the NBA, modern wisdom dictates. Not good enough to win any sort of meaningful playoff game, not bad enough to find franchise-changing talent in the draft (or at least, much harder to).
So, a significant portion of each fanbase was rooting for a loss on Saturday night; maybe the teams have that in common too.