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Speaker 1: a message let us know your thoughts from an exciting
Speaker 1: Sixers win over the Boston Celtics one eight one h
Speaker 1: three on the road. Some dominant play from Joel embid
Speaker 1: and also from the trio of Mbeed, Harris and Curry.
Speaker 1: But without further ado, let's get started, Lauren. It was
Speaker 1: a good one one eight one h three. The Sixers
Speaker 1: needed one to get back in the win column and
Speaker 1: b led the way with forty one points. Yeah, it
Speaker 1: was something else, Mott Murphy. Such a pleasure to watch
Speaker 1: the guys get back in such a big way. I'll
Speaker 1: run through a couple other statistics. Joel Embiid, like you said,
Speaker 1: forty one points, ten rebounds, five assists, two steals, four blocks,
Speaker 1: Tobias Harris twenty five points, seven assists, sorry rather seven rebounds,
Speaker 1: three assists, a steel and Seth Curry twenty six points,
Speaker 1: seven assists, four rebounds, A really really strong outing from
Speaker 1: the three of them. No tires, Maxie due to a
Speaker 1: left quad contusion last night, George Niang, Ver concorkmaz Shake, Milton,
Speaker 1: Andre Drummond all also out Drummond, Drummond, Milton, and Niang
Speaker 1: due to Health and Safety PRODUC calls Corkmas due to
Speaker 1: a non COVID illness. So the bench was extraordinarily depleted
Speaker 1: last night, and the Sixers still found a way to
Speaker 1: make it work. I like what Doc Rivers said about
Speaker 1: the bench unit that did play that included Isaiah Joe,
Speaker 1: Charles Bassi, Aaron Henry, and Miles Powell. He said that
Speaker 1: while they didn't do a lot in the scoring column,
Speaker 1: Isaiah Joe the only one to score a point off
Speaker 1: the bench. He said that that group did everything else
Speaker 1: that they could have everywhere else, and I think that
Speaker 1: that's something certainly worth celebrating. I think I would like
Speaker 1: to definitely talk a little bit about Miles Powell later on,
Speaker 1: So if you're a part of the Miles Powell or
Speaker 1: Seaton Hall fan club, stick around for that as well,
Speaker 1: because his last seventy two hours plus have been pretty insane,
Speaker 1: going from the G League to the Sixers bench and
Speaker 1: making his NBA debut last night. As Lauren gave Joel's
Speaker 1: full stat line from the win over Boston, I like
Speaker 1: some stats that contextualize it a little bit, and there's
Speaker 1: not a better one I've seen recently than this one
Speaker 1: from ESPN Stats and Information that Joel had forty five
Speaker 1: assists in four blocks in a game for the third
Speaker 1: time in his career. The only player with more such
Speaker 1: games since blocks became official in nineteen seventy three seventy
Speaker 1: four Kareem Abdul Jabbar with four such games, So that
Speaker 1: is very impressive. Again, send us your questions replied to
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Speaker 1: Thanks for being with us, Lauren. If we don't get questions,
Speaker 1: I think we just need to read Andre Drummonds and
Speaker 1: George Niang's in game tweets from last night and just
Speaker 1: break those down, maybe rank those in terms of the
Speaker 1: ones we like the most. But that was fun. Those
Speaker 1: guys obviously dealing with health and safety protocols not available
Speaker 1: for the Sixers, but tweeting as if there they were
Speaker 1: six Ers fans. They are Sixers fans, but rooting their
Speaker 1: their teammates on last night from AFAR. Yeah, good to
Speaker 1: see those guys supporting from Afar, like you said, and
Speaker 1: obviously frustrating those are players, especially we've seen it from
Speaker 1: George who just want to be out there. So obviously
Speaker 1: sending our best to those guys as they continue to
Speaker 1: work their way through health and safety protocols. I do
Speaker 1: have a question from Emily. She said, if Joel keeps
Speaker 1: producing like he did last night, and the rest of
Speaker 1: the team is at one hundred percent health, what else
Speaker 1: do we need to win a championship. I mean, it's
Speaker 1: a good question, but those are two big ifs. Right Joel,
Speaker 1: of course, we've seen him capable of putting up some
Speaker 1: incredible outings. But if the rest of the team is
Speaker 1: at one hundred percent health, that's an if that we
Speaker 1: have not even seen yet this season. So that's something
Speaker 1: that I would look forward to in isolation. Last night
Speaker 1: a very impressive win despite being undermanned, and even within
Speaker 1: the group that was there, not everybody able to score
Speaker 1: at a high rate. So in theory, with everybody at
Speaker 1: one hundred percent health, the Sixers would be an absolute
Speaker 1: force to be reckoned with Matt, what do you think
Speaker 1: about the Sixers potential if fully healthy again something we
Speaker 1: have not seen yet this year. That is a really
Speaker 1: good question. And mb as the closer has taken on
Speaker 1: some life here in terms of fans and their reaction
Speaker 1: two Sixers games, and he certainly closed last night's game. Again,
Speaker 1: we're just breaking down this Sixers win one O eight,
Speaker 1: one h three over the Celtics on the road to
Speaker 1: snap a losing skid, and Bead was certainly the closer
Speaker 1: he has been in a lot of games this year.
