Thursday afternoon was a holiday for NBA beat writers across the country, as the league released its full 2025-26 regular season schedule.

The Sixers have an 80-game schedule set; it will eventually add another two contests to get to the customary 82. They open their season in Boston against the Celtics on Oct. 22, with their home opener a few days later against the Charlotte Hornets.

Evaluating long schedules can be tremendously difficult. One way to do it: identifying key segments and stretches within the marathon. After a series of scans, four sections of the Sixers' schedule jump out as particularly important:

Setting the tone

After the Sixers' miserable 24-58 season concluded on April 13, President of Basketball Operations Daryl Morey sat next to head coach Nick Nurse and delive

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