WEBVTT - Game Reaction! Sixers over Celtics | Twitter Spaces 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:02.920 This podcast is part of the seventy six Ers podcasts. 0:00:02.960 --> 0:00:05.800 Can't work search seventy six Ers Insiders wherever you get 0:00:05.840 --> 0:00:26.279 your podcasts. Okay, Lauren, let's get started. Welcome everyone to 0:00:27.480 --> 0:00:32.159 seventy six ers Twitter spaces. I'm Matt Murphy along with 0:00:32.400 --> 0:00:36.320 Lauren Rosen. If you're new. We do these after every 0:00:36.360 --> 0:00:41.320 Sixers win. We take questions and topics from you out there. 0:00:41.360 --> 0:00:43.720 We want you to be part of this discussion. You 0:00:43.760 --> 0:00:46.599 can click on our avatars at the top send us 0:00:46.600 --> 0:00:49.560 a message let us know your thoughts from an exciting 0:00:49.600 --> 0:00:53.240 Sixers win over the Boston Celtics one eight one h 0:00:53.440 --> 0:00:57.279 three on the road. Some dominant play from Joel embid 0:00:57.440 --> 0:01:02.080 and also from the trio of Mbeed, Harris and Curry. 0:01:02.160 --> 0:01:06.440 But without further ado, let's get started, Lauren. It was 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:09.480 a good one one eight one h three. The Sixers 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:12.280 needed one to get back in the win column and 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:17.360 b led the way with forty one points. Yeah, it 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:20.600 was something else, Mott Murphy. Such a pleasure to watch 0:01:20.760 --> 0:01:23.360 the guys get back in such a big way. I'll 0:01:23.440 --> 0:01:27.360 run through a couple other statistics. Joel Embiid, like you said, 0:01:27.480 --> 0:01:32.840 forty one points, ten rebounds, five assists, two steals, four blocks, 0:01:33.280 --> 0:01:38.480 Tobias Harris twenty five points, seven assists, sorry rather seven rebounds, 0:01:38.720 --> 0:01:42.600 three assists, a steel and Seth Curry twenty six points, 0:01:42.640 --> 0:01:46.280 seven assists, four rebounds, A really really strong outing from 0:01:46.280 --> 0:01:48.280 the three of them. No tires, Maxie due to a 0:01:48.360 --> 0:01:52.960 left quad contusion last night, George Niang, Ver concorkmaz Shake, Milton, 0:01:53.360 --> 0:01:58.960 Andre Drummond all also out Drummond, Drummond, Milton, and Niang 0:01:59.040 --> 0:02:01.080 due to Health and Safety PRODUC calls Corkmas due to 0:02:01.120 --> 0:02:04.080 a non COVID illness. So the bench was extraordinarily depleted 0:02:04.120 --> 0:02:06.120 last night, and the Sixers still found a way to 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:07.880 make it work. I like what Doc Rivers said about 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:10.799 the bench unit that did play that included Isaiah Joe, 0:02:10.880 --> 0:02:13.160 Charles Bassi, Aaron Henry, and Miles Powell. He said that 0:02:13.200 --> 0:02:15.680 while they didn't do a lot in the scoring column, 0:02:15.760 --> 0:02:18.120 Isaiah Joe the only one to score a point off 0:02:18.120 --> 0:02:20.040 the bench. He said that that group did everything else 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:22.280 that they could have everywhere else, and I think that 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:26.480 that's something certainly worth celebrating. I think I would like 0:02:26.560 --> 0:02:29.440 to definitely talk a little bit about Miles Powell later on, 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:31.360 So if you're a part of the Miles Powell or 0:02:31.400 --> 0:02:35.160 Seaton Hall fan club, stick around for that as well, 0:02:35.200 --> 0:02:39.359 because his last seventy two hours plus have been pretty insane, 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:41.960 going from the G League to the Sixers bench and 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:46.600 making his NBA debut last night. As Lauren gave Joel's 0:02:46.840 --> 0:02:49.880 full stat line from the win over Boston, I like 0:02:50.080 --> 0:02:53.679 some stats that contextualize it a little bit, and there's 0:02:53.720 --> 0:02:56.079 not a better one I've seen recently than this one 0:02:56.160 --> 0:03:00.680 from ESPN Stats and Information that Joel had forty five 0:03:00.720 --> 0:03:03.000 assists in four blocks in a game for the third 0:03:03.000 --> 0:03:05.760 time in his career. The only player with more such 0:03:05.800 --> 0:03:09.640 games since blocks became official in nineteen seventy three seventy 0:03:09.639 --> 0:03:14.640 four Kareem Abdul Jabbar with four such games, So that 0:03:15.280 --> 0:03:18.280 is very impressive. Again, send us your questions replied to 0:03:18.360 --> 0:03:22.400 the Sixers, tweet, tweet to us, or message us by 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:25.600 clicking on our names at the top of this space. 