Speaker 1: But I think when it comes to what they need,
Speaker 1: last night's not really a great game to look at
Speaker 1: because of all the players that were missing, or maybe
Speaker 1: because of the players that were individually without Tyrese, Maxie
Speaker 1: and Shake Milton. One of the first things Doc Rivers
Speaker 1: said postgame is that Seth Curry stepped up and played
Speaker 1: point guard, and that was one of Andre Drummond's tweets
Speaker 1: as we reference him supporting his teammates during the game.
Speaker 1: That was one of the shout outs that he gave.
Speaker 1: So I think come playoff time that that's not going
Speaker 1: to look that way in the rotation in terms of
Speaker 1: ball handling it and how that gets dibbied up. But
Speaker 1: credit to the Sixers for making that lineup work. It
Speaker 1: was their sixteenth different starting lineup. You had a tweet
Speaker 1: about Danny Green and Matisse Thyble playing together in the
Speaker 1: starting lineup as well. Yeah, so Danny and Matise have
Speaker 1: started together last season, but this was the first time
Speaker 1: that they started together this season, and it was interesting
Speaker 1: to call back to Danny Green's media availability a couple
Speaker 1: of days ago, answering a question from the inquirers Gina Maizelle,
Speaker 1: talking about how much he enjoys playing alongside Matise, he
Speaker 1: said the most Danny said, the most fun we've ever
Speaker 1: had is when we share the floor together. We don't
Speaker 1: get to do that often, and then Danny Green went
Speaker 1: on to talk about how they approach matchups when they
Speaker 1: are splitting time on the floor, often splitting time guarding
Speaker 1: similar or the same players. Danny said, switching off me
Speaker 1: and Matise, we talked to each other and figure out
Speaker 1: what's the best way to approach superstars in this league.
Speaker 1: It's hard to stop them, but we try to contain them.
Speaker 1: We both put our heads together and figure it out,
Speaker 1: and they have figured it out as a season has
Speaker 1: gone along. And then, of course last night together the
Speaker 1: starting lineup saw some saw some good things from both
Speaker 1: of them on both ends of the floor. Liked what
Speaker 1: Matisse and Joel were able to do with a little
Speaker 1: bit of some flashes of a two man game between
Speaker 1: the two of them, Joel finding Matisse for a couple
Speaker 1: wide open dugs which were awesome to see. And then
Speaker 1: Danny of course hits up big three down the stretch.
Speaker 1: A quieter shooting night up until that point, but keeping
Speaker 1: the Sixers in the game with that fearlessness and his
Speaker 1: ability to knock down big shots late. So good to
Speaker 1: see the two of them. Of course, we're going to
Speaker 1: talk more about the trio of Curry, Harris and Embad
Speaker 1: and the historic rate at which the three of them
Speaker 1: were able to score last night, but the supporting cast
Speaker 1: of Thible and Green did a really great job in
Speaker 1: that starting lineup as well. We don't always have a
Speaker 1: question of the day, but I think something maybe to
Speaker 1: get people going a little bit more. And I've got
Speaker 1: some questions coming in now as well. Would be what
Speaker 1: impressed you the most about the win? And Bead would
Speaker 1: be one of the answers obviously, and we've talked about that,
Speaker 1: but maybe something else stood out to you A note
Speaker 1: that I got think the biggest reason for that win
Speaker 1: was our energy. Finally seemed like we didn't get out
Speaker 1: hustled and had hands up on every shot. Here's another
Speaker 1: question within that broader question I posed, which bench piece
Speaker 1: steps up Thursday? So the next game is Thursday against
Speaker 1: the Hawks. What do you think about that, Lauren, looking
Speaker 1: at that bench or what the bench might be on Thursday.
