The NBA season is approaching quickly and the Philadelphia 76ers will be amongst the teams contending for a title in the 2022 playoffs. They have a strong core led by Joel Embiid and they earned the No. 1 seed in the 2020-21 season and they will be looking to get over the hump this time.
The full 2021-22 schedule has not been released yet, but the Sixers know one opponent they will be facing in the opening week of the season.
The NBA released its national TV schedule on Tuesday afternoon and the Sixers will be taking on the Brooklyn Nets at home in a primetime matchup on Oct. 22. Philadelphia will be battling the Nets all season for supremacy in the East so this will be an early-season test for the Sixers.
The first four days of the season will feature eight national television games. Those games will showcase:
• 12 different teams
• The last eight players to win the Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award
• Three rematches from last season’s playoffs. pic.twitter.com/B6ccuTTTb5— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) August 17, 2021
Despite earning the No. 1 seed the season before, Philadelphia will not be featured on Christmas Day for the second straight season. Instead, they will be watching the five games from home.
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