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Speaker 1: as always by Lauren Rosen and Divan Givens. The Sixers
Speaker 1: coming off a one eighteen one oh six win on
Speaker 1: Sunday in their final regular season game against the Detroit Pistons.
Speaker 1: They'll be the number four seed in the East and
Speaker 1: face the number five seed, the Toronto Raptors in the
Speaker 1: first round, which begins for them on Saturday at six
Speaker 1: pm in South Philadelphia. But welcome back. We're going to
Speaker 1: talk about the Pistons game, anything else you all want
Speaker 1: to talk about. It's good to be back with everyone.
Speaker 1: The six Ers finished the regular season fifty one and
Speaker 1: thirty one. After the win over the Pistons, they won
Speaker 1: the season series against them three one. There's also the
Speaker 1: Joel Embiid factor, which we can get into as well.
Speaker 1: The scoring champ over thirty points per game. A historic
Speaker 1: season for Joel embiid. So there's a lot of directions
Speaker 1: that we can go in. What's up Miss Rosen, What's
Speaker 1: up Divan Givens. Before we get too deep into analysis
Speaker 1: from last night, I'm going to go through the box
Speaker 1: score like usual, So as I do this as always,
Speaker 1: this is the This is a group of veterans here
Speaker 1: this morning. So hello to all the returning customers at
Speaker 1: Twitter spaces. We love doing these with you guys. You
Speaker 1: guys know the drill. As I go through the box score,
Speaker 1: send me your thoughts, send me what you think about
Speaker 1: each of the guys that was able to play last night.
Speaker 1: And then of course once we go through these guys,
Speaker 1: we're gonna do some talking about abead and the scoring title.
Speaker 1: I see your questions, I see your comments, and absolutely
Speaker 1: awesome achievement from Joel Ebid who did not play last night.
Speaker 1: James Harden also did not play last night. George Niang
Speaker 1: did not play last night, but fear not Sixers fans
Speaker 1: those asking why they didn't play. These are the type
Speaker 1: of maintenance games where Doc Rivers said it about George
Speaker 1: Niang before Saturday's game, saying that the knee issue that
Speaker 1: George is dealing with is not something that he would
Speaker 1: be dealing with in this way should it have been
Speaker 1: a playoff game. So those guys on the bench. The
Speaker 1: starting lineup consisted of Tobias Harris, Danny Green, DeAndre Jordan,
Speaker 1: Tyrese Maxie, and Matisse Bible. The leading scorer, though, came
Speaker 1: off the bench. That was Shake, Milton Devon, you got
Speaker 1: there right away. Thirty points, four rebounds, four assists, two steals,
Speaker 1: and a block. Shake finished at plus twenty four. He
Speaker 1: shot eleven for eighteen from the field. He made all
Speaker 1: seven of his free throws. Second leading scorers came tied
Speaker 1: and both came out of the same draft class, Tyrese
Speaker 1: Maxie and Paul Reid with twenty five points a piece.
Speaker 1: Read came off the bench, played just twenty one minutes,
Speaker 1: but scored twenty five points, six rebounds, two assists, four steals,
Speaker 1: and a block. He finished at a game high plus thirty.
Speaker 1: He made twelve of his fourteen field goal attempts twelve
Speaker 1: for fourteen from the field. For Paul Reid, Tyrese Maxie,
Speaker 1: who was arguably a veteran in that starting lineup yesterday,
Speaker 1: twenty five points, two rebounds, three assists. He shot nine
Speaker 1: for fifteen from the field. He, like Shake, made all
Speaker 1: seven of his free throws, and then DeAndre Jordan finished
Speaker 1: with eight points in a team high eleven rebounds. In
Speaker 1: the starting lineup, he was four for six from the floor.
Speaker 1: For Concordmas scored nine, Isaiah Joe scored eight, Matisse Thibol
Speaker 1: scored seven, Tobias Harris finished with six points, five rebounds,
Speaker 1: six assists, and that rounds out all scorers from last
Speaker 1: night's game. Lots of the starters didn't have to play
Speaker 1: more than twenty three or twenty four minutes, which is
Speaker 1: something that as you wind down the regular season you'll
Speaker 1: love to see. The team was able to shoot fifty
Speaker 1: two point three percent from the field, just twenty percent
Speaker 1: from three, but still got the job done in the
Speaker 1: one eighteen one oh six victory over the Detroit Pistons.
