{"id":715600,"date":"2026-04-09T11:21:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/715600\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:21:13","slug":"sixers-vs-rockets-game-preview-how-to-watch-lineups-broadcast-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/715600\/","title":{"rendered":"Sixers vs. Rockets game preview: How to watch, lineups, broadcast info"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia 76ers will continue their road trip on Thursday when they take on the Houston Rockets, and if you&#8217;re wondering how you can watch all the action live, you&#8217;ve come to the right place. The Sixers are locked in a tight playoff race in the Eastern Conference and need a win in the worst way in an effort to climb into the top 6.<\/p>\n<p>The Sixers will also look to sweep the season series with the Rockets after earning a win over Houston back in January. It will be a bit tougher on the road against a Rockets team that has won seven in a row and is looking to earn home court advantage in Round 1 of the playoffs, but Philadelphia will be motivated to end this current 2-game skid and get back in the win column. Houston has been an up-and-down team and offer a chance for the Sixers to get it done.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s when and where you should tune in to see the matchup:<\/p>\n<p>How to watch<\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li\/>\n<li\/>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>Toyota Center Houston, TX<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Channel: <\/strong>NBC Sports Philadelphia<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Notable injuries<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sixers: <\/strong>OUT: Cam Payne (right hamstring strain), Johni Broome (right knee surgery recovery)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rockets:<\/strong> OUT: Fred VanVleet (right knee ACL repair), Steven Adams (left ankle surgery)<\/p>\n<p>Uniform assignments<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sixers: <\/strong>Statement Edition (Red)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rockets:<\/strong> City Edition (White)<\/p>\n<p>Probable starting lineups<\/p>\n<p><strong>Philadelphia 76ers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li\/>\n<li\/>\n<li\/>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">Forward &#8211; Kelly Oubre Jr.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li\/><\/ul>\n<p><strong>Houston Rockets<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li\/>\n<li\/>\n<li\/>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">Forward &#8211; Jabari Smith Jr.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li\/><\/ul>\n<p>Next 5 games for Sixers<\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li\/>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">April 12 vs. Bucks (regular season finale)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Sixers Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/sixerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/sixers\/2026\/04\/09\/sixers-vs-rockets-game-preview-how-to-watch-lineups-broadcast-info\/89515759007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sixers vs. Rockets game preview: How to watch, lineups, broadcast info;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Sixers vs. Rockets game preview&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Sixers vs. Rockets game preview: How to watch, lineups, broadcast info<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia 76ers will continue their road trip on Thursday when they take on the Houston Rockets, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":715601,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[40],"tags":[8611,8435,28733,1518,8608,4345,3136,23139,36688,43654,219594,3359,1260,5999,3525,1311,3123,9276,62,8610,36689,67,132,68,41713],"class_list":["post-715600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-alperen-sengun","tag-amen-thompson","tag-bucks","tag-eastern-conference","tag-fred-vanvleet","tag-houston","tag-houston-rockets","tag-jabari-smith","tag-joel-embiid","tag-johni-broome","tag-kelly-oubre","tag-kevin-durant","tag-nba","tag-pacers","tag-paul-george","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-reed-sheppard","tag-sports","tag-steven-adams","tag-tyrese-maxey","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-vj-edgecombe"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116374489459426389","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}