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Speaker 1: Here we go. Welcome into Sixers Twitter Spaces. I'm Matt Murphy,
Speaker 1: joined as always by Lauren Rosen. Thanks for being with us.
Speaker 1: If you're a regular, you know the drill. We take
Speaker 1: your questions and they drive the conversation. We will break
Speaker 1: down the win for the Sixers over the Brooklyn Nets
Speaker 1: this edition of Twitter Spaces. If you're listening on time,
Speaker 1: the game was last night. We do post these as podcasts,
Speaker 1: which is why I say that on the seventy Sixers
Speaker 1: podcast Network. But the Thursday night win over the Brooklyn
Speaker 1: Nets one one, two, three straight road wins, a three
Speaker 1: game winning streak all on the road for the Philadelphia
Speaker 1: seventy Sixers, and an exclamation point to the trip. Lauren
Speaker 1: with the win over Brooklyn. Yes, good morning, good morning,
Speaker 1: good morning. Last one for the year twenty twenty one.
Speaker 1: I don't know about you, guys, but I'm very okay
Speaker 1: with turning the page and hopeful about what's coming in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty two. The Sixers, of course, moving on to
Speaker 1: the new year with a perfect road trip into so
Speaker 1: very excited to see what the guys were able to
Speaker 1: do while in Washington, Toronto, and most importantly perhaps Brooklyn
Speaker 1: last night quite the victory. Without further ado, let's look
Speaker 1: back at last night's win and some notables from the
Speaker 1: stat sheet. Like Matt said, if you have questions though,
Speaker 1: while I read you guys some awesome statistics from last night,
Speaker 1: please send them to me. You can click on my
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Speaker 1: Twitter spaces. Matt Murphy, you can send him to him.
Speaker 1: You can send him to the Sixers and we will
Speaker 1: get straight into your questions momentarily. So the Sixers last
Speaker 1: night headed to Brooklyn looking for their third straight, looking
Speaker 1: to cap a perfect road trip, get word that Doc
Speaker 1: Rivers enters health and safety protocols earlier in the day.
Speaker 1: Assistant coach Dan Burke steps up to run the group,
Speaker 1: and Dan Burke had coached as a head coach a
Speaker 1: couple times during his long tenure in Indiana, but he
Speaker 1: was yet to win as a head coach, and last
Speaker 1: night the Sixers delivered their man, Dan Burke, quite a victory.
Speaker 1: Joel Ebie leads away thirty four points. Joel Embie leads
Speaker 1: away thirty four points, seven rebounds and assist, three steals
Speaker 1: and a block. Tyrese Maxie twenty five points, seven rebounds,
Speaker 1: for assists, and Tyrese hits a career high five threes.
Speaker 1: He was five for eight from deep, ten for eighteen
Speaker 1: from the field. Seth Curry seventeen points, six assists, three rebounds.
Speaker 1: Andre Drummond returns from health and safety protocols and finishes
Speaker 1: with a ten point ten rebound double double. Five of
Speaker 1: those ten rebounds come on the offensive glass. George Yang
Speaker 1: another awesome performance off the bench, nine points for rebounds
Speaker 1: and a couple huge threes late, as did Tyrese Maxie
Speaker 1: have a couple of huge threes in that second half
Speaker 1: and fourth quarter that kept the Sixers hanging around, beating
Speaker 1: the best in the East Brooklyn Nets on the road
Speaker 1: and taking quite the victory into the new year. Matt,
Speaker 1: what was your favorite moment from last night's game? I
Speaker 1: wanted to make that the question of the day, so
Speaker 1: thanks for teeing it up. It seems general, but there
Speaker 1: were so many moments that I think you could pick
Speaker 1: in the win over Brooklyn for the Sixers as your
Speaker 1: favorite moment, So message me or Lauren if you want
Speaker 1: and let us know or tweet us your favorite moment
Speaker 1: and we'll shout some of those out. I think there's
Speaker 1: a few different contenders. It could be Joel's and one
Speaker 1: at the end to really seal the deal and start
Speaker 1: the celebration, or any of his other end ones. It
Speaker 1: feels like he had a million in the game. It
Speaker 1: could be any which of Tyrese Maxie's clutch shots, what else?
