Daily News | Sixers to open preseason slate with pair of games against rival Boston Celtics
and Boston Celtics, apparently, cannot get enough of each other.
The Sixers will play their first two contests of a four-game preseason slate against their Atlantic Division arch rivals.The Celtics will play the Sixers at 6 p.m. on Oct. 8 at TD Garden. The squads will square off again at 7 p.m. on Oct. 11 at the Wells Fargo Center.Then the Sixers will travel to the Barclays Center on Oct. 16 for a 7:30 p.m. game against the Brooklyn Nets. And they’ll conclude the preseason schedule with a 7 p.m. game against the Atlanta Hawks at The Center on Oct. 20.
These matchups will come five months after the Celtics defeated the Sixers in seven games in May’s Eastern Conference semifinals. Boston prevailed, 112-88, in Game 7 at TD Garden. Celtics All-NBA forward Jayson Tatum scored 51 points to lead his team to the victory.
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