Matchup History
Since joining the NBA as an expansion franchise ahead of the 1988–89 season, the Miami Heat have played the Philadelphia 76ers in a largely competitive head-to-head series. Still, as of the end of the 2024–25 campaign, the Sixers trail Miami with a 67–76 record across 143 total meetings. Philadelphia does hold a postseason series win over the Heat, having defeated them in the first round of the 2018 playoffs.
The eras have shifted dramatically: the battles once featuring Allen Iverson and Dikembe Mutombo against Tim Hardaway and Alonzo Mourning are long gone. The star-studded early-2010s matchups—Jrue Holiday, Andre Iguodala, and Elton Brand challenging LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh—are now part of the rivalry’s history. Today, 2022-23 Kia NBA MVP Joel Embiid goes head-to-head with former Sixer Jimmy Butler.
During the 2022–23 season, the teams met three times. The Sixers won their March 1 matchup in Miami, 119–96, behind Tyrese Maxey’s 27 points and 7 assists. In 2023–24, the clubs played four games and split the season series 2–2. On March 18, the Sixers earned a 98–91 victory thanks to a 30-point night from Maxey. Their final meeting of that season came on April 4, with Philadelphia securing a four-point win powered by Maxey’s standout line: 37 points, 11 assists, and 9 rebounds. The teams met again on April 17, 2024, in the NBA Play-In Tournament, where the Sixers edged Miami by a single point to clinch the seventh seed in the playoffs.
In 2024–25, Miami swept all four regular-season matchups against Philadelphia, with Sixers losses on November 18, February 5, March 29, and the final meeting on April 7 in Miami.
The first game of the 2025-26 season favored the Heat yet again on November 23 where the Sixers fell 117-127. The next matchup between the two teams is February 26th in South Philly.
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