Speaker 1: Dan Burke the celebration for his first win would be
Speaker 1: a good candidate. The defense forcing eighteen turnovers. I'm just
Speaker 1: spitballing here. Everyone else is going to have to think
Speaker 1: about some other options. I will select. I'm gonna go
Speaker 1: with Tyrese Maxie's play down the stretch. Look, Joel Embiid
Speaker 1: was great on the radio. I did give him our
Speaker 1: Player of the Game afterwards because in a game with
Speaker 1: so many great players, he comes away with a game
Speaker 1: high scoring total of thirty four points. I mean, Harden
Speaker 1: and Durant had thirty three each, but Joel was dominant.
Speaker 1: They would throw him the ball, they would clear out,
Speaker 1: he would really bully his way underneath and score and
Speaker 1: draw fouls and finish and had that bucket. That was
Speaker 1: so energizing to make it one, one, o two with
Speaker 1: a free throw and then at the end and that
Speaker 1: really started the celebration. Like I said, but I'm gonna
Speaker 1: go with Tyrese Maxi, the twenty one year old down
Speaker 1: the stretch and his three point shooting in the game.
Speaker 1: He stepped in and hit a huge shot as well
Speaker 1: to extend the lead to eight in the final minute.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with Tyrese's clutch play. What about you, well,
Speaker 1: he took the words right out of my mouth. I
Speaker 1: want to just go ahead and reiterate what Tyrese had
Speaker 1: to say following the game. He talked to Tom McGinnis
Speaker 1: and Mark Jackson immediately following the game in if you
Speaker 1: haven't been plugged in on Twitter, which I think if
Speaker 1: you're in Twitter spaces you have been. But Joel gave
Speaker 1: Tyrese a little bit of flak for his performance in Toronto.
Speaker 1: Of course, Tyrese still managed to get it done and
Speaker 1: helped the team to victory in Toronto, but Tyrise gave
Speaker 1: him a little bit of grief for not shooting quite
Speaker 1: as well from the field as he usually does. So
Speaker 1: Tyrese immediately addresses Joel's comments from the previous game. Following
Speaker 1: the win last night in Brooklyn, Tyrese says, last game,
Speaker 1: Joel told me I was trash. I told him, by
Speaker 1: God him this game. So I just went out there
Speaker 1: and tried my hardest for my teammates. The chemistry that
Speaker 1: those two are developing encourt off court, the big brother
Speaker 1: little brother relationship that we've seen as the two of
Speaker 1: them continue to choose to do media together over the
Speaker 1: last few games, I think has been really tremendous to
Speaker 1: watch a really excited signed for two players. I Mean,
Speaker 1: we talk about Tyrese Maxie's youth at twenty one years old,
Speaker 1: but Joel Embe it's still a very young man with
Speaker 1: some of his best years ahead of him. So looking
Speaker 1: forward to watching the two of them continue to develop
Speaker 1: their chemistry. But if I can't use Tyrese as my
Speaker 1: favorite moment, I think I'm gonna have to go with
Speaker 1: Dan Burke's locker room celebration following his first win as
Speaker 1: a head coach. If you haven't already seen it, make
Speaker 1: sure you go to the Sixers the six Ers Twitter page.
Speaker 1: Our very own, very talented Nick McCain was in the
Speaker 1: locker room shooting the moment when the players were able
Speaker 1: to embrace dan Burke for his first win as he
Speaker 1: stepped in for Doc Rivers in a high pressure situation,
Speaker 1: and certainly did the head coach perroud. It was awesome
Speaker 1: to watch the guys embrace one another and embrace Dan Burke, who,
Speaker 1: by the way, is one of the kindest, most thoughtful
Speaker 1: humans in this league. I've really enjoyed getting to know
Speaker 1: Dan Burke is sort of a peripheral member of the staff.
Speaker 1: He's just a wonderful person and so exciting to see
Speaker 1: good things happen to good people. So I think I'm
Speaker 1: gonna have to go with that one. If you haven't
Speaker 1: watched it yet, if you want to close your twenty
Speaker 1: twenty one with some wholesome content, make sure you check
Speaker 1: out that page. It's on the Sixers Instagram, It's on
Speaker 1: the Sixers Twitter. I've retweeted it. Nick McCain, who captured
Speaker 1: the moment, has retweeted it. So make sure you're following
Speaker 1: all those people and checking out that video because it
Speaker 1: was a really wholesome one in a great way to
Speaker 1: end the year. Matt, I'm having some questions roll in.
