WEBVTT - The BroadCast: 01/24/2018 - Rewind vs. Bulls

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<v Speaker 1>Never the T shirts draped over every single seat in

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<v Speaker 1>the building. There are Australian flags and beat piet In

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<v Speaker 1>contests from four and twenty, but no doubt the best

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<v Speaker 1>way to feel a sense of Australian pride on this

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<v Speaker 1>night seeing what the Native Sun did against these Chicago Bulls.

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<v Speaker 1>Ben Simmons was just that good. Nineteen point seventeen rebounds

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<v Speaker 1>and fourteen assists, a fantastic triple double, his fifth on

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<v Speaker 1>the air, guiding the Sixers to a needed welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>bounce back victory one fifteen to one to one over

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<v Speaker 1>these Chicago Bulls. Sixers, with a ninth win in twelve tries,

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<v Speaker 1>will join Brett Brown in progress right now. And I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's defensively. I think it's always easier. And this

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<v Speaker 1>sounds kind of funny. You have a better chance of

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<v Speaker 1>playing NBA defense if you get on the same page

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<v Speaker 1>and you understand the rules, then you do scoring. It's

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<v Speaker 1>hard to score. You have a better chance of playing defense.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that with Joel and the improvement and

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<v Speaker 1>understanding of what our team rules are and the guys

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<v Speaker 1>buying into that and trying to move us forward and

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<v Speaker 1>never letting us go. We talk about it, we show it.

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<v Speaker 1>We have internal goals and we admit like we have

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<v Speaker 1>a better chance of playing NBA defense than we do

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<v Speaker 1>being the Golden State Warriors. And I think that that's

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<v Speaker 1>kicking in. I think with third or fourth in the

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<v Speaker 1>NBA defensively, I'm proud of our defense. And tonight, with

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<v Speaker 1>the exception of a few plays in the last period,

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<v Speaker 1>some open threes, I thought we did it again because

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<v Speaker 1>it's Australian Heritage Night. Aside from the Australian Heritage Night,

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<v Speaker 1>I think the pace of the game. I think because

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<v Speaker 1>he rebounded before. I think it was before this game

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<v Speaker 1>we talked about, you know, free throws. I think how

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<v Speaker 1>Ward ask me about free throws and I flipped it

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<v Speaker 1>quickly to rebounding, and he rebounded, and he instigated a

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<v Speaker 1>lot himself. He's able to control stuff when he rebounds.

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<v Speaker 1>He can rebound and take off. And I still think

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<v Speaker 1>that that is the hardest thing to guard. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>back in the day you'd see Charles Barkley do that

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<v Speaker 1>in rebounding and lead a break. It's hard to defend that.

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<v Speaker 1>With the exception maybe of the high kickout, the high outlet,

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<v Speaker 1>that's maybe the second most effective way. You'd seem Irvin

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<v Speaker 1>Magic Johnson do it all the time. And I thought

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<v Speaker 1>in the first half there was a lot of like

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<v Speaker 1>what we call dribble out backdowns where he was out

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<v Speaker 1>there was nobody ahead of him. He would turn and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, play and he'd find other people on the

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<v Speaker 1>other side of the floor or spin off and finish himself.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that the style of the game, him rebounding,

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<v Speaker 1>it allowed him to put his thumbprint on this game

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<v Speaker 1>in a big way. Early said stars weren't our stars.

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<v Speaker 1>How did you feel about you know, Joel and Dario

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<v Speaker 1>put in that they were really good tonight, and they

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<v Speaker 1>were really good in the areas that we needed them

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<v Speaker 1>to be, you know, like let's go to the rebounding

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<v Speaker 1>with Ben and him pushing the pace. I thought it

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<v Speaker 1>was Joel's best game passing out of the post. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna look at a statue and I don't even

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<v Speaker 1>know what the assists will say, but the fact is

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<v Speaker 1>he quartered back the gym and it's the hockey assist.

