{"id":573851,"date":"2026-04-09T12:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/573851\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:34:07","slug":"sixers-vs-rockets-game-preview-how-to-watch-lineups-broadcast-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/573851\/","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<p class=\"\">Location: Toyota Center Houston, TX<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Channel: NBC Sports Philadelphia<\/p>\n<p>Notable injuries<\/p>\n<p>Sixers: OUT: Cam Payne (right hamstring strain), Johni Broome (right knee surgery recovery)<\/p>\n<p>Rockets: OUT: Fred VanVleet (right knee ACL repair), Steven Adams (left ankle surgery)<\/p>\n<p>Uniform assignments<\/p>\n<p>Sixers: Statement Edition (Red)<\/p>\n<p>Rockets: City Edition (White)<\/p>\n<p>Probable starting lineups<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia 76ers<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Forward &#8211; Kelly Oubre Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Houston Rockets<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Forward &#8211; Jabari Smith Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Next 5 games for Sixers<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">April 12 vs. Bucks (regular season finale)<\/p>\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":2,"featured_media":573852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[40367,47943,6251,32707,23140,7095,5050,40366,5555,5437,146258,5556,355,15990,60519,2085,2113,60525,99,47940,7639,2119],"class_list":{"0":"post-573851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-alperen-sengun","9":"tag-amen-thompson","10":"tag-bucks","11":"tag-eastern-conference","12":"tag-fred-vanvleet","13":"tag-houston","14":"tag-houston-rockets","15":"tag-jabari-smith","16":"tag-joel-embiid","17":"tag-johni-broome","18":"tag-kelly-oubre","19":"tag-kevin-durant","20":"tag-nba","21":"tag-pacers","22":"tag-paul-george","23":"tag-philadelphia","24":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","25":"tag-reed-sheppard","26":"tag-sports","27":"tag-steven-adams","28":"tag-tyrese-maxey","29":"tag-vj-edgecombe"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}