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The two fan bases have traded different versions of the famous rallying cry during this series. Bill Streicher \/ Imagn Images<\/p>\n
April 30, 2026Updated 11:27 pm EDT<\/p>\n
Philadelphia 76ers fans mean it this time. They really want Boston. And they made it known<\/a> with \u201cWe Want Boston\u201d chants at the end of a series-extending 106-93 Game 6 win<\/a> over the Boston Celtics.<\/p>\n These specific chants are not a novel occurrence. Ever since the 1980s, when the Larry Bird-led Celtics were winning titles and often facing the 76ers in the playoffs, opposing fan bases have used \u201cWe Want Boston\u201d as a rallying cry.<\/p>\n But these specific chants were the result of an escalating feud between Celtics and 76ers fans throughout this series.<\/p>\n After Philadelphia fans bellowed the chant as a show of confidence during the 76ers\u2019 Play-In Tournament victory to set up this series, Celtics fans responded in kind. As the Celtics finished off a 123-91 Game 1 win over the 76ers at TD Garden, Celtics fans let out a \u201cWe Want Boston\u201d chant<\/a> back, mocking the audacity of those 76ers fans who dared ask for the matchup. Then, in a Game 4 Boston win, Celtics fans repeated the chant<\/a>, this time in the 76ers\u2019 building.<\/p>\n As the tide of this series has turned, 76ers fans reasserted their confidence and desire. With Game 6 winding down, the Xfinity Center was filled with authentic, not sarcastic, \u201cWe Want Boston\u201d chants. And with less than a minute left, fans dug in further with the classic \u201cBoston sucks!\u201d call.<\/p>\n \u201cOur fans deserve this win,\u201d guard Tyrese Maxey said in his postgame interview after scoring 30 points to lead Philadelphia. \u201cAfter (the) last game, we owe our fans this.\u201d<\/p>\n In this first-round playoff matchup steeped in rivalry, both fan bases clearly relish the opportunity to eliminate the other. And both want each other.<\/p>\n May 1, 2026<\/p>\n Connections: Sports Edition<\/p>\n Spot the pattern. Connect the terms<\/p>\n Find the hidden link between sports terms<\/p>\n Play today’s puzzle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The two fan bases have traded different versions of the famous rallying cry during this series. Bill Streicher…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[2242,355,2113,99],"class_list":["post-616571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-boston-celtics","tag-nba","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n