Speaker 1: I don't know if you are, if you have anything
Speaker 1: to add about Dan Burke, But if not, I think
Speaker 1: we can shove into questions question some question of the
Speaker 1: day responses and you can keep telling us what you
Speaker 1: enjoyed the most from the Sixers Nets game in Brooklyn.
Speaker 1: One that we didn't really touch on is after the
Speaker 1: final buzzer sounded, Joelmbid kind of returning the favor to
Speaker 1: Kevin Durant and it started like a wave or back
Speaker 1: to the Chicago Bulls game when Joel waved to the crowd.
Speaker 1: This was a little different. This was two weeks ago.
Speaker 1: Kevin Durant kind of sent the Sixers off the court,
Speaker 1: wave them off the court, rather than Joel waving to
Speaker 1: the crowd. He kind of sent Kevin Durant and the
Speaker 1: Nets off their home court, which was and I say
Speaker 1: kind of. He did wave them off their home court,
Speaker 1: and then there was a scene with the thumbs up.
Speaker 1: It was all really exciting and fun to watch. That
Speaker 1: is a good pick by New Wave, who sent me
Speaker 1: a message saying, Joejoe waving KD off the court. This
Speaker 1: was in Brooklyn and this all went down after the game. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I loves to see, I mean. And then love to.
Speaker 1: Of course hear Kevin Durant afterwards and weel and did
Speaker 1: you talk about the mutual respect that the two of
Speaker 1: them have. What a pleasure it's been to watch the
Speaker 1: two of them go back and forth in these two
Speaker 1: most recent games at Brooklyn. Of course, Kevin Durant proved
Speaker 1: to be the closer in the first one, and a
Speaker 1: Bed proved to get the better of mister Durant in
Speaker 1: the second one. So really cool to see two of
Speaker 1: the game's greatest right now going head to head. Looking
Speaker 1: forward to the fourth and final matchup between these two
Speaker 1: teams and maybe hopefully fingers crossed another playoff series with
Speaker 1: the Nets, but the new look Nets, because they're a
Speaker 1: fun team and the Sixers have proven that they're able
Speaker 1: to get up against some of the best teams in
Speaker 1: this league. Bill Hayter's favorite moment from last night's game
Speaker 1: and Bead feeding the ball to Maxie, who hit a three,
Speaker 1: was my favorite moment. He knew Maxie was hot and
Speaker 1: he opted to feed him the ball. Chef kiss Emoti,
Speaker 1: I agree, that's a trust, that chemistry that we've talked about.
Speaker 1: Joel finding Tyrese, Tyrese finding Joel, the two of them
Speaker 1: holding each other accountable on the court, off the court,
Speaker 1: building that chemistry on and off the floor. It's going
Speaker 1: to be a theme that we continue to talk about
Speaker 1: as Tyrese Maxie continues to grow into the player that
Speaker 1: he's become, and as Joel and Bead continues to grow
Speaker 1: into the leader that he's become. Really cool to see
Speaker 1: the two of them finding one another. Bill Hayter, I
Speaker 1: agree with you. Those corner threes from Tyrese down the
Speaker 1: stretch really exciting to see him add that to his
Speaker 1: game and do it so confidently because it's going to
Speaker 1: help the Sixers. Is going to pay dividends as the
Speaker 1: season continues and as the team gets down the stretch
Speaker 1: and into the playoffs. Matt Murphy, any other moments you
Speaker 1: want to shout out or should we move on to
Speaker 1: other questions? I have one right now. Mary's favorite moment
Speaker 1: was the maximbiad celebratory chess bump, and that was captured,
Speaker 1: like you said on the if you go to the
Speaker 1: art at Sixers Twitter account, Nick McCain, and the final
Speaker 1: play of the ambid and one, it's a really good
Speaker 1: angle for the that Maxie Mbad chess bump. Mary also
Speaker 1: said loved the locker room celebration with coach Dan Burke,
Speaker 1: and on the TV call, Tom McGinnis said that coaches
Speaker 1: never forget and pregame, dan Burke was asked if he
Speaker 1: had served as a head coach before, and he had
Speaker 1: in Indiana twice in his twenty two years there, and
Speaker 1: he kind of revealed, unprompted, that the games were against
Speaker 1: Golden State and at Charlotte and that he lost both
Speaker 1: of them. He was like, are you going to ask
Speaker 1: me what my record was? And he then just told everyone.
Speaker 1: So for him to get his first win and for
Speaker 1: the players to be so happy for him was awesome.