Speaker 1: Who's someone maybe under the radar from last night that
Speaker 1: you could see stepping up on Thursday against Atlanta, a
Speaker 1: team the Sixers have had success against this season. I mean,
Speaker 1: I like the potential of Isaiah Joe. Certainly we saw
Speaker 1: some amazing things from Isaiah during the preseason and the
Speaker 1: early running of this season. His fearlessness, the way that
Speaker 1: he works on his shot, his range is something that
Speaker 1: I think the Sixers are going to come to really
Speaker 1: love as Joe's career continues to grow, so he's won
Speaker 1: for me to watch, and then I loved. First of all,
Speaker 1: we got to talk about the story of Miles Powell
Speaker 1: getting the Sixers last night, the condensed version, and Matt,
Speaker 1: I'm sure you can give a little bit more color here,
Speaker 1: but the condensed version of the story is, Miles Powell
Speaker 1: made his G League debut this season. He was rehabing
Speaker 1: an injury. He made his debut for the Westchester Knicks.
Speaker 1: He played for them last season. Made that debut on
Speaker 1: Friday in Wilmington against your Delaware Bluecoats. Matt Murphy played well.
Speaker 1: Finds out on Saturday that the Sixers are going to
Speaker 1: sign him to a two way contract. But on Saturday,
Speaker 1: the Knicks and the Westchester Knicks and Bluecoats alike, we're
Speaker 1: flying to Las Vegas where they were going to participate
Speaker 1: in the G League Winter Showcase, where they did participate
Speaker 1: the next day. So at this point, Powell is found
Speaker 1: out that he's going to be a two way for
Speaker 1: the Sixers. He plays for the Bluecoats in Vegas on Sunday,
Speaker 1: flies out with Paul Reid and Aaron Henry to Boston
Speaker 1: after that game, and then plays for the Sixers on Monday,
Speaker 1: so to review, he played for three different teams in
Speaker 1: four days in three different cities, and hearing him sort
Speaker 1: of recap what the what these few days have been
Speaker 1: like for him and how excited he was to then
Speaker 1: get to share the floor with Joel Mbing on a
Speaker 1: historic night for Joel in his first NBA game, really
Speaker 1: put a smile on my face. And I loved, loved,
Speaker 1: loved hearing that story. So obviously hard for a guy
Speaker 1: like Miles Powell to come not only to a new team,
Speaker 1: but into a new league, making his NBA debut with
Speaker 1: no time to prepare. We'll be cool to see what
Speaker 1: he's able to do with a few days under his
Speaker 1: belt in the system. Think about it, by Thursday, he's
Speaker 1: gonna have four hundred percent more preparation than he had
Speaker 1: for Bunday's team. So looking forward to seeing more out
Speaker 1: of him. And for those who don't know, Matt is
Speaker 1: the voice of the Delaware Bluecoats. He was on the
Speaker 1: call when Miles made his G League debut this season
Speaker 1: on Friday. What do you like about what he brings
Speaker 1: to the table. Well, I love the Isaiah Joe pick
Speaker 1: I love the Miles Powell talk ahead of Thursday's game,
Speaker 1: and if I had to make a prediction, I would
Speaker 1: say he gets his first NBA points on Thursday against
Speaker 1: the Hawkswe like a reasonable guest. Yeah, we don't know
Speaker 1: who will be in round of the lineup or anything
Speaker 1: like that, but he is known to be a very
Speaker 1: good score. He shot it really well from beyond the
Speaker 1: arc in the G League a small sample size last year,
Speaker 1: and Tail messaged me about Miles first. They said, I
Speaker 1: was thrilled by the way the Sixers were able to
Speaker 1: actually show they can compete in close games out after
Speaker 1: a big comeback. See or G League guy. Miles Palace
Speaker 1: story is terrific. Was a fan at Seaton Hall and
Speaker 1: to give his postgame a little love playing at Seaton
Speaker 1: Hall on some really good teams. He's dealt with the
Speaker 1: media and he really crushed his postgame media last night
Speaker 1: after his MBA debut. I just want to read one
Speaker 1: part of Miles Pale's postgame answers when he was asked
Speaker 1: about what the last few days have been like, as
Speaker 1: you described going from the G League to the NBA,
Speaker 1: and you explain some of this, but in his own words,
Speaker 1: Miles Pale said Friday was actually my first game this season.
