The Nets Waved The White Flag And Emptied The Bench With 3 Minutes Left Against the Sixers Bench Squad

What a night:

PHILLY SPOILS BEN SIMMONS HOMECOMING 😬 pic.twitter.com/0qJRfSsL1m

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 23, 2022

Hating this dude is so much fun. He makes it so easy. I mean early in the game he made two free throws and pulled out the Jordan shrug. Then he missed a layup, got his own rebound, and shushed the crowd. He then flopped and drew a flagrant on Georges Niang and tried to kiss and make up after. All in the first half alone:

Ben Simmons made two free throws and hit the Philly crowd with a Jordan shrug 🤣 #NetsWorld pic.twitter.com/Y4DHPPKJ9a

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) November 23, 2022

Simmons with the shush 🤫pic.twitter.com/q1eKnuLsgh

— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) November 23, 2022

Now Niang is getting chippy with Simmons 😳 pic.twitter.com/vpX0oLbhX9

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 23, 2022

The best part about the whole night, even better then the win, was the fact he won us a free 5-piece of Chick-fil-A nuggets. When the Sixers created this promotion they had to have November 22nd circled:

BEN SIMMONS WIN SIXERS FANS FREE NUGGETS! pic.twitter.com/IhfA3cJDpp

— Crossing Broad (@CrossingBroad) November 23, 2022

Here’s a good bit if you’re hosting the Thanksgiving Eve pregame tomorrow. Everyone has to show a free 5-piece nugget from Chick-fil-A at the door or they can’t come in. If you got 20 people coming over that’s basically a free medium tray.

The cherry on top came when the Nets waved the white flag with three minutes left to go. Before Ben Simmons could even register a stat in the fourth quarter. He must’ve felt at home after all:

Final: Sixers 115, Nets 106.

Ben Simmons doesn’t register a point, rebound or assist in the fourth, and finishes with 11-7-11 in 32 minutes in his return to Philly.

Tobias Harris had 24 to lead the Sixers, who got 35 combined from Paul Reed and Georges Niang. Impressive win.

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) November 23, 2022

I don’t want to make this all about Ben because the Sixers bench unit played awesome today while missing 76 points of offense.  Maybe in some sick twisted brain only a Sixers fan could have the early season injuries will benefit them in the long run. Maybe they’re deeper then we originally thought. Maybe Doc will realize team basketball is a better form of basketball for success. Shoutout to Tobias Harris too with 24 and having a great audition for his future team. We’ll take those two firsts back.

What this game lacked this team made up in keeping the crowd in it. Whether it was Paul Reed coming off the bench and scoring 10 quickly, Melton and Shake having big games, or Georges Niang talking shit to anyone in a white jersey with a pulse:

You gotta love Niang chirping’ in Durant’s face after scoring on him #utahjazz #Philadelphia76ers #BrooklynNets pic.twitter.com/qpbVxYbyKi

— Jazzketball (@Jazzketballl) November 23, 2022

We’ll always remember tonight. Fuck Ben Simmons.

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