Despite most — this beat writer included — assuming that the Sixers would have their doors blown off by the NBA's best team defense and individual scorer, the nine players donning red, white and blue played with absolutely no expectation that they were going to be on the wrong end of a blowout.

The Oklahoma City Thunder avoided a letdown with a 118-102 win over the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers. It was a crawl to the finish line for OKC in an otherwise strong four-game East Coast road trip.

What you should knowThe 76ers are going to remain in South Philly after abandoning their plan to build a new arena in Center City. Instead, the Sixers and Comcast Spectacor, which owns the Flyers and Wells Fargo Center,

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) has taken a minority stake in the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team, according to a press release from Monday. The media and cable giant has signed a 50/50 joint venture with Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE) to build a new arena in the South Philadelphia Sports Complex for the NBA team and for the Philadelphia