Kevin Durantkey in the Brooklyn Nets beating the Philadelphia 76ers (100-129)ironized in the press conference after the game about how they managed to silence the constant whistles of the Sixers fans to their former player Ben Simmons.
“All of us (the Nets) look up to Ben as our brother. We knew it was a hostile environment. We knew he didn’t have a chance to play so we wanted to come out here and make the fans focus more on what was happening on the track than on him,” he said.
“The fans were focused on the pitch tonight. It’s hard to boo Ben Simmons when you’re losing so much,” he added.
All eyes on Ben Simmons
Although all eyes were on Simmons, who came out with a lot of controversy from the Philadelphia franchise, the Australian did not play because he is injured, although he did participate in the warm-up.
Durant (25 points, 14 rebounds and 7 assists) said it was “fun” to play with that atmosphere Big night in the NBA but he kept pulling irony.
“There was a great atmosphere to start with. It didn’t end like that. It didn’t feel like that when we left the track.”joke in reference to the Sixers fans gradually deflating as they watched their team get ripped apart on the court.
The positive side of James Harden
Harden tried to look for the positive side of this resounding loss, which was his first with the Sixers after five straight wins.
“Tonight was good for us. We got our ass kicked.”open.
“Since I’ve come here it’s all been sweet and winning games, but tonight was a good thing for us to have a chance to come down to reality, check out the video of the game and continue to improve.”