Speaker 1: I have so many more questions that I want to
Speaker 1: start diving into, so let's go to yo An. Yo
Speaker 1: An says, what are your thoughts on Drummond's work last night?
Speaker 1: Strong minutes considering the fact he just came back from
Speaker 1: health and safety protocols. Matt Murphy, what did you make
Speaker 1: of Andre's return to the court last night? Launching that
Speaker 1: ten point, ten rebound double double, five offensive boards and
Speaker 1: a lot of energy. Drummond was huge and Embiid had
Speaker 1: sixteen points in the first quarter, So he comes out
Speaker 1: of the game and you're like, is there going to
Speaker 1: be any sort of drop off, and not saying that
Speaker 1: I anticipated that, but Andre Drummond a lot of his
Speaker 1: strong work came early in the game off the bench,
Speaker 1: so that was a huge lift. The Sixers, of course,
Speaker 1: started embiid with Harris Thible, Curry and Maxie and the
Speaker 1: bench players who played last night were Drummond with ten points,
Speaker 1: Niang with nine, Shake and fur Con played eleven in
Speaker 1: eighteen minutes, respectively. They did not score, but Drummond's ten
Speaker 1: and ten were huge, and m bead for every end
Speaker 1: one he had. Drummond had a couple as well. Just
Speaker 1: rim running, running the floor in general is something Dan
Speaker 1: Burke touched on after the game, getting back on defense.
Speaker 1: Big presence then and there was no sort of drop off,
Speaker 1: and Drummond came right in and coming off and Beads
Speaker 1: hot start. You needed Drummond to start well off the bench,
Speaker 1: and he did. Yeah. The Drummond Blake Griffin matchup not
Speaker 1: something that if you told me a few years ago
Speaker 1: that I'd watched the two of them facing off on
Speaker 1: the six Ers and the nets, respectively, I don't know
Speaker 1: if I would have believed you, But it was a
Speaker 1: pleasure to watch two of the greats really go at
Speaker 1: each other. And I really thought that Andre looked fresh,
Speaker 1: he looked sharp, he looked really excited to be back,
Speaker 1: of course, coming off of about two weeks away due
Speaker 1: to health and safety protocols, Andre's last game was actually
Speaker 1: at the Nets on December sixteenth. He returns on December
Speaker 1: thirtieth and does truly a great job back up Joel Embiad,
Speaker 1: which is something that he has a challenge that he's
Speaker 1: taken on and shown some really good stuff all season long.
Speaker 1: Let's get into a few more cool questions. This one's
Speaker 1: not a question, it's a comment, but Tony says, as
Speaker 1: it relates to Joel Embiid, you're seeing a more versatile Wilt.
Speaker 1: I've loved, loved, loves seeing the praise that Joel Embiid
Speaker 1: has gotten recently. He perhaps gets lost a little bit
Speaker 1: in MVP talks sometimes, and whether that's because of injury
Speaker 1: or because of his time this season a way due
Speaker 1: to health and safety protocol I believe that Joel is
Speaker 1: pretty sufficiently overlooked when it comes to the MVP conversation.
Speaker 1: But his last six games have been truly tremendous. I'm
Speaker 1: not going to read through his entire stats from the
Speaker 1: last few games, but I'll give a couple highlight performances.
Speaker 1: In his last three games, He's had thirty four, thirty six,
Speaker 1: thirty six, twenty three, forty one, and thirty two points.
Speaker 1: But in all of those games, he said steals, he
Speaker 1: said blocks. He's getting it done on both ends of
Speaker 1: the floor. It's been really tremendous to watch Joel embead
Speaker 1: in his prime and to watch him having a little
Speaker 1: bit more fun out there and celebrating big, big victories.
Speaker 1: I'm thinking of the Atlanta victory. I'm thinking of the
Speaker 1: victory last night. Watching Joel Embiid be really excited about
Speaker 1: what his team is doing to meet is extremely heartening.
Speaker 1: Because Joel has said over the years that he's playing
Speaker 1: his best basketball when he's having fun. He looks certainly
Speaker 1: like he's having fun. Somebody wants to talk Seth Curry
Speaker 1: as well. Sam the Sixers fan thought Seth Curry was
Speaker 1: beyond valuable in the win last night, mainly to Joel Embiid.
