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Speaker 1: handed seventy Sixers come up short today against the Phoenix
Speaker 1: Suns by the score of one thirty to one seventeen.
Speaker 1: I'm Brian Seltzer. This is our postgame coverage. We expect
Speaker 1: to hear from head coach Brett Brown in just a
Speaker 1: few moments. Seventy sixers despite the defeat in a game
Speaker 1: in which they did not have obviously Ben Simmons, but
Speaker 1: also no Joel Embiid, Josh Richardson, Al Horford or Tobias Harris.
Speaker 1: To their credit, they played with spirit, they played with toughness.
Speaker 1: I thought there was a very nice edge about them
Speaker 1: and with some grit. Just did not have enough. A
Speaker 1: big second half for Devin Booker scored twenty one of
Speaker 1: his thirty five points that helped sink the seventy sixers.
Speaker 1: Mkal Bridges had a really solid game with twenty four
Speaker 1: Dario charts with eighteen nine and four for the Suns,
Speaker 1: and the seventy Sixers were not able to hang on.
Speaker 1: They gave up thirty five points of the Suns in
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, after giving up thirty two points in
Speaker 1: the third and forty in the second quarter. After jumping
Speaker 1: out to a four point lead. After a quarter of play,
Speaker 1: Sixers lose to Phoenix one thirty one seventeen. Phoenix is
Speaker 1: now seven oh. In the bubble, the Sixers are three
Speaker 1: and three. Here via zoom is Brett Brown. But yes,
Speaker 1: he said, do you have a preference of who we play?
Speaker 1: And he said, acknowledging that you will not divulge who
Speaker 1: that is. Do you have a preference? Yeah? No? And
Speaker 1: how how are you going to last a couple of
Speaker 1: games to you know, prepare for the playoffs? Right? Um,
Speaker 1: to try to find common denominators in the games that
Speaker 1: we have coming up that that are transferable to you know,
Speaker 1: specifics um with with you know, projected opponents whatever. Like.
Speaker 1: I feel like we did that tonight. We were able
Speaker 1: to connect some of the dots on things that will
Speaker 1: be transferable to the playoffs, make Keith points on areas
Speaker 1: that I think are going to be most important, with
Speaker 1: a little bit of detail on you know, guessing out
Speaker 1: as too far as who those teams that we may
Speaker 1: play would look like, what they what it would equal.
Speaker 1: And so I feel comfortable that like, for instance, although
Speaker 1: we didn't have a lot of our starting players tonight,
Speaker 1: like that we made we made positive strides. Um I
Speaker 1: get into specifics about the personnel and um, you know,
Speaker 1: the individuals, I'm sure later in this interview, but in general,
Speaker 1: I think that that that we can still do things
Speaker 1: that point toward, um, trying to get better when the
Speaker 1: playoffs come around. Serena, you're next, Hey, could you talked
Speaker 1: pretty is about this being an opportunity for Matisse defensively?
Speaker 1: Obviously you know he got in foul trouble early. But
Speaker 1: what did you take away from his performance defensively? I
Speaker 1: think one of the areas that I feel like he
Speaker 1: can learn from the most, how do you play with
Speaker 1: five fouls? And I thought that he was so you know,
Speaker 1: trying to do the right thing and try and not
Speaker 1: to foul out that you know, BOOKA could go up
Speaker 1: kind of easily. And I think that and I get
Speaker 1: why he would think that. But when we go into
Speaker 1: sort of the the next world of the playoffs, when
Speaker 1: I look at it, like, who are my best defensive
Speaker 1: wings now that you don't have been. Matissa is clearly
Speaker 1: amongst that. You know, I think Glenn Robinson's got a
Speaker 1: shot at being in that group. I think I know
Speaker 1: Jay Rich is a part of that group. And so
Speaker 1: you start like playing that game in the event that
Speaker 1: foul trouble happens. How can you play with foul trouble
Speaker 1: because sometimes you're just gonna have to. And I thought
Speaker 1: that in general was pretty good. I thought that specific
Speaker 1: thing that I'm talking about, I think that's a transferable lesson,
Speaker 1: especially as the playoffs become closer. Yeah, seventy six was
Speaker 1: rookie Matisse Thyble seven points, three or four from the field,
Speaker 1: two rebounds and a block shot, a great play on
Speaker 1: DeAndre eight and earlier in the game. He was the
Speaker 1: first seventy sixer who was assigned to Devin Booker, and
Speaker 1: Booker got off to a slow starting today's game, especially
Speaker 1: in the first quarter and in general the first half,
Speaker 1: But with about two and a half minutes not even
Speaker 1: gone by in the third quarter, batistible on back to
Speaker 1: back whistles picked up personal fouls number four and five,
Speaker 1: and he had to sit for a good portion of
Speaker 1: the third quarter, came back on the fourth, but by
Speaker 1: that point Booker had gotten going and so had the
Speaker 1: Phoenix Suns as they defeated the seventy six was one
Speaker 1: thirty to one seventeen. We know how good defensively Matisse
Speaker 1: Stible can be. He got another great test today against
Speaker 1: a young All Star in Devin Booker, who finished with
Speaker 1: thirty five points in the game, the third straight thirty
Speaker 1: five point performance for Devin Booker inside the bubble for
Speaker 1: the undefeated Phoenix Suns. But that is a valuable lesson
Speaker 1: and it speaks with the microcosm theme of today's game.
