(Editor's note: This story has been updated to information about a campaign donation Gov. Tom Wolf received from the team's part-owner.)

Seeing Gov. Tom Wolf at the Philadelphia 76ers' playoff game against the Miami Heat on Tuesday caught some people's attention.

There the state's chief executive was sitting courtside with comedian Kevin Hart, rapper Meek Mill who was released from prison shortly before the game, and Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie watching the Sixers trounce the Heat 104-91 and punch their ticket to Round 2 of the NBA playoffs.

It made curious readers' question how the governor got such a coveted ticket to witness the Sixers' first playoff series win since 2012.

The answer is, according to Wolf's campaign manager Jeff Sheridan, he paid for it.

"The governor paid $2,500 out of pocket, which is more than face value for the ticket," Sheridan said. He was told by the Sixers' front office the face value was $990.

The game drew a sell-out crowd of 21,171 so tickets weren't easy to come by. But Sheridan said the governor was an invited guest of the Sixers' part-owner Michael Rubin, who, according to the Department of State website, gave Wolf's campaign a $250,000 donation on March 2.

Sheridan reminded that the governor doesn't accept gifts in keeping with his gift ban that he imposed by executive order on state government employees under his jurisdiction.