0:03:25.720 --> 0:03:28.120 Thanks for being with us, Lauren. If we don't get questions, 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:30.880 I think we just need to read Andre Drummonds and 0:03:30.960 --> 0:03:34.400 George Niang's in game tweets from last night and just 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:38.080 break those down, maybe rank those in terms of the 0:03:38.080 --> 0:03:40.680 ones we like the most. But that was fun. Those 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:44.880 guys obviously dealing with health and safety protocols not available 0:03:44.920 --> 0:03:48.360 for the Sixers, but tweeting as if there they were 0:03:48.360 --> 0:03:50.640 six Ers fans. They are Sixers fans, but rooting their 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:55.160 their teammates on last night from AFAR. Yeah, good to 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:58.240 see those guys supporting from Afar, like you said, and 0:03:58.880 --> 0:04:02.400 obviously frustrating those are players, especially we've seen it from 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:05.400 George who just want to be out there. So obviously 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:08.880 sending our best to those guys as they continue to 0:04:08.880 --> 0:04:11.720 work their way through health and safety protocols. I do 0:04:11.800 --> 0:04:14.120 have a question from Emily. She said, if Joel keeps 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:15.920 producing like he did last night, and the rest of 0:04:15.920 --> 0:04:18.120 the team is at one hundred percent health, what else 0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:20.280 do we need to win a championship. I mean, it's 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:23.159 a good question, but those are two big ifs. Right Joel, 0:04:23.240 --> 0:04:25.920 of course, we've seen him capable of putting up some 0:04:25.960 --> 0:04:28.359 incredible outings. But if the rest of the team is 0:04:28.360 --> 0:04:30.320 at one hundred percent health, that's an if that we 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:33.240 have not even seen yet this season. So that's something 0:04:33.240 --> 0:04:35.800 that I would look forward to in isolation. Last night 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:39.640 a very impressive win despite being undermanned, and even within 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:42.640 the group that was there, not everybody able to score 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:45.960 at a high rate. So in theory, with everybody at 0:04:46.040 --> 0:04:49.919 one hundred percent health, the Sixers would be an absolute 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:51.880 force to be reckoned with Matt, what do you think 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:55.400 about the Sixers potential if fully healthy again something we 0:04:55.440 --> 0:04:58.120 have not seen yet this year. That is a really 0:04:58.120 --> 0:05:01.920 good question. And mb as the closer has taken on 0:05:02.040 --> 0:05:05.760 some life here in terms of fans and their reaction 0:05:06.480 --> 0:05:10.680 two Sixers games, and he certainly closed last night's game. Again, 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:13.400 we're just breaking down this Sixers win one O eight, 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:15.760 one h three over the Celtics on the road to 0:05:15.880 --> 0:05:19.440 snap a losing skid, and Bead was certainly the closer 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:21.599 he has been in a lot of games this year. 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:24.200 But I think when it comes to what they need, 0:05:24.320 --> 0:05:27.160 last night's not really a great game to look at 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:28.920 because of all the players that were missing, or maybe 0:05:28.960 --> 0:05:32.320 because of the players that were individually without Tyrese, Maxie 0:05:32.320 --> 0:05:35.159 and Shake Milton. One of the first things Doc Rivers 0:05:35.200 --> 0:05:38.680 said postgame is that Seth Curry stepped up and played 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:42.640 point guard, and that was one of Andre Drummond's tweets 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:46.159 as we reference him supporting his teammates during the game. 