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Watch: Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles rings the bell before Game 3

Who better than a Super Bowl hero to welcome the Sixers-Celtics series to Philly?

Eagles quarterback Nick Foles pumps up the Wells Fargo Center crowd before ringing the ceremonial bell before Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Eagles quarterback Nick Foles pumps up the Wells Fargo Center crowd before ringing the ceremonial bell before Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.Read moreYONG KIM / Staff Photographer

With the Sixers in a 2-0 hole vs. the Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals, Philly needed a little bit of good luck before Game 3.

Enter a Super Bowl hero.

Eagles quarterback Nick Foles was invited to ring the ceremonial bell before tip-off of Saturday's game.

Foles, of course, stepped up after Eagles starter Carson Wentz went down late in the regular season and led Philadelphia to its first Super Bowl earlier this year.

While you're here, read all our coverage leading up to Game 3.