The 76ers will donate 500 tickets for each remaining home second-round playoff game to area community groups in their latest attempt to keep more of their own fans in the building and avoid a takeover by Knicks supporters.

After the Philadelphia 76ers limited sales of tickets to their upcoming playoff games against the New York Knicks to residents of the greater Philadelphia area — proven through credit-card billing addresses — some locals have been selling their tickets to out-of-town basketball fans.

Of recent note, the Detroit Pistons tried the same tactic in last season's playoffs and limited ticket sales on Ticketmaster to residents of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Ontario, Canada. The Carolina Hurricanes did the same to New York Rangers fans during the 2024 and 2022 NHL playoffs.

Joel Embiid pleaded with 76ers fans to keep their home playoff tickets against the Knicks. One diehard 76ers fan named Matt, as uncovered by the Philadelphia Inquirer, is taking extreme measures to keep Knicks fans from making Xfinity Mobile Arena a de facto Madison Square Garden South, or at least make New Yorkers pay more.

After watching Knicks fans take over the 76ers’ arena for years, Joel Embiid openly pleaded with fans not to sell their tickets on the open market for home playoff games.

The Philadelphia 76ers has restricted NBA Playoff ticket sales to within the city and the Greater area and superstar Joel Embiid has issued a passionate plea to fans

A clever 76ers fan hatched a plan on Reddit to buy refundable Amtrak Flex tickets and drive up surge pricing for Knicks fans heading to Game 4 in Philly.