Speaker 1: I'm seeing questions come in. I appreciate them. We're going
Speaker 1: to get to them in a second. But before we do,
Speaker 1: Matt Murphy, what stood out to you most? Maybe we
Speaker 1: should go straight in on beball pond. Yeah. I teed
Speaker 1: up Devon about Shake because that's how we ended our
Speaker 1: last Twitter spaces. Looking ahead at this season, finale. But
Speaker 1: Paul Reid beball. Paul followed up his performance against the
Speaker 1: Pacers in a big way, a career night. We talked
Speaker 1: a lot about the steals after the Pacers game, Well
Speaker 1: he did that again. End more, Paul Reid with a
Speaker 1: career high scoring performance. You just gave the numbers of
Speaker 1: his twenty five, six and four steel line, the shooting
Speaker 1: numbers in twenty one minutes off the bench ball Paul
Speaker 1: with twenty five right under tied with Maxi underneath Shake
Speaker 1: Milton's thirty points. Those were the standouts from the final
Speaker 1: game of the Sixers regular season, and Reid really did
Speaker 1: his thing. He brought the energy, but to be that
Speaker 1: efficient underneath, kind of ducking in and out underneath the defense,
Speaker 1: scoring getting and ones. It was a strong performance and
Speaker 1: that's that energy that he brings. But the scoring was
Speaker 1: higher than you're used to seeing. Obviously playing some more
Speaker 1: with players out after the game. Paul Reid on what
Speaker 1: allowed him to have a strong game quote, I think
Speaker 1: it was just my adrenaline was rushing and I was
Speaker 1: being aggressive this dude, meaning Shake Milton to the right
Speaker 1: of me, throwing me sweet dimes, alley oops and all
Speaker 1: that pick and roll was something serious. So Paul Reid
Speaker 1: always a good quote, always a good guy to talk
Speaker 1: to after his good games, but working in the pick
Speaker 1: and roll, working with an other former Bluecoat in Shake Milton,
Speaker 1: for them to come off the bench and combine for
Speaker 1: those fifty five points, that's how the Sixers were able
Speaker 1: to get it done by twelve. I thought he did
Speaker 1: a lot of really good things on both sides of
Speaker 1: the ball, and really throughout the game, even in the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter, his motor never stops, and in a game
Speaker 1: like that, you needed to get to the finish line.
Speaker 1: And Paul Reid was a big reason why. It was
Speaker 1: really good to see that good energy. As we always
Speaker 1: talk about, it's kind of easy to talk about him
Speaker 1: because he just plays the same way every time out.
Speaker 1: So the energy was there, the determination to get the
Speaker 1: basketball was there, to finish the basketball play, whether it
Speaker 1: was an offensive rebound or dribbling up the floor protecting
Speaker 1: the basketball, not getting his stripped as well. And I
Speaker 1: just thought he played a really good overall game. In
Speaker 1: something of course that we can look into just in
Speaker 1: case is we've talked about in the past where some
Speaker 1: of the players off the bench, you know, it's not
Speaker 1: just the five starters, it's the reserves as well. Who
Speaker 1: can do what and what spot can you be put
Speaker 1: in in any specific games. So he showed a lot
Speaker 1: last night of what he's capable of doing. He's come
Speaker 1: a long way as a pro and being able to
Speaker 1: help out both on the offensive and defensive end, and
Speaker 1: just I really liked the energy that he brought to
Speaker 1: the team last night and just being NonStop, just just
Speaker 1: relentless with what he was doing, and it was it
Speaker 1: was really entertaining to see him go out there and work,
Speaker 1: to see the crowd really get into it, especially towards
Speaker 1: the end of the game where they started chanting his name.