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:48.520 That was one of the shout outs that he gave. 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:51.440 So I think come playoff time that that's not going 0:05:51.520 --> 0:05:53.840 to look that way in the rotation in terms of 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:57.159 ball handling it and how that gets dibbied up. But 0:05:57.279 --> 0:06:00.800 credit to the Sixers for making that lineup work. It 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:05.120 was their sixteenth different starting lineup. You had a tweet 0:06:05.160 --> 0:06:08.880 about Danny Green and Matisse Thyble playing together in the 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:13.320 starting lineup as well. Yeah, so Danny and Matise have 0:06:13.520 --> 0:06:16.680 started together last season, but this was the first time 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:19.840 that they started together this season, and it was interesting 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:24.239 to call back to Danny Green's media availability a couple 0:06:24.240 --> 0:06:28.360 of days ago, answering a question from the inquirers Gina Maizelle, 0:06:28.800 --> 0:06:31.560 talking about how much he enjoys playing alongside Matise, he 0:06:31.560 --> 0:06:34.640 said the most Danny said, the most fun we've ever 0:06:34.720 --> 0:06:37.000 had is when we share the floor together. We don't 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:39.560 get to do that often, and then Danny Green went 0:06:39.640 --> 0:06:42.680 on to talk about how they approach matchups when they 0:06:42.680 --> 0:06:45.720 are splitting time on the floor, often splitting time guarding 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:48.919 similar or the same players. Danny said, switching off me 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:50.960 and Matise, we talked to each other and figure out 0:06:51.000 --> 0:06:53.640 what's the best way to approach superstars in this league. 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:56.360 It's hard to stop them, but we try to contain them. 0:06:56.400 --> 0:06:58.360 We both put our heads together and figure it out, 0:06:58.400 --> 0:07:00.120 and they have figured it out as a season has 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:02.279 gone along. And then, of course last night together the 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:04.680 starting lineup saw some saw some good things from both 0:07:04.720 --> 0:07:07.159 of them on both ends of the floor. Liked what 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:09.360 Matisse and Joel were able to do with a little 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:11.560 bit of some flashes of a two man game between 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:14.520 the two of them, Joel finding Matisse for a couple 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:16.800 wide open dugs which were awesome to see. And then 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:19.640 Danny of course hits up big three down the stretch. 0:07:19.680 --> 0:07:22.720 A quieter shooting night up until that point, but keeping 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:25.320 the Sixers in the game with that fearlessness and his 0:07:25.400 --> 0:07:28.600 ability to knock down big shots late. So good to 0:07:28.600 --> 0:07:29.960 see the two of them. Of course, we're going to 0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:32.800 talk more about the trio of Curry, Harris and Embad 0:07:32.840 --> 0:07:35.080 and the historic rate at which the three of them 0:07:35.120 --> 0:07:37.920 were able to score last night, but the supporting cast 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:40.320 of Thible and Green did a really great job in 0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:43.520 that starting lineup as well. We don't always have a 0:07:43.960 --> 0:07:47.320 question of the day, but I think something maybe to 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:49.160 get people going a little bit more. And I've got 0:07:49.160 --> 0:07:53.320 some questions coming in now as well. Would be what 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:56.160 impressed you the most about the win? And Bead would 0:07:56.160 --> 0:07:59.320 be one of the answers obviously, and we've talked about that, 0:07:59.360 --> 0:08:02.680 but maybe something else stood out to you