Speaker 1: Joel had twenty two points heading into half, and both
Speaker 1: Tobias Harris and Seth Curry to that point had combined
Speaker 1: for just eight points. One of those two had to
Speaker 1: take some of the load, but Curry thrived in the
Speaker 1: pick and roll in two man game with Joel Embiid.
Speaker 1: Not to mention, dan Burke had him running the point
Speaker 1: for a moment in time. Obviously his shots were huge,
Speaker 1: But to kick off the road trip, Curry had nine
Speaker 1: assists in DC, five in Toronto and now six along
Speaker 1: with seventeen points last night. What have you seen out
Speaker 1: of the role he's adopted over this road trip. I
Speaker 1: think Seth Curry is a good place to go. Lauren,
Speaker 1: What did you see from Seth? I think the assists
Speaker 1: that Sam the Sixers fan mentions are notable as well,
Speaker 1: But coming out of the locker room with a couple
Speaker 1: of made shots to get going, I agree that it
Speaker 1: was a slow first half for Seth and came right
Speaker 1: out of the locker room and found his shot. Yep.
Speaker 1: Seth had four points in the first half, but seventeen
Speaker 1: points overall. And we've given a lot of credit, a
Speaker 1: lot of well earned credit to Dan Burke. But something
Speaker 1: else we should give Hi credit for is a continuity
Speaker 1: that he's brought compared to how Doctor Reverts has been
Speaker 1: running this team all season long. Doc talked about wanting
Speaker 1: to use Seth Moore in a point guard role, in
Speaker 1: a facilitator role, and we saw that continuity last night
Speaker 1: as Dan Burke put the ball in Seth's hands for
Speaker 1: a lot of that second half. Really enjoyed the way
Speaker 1: that Seth good shooters keep shooting. We say it all
Speaker 1: the time, and Seth certainly up that descriptor tag certainly
Speaker 1: applies to Seth Curry. Awesome to see his confidence growing.
Speaker 1: Seeing a lot a lot of comments. I mean, so guys,
Speaker 1: when you guys all send the same comments, I'm never
Speaker 1: picking favorites. I'm just trying to read everything in an
Speaker 1: efficient way. So I'm seeing a lot of messages about Tyres,
Speaker 1: Maxie and Joel Embiad as a duo. It's something that
Speaker 1: we've talked about already today, but something that I think
Speaker 1: deserves a little bit more shine. Drew says, Maxie and Joe,
Speaker 1: is this the new super duo? It could be. They're
Speaker 1: both so young, they're both so talented. They're both continuing
Speaker 1: to add to their games. Tyrese perhaps on a bigger
Speaker 1: trajectory compared to what we saw last season, even what
Speaker 1: we saw from Tyrese at the beginning of this season,
Speaker 1: he's a sponge, he's soaking it up. He's adding to
Speaker 1: his game on a game by game basis. And Joel
Speaker 1: Ebead on the other hand, already an MVP caliber candidate
Speaker 1: MVP caliber player, continues to add to his game every offseason.
Speaker 1: It's something he prides himself on, but really refining his skills,
Speaker 1: finishing in traffic, making sure he's passing out of doubles.
Speaker 1: Last night we saw a lot of one on one
Speaker 1: coverage against Joel Risky by Venettes and Joel of course
Speaker 1: taking full advantage. So the two of them together, the
Speaker 1: ceiling is really really high. The two of them were
Speaker 1: catching a little bit of heat a few games ago
Speaker 1: about where their chemistry was or how well they could
Speaker 1: play together. Of course, some stats will always tell you
Speaker 1: what you want to hear, and then those that didn't
Speaker 1: think that they were going to play well together, we're
Speaker 1: finding the stats that they wanted to support that claim.
Speaker 1: And my take at that point was that these guys
Speaker 1: needed more time together. Tyres of course played great when
Speaker 1: Joel was out, but Joel was out for a long time,
Speaker 1: and when he comes back into the lineup. Tyrese then
Speaker 1: misses a few games with that left quad contusion. So
Speaker 1: now to see the two of them having quality minutes
Speaker 1: in quality matchups together figuring it out, clearly developing chemistry
Speaker 1: off the court as well, it's been a pleasure to watch.
Speaker 1: I'm so excited about what's to come for those two.
Speaker 1: So the new super duo. I don't know if that's
Speaker 1: necessarily fair quite yet considering how young this partnership is,
Speaker 1: but certainly potential to be a super duo in this league. Matt,
Speaker 1: what have you liked about the two man game that
Speaker 1: the two of them are developing, maybe the off court chemistry.
