Sixers announce preseason schedule, including a date with Ben Simmons and the Nets

The Sixers open in Brooklyn on Oct. 3 and play the Cleveland Cavaliers in their preseason home opener on Oct. 5.

Joel Embiid and P.J. Tucker will be teammates this season after the Sixers signed the veteran Tucker in July.Read moreYONG KIM / Staff Photographer

Published Aug. 5, 2022, 3:49 p.m. ET

76ers basketball is officially less than two months away.

The team announced its four-game preseason schedule Friday, which includes two home contests at the Wells Fargo Center.

The Sixers will open the exhibition slate Oct. 3 in Brooklyn against old “friend” Ben Simmons and the Nets (7:30 p.m.). They then play a home-and-home series with the rapidly improving Cleveland Cavaliers, first at the Wells Fargo Center on Oct. 5 (7 p.m.) and in Cleveland on Oct. 10 (7 p.m.). The Sixers will close out the preseason Oct. 12 at home against the Charlotte Hornets (7 p.m.).

Single-game preseason tickets will go on sale on Ticketmaster at a later date. All four preseason games can be heard on the radio at 97.5-FM The Fanatic while both home games will be televised on NBC Sports Philadelphia.

The Sixers, who were knocked out in the second round of the playoffs last season by the Miami Heat after finishing as the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference, made several offseason moves. They re-signed star James Harden, signed wing players P.J. Tucker and Danuel House, and traded veteran Danny Green in a deal with the Memphis Grizzlies for guard De’Anthony Melton.

The full NBA regular-season schedule is expected to be released in the coming weeks.