A note 0:08:02.720 --> 0:08:04.640 that I got think the biggest reason for that win 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:07.920 was our energy. Finally seemed like we didn't get out 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:11.920 hustled and had hands up on every shot. Here's another 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:16.280 question within that broader question I posed, which bench piece 0:08:16.320 --> 0:08:19.120 steps up Thursday? So the next game is Thursday against 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:22.080 the Hawks. What do you think about that, Lauren, looking 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:26.720 at that bench or what the bench might be on Thursday. 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:30.080 Who's someone maybe under the radar from last night that 0:08:30.160 --> 0:08:33.480 you could see stepping up on Thursday against Atlanta, a 0:08:33.480 --> 0:08:37.480 team the Sixers have had success against this season. I mean, 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:41.040 I like the potential of Isaiah Joe. Certainly we saw 0:08:41.080 --> 0:08:43.720 some amazing things from Isaiah during the preseason and the 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:46.920 early running of this season. His fearlessness, the way that 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:49.720 he works on his shot, his range is something that 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:51.640 I think the Sixers are going to come to really 0:08:51.720 --> 0:08:55.079 love as Joe's career continues to grow, so he's won 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:58.240 for me to watch, and then I loved. First of all, 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:00.760 we got to talk about the story of Miles Powell 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:04.400 getting the Sixers last night, the condensed version, and Matt, 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:06.400 I'm sure you can give a little bit more color here, 0:09:06.400 --> 0:09:09.439 but the condensed version of the story is, Miles Powell 0:09:09.440 --> 0:09:11.400 made his G League debut this season. He was rehabing 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:14.040 an injury. He made his debut for the Westchester Knicks. 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:16.840 He played for them last season. Made that debut on 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:22.559 Friday in Wilmington against your Delaware Bluecoats. Matt Murphy played well. 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:25.760 Finds out on Saturday that the Sixers are going to 0:09:25.840 --> 0:09:28.280 sign him to a two way contract. But on Saturday, 0:09:28.320 --> 0:09:31.559 the Knicks and the Westchester Knicks and Bluecoats alike, we're 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:34.320 flying to Las Vegas where they were going to participate 0:09:34.600 --> 0:09:37.400 in the G League Winter Showcase, where they did participate 0:09:37.440 --> 0:09:39.320 the next day. So at this point, Powell is found 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:40.480 out that he's going to be a two way for 0:09:40.520 --> 0:09:44.840 the Sixers. He plays for the Bluecoats in Vegas on Sunday, 0:09:45.360 --> 0:09:48.760 flies out with Paul Reid and Aaron Henry to Boston 0:09:49.000 --> 0:09:51.680 after that game, and then plays for the Sixers on Monday, 0:09:51.679 --> 0:09:54.440 so to review, he played for three different teams in 0:09:54.559 --> 0:09:58.560 four days in three different cities, and hearing him sort 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:01.079 of recap what the what these few days have been 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:03.640 like for him and how excited he was to then 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:06.040 get to share the floor with Joel Mbing on a 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:10.040 historic night for Joel in his first NBA game, really 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:12.880 put a smile on my face. And I loved, loved, 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:15.960 loved hearing that story. So obviously hard for a guy 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:18.640 like Miles Powell to come not only to a new team, 0:10:18.840 --> 0:10:22.320 but into a new league, making his NBA debut with 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:25.480 no time to prepare. We'll be cool to see what 0:10:25.520 --> 0:10:27.280 he's able to do with a few days under his 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:30.079 belt in the system. Think about it, by Thursday, he's 0:10:30.080 --> 0:10:32.760 gonna have four hundred percent more preparation than he had 0:10:33.040 --> 0:10:36.160 for Bunday's team. So looking forward to seeing more out 0:10:36.160 --> 0:10:37.960 of him. And for those who don't know, Matt is 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:40.280 the voice of the Delaware Bluecoats. He was on the 0:10:40.320 --> 0:10:44.520 call when Miles made his G League debut this season 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:47.240 on Friday. What do you like about what he brings 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:49.560 to the table. Well, I love the Isaiah Joe pick 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:53.680 I love the Miles Powell talk ahead of Thursday's game, 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:55.680 and if I had to make a prediction, I would 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:59.360 say he gets his first NBA points on Thursday against 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:02.080 the Hawkswe like a reasonable guest. Yeah, we don't know 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:05.400 who will be in round of the lineup or anything 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:08.200 like that, but he is known to be a very 0:11:08.240 --> 0:11:10.520 good score. He shot it really well from beyond the 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:14.360 arc in the G League a small sample size last year, 0:11:14.800 --> 0:11:19.440 and Tail messaged me about Miles first. They said, I 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:21.439 was thrilled by the way the Sixers were able to 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:23.600 actually show they can compete in close games out after 0:11:23.600 --> 0:11:26.480 a big comeback. See or G League guy. Miles Palace 0:11:26.520 --> 0:11:30.000 story is terrific. Was a fan at Seaton Hall and 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:35.000 to give his postgame a little love playing at Seaton 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:37.680 Hall on some really good teams. He's dealt with the 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:41.960 media and he really crushed his postgame media last night 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:44.679 after his MBA debut. I just want to read one 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:49.319 part of Miles Pale's postgame answers when he was asked 0:11:49.360 --> 0:11:52.240 about what the last few days have been like, as 0:11:52.240 --> 0:11:54.360 you described going from the G League to the NBA, 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:57.560 and you explain some of this, but in his own words, 0:11:58.160 --> 0:12:01.240 Miles Pale said Friday was actually my first game this season. 0:12:01.400 --> 0:12:04.680 I came off a knee injury, a nine month knee injury. 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:09.079 I played my first game this year against the Bluecoats Saturday. 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:11.880 I traveled to Vegas with the Westchester Nicks, so he's 0:12:11.880 --> 0:12:15.240 still a Westchester Nick at that time, he and the Knicks. 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:18.200 We had a layover in Dallas. When I got to Dallas, 0:12:18.240 --> 0:12:21.040 my agent face timed me and he was like, tomorrow 0:12:21.080 --> 0:12:24.160 you'll be signing a contract with the seventy sixers. I 0:12:24.280 --> 0:12:26.280 had like an hour and a half flight from Dallas 0:12:26.320 --> 0:12:28.800 to Vegas, and I cried for maybe like the first 0:12:28.840 --> 0:12:31.720 forty five minutes of the flight. I couldn't call anybody, 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:35.199 I couldn't talk to anybody. I couldn't believe it. And 0:12:35.240 --> 0:12:39.600 then he went on to explain the process of opting 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:42.520 in to the Bluecoats game the following day, which was 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:46.559 at two o'clock local time in Vegas, and helping them 0:12:46.600 --> 0:12:48.160 get a win in the first round of the G 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:51.600 League Showcase Cup, and then being added to the Sixers 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:56.160 group chat and told that they would be packing their 0:12:56.200 --> 0:13:00.120 stuff up before that Bluecoats game and for Boston, and 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:03.760 then hopping on the plane after the G League game 0:13:03.800 --> 0:13:06.960 and getting to Boston to suit up with the Sixers. 