PHILADELPHIA — The air inside Wells Fargo Center was tighter than a button on a pair of pants trying not to explode after eating a cheesesteak. The silence was deafening.
Just a quarter before, the in-arena host appeared on the big video screen showing a decibel-meter rise from 95 decibels to 105 decibels — the sound equivalent of a jet taking off. By the end of the fourth quarter, the only noise that could be heard was the Philadelphia 76ers’ championship aspirations crumbling. It’s the kind of embarrassing loss that if the Sixers don’t turn this around and win in seven games, the franchise will have to reevaluate who’s part of their core moving forward.
A Sixers fan in front of the media seating area took off his Ben Simmons jersey immediately after the scoreboard displayed Hawks 109-106 with 0.0 seconds left. He had every reason to not want to be seen in that jersey leaving the arena.