Speaker 1: I'm like, what is going on here? But it was
Speaker 1: it was really fun night to see, you know, all
Speaker 1: the hard work that they put in throughout the season,
Speaker 1: going up and down being in the G League and
Speaker 1: then coming up here again and just being rewarded with
Speaker 1: that moment and coming through in the moment for the team. Hey,
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Speaker 1: the listeners, I just wanted to add one more quick
Speaker 1: thing about Paul Reid. And we can of course answer
Speaker 1: anything Paul Reid related. If that's what you want to
Speaker 1: talk about. Click on our avatars at the top, send
Speaker 1: us at DM with what you're thinking. But actually two
Speaker 1: quick things on Paul Shake. On Paul's improvement as a player,
Speaker 1: Shake Milton said, I think he just has a better
Speaker 1: understanding and feel of what coaches asking and what the
Speaker 1: team needs. It's definitely different. I can relate going down
Speaker 1: to the G League and kind of having a role
Speaker 1: as free and you can be yourself. Then you have
Speaker 1: to come up in here and you got to kind
Speaker 1: of plug in and fit into a spot and then
Speaker 1: Shake continued a little bit on about Paul, but I
Speaker 1: wanted to add about Paul's rebounding. There was a Bluecoats
Speaker 1: game that I referenced on the Last Spaces not too
Speaker 1: long ago, only a few weeks ago, where Paul came
Speaker 1: down and almost had a twenty twenty game. He played
Speaker 1: like twenty minutes or something and almost had a twenty
Speaker 1: twenty game, and one of his rebounds was on the
Speaker 1: left side of the rim, full extension, left arm. I
Speaker 1: don't even know if he came down with it, but
Speaker 1: he threw it back up and in, and his wingspan
Speaker 1: on the glass and his positioning. He is such a
Speaker 1: talented rebounder, so if he does slot in for a
Speaker 1: few minutes here and there in the playoffs, he knows
Speaker 1: where to position himself to jump and grab rebounds. So
Speaker 1: I think he could grab a bunch in a hurry
Speaker 1: come playoff time if he gets some minutes. So we
Speaker 1: shall see. I just wanted to add a little bit
Speaker 1: more about what I've seen from him on the glass,
Speaker 1: because he really is a great rebounder. We also talked
Speaker 1: about those four steals for Paul Reid last night, and
Speaker 1: Tobias Harris earlier in the season said something to the
Speaker 1: effect of because I don't have the quote pulled up
Speaker 1: that said that playing hard is a skill that doesn't
Speaker 1: show up in the box score, but is needed on
Speaker 1: the court and it makes a difference. And he was
Speaker 1: referring to Paul Reid the way that he fights for
Speaker 1: every loose ball. He fights for every ball that isn't loose.
Speaker 1: He is always active, He's ready for any opportunity. He
Speaker 1: likes to turn a fifty fifty ball into a sixers ball,
Speaker 1: and he plays just extremely hard. And I think that
Speaker 1: that was really clear fully on display. John says, love
Speaker 1: seeing beball Paul gets some run last night, hoping to
Speaker 1: see him more in the playoffs. Annie says it was
Speaker 1: great to see his rather shake. Connie says Shake's confidence.
Speaker 1: Great for Shake's confidence last night to boost his confidence
Speaker 1: moving into the playoffs. I want to go ahead and
Speaker 1: dive into some more questions. Davon curious what you think
Speaker 1: about this one? Leam asked Hilaren, how do you feel
Speaker 1: about the matchup against the Tall Rafters. I feel like
Speaker 1: the rebound battle will be crucial. Worth reminding everyone before
Speaker 1: we dive into this one. Joel Embiid, in his final
Speaker 1: regular season game of the year, finished with forty one
Speaker 1: points and twenty rebounds. Of twenty rebounds were a season
Speaker 1: high for Joel and then, of course the only player
Speaker 1: this season to notch a forty point twenty rebound game.
Speaker 1: And to get to William's question, obviously, yes, the rebounding
Speaker 1: battle is going to be huge. The Raptors are long
Speaker 1: and athletic, and they play really hard. That's somewhere Beeball
Speaker 1: Paul could potentially factor in. Matt you mentioned Beeball Paul's
Speaker 1: rebounding ability. Tobias Harris has had rebounding success this season.
Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to seeing what adjustments the team is
Speaker 1: able to make, having just seen the Raptors earlier this week,
Speaker 1: and of course neither team at full strength in that matchup,
Speaker 1: and not quite as much at stake as there will
Speaker 1: be this weekend. So Devon, when you think about the
Speaker 1: rebounding battle in particular, or what's going to happen on
Speaker 1: the glass, what are you looking at you when you
Speaker 1: think of this playoff series ahead. The one thing that
Speaker 1: stands out to me with the rebounding is the offensive
Speaker 1: rebounding the glass, you know, and what they're able to do.
Speaker 1: There is something that really, you know, stands out there
Speaker 1: because Toronto Raptors they want it, they go out and
Speaker 1: get it, just like we talked about with Paul Reid
Speaker 1: and his activity and just something the determination to get
Speaker 1: the basketball. The offensive rebounding part of the Toronto Raptors
Speaker 1: really stands out against the seventy six Ers. Specifically, I
Speaker 1: remember it was I think it was sixteen in the
Speaker 1: first game that they lost here in Philadelphia, the Raptors
Speaker 1: beat the six or sixteen to nine was the offensive number.