0:13:06.960 --> 0:13:09.840 So what a story that is just that quote. I 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:12.839 think like the guys that make it from the G 0:13:13.000 --> 0:13:15.440 League and right now in the NBA, Lauren, this is 0:13:15.720 --> 0:13:18.240 a crazy time with so many players entering health and 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:21.640 safety protocols, and that should be the most serious thing 0:13:21.640 --> 0:13:24.760 on everyone's mind. But it has and will continue to 0:13:24.760 --> 0:13:28.320 create opportunities for the Miles Pals of the world who, 0:13:28.360 --> 0:13:32.000 whether it was due to injury or whatever circumstance, haven't 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:34.559 had their look yet, and they're getting it. A lot 0:13:34.640 --> 0:13:37.040 of them are getting it now more than we usually see. 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:39.960 So a lot of dreams are coming true, and Miles 0:13:39.960 --> 0:13:44.720 Palal is the latest example for us in Philadelphia. Yeah, 0:13:44.800 --> 0:13:47.040 what a pleasure it was to hear him discuss what 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:50.319 the last three days have been like. I want to 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:54.600 go to a couple more questions that we've had this morning. 0:13:55.520 --> 0:14:00.679 A question about oh shoot, I lost it, Matt Oh No, 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:03.160 here's the one from Dylan, not a question, just a 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:08.160 statement hashtag MVPD. I don't think that. I mean when 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:10.360 Joel Embiid plays the way that he played last night. 0:14:10.400 --> 0:14:12.840 We've talked about the stat line, but let's talk about 0:14:12.840 --> 0:14:16.000 maybe the fourth quarter that Joel Embiid had. He had 0:14:16.080 --> 0:14:20.760 seventeen points in the fourth quarter alone. He was tremendous, 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:23.640 tremendous down the stretch for the team with those I believe, 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:27.640 six straight points, seventeen points, nine for ten from the 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:30.440 free throw line in the fourth quarter, four for seven 0:14:30.680 --> 0:14:33.360 from the field with a steel and two blocked shots 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:36.480 in the fourth quarter alone. The team in the fourth quarter, 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:38.600 Matt was fifty six point two percent from the field, 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:41.640 fifty percent from three, ninety one point seven percent from 0:14:41.640 --> 0:14:44.280 the line, And that's how you close down a game. 0:14:44.320 --> 0:14:46.680 The Sixers course took a lead when the first quarter, 0:14:46.760 --> 0:14:49.920 took a slim lead into halftime, but fell back during 0:14:49.960 --> 0:14:52.920 that third quarter, went into the fourth quarter down five, 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:57.280 and came out to outscore outscore the Celtics thirty three 0:14:57.360 --> 0:15:00.480 to twenty three in that fourth per It was an 0:15:00.480 --> 0:15:03.480 absolute master classroom Joel ebead down the stretch, showing how 0:15:03.480 --> 0:15:07.120 he can be an elite closer in this league on 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:10.840 the road in a rivalry matchup, going up against one 0:15:10.880 --> 0:15:13.320 of the best fourth quarter scorers in this league in 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:16.760 Jason Tatum. So absolutely so impressed by what Joel was 0:15:16.760 --> 0:15:19.280 able to do last night. And if he continues this way, 0:15:19.320 --> 0:15:21.280 of course it's going to be tricky with with time 0:15:21.480 --> 0:15:24.240 missed due to COVID and time miss due to injury. 0:15:24.240 --> 0:15:27.280 But Joel continues to play himself into the MVP conversation 0:15:27.400 --> 0:15:29.880 now year after years, starting to feel like he's going 0:15:29.920 --> 0:15:33.120 to be a perennial MVP candidate over the next few seasons. 