\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Celtics will play the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, after the Sixers beat the Orlando Magic in Wednesday night’s Play-In Tournament. Boston and Philadelphia last matched up in the playoffs in the 2023 Eastern Conference semifinals, with the Celtics winning a big Game 7 at home on the back of a Jayson Tatum 51-point performance.According to ESPN, Sixers star center Joel Embiid was diagnosed with appendicitis a week ago and did not play in Wednesday’s game. No timeline has been set for his return, and his status for Game 1 is unknown.The Celtics and Sixers split the 2025-2026 regular season series, winning two games apiece.Game 1 will tip off Sunday afternoon in Boston on WCVB Channel 5 at 1 p.m.Celtics Round 1 Playoff Schedule: Game 1: Philadelphia at Boston | Sunday April 19 1 p.m. on Channel 5 Game 2: Philadelphia at Boston | Tuesday April 21 7 p.m.Game 3: Boston at Philadelphia | Friday April 24 7 p.m.Game 4: Boston at Philadelphia | Sunday April 26 7 p.m.Game 5: Philadelphia at Boston* | Tuesday April 28 (if needed)Game 6: Boston at Philadelphia* | Thursday April 30 (if needed)Game 7: Philadelphia at Boston* | Saturday May 2 (if needed)\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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The Celtics will play the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, after the Sixers beat the Orlando Magic in Wednesday night’s Play-In Tournament. <\/p>\n
Boston and Philadelphia last matched up in the playoffs in the 2023 Eastern Conference semifinals, with the Celtics winning a big Game 7 at home on the back of a Jayson Tatum 51-point performance.<\/p>\n
According to ESPN, Sixers star center Joel Embiid was diagnosed with appendicitis a week ago and did not play in Wednesday’s game. <\/p>\n
No timeline has been set for his return, and his status for Game 1 is unknown.<\/p>\n
The Celtics and Sixers split the 2025-2026 regular season series, winning two games apiece.<\/p>\n
Game 1 will tip off Sunday afternoon in Boston on WCVB Channel 5 at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n
Celtics Round 1 Playoff Schedule: <\/p>\n
Game 1: Philadelphia at Boston | Sunday April 19 1 p.m. on Channel 5 <\/p>\n
Game 2: Philadelphia at Boston | Tuesday April 21 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Game 3: Boston at Philadelphia | Friday April 24 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Game 4: Boston at Philadelphia | Sunday April 26 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Game 5: Philadelphia at Boston* | Tuesday April 28 (if needed)<\/p>\n
Game 6: Boston at Philadelphia* | Thursday April 30 (if needed)<\/p>\n
Game 7: Philadelphia at Boston* | Saturday May 2 (if needed)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Celtics will play the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, after the Sixers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":711949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[88462,1497,7,14190,45,46,130,2184,25899,77,602,48,6,11,76,2746,25659,5637,1065,34,553,96,396,9753,946],"class_list":{"0":"post-711948","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-playoffs","8":"tag-appendicitis","9":"tag-back","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-big-game","12":"tag-boston","13":"tag-celtics","14":"tag-espn","15":"tag-first-round","16":"tag-game-one","17":"tag-jayson-tatum","18":"tag-lose","19":"tag-magic","20":"tag-nba","21":"tag-nba-playoffs","22":"tag-orlando-magic","23":"tag-performance","24":"tag-philadelphia-76er","25":"tag-play-in-tournament","26":"tag-playoff","27":"tag-playoffs","28":"tag-score","29":"tag-sixers","30":"tag-team","31":"tag-wednesday-night","32":"tag-win"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116416154494463816","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/711949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}