When will LeBron James, Sixers visit OKC in 2026-27 regular season?

When will LeBron James, Sixers visit

September has arrived. The offseason is almost over. Right now, these are the final weeks of serenity until the 2026-27 regular season arrives. Once the marathon starts, the next nine months will be packed with games on an almost every-night basis.

Now that the summer is about over, we can safely say the Philadelphia 76ers had the brightest fireworks that rival the 4th of July night. They completely transformed their team with the additions of LeBron James and Jaylen Brown. Alongside Joel Embiid, Tyrese and VJ Edgecombe, it’s easily the most star-studded starting five in the league.

The Sixers were part of arguably the two biggest moves of the offseason. First, they shocked the NBA world with a blockbuster deal. They landed Brown from the Boston Celtics for Paul George and four future draft picks. Fresh off a career year that saw him gain MVP buzz, the 2024 NBA Finals MVP joins an arch-rival.

Later on, Philadelphia eventually — to everybody’s surprise — became the winner of the final James sweepstakes. The 41-year-old showed last season that he still has mileage left on his tires. He left the Los Angeles Lakers and left the Cleveland Cavaliers at the altar of a potential third reunion. Looks like he wants to compete for a ring in the final years of his all-time career.

Remains to be seen if that translates to wins, but the NBA schedule-makers have gone all out to parade the Sixers on the national stage. They’re tied with the Lakers, New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs for most national TV games at a maximum of 34 appearances. One of those is at OKC.

In their sole trip to OKC — barring the 2027 NBA Finals — the Sixers travel on the road to face the Thunder on Saturday, Feb. 13 at 4:30 p.m. CT. It will be broadcast on Amazon Prime. After it looked like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had jettisoned James to the retirement home after a Round 2 sweep in last year’s NBA playoffs, there are still a couple of matchups left between those two basketball pantheons.

While most expect the Thunder to boringly compete for the first seed again, it will be interesting to see how the Sixers fare at that point of the regular season. Either things will go great or disastrously. No real in-between. Nonetheless, the star power alone should attract a national audience for this matchup.

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