Game Notes: Nets at Sixers

By Jake Appleman/@JakeAppleman With the circus arriving–an unnecessary parade that pretends to look into the future while diminishing the integrity of the acrobatics we love–it seemed like a good night to take in a game that nobody’s paying attention to. So Ben Couch of the Nets and I jetted down to the Turnpike for the latest installment of NY metro area team vs. Philly team. Here’s how it went down. –I found out that Rutherford, New Jersey is a real place. I’m sure there are plenty of fans that have only been to the Izod Center in East Rutherford, and didn’t know about actual Rutherford. Considering the architectural albatrosses close by, it’s pleasantly quaint. –I brought up Andre Iguodala’s trick shot in the home locker room and all of the Sixers maintained that it was real, even though few had seen it. (The video loses track of the ball for a good chunk of the time after it ricochets off the wall.) Iggy lost his tradem...