Speaker 1: What did Brett Brown want to see? Without many of
Speaker 1: his regulars available to him today, on the front end
Speaker 1: of a back to back and with the seventy Sixers
Speaker 1: pretty much looking like they're going to settle into that
Speaker 1: sixth spot, you wanted to see other guys play loose,
Speaker 1: play free, get into a rhythm, learn more. With limited
Speaker 1: time available for the Sixers before the playoffs begin next week,
Speaker 1: so a learning opportunity for Matise Thible. I thought Alec
Speaker 1: Burks played well again twenty three points, continued to be
Speaker 1: aggressive out of the backcourt, for the seventy Sixers, his
Speaker 1: third straight game with at least twenty points. And also
Speaker 1: you got to give credit to houl Nato. He was
Speaker 1: a real spark plug for the Sixers in a game
Speaker 1: in which they were shorthanded off the bench he came in.
Speaker 1: He played twenty five minutes, nine to eighteen from the field,
Speaker 1: twenty two points, tying a career high. He also had
Speaker 1: four assists. And then there was Man the Mighty Kyle
Speaker 1: O'Quinn nine points, ten rebounds, eleven assists and a made
Speaker 1: wing jumper short with time running out of what would
Speaker 1: have been I think, by all accounts an improbable triple
Speaker 1: double for the veteran big man, But that should not
Speaker 1: take away from what was a productive afternoon for Kyle O'Quinn,
Speaker 1: very versatile, putting both his rebounding and passing touches on display.
Speaker 1: Shake Milton limited to eight points, four of twelve from
Speaker 1: the field, fifteen for Glenn Robinson the third and a
Speaker 1: dozen for fur Concorkmaz who was three for seven from
Speaker 1: outside the arc. Seventy six Ers fall victim. They're the
Speaker 1: latest victim to these still unbeaten Phoenix Suns, Phoenix Wents
Speaker 1: this one today, one thirty to one seventeen. Tom McGinnis
Speaker 1: had they call this one at the center. Tom. Part
Speaker 1: of the goal today, as Brett Brown detailed to you,
Speaker 1: was to get some of the other guys bench players
Speaker 1: into a rhythm playing loose and free. We saw some
Speaker 1: really good efforts from the likes of Kyle O'Quinn Alec Burkson,
Speaker 1: who will Nato put on a nifty show as well. No, definitely,
Speaker 1: I mean I thought for a big portion, maybe saved
Speaker 1: for the last four or five minutes, the Sixers had
Speaker 1: a chance to win this game, and you know, they
Speaker 1: were shot for shot with one of the hottest teams
Speaker 1: in the NBA with the you know, the deep reserves
Speaker 1: of their roster and his coach Brown noted during his
Speaker 1: postgame briefing that there was a lot of individual performances
Speaker 1: that you hope can parlay into key roles, you know,
Speaker 1: in the postseason, Like you say, especially Netto, I thought
Speaker 1: he was really amazing. There were multiple times he got
Speaker 1: into pick and rolls where he got switched and they
Speaker 1: did and you know it was like DeAndre eton gardenhim
Speaker 1: and he was still able to knife in there and
Speaker 1: wiggler around and get the reverse and then Robinson played well.
Speaker 1: I thought Kylo Quinn really played well from the beginning.
