New York Knicks Mike Vaccaro Try as they may, 76ers fans can’t ‘flex’ on their Knicks counterparts By Mike Vaccaro Published May 8, 2026, 7:07 p.m. ET A New York Knicks' fan watches warm-ups before Game 3. AP PHILADELPHIA — There have been a lot of hilarious stories surfacing about the various ways 76ers fans have been trying to keep Knicks fans away from Games 3 and 4 at Xfinity Wireless Arena.
(Apparently significantly lower on the list than it should be is this one: BUY THE TICKETS, ROOT FOR THE SIXERS.)
This one was especially laugh-out loud funny, and it comes courtesy of Alex Coffey, the terrific sports feature writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer. It seems that a longtime 31-year-old Sixers fan named Matt (no last name, and you’ll soon discover why) hatched a plan that he shared with his friends and with Sixers Reddit:
To try to slow the influx of Knicks fans for Games 3 and 4 — especially 4, since it’s an afternoon game — he called for Philly fans to flood Amtrak’s reservations and purchase “flex” tickets for round-trip New York-to-Philly trips. Flex tickets can be canceled up to an hour before a scheduled departure.
