Exuberance of Sixers fans pumps up First Union Center ** With team in NBA Finals for the first time in 18 years, fervor is through the roof.
By Andre D. Williams ·
Kool and the Gang probably should have been on hand to sing “It’s a celebration” Sunday outside the First Union Center. The City of Brotherly Love had not rocked like this, some said, in 18 years. That was the last time the Philadelphia 76ers played in the NBA Finals against the…
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