The Sixers take on the Celtics on Friday night for the opening match of the NBA Cup tournament, with tip-off from the Xfinity Mobile Arena slated for 7:00 p.m. EST. This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/76ers/onsi as Sixers To Miss Key Rotation Piece Against Celtics.

Joel Embiid dissects the team's defensive struggles after the Philadelphia 76ers fall to the Boston Celtics in the NBA Cup.

The Boston Celtics will look to extend their first win streak of the NBA's 2025-26 regular season with a win against the Philadelphia 76ers.

Throughout the first quarter of the Friday night matchup between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Boston Celtics, VJ Edgecombe attempted just one shot. Since the

The Sixers came back from 19 points down to beat Washington 139-134 in overtime on Tuesday in D.C. Tyrese Maxey posted game highs of 39 points and 10 assists in 47 minutes on the second night of a back-to-back. Joel Embiid scored 25 points in 23 minutes, while Quentin Grimes added 23 points off the bench.

The Boston Celtics handed the Philadelphia 76ers their first loss of the season and delivered a wire-to-wire reminder of their resilience, edging out a tense 109-108 victory to open NBA Cup play on Friday night.

On Friday night, the Philadelphia 76ers took on the Boston Celtics for the first night of the NBA Cup. The match wouldn’t start out well for the Sixers, as the

The Sixers dug themselves yet another early hole, but couldn’t quite complete the comeback in a 109-108 loss to the Celtics.