Speaker 1: Mike Scott, although he didn't play late, showed that he
Speaker 1: could be a big time scorer in terms of how
Speaker 1: he started out. I believe he was five or seven
Speaker 1: knocking down that three ball and Burke's becomes the first
Speaker 1: sixer reserve since Daddy is shung back in eleven with
Speaker 1: twenty plus points in three straight games, so he is
Speaker 1: showing that he too could be counted on to score
Speaker 1: off the bench. A lot of positives, not enough defense,
Speaker 1: maybe on Booker toward the stretch, Batistable was in foul
Speaker 1: difficulty and they moved that ball around. Bridges played well.
Speaker 1: I thought Dario played well at Cameron Payne. Although not
Speaker 1: big numbers for them, off the bench, played well and
Speaker 1: you can't count out Rubio. I thought he played well
Speaker 1: for Phoenix. Also Sons over the seventy six ers one
Speaker 1: thirty to one seventeen. We heard Brett Brown say the
Speaker 1: learning lesson from Matisse Stable today was figuring out how
Speaker 1: to play when you're in foul trouble. What do you think,
Speaker 1: Team Mac of the defense that Thible helped provide on
Speaker 1: Devin Booker when he was out there on the court,
Speaker 1: especially in that first half. Well, I think the point
Speaker 1: that coach made is so valid because he was playing
Speaker 1: off and you know it was a little bit easier.
Speaker 1: But you know, my heart goes out to thible. He
Speaker 1: gets the worst calls. Like Al McGuire, the great college
Speaker 1: basketball coach at Marquette, turned into an announcer repaired with
Speaker 1: dick Enberg, and he used to joke about the best
Speaker 1: thing about a freshman is he becomes a sophomore. Well,
Speaker 1: and that is they don't make mistakes for me. And
Speaker 1: I've actually spoken to him Matisse about this. When you're
Speaker 1: a second year player, you're not going to get all
Speaker 1: these calls against because man, oh brother, he gets so
Speaker 1: many against him. His last foul, he got elbowed in
Speaker 1: the head by Booker and he got called for the foul.
Speaker 1: So what Booker does is he gets you in his
Speaker 1: hip pocket. In other words, as a defender, you end
Speaker 1: up behind him. He did this to Robinson countless times,
Speaker 1: and then he's got you because he's two dribbles away
Speaker 1: from a lay in. But at the same time, like
Speaker 1: a guard, like the coach calls on the live ball
Speaker 1: guard or whatever. He's got the bounce, he's surveying the
Speaker 1: scene's gonna kick it out the bridges, he's gonna throw
Speaker 1: it to the roller eighton or oh, by the way,
Speaker 1: he's gonna shoot it. And even though he didn't shoot
Speaker 1: it all that well. Speaking of Devin Booker, going eleven
Speaker 1: of twenty four, he made eleven free throws. He's just
Speaker 1: so talented. Here he goes over thirty points again. So
Speaker 1: Thible had his hands full. And Booker's been doing it
Speaker 1: to a lot of different players around the NBA. But
Speaker 1: you know, hey, look, Thible is one of the those players,
Speaker 1: as Coach Brown said post game, that you know when
Speaker 1: you go up against the Browns and the Tatums and
Speaker 1: the Haywards and the Walkers of Boston and some of
Speaker 1: these great teams, you know, with great individual scores. He's
Speaker 1: definitely a piece. I mean, that's why the Sixers went
Speaker 1: out and got him. He's had an outstanding rookie year
Speaker 1: in that regard with deflections and steals and giving you
Speaker 1: a shot against some of these other teams top players,
Speaker 1: particularly the wing players. He's gonna be fine. It's just
Speaker 1: a foul difficulty has been an issue and sometimes as
Speaker 1: I say, not of his own doing up. Next time
Speaker 1: for these seventy sixers, of course, defending NBA champion Toronto Raptors,
Speaker 1: which have done well, only losing one game inside the
Speaker 1: bubble so far, a game against the Boston Celtics, and
Speaker 1: at least in their game notes Team AC looking ahead,
Speaker 1: they have been men named van Valet, Lowry, Yassaal Siakam
Speaker 1: and and Anobi in their projected starting lineup. So another
Speaker 1: test for the seventy sixers awaits and about twenty four
Speaker 1: hours time well and again championship pedigree. So they lose
Speaker 1: the best play on their team last year and one
Speaker 1: of the best obviously best players in the NBA and Leonard,
Speaker 1: and yet all those other guys were right there and
Speaker 1: they produced and that gives them confidence. Nick Nurse too,
Speaker 1: And they have really been incredible this year, particularly prior
Speaker 1: to the hiatus. And now they were the first team
Speaker 1: down there, right they went to Fort Myers. They've been
Speaker 1: at it. They're solid, They're rock solid. Kyle I believe
Speaker 1: Kyle Lowry spent the first few weeks of the pandemic
Speaker 1: here in Philadelphia, and he came back fit as a
Speaker 1: fiddle and raring to go. He's getting up there. And
Speaker 1: then Van Fleet is having a tremendous year and see Akam,
Speaker 1: you know, another tremendous year. Marcusol looked like he came
Speaker 1: back fitter during the restart. And they're not going anywhere.