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<v Speaker 1>The assist that leads to the assist assist type stuff,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'll shoot has made shots and it's it's it's

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<v Speaker 1>one of the greatest challenges to have somebody as skilled

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<v Speaker 1>as Joel is Um, you know, play with that poise

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<v Speaker 1>and know where his floor spots are, and we spaced well,

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<v Speaker 1>I think almost perfectly most possessions he had. Let the

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<v Speaker 1>gym get settled. He wasn't rushing things, and there was

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<v Speaker 1>a poise on how he quarterback the gym. That was

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<v Speaker 1>just just extremely important. If you look back at the

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<v Speaker 1>volume of threes, we had sixteen of them, I'm guessing

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<v Speaker 1>half of them were out of post passes initiated mostly

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<v Speaker 1>by him. And then you get to Dario. You know Dario,

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<v Speaker 1>when you look at his numbers and you know he's

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<v Speaker 1>plus thirty one, it's really a huge number in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>eight minutes. Those three were excellent. More significant maybe to

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<v Speaker 1>have this kind of a game for those three on

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<v Speaker 1>the night when they were all named the rising Stars.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the first I've heard that. Yeah, no, that's that's

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<v Speaker 1>very appropriate. Was that before the game? You know, isn't

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<v Speaker 1>it funny like we're all isn't that's great? Though? That's great?

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<v Speaker 1>Like he connect the dots a little bit of Sigmund

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<v Speaker 1>Freud might It was sure they had to feel good

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<v Speaker 1>mentality you know, look what Joe did in Boston when

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<v Speaker 1>he was named the Star. To like, it's just human nature.

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<v Speaker 1>And I see all the time with these young guys.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe I'm reaching a little bit, but you know, they

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<v Speaker 1>weigh the hearts on the sleeve. We're trying to get

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<v Speaker 1>them older. You know. We still, you know, make some mistakes.

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<v Speaker 1>You just scratch your head. But I thought I turnovers

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<v Speaker 1>to night would better. You know, I think that we

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<v Speaker 1>ended up with fifteen. We still you know that volume

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<v Speaker 1>of assists. Thirty one is a big number. But guys

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<v Speaker 1>were good tonight. We responded from a disappointing loss in

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<v Speaker 1>Memphis the way the way that I had hoped. Good

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<v Speaker 1>words from seventy Sixers head coach Brett Brown one fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>one to one, the Sixers over the Chicago Bulls. That

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<v Speaker 1>got off to a great start tonight, their defense leading

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<v Speaker 1>the way. In addition to Ben Simmons nineteen points, seventeen rebounds,

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen assists. According the Great Website Basketball Reference, no other

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<v Speaker 1>Sixer not named Wilt Chamberlain has ever hit those splits

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<v Speaker 1>in a single game, just the second rookies Simmons ever

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<v Speaker 1>to post those marks in a single game. He was fantastic,

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<v Speaker 1>and yeah, the Sixers knocked him down from outside the

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<v Speaker 1>arc like thrown into the ocean, sixteen to thirty two

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<v Speaker 1>from deep, while these Chicago Bulls were eleven to thirty seven,

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<v Speaker 1>but not even nearly up to that point. Through three

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<v Speaker 1>quarters of play, dwell Embiid with twenty two points, five

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<v Speaker 1>rebounds and three assists, Dario Charch with twenty one points

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<v Speaker 1>and ten rebounds, his second straight twenty and ten game,

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen for Robert Covington, a dozen for Timo Taylor, while

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<v Speaker 1>Cabero and twelve for Justin Anderson, matching a season high

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<v Speaker 1>and as a Brett Brown spoke about it in his

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<v Speaker 1>postgame press conference. The trio of young players Embiid, Simmons

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<v Speaker 1>and Charts who are nominated to the Mountain Duke Kick

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<v Speaker 1>Start Rising Stars Challenge about an hour before tip off tonight,

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<v Speaker 1>they came out and delivered this evening as the Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>win for the ninth time in twelve games, one fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>one to one over the Bulls. Tom McGinnis is standing

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<v Speaker 1>by and we'll speak with him next here on the

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<v Speaker 1>postgame show on the Sixers Rating Network. Seventy Sixers making

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<v Speaker 1>a pitch stop in South Philanelphia before setting out for

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<v Speaker 1>a four game road trip that is going to take

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<v Speaker 1>them to Texas, to Oklahoma, to Wisconsin to the Empire States.

