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Jesse D. Garrabrant/Getty Images Brand posted 11 points and four rebounds in his preseason debut with Philly. AMHERST, Mass. -- He was so young the last time these teams hated each other, all knew was that his loyalties in the Boston-Philadelphia rivalry were with the 76ers because the blanket on his boyhood bed carried the likeness of Dr. J -- Julius Erving. So many Eastern Conference rivalries have come and gone in the intervening 25 or so years, but the bitter feelings have lingered in the hearts and minds of Philly fans. Brand knows this because he has already run into a bunch of them in his brief time with Philly -- an era that got off to a positive start Wednesday night on the campus of UMass as Philadelphia rallied in the fourth quarter to defeat Boston 98-92. Each of those fans had the same type of issue: lingering... [read full story]