Speaker 1: They're going to be a tough out. And again this
Speaker 1: is one of the chief rivals along with the Knicks
Speaker 1: and the Nuts and of course the division rival Boston Celtics,
Speaker 1: but the Raptors and Sixers and the Toronto has dominated
Speaker 1: the series, you know. So for the Sixers, who's to
Speaker 1: say where the lineup will be tomorrow with some of
Speaker 1: these guys resting, but in the end that the Raptors
Speaker 1: are not going anywhere. So it would be a big
Speaker 1: challenge of for the Sixers in a great victory if
Speaker 1: they could pull it off and try to rebuild a
Speaker 1: little momentum as they get into that final game on Friday,
Speaker 1: the weekend and then the starting of the playoffs on
Speaker 1: Monday the seventeenth. No doubt, tom we'll do it again tomorrow,
Speaker 1: Thank you, Bryan, goodnight. Without five of their top players
Speaker 1: have with the seventy six Ers fair against the red
Speaker 1: hot Phoenix Suns game got off to a really good started,
Speaker 1: very spirited start, thanks in part two Matisse thybal Phoenix
Speaker 1: back in front by one twelve eleven Sons eight minutes
Speaker 1: to go on the opening quarter, backdoor cut, Thible breaking
Speaker 1: free nice passed by a quick because when he threw
Speaker 1: it he actually didn't have the separation, and Thibal with
Speaker 1: a burst scores that. It was back and forth between
Speaker 1: the Sixers and Sons early on that gave the Sixers
Speaker 1: a thirteen to twelve lead. Norvelle Pell helped to extend
Speaker 1: the Sixer run. Building off the high screen. Milt keeps it,
Speaker 1: drives a left hand layup, no good rebound. Pell powers
Speaker 1: it up, but in a gone over to contest the
Speaker 1: shot by shake and Norbell Pell with an offensive rebound
Speaker 1: at a putback that gave the seventy six Ers a
Speaker 1: twenty one to twelve lead. The Sixers would be in
Speaker 1: front twenty seven twenty three after a quarter of play.
Speaker 1: In the second quarter, these Sons started to get a
Speaker 1: little bit closer. Mike Scott had a very strong first
Speaker 1: half and this was one of his highlights. Sixers ball.
Speaker 1: Here's Burkes with it. Burke's outside to Scott. He's wide
Speaker 1: open for three and it's good boy Phoenix leaving the
Speaker 1: hottest six are open and Scott drills his third three.
Speaker 1: He's six of eight fifteen points sixers where I had
Speaker 1: fifty one to forty eight, but the Sun's turned thing
Speaker 1: around and took a sixty three fifty eight lead into
Speaker 1: the locker room. And quarter number three we have to
Speaker 1: give some love to a highlight for a guy who
Speaker 1: had a well rounded, versatile game, a big man, a
Speaker 1: veteran Kyle O'Quinn, nearly a triple double, and this was
Speaker 1: one of his baskets out top the shake and not
Speaker 1: a kylo quint top of the arc one dribble handoff
Speaker 1: netto he stops, he goes and again wrap round path
Speaker 1: out of old Quinn at owl heado getting it done.
Speaker 1: Kyle O'Quinn with a lay up. Yeah, Kyle O'Quinn reaping
Speaker 1: the benefits of some great play from hul Nato, who
Speaker 1: was another veteran reserve who had a very strong performance.
Speaker 1: Seventy sixers could not slow down Devin Booker. He really
Speaker 1: started to get going in quarter number three. Beati Coin
Speaker 1: left the right, Booker breaks it off. Domin like oh Man.