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<v Speaker 1>And they made good on this game tonight, one fifteen,

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<v Speaker 1>one to one over the Chicago Ols. Tom McGinnis called

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<v Speaker 1>this one, and it's good to talk to him as always,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly so after a win, even more especially so given

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<v Speaker 1>a night like this. Let's just start with the native

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<v Speaker 1>son who did his country and continent proud nineteen seventeen

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<v Speaker 1>and fourteen. Heay stuff from Ben Simmons. Oh, he was

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<v Speaker 1>fired up on Australian Heritage Night. He really came out

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<v Speaker 1>rebounding the ball well, eleven rebounds in the opening quarter,

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<v Speaker 1>very aggressive and just an easy for him triple double.

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<v Speaker 1>He had it with like nine minutes to go in

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<v Speaker 1>the third quarter. Terrific game all over for Simmons. He

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<v Speaker 1>knew he was going to play a lot, but coach

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<v Speaker 1>Brett Brown talked about that even with the media pregame,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know he mentioned that the Ben, with the

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<v Speaker 1>absence of t J McConnell, played nearly thirty eight minutes

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<v Speaker 1>and was just great from start to finish. Simmons nearly

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<v Speaker 1>had the triple double through two quarters of play, and

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<v Speaker 1>he wasted all of forty nine seconds to get it

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<v Speaker 1>in the third quarter on a pair of Robert Covington

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<v Speaker 1>three pointers. But this was some emblematic that guys like

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<v Speaker 1>Simmons and Embad in particular Sarch was great. He had

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<v Speaker 1>a twenty and ten game against Memphis on Monday, but

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<v Speaker 1>in particular Simmons and ebiads stepping up, bouncing back, and

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<v Speaker 1>the Sixers along with him after that lost Monday, and

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<v Speaker 1>Joel to me, it's at one point I mentioned, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it was kind of neat that the Sixers did not

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<v Speaker 1>have to depend on him to have a monster game.

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<v Speaker 1>And then in the end he ended up with twenty

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<v Speaker 1>two points, and I thought he did have a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of turnovers, but I thought he did a really good

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<v Speaker 1>job of moving the ball off the block. The Bulls

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<v Speaker 1>were doubling him at times on the catch, but more

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<v Speaker 1>times off the dribble. In other words, when he would

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<v Speaker 1>catch it and put his head down to dribble, that's

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<v Speaker 1>when they came and he was able to get it

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<v Speaker 1>out to the wing or sometimes from the top. And then,

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<v Speaker 1>as is the case with fluid offensive squads, it wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>that first pass, but sometimes the second and third pass

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<v Speaker 1>where they would swing swing it to the open guy,

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<v Speaker 1>and they did a really good job of Louhiawa and

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<v Speaker 1>Covington ended up with four threes, and for Lo Whiwa,

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<v Speaker 1>most of them came in the second half, whereas when

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<v Speaker 1>he started the first two times where JJ it was

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<v Speaker 1>in the particularly in Memphis the first quarter, and even

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<v Speaker 1>though over the weekend against Milwaukee and Dario a little

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<v Speaker 1>photo op. He's right in the midst of dozens of

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<v Speaker 1>fans out at center court here as we speak post game,

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<v Speaker 1>and you're almost you know, except not expecting. But Dario's

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<v Speaker 1>numbers have been so great, particularly against Chicago in the

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<v Speaker 1>last three matchups. You mentioned the game he headed Memphez

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<v Speaker 1>and he has been really steady and successful for the

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<v Speaker 1>sixers of late sixers over the balls one fifteen, one

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<v Speaker 1>on one and just a final point on Joel and Bead.