Speaker 1: And we all remember what happened in the last game
Speaker 1: in Toronto where they lost that one. But the offensive glass. Again,
Speaker 1: the long athletic guys that they have, we just have
Speaker 1: to make sure when we look at the Sixers that
Speaker 1: and I'm sure they'll stress this is the boxing out,
Speaker 1: the simple things, the attention to detail of what you're
Speaker 1: supposed to do when you're out there against the team
Speaker 1: that's long athletic like the Toronto Raptors are. They're interchangeable.
Speaker 1: They have guys as we talk about, six, seven, six, eight, six, nine,
Speaker 1: all of them down the board, and they all know
Speaker 1: what the Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse wants from them.
Speaker 1: So for me, it's box out. You know, don't watch
Speaker 1: the basketball when the ball is coming off the room,
Speaker 1: Go get it, Go attack it. Don't don't imagine that
Speaker 1: it's gonna fall into your hands. You go out there
Speaker 1: and you get that basketball to allow yourself to have
Speaker 1: that extra possession because too many times we've also seen
Speaker 1: when we've looked at the box score after those sixteen rebounds.
Speaker 1: Let's just say that game in particular, where the team
Speaker 1: has shot let's say double digit more field goal attempts,
Speaker 1: and that just gives you more opportunity to score the basketball.
Speaker 1: So again the attention to detail, Go get the basketball,
Speaker 1: don't watch it and want it more then then your opponent.
Speaker 1: And I think the Sixes will be just fine because
Speaker 1: we know they can score. But when you give up
Speaker 1: offensive remails, it just gives you extra time to score
Speaker 1: the basketball once again. And it's kind of deflating when
Speaker 1: you when you play defense for twenty four seconds, they
Speaker 1: get an offensive rebound and they get an extra fourteen seconds,
Speaker 1: and then they get another offensive rebound on the same possession.
Speaker 1: It's a little deflating and you kind of put your
Speaker 1: shoulders down a bit and give up those two or
Speaker 1: three points or maybe four at most on a four
Speaker 1: point play in that case. So simple things when it
Speaker 1: comes to rebounding, and they have to make sure that
Speaker 1: they do that in order to beat this team. They're
Speaker 1: a championship pedigree team, great coaching staff, they have a
Speaker 1: lot of good players. Two All Stars in Siakaman van
Speaker 1: Bleet for me, Lauren and for the listener, And the
Speaker 1: question that is asked, that's that's my answer to that one.
Speaker 1: The four or five game Game one between the four
Speaker 1: seed the Sixers and the five seed, the Toronto Raptors
Speaker 1: Saturday at six pm Eastern, a home game for the
Speaker 1: Sixers as the four seed. The one seed is the
Speaker 1: Miami Heat, the two seed the Boston Celtics moved up
Speaker 1: the three seed Milwaukee Bucks jumping down past the Sixers.
Speaker 1: Matchup Chicago is the six and then the play in
Speaker 1: matchups are Brooklyn against Cleveland in the seven eight and
Speaker 1: then Atlanta against Charlotte in the nine ten game. It
Speaker 1: will be energetic for the Sixers to kick off the postseason.
Speaker 1: This time of year in this area is always fun
Speaker 1: when the playoffs get started and the city they rally
Speaker 1: around the team all season, but especially this time of
Speaker 1: year when it gets warmer outside, and I'm sure that
Speaker 1: the energy is going to be crazy this weekend when
Speaker 1: the Raptors come to town. Shane messaged me, asking are
Speaker 1: we doing playoff beards? You would think in honor of
Speaker 1: James Harden. I don't know if I can commit to
Speaker 1: growing out a playoff beard, only because I'm not that
Speaker 1: confident in what it would look like. I have not
Speaker 1: made a final decision on the playoff beard, but I
Speaker 1: think plenty of people will have the maybe the fake
Speaker 1: beards in the crowd for Game one and beyond as
Speaker 1: James Harden and Joel Embiid and the whole crew get
Speaker 1: ready to take on the Raptors. But I'm not ready
Speaker 1: to commit yet. I think we're gonna have more playoff
Speaker 1: coverage leading in as the play in tournament comes and
Speaker 1: everything like that, So guys, we can get back on
Speaker 1: space as I'm sure and go full in depth game preview,
Speaker 1: playoff talk, all of that. But so TBD on the
Speaker 1: beard for me. But moving away from this for a
Speaker 1: second is the scoring title talk, which I want to
Speaker 1: get to because Ryan sent me a message about Joel
Speaker 1: winning the scoring title. And there's some really crazy stats
Speaker 1: about Joel Embiid and his thirty points six points per game,
Speaker 1: and these come via seventy six Ers PR and the
Speaker 1: Sixers postgame notes. I'll get us started with just one
Speaker 1: of them. It's that Joel is the first center to
Speaker 1: average at least thirty points since Moses Malone in nineteen
Speaker 1: eighty one eighty two. And there's about three or four
Speaker 1: more that we can get to. But a huge accomplishment.
