Full Sixers-Raptors series schedule released originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The full schedule for Sixers-Raptors has arrived.
Tip-off times for Games 5 through 7 (if necessary) are to be determined, but here’s when the Eastern Conference’s fourth and fifth seeds are set to play, with TV info in parentheses:
Game 1: Saturday, 4/16 at 6 p.m. ET in Philadelphia (NBC Sports Philadelphia)
Game 2: Monday, 4/18 at 7:30 p.m. ET in Philadelphia (NBC Sports Philadelphia)
Game 3: Wednesday, 4/20 at 8 p.m. ET in Toronto (NBC Sports Philadelphia)
Game 4: Saturday, 4/23 at 2 p.m. ET in Toronto (NBC Sports Philadelphia)
Game 5: Monday, 4/25 at TBD in Philadelphia
Game 6: Thursday, 4/28 at TBD in Toronto
Game 7: Saturday, 4/30 at TBD in Philadelphia
The full eight-team playoff field in the East will be locked in Friday night. The Nets secured the conference’s seventh seed with a play-in tournament win Tuesday over the Cavs, meaning they’ll see the Celtics in the first round. The winner of Wednesday’s play-in matchup between the Hornets and Hawks will face Cleveland on Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET to decide the eighth seed.
For the Sixers, those results might matter. If they beat Toronto, their second-round opponent would be either the top-seeded Heat or whichever team pulled off an upset over Miami.
Key players were out for every one of the Sixers and Raptors’ four regular-season meetings. While James Harden is 14-7 in his appearances as a Sixer, two of those losses are to Toronto. One defeat was a low-scoring affair at home and the other was on the road with Matisse Thybulle ineligible to play, which will remain the case this series because the 25-year-old wing is not fully vaccinated.
“You do see some things that we hope we can take advantage of or use,” Sixers head coach Doc Rivers said Tuesday about the regular-season series against the Raptors. “I guess the one good thing, if there’s a good thing about playing Toronto, is they are who they are.
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