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:35.720 And hope, of course, if the game's played category can 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:39.560 fall more in his favor in the coming months and years. 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:42.960 But yeah, absolute pleasure to watch that fourth quarter, especially 0:15:43.000 --> 0:15:45.360 watching Joel ebead in it last night. What did you think? 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:50.720 What MP MVPD was awesome to watch? It was so good. 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:52.960 And if you want to let us know your thoughts 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:56.320 on Joel or the Sixers as a whole and the win, 0:15:56.960 --> 0:15:59.520 message us by clicking at the top on either of 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:02.560 our profiles or tweet to us or the Sixers and 0:16:02.680 --> 0:16:05.880 will get to your question or topic here on Twitter spaces. 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:10.640 But it was an awesome finish from MBIID actually when 0:16:10.640 --> 0:16:15.080 they went down late in the game, Danny Green's three 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:18.040 which was huge and Seth Curry drew the extra man 0:16:18.160 --> 0:16:22.560 and made the next pass. When Danny Green hit the 0:16:22.680 --> 0:16:26.240 three at the one forty three mark of the fourth 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:30.880 quarter that was in ninety eight sixers lead. From there, 0:16:30.960 --> 0:16:34.120 it was Embiid scoring the next nine points of a 0:16:34.160 --> 0:16:37.120 twelve five run to end the game. And I was 0:16:37.160 --> 0:16:42.480 actually a little bit behind on TV, and I was 0:16:42.720 --> 0:16:46.880 following the quickest box score that I know of out 0:16:46.920 --> 0:16:49.520 there online and it gives you the play by play, 0:16:49.560 --> 0:16:51.840 and I saw the score change and I saw that 0:16:52.000 --> 0:16:55.200 Mbiad had scored, and I just knew that it was 0:16:55.520 --> 0:16:58.600 a mid range jump shot before it even came on 0:16:58.640 --> 0:17:01.720 the TV. I anticipated that because he had just hit 0:17:01.800 --> 0:17:05.280 some but it was incredible how many of those he 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:08.159 made last night, and it was fitting for it to 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:09.920 end that way. So I knew what was going to 0:17:09.960 --> 0:17:12.399 happen before it actually happened in front of me. But 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:15.600 two big shots, not only the Green three, but when 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:20.439 Boston took a close to double digit lead in the 0:17:20.480 --> 0:17:25.200 second half late in the fourth, Matisse Stibal knocked down 0:17:25.520 --> 0:17:28.439 a big three as well to cut it back to four. 0:17:28.840 --> 0:17:32.200 So matis Is three and then later Danny's three were 0:17:32.240 --> 0:17:35.399 big shots to pave the way for mb to close 0:17:35.440 --> 0:17:38.480 it out. Yeah, Danny Green and Matisse Stival the best 0:17:38.560 --> 0:17:41.200 supporting actors in that fourth quarter, both of them had 0:17:41.480 --> 0:17:44.719 three points two steals. Again, in the fourth quarter alone, 0:17:44.760 --> 0:17:47.160 each of them had two steals. Each of them had 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:51.240 a three pointer that really really mattered in that game. 0:17:51.280 --> 0:17:53.480 I agree with you, Matisse kept the Sixers in it 0:17:53.520 --> 0:17:55.720 when it felt like maybe the game was getting away 0:17:55.760 --> 0:17:58.000 from them. Leads me to a question that I'm seeing 0:17:58.440 --> 0:18:00.800 on my Twitter. If matise average is twelve or so 0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:02.800 points per game, where do you see his career going. 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:05.920 At the risk of sounding cheesy, I would say if 0:18:05.960 --> 0:18:08.440 Matisse averages twelve or so points per game, his career 0:18:08.520 --> 0:18:10.920 is going to the moon with what he's able to do. 0:18:11.480 --> 0:18:14.160 What he's able to do defensively is already carved out 0:18:14.800 --> 0:18:17.439 what is sure to be a successful career in this league. 