{"id":439242,"date":"2025-04-24T12:18:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T10:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=439242"},"modified":"2025-04-24T12:18:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T10:18:42","slug":"knicks-and-sixers-to-meet-in-abu-dhabi-for-nba-preseason-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/knicks-and-sixers-to-meet-in-abu-dhabi-for-nba-preseason-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks and Sixers to meet in Abu Dhabi for NBA Preseason 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"128\" data-end=\"367\">The <strong data-start=\"132\" data-end=\"151\">New York Knicks<\/strong> and the <strong data-start=\"160\" data-end=\"182\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/strong> will headline the <strong data-start=\"201\" data-end=\"229\">NBA Abu Dhabi Games 2025<\/strong>, set for <strong data-start=\"239\" data-end=\"258\">October 2 and 4<\/strong> at <strong data-start=\"262\" data-end=\"278\">Etihad Arena<\/strong> on Yas Island. It will be the fourth straight year Abu Dhabi hosts preseason NBA action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"369\" data-end=\"606\">\u201cWe are thrilled to welcome two of the NBA\u2019s most iconic teams,\u201d said Saleh Al Geziry from Abu Dhabi\u2019s Department of Culture and Tourism. The games are presented by ADQ and highlight the league\u2019s continued expansion into the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"608\" data-end=\"795\">Past editions featured the Bucks and Hawks (2022), Mavericks and Timberwolves (2023), and Nuggets and Celtics (2024). The 2025 EuroLeague Final Four will also be held in Abu Dhabi in May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Knicks and the Philadelphia 76ers will headline the NBA Abu Dhabi Games 2025, set for October 2 and 4 at Etihad Arena on Yas Island<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":439243,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-439242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/GpSiCu2XAAAI45U.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439242"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=439242"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=439242"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=439242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}