The Philadelphia 76ers will play host to the Boston Celtics in a Jan. 11 game in London, England at the O2 Arena, reports Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer:
The 76ers are expected to host the Boston Celtics in a regular-season game on Jan. 11 at O2 Arena in London, according to a league source.
— Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) July 13, 2017
Celtics-76ers, assuming health, should be a terrific matchup. Both teams project to be playoff teams, and both have young starpower: Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, Markelle Fultz and Dario Saric for Philly, and Isaiah Thomas, Gordon Hayward, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown for Boston.
The NBA Global Games have been going on since October of 2002, when the Minnesota Timberwolves and Miami Heat met in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Since then, there has been at least one game each year, except for 2011 due to the NBA lockout.
There have been seven London regular-season games thus far, and four more preseason games.
