was an unequivocal success, despite how it started out.
Ever wonder how it feels to blow a 22-point lead on one of the biggest stages the NBA can provide? What it's like to be playing a "home" game surrounded by fans wearing green jerseys? Or how it might feel to represent one of the more controversial approaches to team-building abroad with a loss? To be sure, these are unpleasant topics for the young Philadelphia 76ers squad to answer, but answer them they did, and with a surprising degree of poise considering what they'd just been through.