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Sixers Owners To Distribute 2,000 Tickets For Game 6
The tickets will be distributed to first responders, health care professionals, community groups, and more Philadelphia organizations.
PHILADELPHIA — After New York Knicks fans swarmed the Wells Fargo Center for Sunday's playoff game, the 76ers are looking to bolster their fans' numbers by giving out more than 2,000 tickets for Thursday's game.
Owners Josh Harris, David Blitzer, and David Adelman, as well as former partner Michael Rubin, have bought 2,000-plus tickets for game six, Rubin said on social media.
The tickets will be distributed to "first responders, health care professionals and other local Philadelphia-based organizations," he said.
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But, there is a catch: they must be true Sixers fans.
Rubin said the ticket will be distributed "once we know they're legit Sixers fans and not imposters!"
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"We absolutely CANNOT let Knicks fans take over our arena again," he said.
The Sixers are down 2-3 in the playoff series after mounting a comeback Tuesday night in New York, with the game going into overtime and Tyrese Maxey scoring a career playoff high of 46 points.
Tip off for game six is at 9 p.m. Thursday.
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