November 29, 2025
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The Sixers have not made the Knockout Rounds in any of the three years of NBA Cup action.
With the bracket for the NBA Cup Knockout Rounds officially set – and the Sixers not involved in it – the team has been handed its two makeup games to fill out the remainder of its 82-game schedule for the 2025-26 regular season. The Sixers will host the Indiana Pacers on Dec. 12 and travel to Atlanta to face the Hawks on the road on Dec. 14.
It could provide the Sixers with a chance to do some considerable regrouping should they need to, with only those two games on their schedule over an 11-day period.
Sixers schedule after hosting the Los Angeles Lakers on Dec. 7:
— Adam Aaronson (@SixersAdam) November 29, 2025
12/8: off
12/9: off
12/10: off
12/11: off
12/12: vs. IND
12/13: off
12/14: vs. ATL
12/15: off
12/16: off
12/17: off
12/18 off
Two games in an 11-day stretch.
The NBA leaves a considerable stretch of December unscheduled to account for the Knockout Rounds, with every team being given 80 games on their regular-season schedules before the season. Teams that did not make the single-elimination tournament have two additional games added to their slates to get to the standard 82.
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