Speaker 1: A left hand jam by Booker breaking it off. That
Speaker 1: was like a Dwayne Wade kind of move from mid court.
Speaker 1: Two dribbles later, left head soar and a slam. Unfortunately
Speaker 1: for fur Con, Cork Mose and Norvell Pel they were
Speaker 1: on that poster. But it was a highlight. The made
Speaker 1: to just sit back and go whoa when Devin Booker
Speaker 1: unleased that it was a really impressive dunk. Sons were
Speaker 1: up by seven at that point. They led it by
Speaker 1: five ninety five ninety going into the fourth quarter. How
Speaker 1: Old Nato did what he could to keep the seventy
Speaker 1: sixers in this one. He knocked down some threes and
Speaker 1: he also found some nifty ways to get involved in.
Speaker 1: He was a good presence off the bench, Burke's outside
Speaker 1: right into a Quinn kick out Netto Netto faking shoots
Speaker 1: on Javon Carter and that's good, Aul Netto, he loves
Speaker 1: the bubble baby shot up and good for three and
Speaker 1: Netto now was seventeen, crafty, nifty and prolific this afternoon,
Speaker 1: whole Nato tying a career high with twenty two points,
Speaker 1: but the seventy sixers were outdone by Phoenix one thirty
Speaker 1: to one seventeen. The seventy Sixers shot forty nine and
Speaker 1: a half percent from the field, Phoenix fifty five percent
Speaker 1: from the game. The Suns were twelve or twenty eight
Speaker 1: from outside the arc. The Sixers were fifteen of thirty three.
Speaker 1: The Sixers outdone of the free throw line by ten points,
Speaker 1: where Phoenix was twenty of twenty one. Seventy six Ers
Speaker 1: just ten to fourteen from the stripe. They were also
Speaker 1: outrebounded by ten points, where the Sixers they committed just
Speaker 1: nine turnovers, but the Suns feasted on those nine turnovers,
Speaker 1: scoring twenty one points off the turns. They did twenty
Speaker 1: one to nine advantage in points off turnovers did Phoenix,
Speaker 1: and not unrelatedly, Phoenix outscored the Sixers fifteen to three
Speaker 1: in fast break points. Running down some of the individual numbers,
Speaker 1: the Sixers were led by Alec Burks with twenty three.
Speaker 1: He was nine of seventeen overall and two of five
Speaker 1: from the field. He also had four assists twenty two
Speaker 1: points for whole NATO off the bench seventeen for Mike
Speaker 1: Scott played a lot in the first half. He was
Speaker 1: three for four from outside the arc. Fifteen for Glenn
Speaker 1: Robinson the third and a dozen for fur concorkmis Devin
Speaker 1: Booker with his seventh straight thirty plus point game against
Speaker 1: the seventy sixers. He is a thorn in their side.
Speaker 1: Played forty minutes thirty five points, is third straight thirty
Speaker 1: five point game and he has just been totally on
Speaker 1: a tear inside the Bubble and obviously a main reason
Speaker 1: why Phoenix is still undefeated. Burke's got some bigger pardon.
Speaker 1: Booker got some helps from mcal Bridges, who added twenty four.
Speaker 1: He was three for five from outside the arc. Eighteen
Speaker 1: off the bench for Dario Schartz, who finished with nine
Speaker 1: points and four assists, as well sixteen for Ricky Rubio,
Speaker 1: who had a double double by posting ten assists. He
Speaker 1: also put up five rebounds. Seventy Sixers complete their loan
Speaker 1: back to back inside the Bubble tomorrow six thirty Eastern
Speaker 1: against the reigning NBA champion and now back to back
Speaker 1: Atlantic Division champion Toronto Raptors. They're fifty one and nineteen
Speaker 1: on the year, and they've lost just once inside the
Speaker 1: Bubble to the Boston Celtics. That was in their third game.
Speaker 1: But Toronto's beating the Lakers, the Miami Heat, the Memphis Grizzlies,
Speaker 1: and most recently on yesterday, evening the Milwaukee Bucks by
Speaker 1: the score of one fourteen to one oh six. So
Speaker 1: the defending champs clicking on all cylinders. Seventy six Ers
Speaker 1: hope to be a little bit healthier tomorrow, and perhaps
Speaker 1: they'll go with some of the guys who sat out
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