Speaker 1: I came off a knee injury, a nine month knee injury.
Speaker 1: I played my first game this year against the Bluecoats Saturday.
Speaker 1: I traveled to Vegas with the Westchester Nicks, so he's
Speaker 1: still a Westchester Nick at that time, he and the Knicks.
Speaker 1: We had a layover in Dallas. When I got to Dallas,
Speaker 1: my agent face timed me and he was like, tomorrow
Speaker 1: you'll be signing a contract with the seventy sixers. I
Speaker 1: had like an hour and a half flight from Dallas
Speaker 1: to Vegas, and I cried for maybe like the first
Speaker 1: forty five minutes of the flight. I couldn't call anybody,
Speaker 1: I couldn't talk to anybody. I couldn't believe it. And
Speaker 1: then he went on to explain the process of opting
Speaker 1: in to the Bluecoats game the following day, which was
Speaker 1: at two o'clock local time in Vegas, and helping them
Speaker 1: get a win in the first round of the G
Speaker 1: League Showcase Cup, and then being added to the Sixers
Speaker 1: group chat and told that they would be packing their
Speaker 1: stuff up before that Bluecoats game and for Boston, and
Speaker 1: then hopping on the plane after the G League game
Speaker 1: and getting to Boston to suit up with the Sixers.
Speaker 1: So what a story that is just that quote. I
Speaker 1: think like the guys that make it from the G
Speaker 1: League and right now in the NBA, Lauren, this is
Speaker 1: a crazy time with so many players entering health and
Speaker 1: safety protocols, and that should be the most serious thing
Speaker 1: on everyone's mind. But it has and will continue to
Speaker 1: create opportunities for the Miles Pals of the world who,
Speaker 1: whether it was due to injury or whatever circumstance, haven't
Speaker 1: had their look yet, and they're getting it. A lot
Speaker 1: of them are getting it now more than we usually see.
Speaker 1: So a lot of dreams are coming true, and Miles
Speaker 1: Palal is the latest example for us in Philadelphia. Yeah,
Speaker 1: what a pleasure it was to hear him discuss what
Speaker 1: the last three days have been like. I want to
Speaker 1: go to a couple more questions that we've had this morning.
Speaker 1: A question about oh shoot, I lost it, Matt Oh No,
Speaker 1: here's the one from Dylan, not a question, just a
Speaker 1: statement hashtag MVPD. I don't think that. I mean when
Speaker 1: Joel Embiid plays the way that he played last night.
Speaker 1: We've talked about the stat line, but let's talk about
Speaker 1: maybe the fourth quarter that Joel Embiid had. He had
Speaker 1: seventeen points in the fourth quarter alone. He was tremendous,
Speaker 1: tremendous down the stretch for the team with those I believe,
Speaker 1: six straight points, seventeen points, nine for ten from the
Speaker 1: free throw line in the fourth quarter, four for seven
Speaker 1: from the field with a steel and two blocked shots
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter alone. The team in the fourth quarter,
Speaker 1: Matt was fifty six point two percent from the field,
Speaker 1: fifty percent from three, ninety one point seven percent from
Speaker 1: the line, And that's how you close down a game.
Speaker 1: The Sixers course took a lead when the first quarter,
Speaker 1: took a slim lead into halftime, but fell back during
Speaker 1: that third quarter, went into the fourth quarter down five,
Speaker 1: and came out to outscore outscore the Celtics thirty three
Speaker 1: to twenty three in that fourth per It was an
Speaker 1: absolute master classroom Joel ebead down the stretch, showing how
Speaker 1: he can be an elite closer in this league on
Speaker 1: the road in a rivalry matchup, going up against one
Speaker 1: of the best fourth quarter scorers in this league in
Speaker 1: Jason Tatum. So absolutely so impressed by what Joel was
Speaker 1: able to do last night. And if he continues this way,
Speaker 1: of course it's going to be tricky with with time
Speaker 1: missed due to COVID and time miss due to injury.
Speaker 1: But Joel continues to play himself into the MVP conversation
Speaker 1: now year after years, starting to feel like he's going
Speaker 1: to be a perennial MVP candidate over the next few seasons.
Speaker 1: And hope, of course, if the game's played category can
Speaker 1: fall more in his favor in the coming months and years.
Speaker 1: But yeah, absolute pleasure to watch that fourth quarter, especially
Speaker 1: watching Joel ebead in it last night. What did you think?
