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Editor-in-chief mailbag: Bring on the Magic

With the Sixers taking care of business against the Milwaukee Bucks (so long, Doc Rivers) and the Orlando Magic losing to the Hospital Celtics, we’ll have meaningful basketball in South Philly this week. The Sixers will host the Magic in the 7-8 play-in game Wednesday at Xfinity Mobile Arena. It’s simple: win and the Sixers […]

NBA announces Play-In tournament and first round schedules

It’s always the Sixers that have got to make things weird. Now that the 2025-26 regular season has concluded and the seeding is finalized, the league has announced dates, times and TV schedules for the Play-In tournament and the first weekend of the first round of the playoffs. Normally, both 7-vs.-8 are the first games […]

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Sixers-Bucks: Second Half Thread

Game Details When: Sunday, April 12, 6:00 PM ETWhere: Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia, PAWatch: NBC Sports PhiladelphiaRadio: 97.5 The FanaticFollow: @LibertyBallers

Sixers-Bucks: First Half Thread

Game Details When: Sunday, April 12, 6:00 PM ETWhere: Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia, PAWatch: NBC Sports PhiladelphiaRadio: 97.5 The FanaticFollow: @LibertyBallers

Sixers host Bucks to close regular season

We made it. There have been ups and downs, and not everyone has an appendix that started with one, but we have reached the final game of the 2025-26 NBA regular season. The entire Eastern Conference tips off at the same time this evening to allow for maximum suspense for different seeding permutations. If you’re […]

Breaking down Playoff seeding scenarios heading into Sixers final game of the regular season

Kevin Durant was right about looking at graphs while trying to talk about hoops. The final week of the regular season hasn’t exactly been the momentum builder heading into the playoffs the Sixers had hoped. Bad losses to the San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets knocked them firmly into Play-In tournament positioning. More importantly, Joel […]

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Sixers Bell Ringer: We’ll find out Sunday about the Play-In after win over Pacers

2025-26 Sixers Bell Ringer season standings: Tyrese Maxey – 22.5VJ Edgecombe – 14Joel Embiid – 11.5Paul George – 8Kelly Oubre Jr. – 5Justin Edwards – 4Quentin Grimes – 3Jared McCain :’( – 3Dominick Barlow – 2Andre Drummond – 2MarJon Beauchamp – 2Adem Bona – 1Cam Payne – 1Jabari Walker – 1Trendon Watford – 115th roster […]

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Sixers take down tanking Pacers, still a (very slim) chance at the sixth seed

Even wins like this come with their bumps and bruises. The Sixers knocked off the Indiana Pacers 105-94 Friday night. They are now 44-37 and can finish no worse than the eighth seed in the East after the Charlotte Hornets lost earlier in the night to the Detroit Pistons. If the Brooklyn Nets can miraculously […]

Sixers-Pacers: Second Half Thread

Game Details When: Friday, April 10, 7:30 PM ETWhere: Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, INWatch: NBC Sports PhiladelphiaRadio: 97.5 The FanaticFollow: @LibertyBallers

Sixers-Pacers: First Half Thread

Game Details When: Friday, April 10, 7:30 PM ETWhere: Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, INWatch: NBC Sports PhiladelphiaRadio: 97.5 The FanaticFollow: @LibertyBallers

Report: Sixers convert Dalen Terry to standard contract, waive Cam Payne

With Joel Embiid’s appendicitis has sidelined the star center for the foreseeable future, effectively killing off any optimism surrounding how this season could end for the Philadelphia 76ers. Yet, there are still at least a handful of games to be played, and moves to be made, one of which the Sixers’ front office conducted today, […]

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The Sixers piqued our curiosity. Now, it’s just another unfortunate ending

There was a buzz around the Sixers after they took down the Charlotte Hornets a couple weeks ago. Paul George was back from suspension and looked spry. Joel Embiid had another hot start and came up with a huge block late. Tyrese Maxey came back sooner than expected from his right pinky tendon strain. Nick […]

The show must go on without Joel Embiid

The show must go on. It’s a cliché this Philadelphia 76ers organization must know all too well at this point after the last few seasons, and it’s relevant yet again. With the news that Joel Embiid had appendicitis and an urgent, successful appendectomy yesterday in Houston, any modicum of hope that the Sixers might pull […]

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Sixers Bell Ringer: Final frame push not enough for Embiid-less Sixers to overcome Rockets

2025-26 Sixers Bell Ringer season standings: Tyrese Maxey – 22.5VJ Edgecombe – 13Joel Embiid – 11.5Paul George – 8Kelly Oubre Jr. – 5Justin Edwards – 4Quentin Grimes – 3Jared McCain :’( – 3Dominick Barlow – 2Andre Drummond – 2MarJon Beauchamp – 2Adem Bona – 1Cam Payne – 1Jabari Walker – 1Trendon Watford – 115th roster […]

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Sixers-Rockets: Second Half Thread

Game Details When: Thursday, April 9, 8:00 PM ETWhere: Toyota Center, Houston, TXWatch: NBC Sports Philadelphia, Prime VideoRadio: 97.5 The FanaticFollow: @LibertyBallers

Joel Embiid undergoes succesful appendectomy

Update, 8:41 p.m.: The Sixers announced Joel Embiid has successfully underwent an appendectomy. Update, 6:30 p.m.: We’ve learned Joel Embiid is currently in surgery. There are wide ranges for athletes missing time after appendicitis. The most recent NBA player to undergo surgery for it is OG Anunoby, then a member of the Toronto Raptors, back […]

Sixers-Rockets: First Half Thread

Game Details When: Thursday, April 9, 8:00 PM ETWhere: Toyota Center, Houston, TXWatch: NBC Sports Philadelphia, Prime VideoRadio: 97.5 The FanaticFollow: @LibertyBallers

Sixers, currently in 8th, travel to Houston for pivotal game

The Philadelphia 76ers are coming off two disappointing losses, with their postseason chances tanking. They’ll now look to stop the bleeding in what’s shaping up to be a true must-win game, traveling to Houston to take on the Rockets. The Rockets, as many know at this point, have had what’s best described as a hot-and-cold […]

76ers Reacts Survey: Guaranteed playoff spot or Play-In Tournament for the Sixers?

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Sixers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The Philadelphia 76ers have just three games left in their regular season campaign. It doesn’t sound […]

Shaky Monday night for Sixers in Eastern Conference standings

The Philadelphia 76ers suffered a disappointing defeat on Monday night to a San Antonio Spurs club that lost star Victor Wembanyama to a rib injury midway through the game. The loss moved Philadelphia out of a tie with Toronto and down into the seventh seed, which would mean an entry in the Play-In Tournament rather […]

Sixers Bell Ringer: Spurs overpower Sixers despite Wemby’s halftime exit

2025-26 Sixers Bell Ringer season standings: Tyrese Maxey – 22.5VJ Edgecombe – 13Joel Embiid – 10.5Paul George – 8Kelly Oubre Jr. – 5Justin Edwards – 4Quentin Grimes – 3Jared McCain :’( – 3Dominick Barlow – 2Andre Drummond – 2MarJon Beauchamp – 2Adem Bona – 1Cam Payne – 1Jabari Walker – 1Trendon Watford – 115th roster […]