Speaker 1: Big for Joel, big for the organization, for him too.
Speaker 1: As the season finished yesterday when the NBA scoring title
Speaker 1: over thirty points per game, that is not normal for
Speaker 1: a center to do, and the crowd gave him a
Speaker 1: nice ovation even though he wasn't playing last night, Lauren,
Speaker 1: when they showed the graphic on the big board. Yeah,
Speaker 1: really cool to see the crowd received Joel the way
Speaker 1: that they have been receiving him all season long. Cool
Speaker 1: to see Joel cheering on his teammates from the bench
Speaker 1: with that smile that he's been showing a lot more
Speaker 1: this year. I liked what Dwayne Casey, Pistons head coach,
Speaker 1: had to say about Joel a Beats season before the game,
Speaker 1: he said, he's been unbelievable for a big man. He
Speaker 1: has the skills of a guard. A lot of wing
Speaker 1: players wish they had Joel's shooting skills coming from where
Speaker 1: he was. Coach Casey was referring to injury wise and
Speaker 1: Joel's first couple of seasons in the NBA. I'm really
Speaker 1: happy for him. It's good for the league and it's
Speaker 1: good for him. Doc Rivers had similar thoughts talking about
Speaker 1: Joel's MVP case. Prior to the game. He said, I
Speaker 1: think Joel has campaigned enough for MVP with his play.
Speaker 1: I don't think people realize how hard it is for
Speaker 1: a center to lead the league in scoring, and he's
Speaker 1: done it the right way. He's made all the right
Speaker 1: passes and yet still leads us in scoring. He is dominant. Matt,
Speaker 1: you and Doc on the same page there. It's so
Speaker 1: challenging for a center to lead the league in scoring,
Speaker 1: considering the way that the modern NBA is set up
Speaker 1: offensively and defensively, the load that Joel has had to
Speaker 1: carry offensively and defensively, and then still be the highest
Speaker 1: scorer in the entire NBA while anchoring a defense that
Speaker 1: has been pretty solid all season long. So absolutely awesome
Speaker 1: to see that honor for Joel Embiid hopefully the first
Speaker 1: of many Devon Yeer thoughts on Philadelphia's favorite player winning
Speaker 1: the scoring title. Yeah, just a lot of people really
Speaker 1: wanted to see that happen. Of course, the big award,
Speaker 1: but to know that a center has not done this
Speaker 1: since Shaquille O'Neill and the two I mean ninety nine
Speaker 1: two thousand season, and for him to go out there
Speaker 1: and just sustain that type of play throughout. And I'll
Speaker 1: mention the games played, his sixty eight games, which is
Speaker 1: a new career high for him, which is something we've
Speaker 1: all wanted to see for him to play a full season.
Speaker 1: We know he was only out due to the health
Speaker 1: and safety protocol with the COVID list or early on
Speaker 1: with the nine games that he missed and the three
Speaker 1: just random games, but yeah, it's just phenomenal work and
Speaker 1: to see and here Dwayne Casey, here other coaches speak
Speaker 1: about how good he is, how great he is, and
Speaker 1: the things that he's able to do. When we marvel
Speaker 1: at some of the moves and the shots that he makes,
Speaker 1: the defensive pleas that he makes as well, just again,
Speaker 1: another to that testament to his growth as a player's
Speaker 1: growth as an individual, the maturity that he is put
Speaker 1: on display. I even saw one a photo Lauren from
Speaker 1: the Sixers twitter account at Sixers and I don't know
Speaker 1: if it was Alex who took the picture or what,
Speaker 1: but Joel having the camera and having fun with the
Speaker 1: crowd during one of the timeouts, and you can just
Speaker 1: see Joel just having a good time and just having
Speaker 1: fun and as you said, putting that smile on display
Speaker 1: for people to see and being there of course win
Speaker 1: the game. He wasn't even playing and just still being
Speaker 1: there and allowing everyone to still be around him and interact.