Speaker 1: What MP MVPD was awesome to watch? It was so good.
Speaker 1: And if you want to let us know your thoughts
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Speaker 1: But it was an awesome finish from MBIID actually when
Speaker 1: they went down late in the game, Danny Green's three
Speaker 1: which was huge and Seth Curry drew the extra man
Speaker 1: and made the next pass. When Danny Green hit the
Speaker 1: three at the one forty three mark of the fourth
Speaker 1: quarter that was in ninety eight sixers lead. From there,
Speaker 1: it was Embiid scoring the next nine points of a
Speaker 1: twelve five run to end the game. And I was
Speaker 1: actually a little bit behind on TV, and I was
Speaker 1: following the quickest box score that I know of out
Speaker 1: there online and it gives you the play by play,
Speaker 1: and I saw the score change and I saw that
Speaker 1: Mbiad had scored, and I just knew that it was
Speaker 1: a mid range jump shot before it even came on
Speaker 1: the TV. I anticipated that because he had just hit
Speaker 1: some but it was incredible how many of those he
Speaker 1: made last night, and it was fitting for it to
Speaker 1: end that way. So I knew what was going to
Speaker 1: happen before it actually happened in front of me. But
Speaker 1: two big shots, not only the Green three, but when
Speaker 1: Boston took a close to double digit lead in the
Speaker 1: second half late in the fourth, Matisse Stibal knocked down
Speaker 1: a big three as well to cut it back to four.
Speaker 1: So matis Is three and then later Danny's three were
Speaker 1: big shots to pave the way for mb to close
Speaker 1: it out. Yeah, Danny Green and Matisse Stival the best
Speaker 1: supporting actors in that fourth quarter, both of them had
Speaker 1: three points two steals. Again, in the fourth quarter alone,
Speaker 1: each of them had two steals. Each of them had
Speaker 1: a three pointer that really really mattered in that game.
Speaker 1: I agree with you, Matisse kept the Sixers in it
Speaker 1: when it felt like maybe the game was getting away
Speaker 1: from them. Leads me to a question that I'm seeing
Speaker 1: on my Twitter. If matise average is twelve or so
Speaker 1: points per game, where do you see his career going.
Speaker 1: At the risk of sounding cheesy, I would say if
Speaker 1: Matisse averages twelve or so points per game, his career
Speaker 1: is going to the moon with what he's able to do.
Speaker 1: What he's able to do defensively is already carved out
Speaker 1: what is sure to be a successful career in this league.
Speaker 1: And we've seen now over and over again, actually with
Speaker 1: a team that doesn't rely on him defensively, his willingness
Speaker 1: to take big shots, his willingness to make other teams
Speaker 1: pay when they sag off of him defensively, that's what
Speaker 1: this team needs from Matisse right now. The reality is
Speaker 1: that they don't need heavy scoring from Matisse. Bible seven
Speaker 1: points last night. That's about what they need from him,
Speaker 1: taking the shots and making opposing defensive defenses pay for
Speaker 1: not covering him again, because that takes attention away from
Speaker 1: Joell and beat away from Tobias Haris, away from Seth Curry.
Speaker 1: As long as Matisse is doing that, he's doing his
Speaker 1: job offensively for this team, and of course there's always
Speaker 1: there's always room to grow. And because of how good
Speaker 1: he is defensively, I think Matisse gets a lot of
Speaker 1: flak for what he does offensively because fans so badly
Speaker 1: want to see him match those things up. But I
Speaker 1: would urge people to remember, again, there are plenty of
Speaker 1: players in this league that excel offensively to a very
Speaker 1: very high level, and we don't really rag on their
Speaker 1: defense quite as much. So I'd ask for a little
Speaker 1: great for Matise there. But when you ask if he
Speaker 1: could average twelve points per game, that's a question that
Speaker 1: again we talk about his performance with the Olympics. In
Speaker 1: the Olympics a lot, I think with Australia he was
Speaker 1: asked to perform on a higher level offensively. He was
Speaker 1: asked to be a creator, to create for himself, to
Speaker 1: create for others, to get the job done offensively with
Speaker 1: that team in a way that he has not been
Speaker 1: asked to do with the Sixers. This is someone who
Speaker 1: came in and has now had three seasons in which
Speaker 1: his team has been competing for playoff appearance, is striving
Speaker 1: for championships. That's a hard thing for a young guy
Speaker 1: to do, coming into the NBA for the first time.