Speaker 1: What have you seen out of tyres and Joel together
Speaker 1: press conference Gold For one, it's been fun to see that.
Speaker 1: You kind of talked about it already. I touched on
Speaker 1: Tyrese's clutch play and Joel with the double teams the
Speaker 1: game before Toronto. It's like he catches the ball and
Speaker 1: Malachi Flynn is sprinting down every single time and against
Speaker 1: the nets, Joel catches it and most of the time,
Speaker 1: like you said, he picks his eyes up and there's
Speaker 1: not two players there sometimes and it's at that point
Speaker 1: where he either takes the jumper or jab steps or
Speaker 1: really just pulleys his way down low and scores. And
Speaker 1: last night he had a little bit more room to
Speaker 1: operate when they would kind of clear out on one
Speaker 1: side of the floor. Again here on Twitter spaces, send
Speaker 1: us your questions or thoughts about the game. A lot
Speaker 1: of people have been submitting their favorite moment from the
Speaker 1: one ten, one h two win by the Sixers over
Speaker 1: the nets. To complete the three and O road trip.
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Speaker 1: d tweet reply to the Sixers tweet. We'll look through
Speaker 1: those as well. Got a message from PS saying Niang
Speaker 1: huge night. We can talk about George Niang as well,
Speaker 1: because then Gina says, not directly related to last night
Speaker 1: unless you count reactions. But it's been so great to
Speaker 1: see Niang and Drummond and the new guys embracing the
Speaker 1: fans and the city. Like one hundred and fifty percent
Speaker 1: and I one hundred and fifty percent agree with that.
Speaker 1: It's been fun to watch. Niang had a more than
Speaker 1: a couple big shots, big threes last night in the
Speaker 1: wind he sure did. It's been awesome to see George
Speaker 1: come back. He also missed almost two weeks due to
Speaker 1: health and safety protocols, come back in with a nineteen
Speaker 1: point performance at Toronto with a with a nineteen point
Speaker 1: performance at Toronto, with an nine point four rebound performance
Speaker 1: at Brooklyn. Shooting the ball really confidently and making sure
Speaker 1: that even when he misses, he's not afraid to continue shooting.
Speaker 1: And that's something that he's talked about quite a bit.
Speaker 1: It's how he's going to make an impact on this team.
Speaker 1: He's a player that really knows his role, and his role,
Speaker 1: of course, is to make threes, but like you said,
Speaker 1: it's also to bring a lot of energy, and he
Speaker 1: certainly brings that in dividends every time he gets out
Speaker 1: there on the court. I don't think I've seen anyone
Speaker 1: talk as much trash as George Niang does. He's so
Speaker 1: much fun to watch. I'm very curious about what he
Speaker 1: was saying to the Brooklyn bench. He made a couple
Speaker 1: of he made a couple of threes and turned around
Speaker 1: to have some words with folks on the Brooklyn bench.
Speaker 1: And if I could have had a micd up moment there,
Speaker 1: I would have loved to hear it because George, of course,
Speaker 1: everything he says is he's such a kindhearted individual, but
Speaker 1: he is not afraid to talk a little bit of trash,
Speaker 1: and he's really funny and really biting the way that
Speaker 1: he makes everything a little bit personal. So I've loved, loved,
Speaker 1: loved watching his teammates as well, sort of react to
Speaker 1: the way that George reacts to the people. He definitely
Speaker 1: rises the tide when it comes to not spiciness, but
Speaker 1: bringing a little extra edge, a little extra fire to
Speaker 1: the court. This, of course a team that really enjoys
Speaker 1: one another, and they certainly have been enjoying George Niang
Speaker 1: and missed him while he was away. I think you'll
Speaker 1: have to ask him on the Big Niang theory with
Speaker 1: George Niang and Lauren Rosen. Maybe he doesn't say every
Speaker 1: word that gets mentioned during those encounters, but if there
Speaker 1: are some games where he is particularly feisty, you might
Speaker 1: have to ask what the general theme of the messaging
Speaker 1: was to the opponent. And I am happy to let
Speaker 1: you know that we have talked about it and we
Speaker 1: have another episode coming out in the next couple of days.
Speaker 1: I appreciate everybody that always messages me during spaces about
Speaker 1: the Big Niang Theory. I have heard you guys clamoring
Speaker 1: for episode two. Episode two is almost ready and it's
Speaker 1: going to come out in the next couple of days.