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<v Speaker 1>You look down at the statuet Tom and it says

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<v Speaker 1>three in the assist column. It was interesting because Brick

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<v Speaker 1>Brown said afterwards he thought this might have been Ebad's

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<v Speaker 1>best passing game. Out of the post. I would have

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<v Speaker 1>put him down for just gut feel like five or

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<v Speaker 1>six times tonight I did seem like he was really

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<v Speaker 1>active recognizing those double teams. Well he was, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>what I was just saying. Though it wasn't all these

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<v Speaker 1>times the scoring past, but he helped to precipitate it

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<v Speaker 1>by getting the ball out of there. You know, you

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<v Speaker 1>have to make teams pay, particularly when he's down low.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're going to double there, then somebody's got to

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<v Speaker 1>be opened on the opposite side of the floor, on

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<v Speaker 1>the perimeter. And that's what the Sixers did. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>what when you know the whole Brett Brown offensive system

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<v Speaker 1>and so many offensive styles in the NBA now are

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<v Speaker 1>predicated on the perimeter, and the Sixers lead and pace,

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<v Speaker 1>they're right up there and assists and passes. But if

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to have a big guy and use him well,

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<v Speaker 1>then you're going to have to make them pay and

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<v Speaker 1>use that whole inside out combination. And tonight they did

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<v Speaker 1>it about as well as they've done it all year long.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a major part of the game, Brian, and

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<v Speaker 1>it almost ended up true in the final analysis, where

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<v Speaker 1>the difference in the game was the number. At one

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<v Speaker 1>point the field goals were exactly the same. The free

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<v Speaker 1>throws were exactly the same. The difference was the Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>had seven more threes. I think in the end they

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<v Speaker 1>may have ended up with five four, But a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of that is based on the passing and moving the

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<v Speaker 1>ball from the inside, particularly down low with Joel to

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<v Speaker 1>the perimeter and getting open looks. So they did a

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<v Speaker 1>good job of that and that I think is hopefully

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<v Speaker 1>something the Sixers can build on and continue to do

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<v Speaker 1>throughout the year. Yeah, the Bulls had six three pointers

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<v Speaker 1>through three quarters. They finished the game with eleven, pretty

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<v Speaker 1>much at a stage in the night when the game

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<v Speaker 1>had been just about put under wraps for the Sixers.

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<v Speaker 1>Now this team heads out on the road for the

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<v Speaker 1>next four time again as starting with Friday, stop in

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<v Speaker 1>at San Antonio and then onto Oklahoma City and a

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<v Speaker 1>back to back that ends in where Milwaukee right and

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<v Speaker 1>then they end up going to Brooklyn too. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I believe it starts a stretch of five games in

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<v Speaker 1>seven days, and it's been a rather busy stretch for

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<v Speaker 1>the Sixers. And you know, you were saying, and we

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<v Speaker 1>were here last week that the Sixers have had the

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<v Speaker 1>most difficult schedule. It's going to get easier, well, not

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<v Speaker 1>right now. Maybe in February, but not right now. In

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<v Speaker 1>San Antonio, they've had some changes. You know, you watched

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<v Speaker 1>their game last night against Cleveland. De Jontay Murray is

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<v Speaker 1>now the point guard, Tony Parker's coming off the bench,

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<v Speaker 1>Kawhi is out. But they've been really good against the Sixers,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly in San Antonio. Obviously the Sixers beat them earlier

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<v Speaker 1>and that would just be a huge game. And then

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<v Speaker 1>Oklahoma they really you knew they were going to turn

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<v Speaker 1>it on when the Sixers had them here. It's great.

