A night in Philadelphia: Brooklyn Nets fans brought it

Fandom can best be explained as irrational exuberance. Win or lose, fans stay loyal and the best teams reward them in different ways. For some long-time Brooklyn Nets fans, those rewards include an annual bus trip from Brooklyn to Philadelphia, and this year, the season’s most dramatic win, a 105-103 buzzer beater.

For the 60 fans who made the two-hour trip across two rivers and down the N.J. Turnpike, the win was the best moment of the long trip but it was filled with other moments, too, from trivia contests on the bus ride to the presence of a Nets celebrity ... Mr. Whammy!

The trip is a bit of gratitude shown every year to a group of the team’s long-time season ticket holders. The night…