It’s nearing 5 am as I write this, and I can safely say this is the earliest I’ve ever been up to write a game preview; the computer screen is looking fuzzy and my brain is about operating at about 50%. The Sixers are taking on the Dallas Mavericks in Shanghai, where the time is a full 12 hours ahead of Philadelphia. By the time the game tips off, it will be 7:30 am local time. So throw on a pot of coffee, today we’re having Sixers basketball for breakfast.
In the Dallas Mavericks first preseason game, they didn’t play in China but they did play a team from China, defeating the Beijing Ducks 116-63.