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<v Speaker 1>Was it a triple overtime game where the thunder prevailed

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<v Speaker 1>and they were right around five hundred, and now they've

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<v Speaker 1>started to get you over five hundred. Six or seven

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<v Speaker 1>games over five hundred, but very difficult plays to win

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<v Speaker 1>as well. Oklahoma they've dominated the Sixers. And then Milwaukee

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<v Speaker 1>will see what kind of jump they get with the

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<v Speaker 1>new coaches. Joe Prunty has taken over for Jay Kidd.

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<v Speaker 1>We're probably going to see a Deta Coompo who did

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<v Speaker 1>not play here Saturday. And then Brooklyn has played a

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<v Speaker 1>lot better of late. So it's not an easy stretch

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<v Speaker 1>by an by any stretch of the imagination. Excuse the redundancy.

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<v Speaker 1>But one last thing, and I mentioned this in the

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<v Speaker 1>tail end of our regular play by play portion of

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<v Speaker 1>the broadcast, but you know, the more times of Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>because they've built up these leads. I believe this is

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<v Speaker 1>now the fourteenth time they built up a lead of

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<v Speaker 1>over thirteen points in the first thirty six minutes. And

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<v Speaker 1>the more they can manage these leads and learn how

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<v Speaker 1>to play with a big lead and protect the basketball

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<v Speaker 1>and manage their essions, I think it'll behoove them experience

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<v Speaker 1>wise going forward, because you know, when you win the

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<v Speaker 1>game early, you want to be able to close it

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<v Speaker 1>out as well, and that will put them in a

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<v Speaker 1>better place record wise and experience wise for the long haul.

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<v Speaker 1>Seventy Sixers over these Chicago Bulls one fifteen and one

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<v Speaker 1>on one. Tom mcginna speak to you from the road

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<v Speaker 1>on Friday. Thanks Brian, goodnight. Seventy Sixers ride great efforts

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<v Speaker 1>in particular from Ben Simmons, Joel Embiid and Dario Scharch

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<v Speaker 1>to the finish line toppling the Bulls by fourteen to

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<v Speaker 1>even the season series. One final segment of the postgame

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<v Speaker 1>show is coming up we'll here Tom McGinniss highlights next

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<v Speaker 1>here on the Sixers Radio Network. Seventy Sixers trying to

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<v Speaker 1>rebound following a tough loss on Monday in Memphis. The

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<v Speaker 1>assignment tonight for the second time the season was the

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<v Speaker 1>Chicago Bulls. Brian Seltzer with you from Sixers dot Com.

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<v Speaker 1>Time now for some of our highlight calls courtesy of

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<v Speaker 1>the one, the only, the radio voice of the seventy Sixers,

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<v Speaker 1>Tom McGinnis. Ben Simmons was feasting on the glass early

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<v Speaker 1>on in this one, but that didn't mean he could

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<v Speaker 1>not do some scoring on the other end. Bowls now

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<v Speaker 1>down six and here's a jam by Simmons. Oh, with

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<v Speaker 1>authority and confidence, Ben Simmons throwing it down. This was

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<v Speaker 1>one of those nights where if it would be appropriate

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<v Speaker 1>and good radio to play the nine rebounds that Ben

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<v Speaker 1>Simmons had in his first eight minutes of action, we

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<v Speaker 1>would do it. But we'll throw stuff like that in

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<v Speaker 1>there instead. Seventy Sixers with some strong defensive efforts in

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<v Speaker 1>the first quarter of twenty five to sixteen after twelve

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<v Speaker 1>minutes of play, more Ben Simmons on the offensive in

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<v Speaker 1>quarter number two, Sixers by five six fifty to go

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<v Speaker 1>Simmons with its Simmons down the right, jump, hook around

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<v Speaker 1>and good. He got the side rim and puts it in.

