The Philadelphia 76ers will take on the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night for their 58th game of the season. Yup, it’s already down to the wire in the 2025-26 season. It’s always fascinating how fast the 82 games truly go by every year.
The Sixers are currently in a fight to stay out of the play-in tournament as they navigate through Paul George’s suspension as well as Joel Embiid being in and out of the lineup as they manage his injuries. Philadelphia is the No. 6 seed heading into action on Tuesday as it is only half a game up on the Orlando Magic and the Miami Heat for the final guaranteed playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
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With the season beginning to come down to the final stretch, here is a list of the tiebreaker situation for the Sixers:
Tiebreakers
Sixers vs. Magic: PHI won the season series 2-1 to own the tiebreaker
Sixers vs. Heat: MIA won the only matchup between the two teams thus far with two games remaining
Sixers vs. Raptors: series ended up being tied 2-2 with Philadelphia currently three games back of Toronto for the No. 5 seed
Important games remaining
Feb. 26 vs. Heat — Will be important for tiebreaker purposes
March 4 vs. Jazz — Need to take advantage of a struggling team
March 7 @ Hawks — Philadelphia is 0-3 vs. ATL and need a win
March 19 @ Kings — The middle game of a 3-game West Coast swing. The Sixers need to be ready to beat a bad Sacramento team.
March 21 @ Jazz — Final game of the trip and need to beat Utah
March 25 vs. Bulls — Paul George is eligible to return from suspension
March 30 @ Heat — Final contest between the two teams in the playoff race
April 10 @ Pacers — Will need to beat the lowly Pacers in game 81
This article originally appeared on Sixers Wire: Lists of tiebreakers Sixers own, important games left on schedule