Speaker 1: So a New Year's gift from myself and George to
Speaker 1: you guys episode two of the Big Niang Theory. We're
Speaker 1: going to cover a lot of things. It's one of
Speaker 1: your favorites, Sixers. It's someone we've already talked about quite
Speaker 1: a bit in this conversation. Matt. I don't know if
Speaker 1: I'm ready to reveal exactly who the guest was, but
Speaker 1: all I can say is that the people in this
Speaker 1: Twitter spaces, if you're happy about last night's win, you're
Speaker 1: going to be happy about the guests for episode two.
Speaker 1: It was a really cool conversation, and as we've already discussed,
Speaker 1: George a very talented podcasts or talented player and such
Speaker 1: a fun addition to this Sixers. This is no shot
Speaker 1: at any other shows or podcasts, but the next episode
Speaker 1: of The Big Niang Theory will probably be the only
Speaker 1: non best of twenty one New Year's podcast episode, so
Speaker 1: it will really stand out in the feeds because everyone's
Speaker 1: just like, let me cobble together parts of five different
Speaker 1: interviews and put those out, which is fine if they're
Speaker 1: good interviews especially, but if it's some fresh, extended conversation
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Speaker 1: I do think we should make the New year a
Speaker 1: little bit of a topic. Maybe we wait a few
Speaker 1: minutes if you want to send us your New Year's resolution.
Speaker 1: Maybe it's some sort of Sixers resolution, I don't know.
Speaker 1: Feel free by messaging us or tweeting to us or
Speaker 1: the Sixers. We can talk a little bit about non
Speaker 1: basketball resolutions as well towards the end. But when it
Speaker 1: comes to basketball and twenty twenty one winding down, I'm intrigued,
Speaker 1: not only by last night, in what your favorite moment
Speaker 1: or play was. If you're listening out there, Lauren, you
Speaker 1: two here favorite plays that have happened so far this season.
Speaker 1: As the twenty twenty one portion of the twenty one
Speaker 1: twenty two season comes to a close, they finished their
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one with the big win in Brooklyn, There's
Speaker 1: so many plays that you could point to as your
Speaker 1: favorite play of the twenty twenty one part of the schedule.
Speaker 1: I'll name a couple and then we can brainstorm in
Speaker 1: real time here and message us what you think, But
Speaker 1: the Joel shot against the Celtics, what else do we got?
Speaker 1: Maybe you're going to go off the board with Paul
Speaker 1: Reid blocking Jannis. That's a wild card pick Andre Drummond's
Speaker 1: tip in. I'm a little bit biased because I was
Speaker 1: filling in for Tom McGinnis on the radio that night.
Speaker 1: They did come up short to the Timberwolves in double overtime,
Speaker 1: but when Maxi had one of the best missed free
Speaker 1: throws intentionally miss free throws that I've ever seen, and
Speaker 1: Drummond forced a second overtime with a tip in. Those
Speaker 1: are just a few, but we can talk about favorite
Speaker 1: plays of the part of this part of the season
Speaker 1: so far as twenty twenty one comes to a close,
Speaker 1: I can go ahead and jump in with mine, Matt.
Speaker 1: I know it's probably a pretty vanilla answer, but I
Speaker 1: gotta go with Joel and Beat's big shot down the
Speaker 1: stretch in Boston. Who was so special to watch him
Speaker 1: really take the reins of a game like that. The
Speaker 1: Sixers go on to win one O eight to one
Speaker 1: h three. This was on December twentieth, so maybe a
Speaker 1: little bit of recency bias there, but to me, one
Speaker 1: of Joel's best performances in his career. He finishes with
Speaker 1: forty one points, ten rebounds, and a heck of a
Speaker 1: line beyond that. And then I'm gonna go with another
Speaker 1: sort of off the beat not necessarily off the beaten path,
Speaker 1: but a performance rather than a play. I'm going to
Speaker 1: shout out Matisse Bible's defensive masterpiece against Golden State on
Speaker 1: December eleventh, truly slowing down not even one of the
Speaker 1: great one of the greatest players of all time, but
Speaker 1: the greatest shooter now of all time, Steph Curry. Matisse
Speaker 1: Bible puts together a defensive masterpiece, blocking two of Steph's shots,
Speaker 1: something that no player has ever done in the same
Speaker 1: game before, and putting together one of his best performances,
Speaker 1: if not the best performance of his career. So for me,
Speaker 1: Joel down the stretch in the fourth quarter at Boston,
Speaker 1: Matisse all game at home versus Golden State. Those are
Speaker 1: my two standout moments and performances thus far this season.
