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Welcome back, everyone, to Philadelphia 76ers basketball. The squad tipped off their preseason schedule Monday night at the Wells Fargo Center when they hosted the New Zealand Breakers of Australia’s National Basketball League (NBL). (Yes, they’re the only New Zealand team in the otherwise all-Australian league.)
The Sixers were comfortable throughout the entirety of this one, ultimately crushing the Breakers 139-84, but this sort of preseason kickoff isn’t planned for high-octane competition. This was an opportunity to put all the pieces of the Sixers squad, new and old, and see how everything is beginning to mesh.