Speaker 1: But it just goes to show what the season was like,
Speaker 1: the level of play, knowing what his peers think about
Speaker 1: him as a scorer and as a defender, the overall game,
Speaker 1: and Lauren and Matt just taking it back to James
Speaker 1: Harton and Paul Millsap in their introductory press conference when
Speaker 1: Harden talked about how really good of a player he was,
Speaker 1: really good of a scorer he was, and how he
Speaker 1: was able to, as a high level player, be the
Speaker 1: guy that he is today in this league. So just
Speaker 1: a remarkable way that he has carried on with his career.
Speaker 1: I can't believe he's been around since twenty fourteen. Think
Speaker 1: his head has been and here we are. He's one
Speaker 1: of the best players in the NBA and great. Great
Speaker 1: to see it as he is now the scoring champion
Speaker 1: with over thirty points in night. Not easy to do
Speaker 1: as a big guy, as the Wayne Casey said, Matt,
Speaker 1: just to add onto what Tvan said, eight seasons in
Speaker 1: the NBA, six playing seasons in the NBA, only eleven
Speaker 1: years playing basketball. Joel Embiad had never watched a basketball
Speaker 1: game until he was fourteen years old. He had ever
Speaker 1: played basketball until he was sixteen years old. He shared
Speaker 1: a lot more about his journey. I've been alongside Joel
Speaker 1: Embiid for four years and there's a lot I didn't
Speaker 1: know about him, and he shared a lot more of
Speaker 1: his journey on The Big Niang Theory. Thank you to Casey,
Speaker 1: Thank you to Katie. Wow, that's a tongue twister. Casey
Speaker 1: and Katie for your comments about the Big Niang Theory.
Speaker 1: That's George Niang's podcast that I have the pleasure of
Speaker 1: hosting alongside him. This week's guest was the NBA scoring
Speaker 1: champion Joel Embad himself. So if you're not already following
Speaker 1: the big Niang theory, I encourage you to do so
Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcast. We're about to wrap up
Speaker 1: this Twitter space, and as soon as we're done, I
Speaker 1: would encourage you guys all to go listen to that episode.
Speaker 1: If you're a Joel Ebad fan, you're going to love it.
Speaker 1: If you're not yet a Joel Embiad fan, you are
Speaker 1: going to become one. He shared a lot about his growth,
Speaker 1: his journey from Cameroon, becoming a father, growing up in
Speaker 1: ya own day with his mom, and tells some really
Speaker 1: funny stories about growing up in the Mbad household, then
Speaker 1: moves on to talking about his love for Formula one.
Speaker 1: So if anyone in here isn't a Formula one fan yet,
Speaker 1: it's an opportunity for you guys to get to know
Speaker 1: that sport a little bit better. I know some of
Speaker 1: the returning customers in here though, are big Formula one fans.
Speaker 1: I saw Angie in here, I know that she loves
Speaker 1: Formula one. So thanks as always for you guys engaging
Speaker 1: with us about the Sixers, about the NBA at about
Speaker 1: the Greater Sports Universe. Anyway, all that said, please go
Speaker 1: check out the Big Niang Theory where you get your podcast,
Speaker 1: send me your feedback, let me know who else you
Speaker 1: want to hear from. This is not the last episode
Speaker 1: of the season. There's another one. I think you guys
Speaker 1: are really going to enjoy. We have some in the
Speaker 1: queue that we're excited to share with you. So get
Speaker 1: to know Joel a little bit better that way. Matt Devon,
Speaker 1: your final thoughts before we wrap up the regular season
Speaker 1: slight of Twitter spaces. I have a couple, and the
Speaker 1: first two come from Winona about Devon. So Devon, Whenona
Speaker 1: says two things earlier, Devon called it was shake going
Speaker 1: to show up. Not only did he show up, he
Speaker 1: showed out. And then Whenona says, tell Devon, I loved
Speaker 1: his after show yesterday. So the Sixers postgame show Whenona
Speaker 1: was a big fan of your work, Divan after the game, Well,
Speaker 1: thank you so much, Winona. I really appreciate It's always
Speaker 1: fun to be able to do those postgame shows. And
Speaker 1: can you hear me yep, got you back. Okay, Yeah,
Speaker 1: always fun to do those postgame shows. And I really
Speaker 1: appreciate everybody listening and supporting as far as shake Milton
Speaker 1: goes Winona, Hey, he just came out, then he hooped,
Speaker 1: he laced him up, went out there, saw an opportunity
Speaker 1: and took advantage of his So hopefully that that type
Speaker 1: of play can carry over. Not expecting the thirty points,
Speaker 1: but I'm certainly expecting him to engage himself into the
Speaker 1: postseason and be ready to go and take it full
Speaker 1: advantage of the opportunity. So thank you, Winona. One more
Speaker 1: stat about Embiid leading the league and scoring or one
Speaker 1: more you know group that he joins Hall of Fame
Speaker 1: names that type of deal and it's Sixers franchise history here.
