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The Sixers were set to tip-off with the Kings at 7PM the Wells Fargo Center tonight, and then they weren’t. With the court soaking wet during pre-game warmups due to condensation, and following a 20-minute delay ok’ed by the league office, the team made the call to postpone the game until further notice.
There are a lot of wet spots on the #WellsFargoCenter flow. This doesn't appear to safe to play tonight's game between #Sixers vs #SacKings pic.twitter.com/FVODnkpOPQ
— Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) November 30, 2016
Team CEO Scott O’Neil chimed in on the situation:
#Sixers CEO Scott O'Neil on tonight's situation. pic.twitter.com/N3s4mfyjyJ
— Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) November 30, 2016
And if you thought that court wasn’t that wet? It was that wet.
Watch this video to see how wet the floor gets. #Sixers #SacramentoKings pic.twitter.com/96qHdS8z8h
— Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) December 1, 2016
With the likelihood of playing the game clearly dwindling, players started to come out of their respective locker rooms to talk to the media and assess the situation for themselves.
Gerald Henderson on arena situation: "It's a circus in here"
— Kyle Neubeck (@KyleNeubeck) December 1, 2016
Sixers players checking the floor and not satisfied. It's slick
— Bob Cooney (@BobCooney76) December 1, 2016
Boogie Cousins took matters into his own hands.
DeMarcus Cousins is good at mopping https://t.co/HzyVWVahbX
— Michael K-B (@therealmikekb) December 1, 2016
And once word spread the game was going to be called off, more nonsense ensued.
DeMarcus Cousins was asked what he plans to do tonight with the game being postponed. He jokingly said 'Go to Geno's"
— Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) December 1, 2016
(Geno’s is obviously a nonsensical choice, with Tony Luke’s only a couple extra-mile hike)
This Sixers court will never dry. pic.twitter.com/1KMqovQpER
— SB Nation GIF (@SBNationGIF) December 1, 2016
Boogie came ready to play regardless of the floor, @sixers... pic.twitter.com/CNoCh2cVKt
— Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) December 1, 2016
Well The court was tanking tonight.... #TrustTheProcess
— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) December 1, 2016
So, the game has been rescheduled for a date TBA. I can speak for pretty much everyone when I say I’m glad Joel Embiid didn’t have to participate in a basketball game with a sporadically wet floor. Now we can enjoy the Boogie-Process battle with (a little) less to worry about, whenever that may be.