Speaker 1: And what the Olympics proved is that when Matise is
Speaker 1: given more of an offensive load, he's willing to take
Speaker 1: it on and he can be successful with it. So,
Speaker 1: whether it's on this contract, on his next contract with
Speaker 1: the Sixers, or beyond, Matis has shown that he can
Speaker 1: produce offensively and given those opportunities, willing to take big shots,
Speaker 1: willing to grow able to produce one he's asked to.
Speaker 1: I don't think that that's that big of an ass.
Speaker 1: Twelve points per game is a lot from from a
Speaker 1: young player who is more of a defensive weapon than
Speaker 1: an offensive weapon. But I don't think that's out of
Speaker 1: the question at all. Nott Murphy, your thoughts. Matisse has
Speaker 1: had some games with two threes. Imagine that those were
Speaker 1: four three games that would be something. And our friend
Speaker 1: Matthief here on Twitter also said, is Matisse the first
Speaker 1: player to smile after he receives a tech with a
Speaker 1: laughing emoji. Not often that you see Matisse get teed up,
Speaker 1: but it is often that you see him smile out
Speaker 1: there on the court. Yeah, no doubt about it. I
Speaker 1: mean the Sixers, of course doing a good did a
Speaker 1: good job last night combating let's say, combating some adversity.
Speaker 1: We've seen it all year long and will continue to
Speaker 1: be the case regardless of what team you root for
Speaker 1: if you're a Celtics band. Last night, I'm sure there's
Speaker 1: calls that you didn't like either, but continued to work
Speaker 1: through moments where they did not agree with what was
Speaker 1: happening on the court and found a way to get
Speaker 1: it done when it mattered. Credit. Of course, we talked
Speaker 1: about Isaiah Joe, but Isaiah Joe had to close out
Speaker 1: that game with the starting lineup absent Matisse, who did
Speaker 1: end up fouling out in the final minutes of that one.
Speaker 1: So credit to Isaiah Joe for stepping up and stepping
Speaker 1: in with the starters. Isaiah is accustomed to playing alongside
Speaker 1: the second unit when someone is missing. The last night
Speaker 1: he had to play with the first unit when someone
Speaker 1: was missing, so credit to him for holding it down.
Speaker 1: It was cool to see him play meaningful minutes in
Speaker 1: what became a meaningful game totally. Anybody with a last
Speaker 1: minute topic or question, get it in. Now. Where I
Speaker 1: was going to go is when you talk about that
Speaker 1: lineup and Mattie and Danny starting together and the ability
Speaker 1: to concentrate on defense, well, not only ambide with the
Speaker 1: forty one point game and the huge stat line around it,
Speaker 1: with the ten rebounds and all that and the five assists,
Speaker 1: and go down the list. Seth Curry and Tobias Harris
Speaker 1: help someone like Matise in that sense. When they both
Speaker 1: made all three of their threes last night, they scored
Speaker 1: twenty five plus. Seth Curry is automatic everywhere on the floor,
Speaker 1: but a lot of his he's shooting mid range jumpers
Speaker 1: at an unprecedented rate, leading the league in percentage on
Speaker 1: mid range jumpers over sixty percent. Curry was ten of
Speaker 1: fourteen from the floor last night. Overall, including those three threes,
Speaker 1: Tobias played forty one minutes, which was a game high.
Speaker 1: It was good to see Harris make three threes last night,
Speaker 1: as that trio scored incredibly well on the road, which
Speaker 1: is so so encouraging. Yeah, and aggressive and efficient Tobias
Speaker 1: Harris last night. I don't know if we've given him
Speaker 1: enough shine yet. On this Twitter spaces twenty five points,
Speaker 1: seven rebounds, three assists, and a steal. Tobias was seven
Speaker 1: for thirteen from the field and a perfect three four
Speaker 1: to three from deep, eight for ten from the line.
Speaker 1: And Tobias Harris is not going to be happy with
Speaker 1: himself for eight for ten from the line. He's historically
Speaker 1: a better free throw shooter than that, holds himself to
Speaker 1: a really high standard on that end, and we've seen
Speaker 1: it from Tobias over and over again. The ultimate professional.
