The Sixers and Minnesota Timberwolves will face off at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, in the preseason for the second year in a row, according to Minnesota's slate released on Thursday morning .

For Sixers head coach Nick Nurse – a native of Carroll, Iowa – this will be another homecoming of sorts, and so the Sixers will be the "home team" on Oct. 17. Minnesota played host last season, the first iteration of a preseason exhibition series that appears to now be a yearly occasion.

Because of their upcoming preseason trip to Abu Dhabi , the Sixers will likely have a truncated schedule of exhibition contests before the regular season begins. As of now, the only three confirmed games on their preseason slate are a pair of contests in Abu Dhabi against the New York Knicks on Oc

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