It was supposed to be the Brooklyn Nets’ turn to be warmed by the the Philadelphia 76ers dumpster fire tonight. But Jared McCain, extinguisher in hand, had other plans.
With injuries cropping up, secret meetings leaking, precarious podcast episodes dropping, and Joel Embiid playing sleuth, those flames were bright and abundant coming into the contest tonight. Frankly, it was all enough to make you forget that we were also getting Ben Simmons vs Philly in the process.
Well, almost enough.
Simmons was greeted the way he always is in the City of Brotherly Love, with boos following him like his shadow on a sunny day.