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Report: Sixers-Celtics rematches scheduled for opening night and Christmas

A portion of the schedule will be released on Wednesday.

Sixers center Joel Embiid points his finger towards the score board while Boston Celtics forward Marcus Morris indicates a zero with his finger late in the fourth quarter during Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Monday.
Sixers center Joel Embiid points his finger towards the score board while Boston Celtics forward Marcus Morris indicates a zero with his finger late in the fourth quarter during Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Monday. Read moreYONG KIM / Staff Photographer

The NBA is set to release a small portion of the 2018-19 schedule on Wednesday, but reports have leaked out revealing the league's plan to stoke the Sixers-Celtics rivalry.

Gary Washburn from the Boston Globe first tossed out this little piece, saying the two teams would likely meet on opening night:

Then the New York Times' Marc Stein said the Sixers and Celtics would be a part of the Christmas Day lineup:

The first week of the schedule along with the holiday schedules will be released on Wednesday at 2 p.m.