Speaker 1: His teammates, his coaches call him the machine because of
Speaker 1: his ability to rather effortlessly put up a twenty five
Speaker 1: and seven game and do it kind of quietly. But
Speaker 1: credit to Tobias for getting it done. Loved hearing Joel
Speaker 1: Embiid give Tobias Harris a lot of credit for what
Speaker 1: he was able to do last night. And we talk
Speaker 1: about the fourth quarter, we talk about Embiid on the
Speaker 1: road in Boston. The start is as big, as is
Speaker 1: as important as anything else, and Tobias had his head
Speaker 1: down and was going from the start of the game
Speaker 1: last night. So I thought that was huge. The first
Speaker 1: quarter was really good too. Great game from Tobias, says
Speaker 1: at cush Nup. Great game from Tobias. When he's making
Speaker 1: quick decisions and pushing the pace, he's good. Will we
Speaker 1: see this Tobias more? I think so, I think again,
Speaker 1: And I'm not here to make excuses for anybody, and
Speaker 1: Tobias isn't making these types of excuses. But it's worth
Speaker 1: reminding everyone that he spent about two weeks away due
Speaker 1: to COVID, then he spent time out with that hip injury,
Speaker 1: then he spent time out getting sick again. This is
Speaker 1: someone who's really been through a lot physically and is
Speaker 1: still being able to come into big games and put
Speaker 1: up stat lines that look like himself before this terrible
Speaker 1: month healthwise for Tobias Harris. So when you ask will
Speaker 1: we see more of this Tobias, I think you absolutely will,
Speaker 1: should he manage to stay healthy from this point forward.
Speaker 1: Worth remembering that Tobias Harris is one of the most
Speaker 1: reliable players in this NBA. He almost never gets hurt.
Speaker 1: Over the last few seasons, He's missed some of the
Speaker 1: fewest games he had a game he had his season
Speaker 1: when he got traded to the Sixers, he actually played
Speaker 1: in eighty three games because of how available he was
Speaker 1: for both of his teams and the time at which
Speaker 1: he was traded from the Clippers. So he's someone that
Speaker 1: is consistently relied upon to get out there and put
Speaker 1: up consistent numbers be a and I think a lot
Speaker 1: of the last couple of weeks. It's a hard it's
Speaker 1: a hard sample space to evaluate Tobias Harris because he's
Speaker 1: never had this much time away from the floor, and
Speaker 1: certainly not during his time with the Sixers. So I
Speaker 1: think we will we will have to see more of
Speaker 1: this Tobias at n v u's top. I don't know
Speaker 1: what that says says. I think the Sixers should use
Speaker 1: more of tyres and use him as a second scoring
Speaker 1: scoring option. What do you think I agree to buys?
Speaker 1: I mean, sorry, rather tires Maxie last night out because
Speaker 1: of that left thy contusion, right, Matt Murphy left quad
Speaker 1: contusion rather and yes once it's the same thing we
Speaker 1: just said with Tobias. When Tyrese is back to full health,
Speaker 1: you will see more of him. He's shown himself worthy
Speaker 1: of being a primary scoring option. When Joel Ebead is
Speaker 1: off the floor. It's certainly a secondary one when Joel
Speaker 1: ebeat is on the floor. So unfortunately, a lot of
Speaker 1: our questions yield the same answer today, and it's health,
Speaker 1: health health. Once the Sixers together can get healthy, and
Speaker 1: once each individual player can get healthy, you'll start to
Speaker 1: see more productivity. It's pretty simple A to B for me.
Speaker 1: But this season has been unlike any other one. You
Speaker 1: think of health, and the idea of the team returning
Speaker 1: to full health cannot be assumed just because of everything
Speaker 1: that's going on. But considering everything that's going on, I've
Speaker 1: been impressed with some of the victories this team has
Speaker 1: been able to to notch this season, and I think
Speaker 1: Sixers fans have a lot to be hopeful about should
Speaker 1: the team find its way back to full health. Because
Speaker 1: earlier I talked about Andre Drummond and George Niang's tweets,
Speaker 1: I would like to maybe close with those and pick
Speaker 1: one or two of our favorites. I'm going to just
Speaker 1: say that Andre's run of tweets or thread of tweets
Speaker 1: congratulating his teammates after the game, you may got an
Speaker 1: individual so the funny part about that, and maybe somebody
Speaker 1: can let him know that it doesn't show up on
Speaker 1: his timeline when he doesn't put the period before the
Speaker 1: players handle. But so maybe these didn't get as much
Speaker 1: shine as they should have. But after the game, most
Speaker 1: people probably saw the MBAD tweet from Andre Drummond tweet
Speaker 1: about MBA forty one, ten, four to three and five
Speaker 1: at Joe LMBID four emojis, and then she'sh And then
Speaker 1: the ones that might have flown under the radar were
Speaker 1: my favorite. It was a run of tweets at Tobias
Speaker 1: thirty one, hell of a game, brother, at s dot
Speaker 1: Curry way to run the point, exclamation point at Matisse
Speaker 1: thyble lock emoji, enough said at d Green underscore fourteen
Speaker 1: big shot sniper watergun emoji. What a string of tweets,
Speaker 1: And then George was fired up on his account too.
