NEW YORK — Less than two hours before the 76ers’ Friday night tipoff against the Timberwolves in Minneapolis, assistant coach Dan Burke dipped a cup into a basket of popcorn sitting on a table outside the Target Center visitor’s locker room.
The snack choice was fitting, both for this particular hallway and this particular team. This past weekend served as a celebration, a stretch-run reset, and a source of intrigue for the Sixers, when perennial All-Star James Harden made his much-anticipated debut following the blockbuster trade with the Brooklyn Nets.
Harden’s early results lived up to the hubbub.
