Sixers to face Wizards, Hawks after in-season tournament elimination

The Philadelphia 76ers will face the Washington Wizards and the Atlanta Hawks after being eliminated from the in-season tournament.

The in-season tournament is over for the Philadelphia 76ers and 21 other teams who were eliminated in the group stage. The Sixers finished 2-2 with home losses to the Indiana Pacers and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

As a result, the NBA has scheduled two new games for those teams to complete the 82-game schedule. There originally was an open space between Dec. 1 and Dec. 11. Now that the in-season tournament games are done, the league filled the schedule gap.

The Sixers hit the road to face the Washington Wizards on Dec. 6 and then host the Atlanta Hawks on Dec. 8. These games will be after the road matchup with the Boston Celtics on Dec. 1.

Led by Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Tobias Harris, the Sixers are 12-5 in the Eastern Conference. They were unable to advance in the in-season tournament, but their regular season has been very good so far.

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