The Eastern Conference's third-seeded Philadelphia 76ers and sixth-seeded Brooklyn Nets meet in the first round of the 2023 NBA playoffs. The Sixers won the teams' last playoff meeting in the 2019 opening round.
The Nets met Irving's demand, dealing him to the Dallas Mavericks, and then did the same when Durant requested a trade to the Phoenix Suns thereafter. The combined return for Brooklyn was Mikal Bridges, Cameron Johnson, Dorian Finney-Smith, Spencer Dinwiddie and the rights to six first-round draft picks.
helped hold a guaranteed playoff seed. Bridges averaged 26.1 points , 4.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 27 games down the stretch. Brooklyn has a plethora of wings and shooters to surround Bridges on a roster that is once again ready-made for a superstar to elevate it into contention. The only showdown that could be considered a preview of this series was their meeting on Feb. 11, and even that came shortly before the All-Star break in the first game Bridges and Johnson dressed for the Nets. Embiid and Harden combined for 66 points in a 101-98 victory, but Brooklyn's defense strangled everyone else on the Sixers enough to grant Bridges a game-winning layup attempt in the final seconds.
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