Nothing is crazy in the world of sports, especially not traditions where you literally raise your pet cat above your head every time the Philadelphia 76ers win a basketball game. Nope. Not crazy. It’s simply part of #RaiseTheCat, a social media trend that has taken over Sixers Twitter.
Yup. Seriously.
It all started when 76ers rookie Ben Simmons shared pictures of his two Savannah cats on Instagram. They are gorgeous, expensive hybrid animals, and you know the Internet loves them a good ol’ cat.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BPTUO-CgsRs/
Philadelphia has gone 8-2 over their last 10 games, and one Sixers fan decided to start a social media wave of his own after each W way back near the start of the season.
With the Sixers winning more games, there’s been more photos of cats to go around.
THAT'S A @SIXERS WIN pic.twitter.com/eGWH3TaDeh
— Dennis (@GipperGrove) November 22, 2016
10, 9, 8, 76ers!!! @sixers win!! pic.twitter.com/85ll7zT9rS
— Dennis (@GipperGrove) December 9, 2016
The trend has finally caught on, with other Sixers fans using the hashtag to proclaim their jubilee after the team wins.
West Coast #RaiseTheCat pic.twitter.com/o2Up36c999
— Jawn Gonzalez (@JohnGonzalez) January 21, 2017
We ain't even supposed to be here the future is bright for the @Sixers #sixers #TrustTheProcess #RAISETHECAT pic.twitter.com/Jg6nEmBBvt
— Ish R. Hall (@TheIshue247) January 20, 2017
#Sixerswin #RaiseTheCat pic.twitter.com/zqP85A09q6
— Andrea ⚾️ (@AndreaNimchuk) January 21, 2017
And of course, Simmons himself had to finally join in:
I love Basketball Twitter.
(h/t SB Nation)
