The Sixers will host Melbourne United on Friday at The Center, starting at 7pm. Melbourne practiced on Wednesday in Philadelphia at Temple University. The reigning NBL champions played against the Oklahoma City Thunder last season, losing in a closely contested game 86-85.
Team leader and co-captian Casper Ware expressed the preparation and mindset of the Australian team, "of course we want the W [win] ... last year we played OKC [Thunder], we wanted to come in and not just compete, we wanted to win, and we talk about that whole time, a lot of teams talk about we're going compete and do this, no our goal is to win, so that's always our goal.