Speaker 1: Mbid joins Hall of famers Wilt Chamberlain and Alan Iverson
Speaker 1: as the only seventy sixers ever to win an MBA
Speaker 1: scoring title. So there's a there's more that we could
Speaker 1: talk about with with what that accomplishment, where it stands
Speaker 1: in history for Joel Embiid, But just congratulations to him.
Speaker 1: Go listen to Joel on the Big Niang Erie with
Speaker 1: George Niang and Lauren Rosen. And before I get out
Speaker 1: of here, it wouldn't be a Sixers Twitter space as
Speaker 1: if I didn't talk about the Blue Coats quickly at
Speaker 1: the end because the Bluecoats are heading to the NBA
Speaker 1: G League Finals. They beat the Raptors nine oh five
Speaker 1: in Canada. The G League playoffs are single elimination until
Speaker 1: the finals, so now they're in a best of three
Speaker 1: against the Houston Rockets affiliate the Rio Grand Valley Vipers.
Speaker 1: It starts Tuesday at Rio Grand Valley in Texas. Delaware
Speaker 1: will host game two of the best of three eight
Speaker 1: pm on Thursday at Chase Fieldhouse in Wilmington. Miles Powell
Speaker 1: had thirty four points. The Sixers two way player to
Speaker 1: help get them here, Charlie Brown Junior twenty eight points,
Speaker 1: eight rebounds, three steals. The other Sixers two way player,
Speaker 1: Aaron Henry had twenty three, eight and nine former Sixers
Speaker 1: two way player earlier this year, and Shack Harrison, who
Speaker 1: was a training camp player with the Sixers now at
Speaker 1: Blue Coat, the defensive player of the year in the
Speaker 1: G League, had seventeen points, nine rebounds, thirteen assists, three
Speaker 1: steals and one block for the Bluecoats. Their finals bound
Speaker 1: they made it last year, came up a game short.
Speaker 1: It was not a best of three. In the bubble season,
Speaker 1: they lost the single game finals. Now they have a
Speaker 1: chance to not only play in the finals, but host
Speaker 1: a finals game at Chase Fieldhouse in Wilmington on Thursday,
Speaker 1: game two. So I guess get your coats on as
Speaker 1: the Bluecoats are in the NBAG League Finals. I hope
Speaker 1: to see a lot of people there on Thursday night.
Speaker 1: It should be fun, no doubt. Matt. Wishing you the
Speaker 1: best of luck alongside your Delaware Blue Coats in all
Speaker 1: of their championship pursuits, and we will be with you
Speaker 1: guys as well as the Sixers pursue one of their own.
Speaker 1: The playoffs for the seventy Sixers begin on Saturday at
Speaker 1: six pm in South Philadelphia. Very much looking forward to
Speaker 1: that one. Looking forward to doing this again with you guys, Devon,
Speaker 1: Matt after the Sixers first playoff victory, but perhaps before then,
Speaker 1: and perhaps more often than what we've done in the
Speaker 1: regular season. As always, send us your feedback, send us
Speaker 1: your questions in the interim. We want to make sure
Speaker 1: that we're making this Twitter space a space that you
Speaker 1: guys want to continue to be in. So we appreciate
Speaker 1: you all being here, Matt, Devon, I appreciate doing this
Speaker 1: with you guys as always, it's been a heck of
Speaker 1: a regular season. Let's go to the playoffs, shall we.
Speaker 1: We shall Thanks everybody, Thank you so much.