Tyler Trumbauer
In an odd turn of events, Wednesday night’s Sixers game against the Sacramento Kings at the Wells Fargo Center is delayed due to condensation and overall wet conditions on the playing floor.
The game was scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.
The first report of the situation came across at about 6:30pm.
Hearing condensation issues on the floor in Philly due to irregularly high exterior temperatures. Game is in question. Will know more soon.
— James Ham (@James_Ham) November 30, 2016
The Sixers media contingent then picked up on the story and started tweeting out photos and videos of the clean-up crew and the floor.
There are a lot of wet spots on the #WellsFargoCenter flow. This doesn’t appear to safe to play tonight’s game between #Sixers vs #SacKings pic.twitter.com/FVODnkpOPQ
— Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) November 30, 2016
Condensation issues on WFC floor. #Sixers pic.twitter.com/gWTslylKQ5
— Tom Moore (@tmoore76ers) November 30, 2016
Watch this video to see how wet the floor gets. #Sixers #SacramentoKings pic.twitter.com/96qHdS8z8h
— Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) December 1, 2016
After a meeting of the minds at center court, the Sixers as well as Wells Fargo Center brass have asked for a delayed tip-off just 15 minutes before the game was slated to begin.
#Sixers going to wet mop floor and ask #NBA to delay start up to 20 minutes. Via Scott O’Neil
— Tom Moore (@tmoore76ers) November 30, 2016
The Sixers have not released any official communication on the status of tonight’s game, at the time of this initial post.
Please stay tuned as this post will be updated as this is a developing story.
UPDATE #1 (7:10pm):
10 minutes after the game was scheduled to begin, the Sixers officially sent out communication, but it included no new information.
Sixers announce game delay pic.twitter.com/nCVmrfdkt1
— Jessica Camerato (@JCameratoCSN) December 1, 2016
UPDATE #2 (7:32pm):
According to Molly Sullivan’s report on the CSN Philly broadcast as well as Marshall Harris’s tweet, see below, tonight’s game will be postponed, but that is not official yet.
??Sixers update??
The game is postponed with no announcement of a make-up date yet.
— Marshall Harris (@mharrisCSN) December 1, 2016
UPDATE #3 (7:46pm):
According to an announcement over the PA speaker at the Wells Fargo Center stating that “no decision has been made yet” about the game and that there will be an update in 15 minutes.
UPDATE #4 (8:03pm): The game between the Sixers and the Kings has officially been postponed due to player safety with the floor. There has not been a makeup date officially announced. The official word, which came via an announcement over the PA speaker, was met by boos from fans in attendance.