The Philadelphia 76ers 08-09 season schedule was announced and it could be considered news worthy for a couple of reasons. One reason being The 76ers will play one final game at The Spectrum before it is brought to the ground. On Friday, March 13 at 7:00pm, the Sixers will take on the Chicago Bulls in the building that holds a rich history for Philadelphia.  It is in that building the 76ers won games 1 and 2 on the way to winning their last NBA championship in 1983. I’m personally glad to see the 76ers team and staff pay their respects in this their 60th anniversary season.

Another notable tidbit about The Sixers schedule is that this year 7 games will be on national television. I think that is slightly more national exposure than last year and after sneaking into the playoffs they deserve it. The games shown on national tv will be played against: Orlando (twice) , Cleveland , A.I. and the Denver Nuggets , Chicago , the Pistons (who ended last years playoff appearance) , and reigning NBA champs The Boston Celtics. Other notable games include: the first road game on November 1st against Atlanta who is sure to lock things up with Josh Smith after we courted him for a little while , and March 8th when we head into Oklahoma City to play our first game there vs the transplanted Seattle Supersonics.

I’m predicting 60 wins for the guys this year , call me crazy… Actually a few already have but I got a good feeling about this season.

For the complete 08-09 schedule go here: http://www.nba.com/sixers/schedule/