Speaker 1: But that was that was so funny, really good stuff.
Speaker 1: And the guys we have had some really good extra
Speaker 1: couch commentary, some commentary from guys that are unfortunately being
Speaker 1: forced to watch at home. This season. We've seen it
Speaker 1: around the league. It's been a pleasure to watch John
Speaker 1: Morant watch his team he's won that I've followed along
Speaker 1: with over the last couple weeks, but of course hoping
Speaker 1: that all of these guys can get back out onto
Speaker 1: the floor because it's what they wanted to want, and
Speaker 1: this of course an unprecedented season and an unprecedented time.
Speaker 1: I wanted to call attention to just one more stat
Speaker 1: map before we start to wrap it up. Tim Bontemps.
Speaker 1: Last night, per ESPN Stats and Info, Joel Embiad, Seth Curry,
Speaker 1: and Tobias Harris combined ninety two points was the most
Speaker 1: by any trio of teammates in a regular season game
Speaker 1: this season, any trio of teammates this season, and it
Speaker 1: was Tobias Harris, Seth Curry, and Joel Embiid combining for
Speaker 1: ninety two last night in Boston on a severely undermanned
Speaker 1: night against a team that they really wanted to get
Speaker 1: back at after that first game in Boston, when the
Speaker 1: team fell by just a point eighty eight, eighty seven
Speaker 1: in what was a pretty ugly one. Last night a
Speaker 1: much more exciting one and a much better one down
Speaker 1: the stretch for the seventy sixers, as was the case
Speaker 1: in that first game in Boston. They went on to
Speaker 1: play Atlanta next and they won against Atlanta next. So
Speaker 1: the Sixers with the same opportunity this week to play
Speaker 1: Boston and then Atlanta, two of their biggest rivals, back
Speaker 1: to back, but of course this time hosting the Atlanta
Speaker 1: Hawks at home instead of visiting them. I am looking
Speaker 1: forward to that one, Matt Murphy, that trio, Joel Tobias
Speaker 1: and Seth it was the first time as Sixers. Well,
Speaker 1: I guess it would. Only the only case it could
Speaker 1: be is as Sixers if they've all scored twenty five
Speaker 1: points or more in the same game. They've scored twenty
Speaker 1: or more together four well four times, including last night,
Speaker 1: but so impressive for them to all score above like
Speaker 1: what we normally see from them, So they'll look to
Speaker 1: keep that going. And it was a great team win
Speaker 1: against the Celtics last night for the Sixers because this
Speaker 1: point in the NBA season has taken a lot of
Speaker 1: G League players and brought them into the mix. I
Speaker 1: think worth noting on the way out. The Bluecoats are
Speaker 1: playing again today in Vegas and the prize for the
Speaker 1: G League Showcase Cup is one hundred thousand dollars and
Speaker 1: they're two wins away. So they play the South Bay
Speaker 1: Lakers today and you can watch it on ESPNU at
Speaker 1: five Eastern. So Kobe Carl, the Bluecoats first year coach,
Speaker 1: coaching against his former G League team, the Lakers affiliate
Speaker 1: today in the semi finals of the G League Showcase Cup.
Speaker 1: After this event, the records will reset for the regular
Speaker 1: season and we'll be back at Chase Fieldhouse on December
Speaker 1: twenty eighth in a week's time. But the Bluecoats look
Speaker 1: to keep it going today, so if you need your
Speaker 1: Sixers Phil, check that out on ESPNU later today. That
Speaker 1: should be a fun one to watch, although they're without
Speaker 1: some of the Sixers guys who were called to Boston,
Speaker 1: but no matter who they've had this year, they've been
Speaker 1: finding ways to win. So support the Sixers program by
Speaker 1: checking out the Bluecoats later today. I will be watching
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Speaker 1: The Sixers top the Celtics last night, and we hope
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