0:18:17.720 --> 0:18:21.600 And we've seen now over and over again, actually with 0:18:21.640 --> 0:18:25.520 a team that doesn't rely on him defensively, his willingness 0:18:25.560 --> 0:18:28.360 to take big shots, his willingness to make other teams 0:18:28.440 --> 0:18:31.080 pay when they sag off of him defensively, that's what 0:18:31.160 --> 0:18:33.760 this team needs from Matisse right now. The reality is 0:18:33.760 --> 0:18:36.560 that they don't need heavy scoring from Matisse. Bible seven 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:39.320 points last night. That's about what they need from him, 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:43.639 taking the shots and making opposing defensive defenses pay for 0:18:43.800 --> 0:18:46.479 not covering him again, because that takes attention away from 0:18:46.560 --> 0:18:49.119 Joell and beat away from Tobias Haris, away from Seth Curry. 0:18:49.160 --> 0:18:51.439 As long as Matisse is doing that, he's doing his 0:18:51.560 --> 0:18:54.840 job offensively for this team, and of course there's always 0:18:54.920 --> 0:18:57.240 there's always room to grow. And because of how good 0:18:57.280 --> 0:18:59.560 he is defensively, I think Matisse gets a lot of 0:18:59.560 --> 0:19:02.679 flak for what he does offensively because fans so badly 0:19:02.720 --> 0:19:05.000 want to see him match those things up. But I 0:19:05.000 --> 0:19:07.240 would urge people to remember, again, there are plenty of 0:19:07.240 --> 0:19:11.240 players in this league that excel offensively to a very 0:19:11.359 --> 0:19:13.520 very high level, and we don't really rag on their 0:19:13.520 --> 0:19:15.280 defense quite as much. So I'd ask for a little 0:19:15.320 --> 0:19:18.480 great for Matise there. But when you ask if he 0:19:18.520 --> 0:19:21.479 could average twelve points per game, that's a question that 0:19:21.800 --> 0:19:24.600 again we talk about his performance with the Olympics. In 0:19:24.640 --> 0:19:27.800 the Olympics a lot, I think with Australia he was 0:19:27.880 --> 0:19:30.800 asked to perform on a higher level offensively. He was 0:19:30.880 --> 0:19:33.560 asked to be a creator, to create for himself, to 0:19:33.600 --> 0:19:36.600 create for others, to get the job done offensively with 0:19:36.640 --> 0:19:38.360 that team in a way that he has not been 0:19:38.400 --> 0:19:41.080 asked to do with the Sixers. This is someone who 0:19:41.160 --> 0:19:43.440 came in and has now had three seasons in which 0:19:43.480 --> 0:19:47.240 his team has been competing for playoff appearance, is striving 0:19:47.280 --> 0:19:49.880 for championships. That's a hard thing for a young guy 0:19:49.880 --> 0:19:52.000 to do, coming into the NBA for the first time. 0:19:52.000 --> 0:19:54.560 And what the Olympics proved is that when Matise is 0:19:54.560 --> 0:19:57.120 given more of an offensive load, he's willing to take 0:19:57.160 --> 0:19:59.200 it on and he can be successful with it. So, 0:19:59.440 --> 0:20:02.040 whether it's on this contract, on his next contract with 0:20:02.040 --> 0:20:04.720 the Sixers, or beyond, Matis has shown that he can 0:20:04.800 --> 0:20:09.240 produce offensively and given those opportunities, willing to take big shots, 0:20:09.320 --> 0:20:12.280 willing to grow able to produce one he's asked to. 0:20:12.720 --> 0:20:15.040 I don't think that that's that big of an ass. 0:20:15.119 --> 0:20:18.159 Twelve points per game is a lot from from a 0:20:18.240 --> 0:20:20.439 young player who is more of a defensive weapon than 0:20:20.440 --> 0:20:22.000 an offensive weapon. But I don't think that's out of 0:20:22.040 --> 0:20:25.400 the question at all. Nott Murphy, your thoughts. Matisse has 0:20:25.400 --> 0:20:29.480 had some games with two threes. Imagine that those were 0:20:29.480 --> 0:20:33.280 four three games that would be something. And our friend 0:20:33.400 --> 0:20:37.879 Matthief here on Twitter also said, is Matisse the first 0:20:37.880 --> 0:20:41.119 player to smile after he receives a tech with a 0:20:41.240 --> 0:20:46.640 laughing emoji. Not often that you see Matisse get teed up, 0:20:46.720 --> 0:20:49.800 but it is often that you see him smile out 0:20:49.800 --> 0:20:53.480 there on the court. Yeah, no doubt about it. I 0:20:53.480 --> 0:20:55.600 mean the Sixers, of course doing a good did a 0:20:55.600 --> 0:21:00.240 good job last night combating let's say, combating some adversity. 0:21:00.880 --> 0:21:03.399 We've seen it all year long and will continue to 0:21:03.400 --> 0:21:04.879 be the case regardless of what team you root for 0:21:04.920 --> 0:21:06.640 if you're a Celtics band. Last night, I'm sure there's 0:21:06.640 --> 0:21:09.600 calls that you didn't like either, but continued to work 0:21:09.640 --> 0:21:12.200 through moments where they did not agree with what was 0:21:12.240 --> 0:21:14.560 happening on the court and found a way to get 0:21:14.560 --> 0:21:17.400