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<v Speaker 1>Ben Simmons four for nine. He's already got a double double. Indeed,

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<v Speaker 1>he did his nineteen the season, good for fourteenth most

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<v Speaker 1>in the NBA. Now, in some ways, playing back these

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<v Speaker 1>two highlights somewhat of a misrepresentation because maybe you would think, well,

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<v Speaker 1>if you'd tune a much of the game, that this

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<v Speaker 1>was a big scoring knight for Ben Simmons. He was

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<v Speaker 1>only looking at for himself. No incorrect. He was a

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<v Speaker 1>prime facilitator in the first half. He nearly had a

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<v Speaker 1>triple double by the break, but the Sixers had all

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<v Speaker 1>sorts of things open up. Robert Covington he also found

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<v Speaker 1>an opening as well on the move. Here's Simmons a

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<v Speaker 1>lot better jam by Covington, Ben Simmons, Hella you Cam,

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<v Speaker 1>Simmons went one for two from the line, the Bulls

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<v Speaker 1>lose it and then Simmons with a really rifled that

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<v Speaker 1>bull down low and Covington now with five Simmons two

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<v Speaker 1>assists away from a triple double with two twenty five

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<v Speaker 1>to go on the first half, and that was one

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<v Speaker 1>of Ben's best times of the night. Sixers led fifty

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<v Speaker 1>five forty one at the break. Simmons was too assists

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<v Speaker 1>shy of that triple double that Tom alluded to well

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<v Speaker 1>within forty nine seconds of the third quarter, that was

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<v Speaker 1>Matt here's a long shot by Commington. He done it

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<v Speaker 1>again comington in the drought up until Monday, coming back tonight,

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<v Speaker 1>He's got eleven points, including back to back threes, and

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<v Speaker 1>that would give Simmons ten assists, giving him his fifth

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<v Speaker 1>triple double of the season. Six Ers nine and sixty

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<v Speaker 1>two to forty one. Joel Ebad had a big night

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<v Speaker 1>for the Sixers, two rebound Sixers, Simmons with a down

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<v Speaker 1>the near sign lode. Sixers look a lot more poise

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<v Speaker 1>with his big advantage here at home against Chicago. At

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<v Speaker 1>twenty two point lead in bead for three and that's good,

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<v Speaker 1>Joel Eband knocks down to three and Fred Hoytberg says,

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<v Speaker 1>what's going on? That's what you say to yourself when

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<v Speaker 1>your team is down by twenty five points, seventy nine

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<v Speaker 1>fifty four, four minutes twenty seconds to go and the

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<v Speaker 1>third Sixers would lead it comfortably eighty five to sixty

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<v Speaker 1>seven going into the fourth Timmy Taylor while Cabro starting

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<v Speaker 1>in place of JJ Reddick for a third consecutive game,

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<v Speaker 1>and for a third consecutive game, he had the three

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<v Speaker 1>ball going on Joel and bed with it twelve to shoot.

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<v Speaker 1>Poor guards him. Here comes to double. They double on

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<v Speaker 1>the dribble, Sixers swinging to Luilu and that's good again.

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<v Speaker 1>They are literally picking the Bulls apart. Fred Hoyber keeps

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<v Speaker 1>motioning for the Bulls to get going on offense. How

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<v Speaker 1>about defending the arc? Coach Hoyber fourteen threes by the Sixers,

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<v Speaker 1>and the Sixers would deposit two more from deep before

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<v Speaker 1>the night was through. A big subplot in tonight's very

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<v Speaker 1>nice win. Final notts from the final stat sheet seventy

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<v Speaker 1>six Ers shot just under fifty two percent from the field,

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<v Speaker 1>Bulls thirty eight and a half percent six or sixteen

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<v Speaker 1>to thirty two from outside the arc. We referenced this earlier.

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<v Speaker 1>Going into the third quarter, the Sixers had only surrendered

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<v Speaker 1>four three pointers that may could probably to make that

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<v Speaker 1>six and the Bulls would end a finishing with eleven

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<v Speaker 1>but three points. Shooting a major advantage for the Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>in this one tonight, Sixers plus five on the glass.

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<v Speaker 1>They had thirty one assists on forty two made baskets.

