Sixers

At Least We Got Joe Harris and Blake Griffin to Sign a Gum Wrapper

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Mar 11th, 2022 · 11:36 AM EST

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Kyle P was down at the game last night, sitting right next to the Nets’ bench. The booing of Ben Simmons ended up being a dud, because the Sixers got their ass kicked so bad that the crowd was taken out of the game and then exited the Wells Fargo Center with eight minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. It should have been the apex of booing but turned out to be more like Y2K.

But it wasn’t all bad. He got some quality time with Joe Harris and Blake Griffin, and got them to sign a used gum wrapper, with the gum  stuck to it:

Night wasn’t a total bust. Signed Double Mint from Joe Harris and Blake Griffin (with love from Joe) pic.twitter.com/ZdkHibyUZr

— Crossing Broad (@CrossingBroad) March 11, 2022

The pair also thought they spotted the famous Richard Harkaway in the crowd. Harkaway is the urologist who flipped Russell Westbrook the double birds, and Griffin was scanning for him:

Courtside chats with @KyleWooderboys and @blakegriffin23 pic.twitter.com/i3zujILYgK

— Crossing Broad (@CrossingBroad) March 11, 2022

We were later informed that Harkaway was not in the vicinity. Bummer. Maybe we can arrange a meeting between him and Griffin in the future.

For what it’s worth, Blake found the “fuck Ben Simmons” chant to be “catchy” –

Fuck Ben Simmons rings in the Wells Fargo Center pic.twitter.com/O0yML6tVHl

— Crossing Broad (@CrossingBroad) March 11, 2022

Fugazi night, if you think about it. The Sixers got killed. Ben skated by relatively unscathed. And the Nets players actually seemed pretty cool.

The only way to fix this and wipe out the bad taste is to go down to Orlando on Sunday and beat the absolute dog shit out of the Magic. Then maybe playoff revenge on the Nets. Need to get back on track here.