Things have definitely changed for the 76ers.
The former NBA laughingstocks have sold out in each of their eight home games this season, including Saturday night’s game against Orlando at the Wells Fargo Center. The atmosphere during the most recent home victory, over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday, was reminiscent of a playoff-type environment.
It was a big difference from when a fan gained national attention for falling asleep in his floor-level seat on the visitor’s baseline in a snooze of a blowout loss.
Back then, no one would have envisioned that Sixers would be ranked second in the NBA in home attendance with an average of 20,679 heading into Saturday’s schedule.