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<v Speaker 1>That is pretty good. Only fifteen turnovers okay for the Sixers,

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<v Speaker 1>a step in the right direction. Individual notes. Sixers were

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<v Speaker 1>led by Joel Embiid, who tied with Bobby Portis for

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<v Speaker 1>the game high and scoring and bead ten of seventeen

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<v Speaker 1>from the field, one of two from three, had five rebounds,

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<v Speaker 1>three assists, and two block shots. It certainly felt like

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<v Speaker 1>he had more assists than just those three. Twenty one

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<v Speaker 1>and ten for Dario Scharch his second straight twenty and

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<v Speaker 1>ten game. Ben Simmons nineteen points, seventeen rebounds, and fourteen assists.

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<v Speaker 1>His seventeen rebounds went off his career high. His five

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<v Speaker 1>triple doubles the most for rookie since Magic Johnson in

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<v Speaker 1>seventy nine eighty. Ben Simmons just the second sixer ever

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<v Speaker 1>now in addition to Wilt Chamberlain, to reach at least

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen points, seventeen rebounds, and fourteen assists in a single game,

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<v Speaker 1>and no other rookie has done that, with the exception

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<v Speaker 1>of Steve Francis for Houston back in two thousand so

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<v Speaker 1>there's a whole lot of other good stuff out there

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<v Speaker 1>on the Twitter sphere statistically regarding Simmons tonight, but the

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<v Speaker 1>bottom line is, regardless of whether it was the first

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<v Speaker 1>time this or that or the other thing, he was

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<v Speaker 1>fantastic tonight and helped key the Sixers victory one fifteen,

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<v Speaker 1>one on one over the Bulls. Sixers have now won

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<v Speaker 1>nine to the last twelve, and they improved to twenty

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<v Speaker 1>three and twenty one on the season, while the Chicago

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<v Speaker 1>Bulls dropped to eighteen and thirty, losers of two straight.

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<v Speaker 1>Next up for the seventy Sixers the San Antonio Spurs

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<v Speaker 1>on Friday, a rematch up a game and a series

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<v Speaker 1>that the Sixers got to win in back at the

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<v Speaker 1>beginning of the month. Sixers have had a lengthy drought

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<v Speaker 1>in San Antonio that will look to end on Friday

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<v Speaker 1>at eighteen T Center game time at eight o'clock. Pregame

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<v Speaker 1>coverage on some of our six Ers rated network affiliates

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<v Speaker 1>at seven fifty. Following the Sixers win, Tom McGinnis had

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<v Speaker 1>a chance to catch up with one of the players afterwards, Joel,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you. I don't know what the hesitation was, but

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<v Speaker 1>thank you. We appreciate you coming over. Congratulations, great start

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<v Speaker 1>by Ben, great play overall by your team, and a

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<v Speaker 1>nice win here over Chicago. Your thoughts in general, it's

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<v Speaker 1>a great win, you know. Uh Ben was William gresson tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>You play like a man we need. We're gonna need

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<v Speaker 1>him to pin I got every game, but he was

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<v Speaker 1>a great over them win. We moved the ball and

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<v Speaker 1>we played great decissive the so we gotta keep you

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<v Speaker 1>just gotta keep up. I thought, speaking of moving the ball,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought you did a good job and everybody in general,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly in the middle part of the second half where

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<v Speaker 1>you got those open looks, not necessarily on the first pass,

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<v Speaker 1>but on the second and third pass, where Comington and

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<v Speaker 1>Lewiwa delivered those threes out of those plays. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>if you want to double cookle say, man, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm I'm gonna do my job. We're gonna do my

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<v Speaker 1>partner and I'm gonna fast it out. And that's what

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<v Speaker 1>I did tonight, and we gotta win that. I gotta keep.

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta keep the same level of fasting and h

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<v Speaker 1>we're gonna I think we're gonna be fine. Thank you, Joe,

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<v Speaker 1>appreciate it. Joel and Beat. His first post game radio interviews,