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Speaker 1: assuming that we might get cut off, We're gonna let
Speaker 1: everybody trickle back in. Matt's gonna join us once again.
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Speaker 1: don't have on Twitter spaces as commercials, So maybe just
Speaker 1: consider that a little baby commercial break and thank you
Speaker 1: guys as always for joining us in coming back. We're
Speaker 1: going to continue with our questions. I think most of
Speaker 1: you guys that were in here before are already back,
Speaker 1: so we appreciate you bearing with us. I think all
Speaker 1: we were talking about when we got cut off is
Speaker 1: the possibility of getting cut off. So let's pivot, Matt,
Speaker 1: you have not yet given me your favorite performance or
Speaker 1: moment of this season. Well, I did give a few options,
Speaker 1: but I didn't pick one. You had to choose. Yeah, no,
Speaker 1: I will. We got some help during the commercial break.
Speaker 1: Some extra options came in. Gina says the DeMar derozen
Speaker 1: blocked by mbiad the block by mbiad on de Rosen,
Speaker 1: and one or maybe one other person said that as well.
Speaker 1: Seth Curry had a big shot in that home win
Speaker 1: over the Chicago Bulls, and another option from Luke favorite
Speaker 1: moment even though we lost Maxie's game at home versus
Speaker 1: the Raptors, when he took over in the fourth and
Speaker 1: played extremely well. I have a theory about Maxi in
Speaker 1: the City edition Jerseys. I want to figure out his
Speaker 1: scoring average by uniform. That sounds like something that you
Speaker 1: should spend your New Year's Eve doing that, and to
Speaker 1: Luke's point, he went off in the City edition spectrum
Speaker 1: themed jerseys against the Raptors. I think he averages like
Speaker 1: more than twenty five points per game in the City editions,
Speaker 1: but I will and then even if you count last
Speaker 1: year City edition, he had that big game shorthanded against
Speaker 1: the Nuggets in last year City edition jersey must be
Speaker 1: pretty high when it comes to City Edition themed uniforms.
Speaker 1: But Tyrese Maxie big night last night, as we continue
Speaker 1: to talk about the Sixers taking down the Brooklyn Nets
Speaker 1: in Brooklyn, he finished with twenty five points and those
Speaker 1: five threes. But my moment, we were talking before the
Speaker 1: break about favorite moments, favorite plays of the of the year,
Speaker 1: or mainly the twenty twenty one portion of this season,
Speaker 1: and I'm going to go with Gina's suggestion as the
Speaker 1: Mbid block in the Bulls game against Damar Derozen because
Speaker 1: a great photo came out of that one as well
Speaker 1: from Alex Subers of Mbied blocking Derozen at the center.
Speaker 1: I love it. I'm ready to pivot to a couple
Speaker 1: other random questions that we're having this also, by the way, guys,
Speaker 1: is the part of the conversation where you're welcome to
Speaker 1: start sending non Sixers questions. Tell us about your lives,
Speaker 1: tell us what's going on, tell us how you're feeling
Speaker 1: about the Sixers, of course, but maybe the broader NBA,
Speaker 1: maybe the sports landscape, the world's landscape. This is a
Speaker 1: safe environment. We want to talk about anything that you
Speaker 1: guys want to talk about. So if you're continuing to
Speaker 1: be interested in what we have to say, ask us
Speaker 1: any questions about anything. At this point. Of course, the
Speaker 1: Sixers the topic that I'm the most qualified to discuss,
Speaker 1: but I'm willing to talk about anything. Love doing this
Speaker 1: with you guys. Thank you for all the questions. I
Speaker 1: know I've missed some, but I'm trying to get to
Speaker 1: all of them. Which leads us to Sam the Sixers fan,
Speaker 1: what are your thoughts on the twenty twenty two l
Speaker 1: photo of Andre Drummond but the Sixers Twitter and Instagram posted.
Speaker 1: As Mark Jackson said on the call, we want all
Speaker 1: the smoke. I feel like this photo truly describes our
Speaker 1: emotions from the win last night. Sam the sixerspan, I
Speaker 1: completely agree with you. Shout out to our wonderful social team,
Speaker 1: Julie and Becca who have been on the sticks every
Speaker 1: night this season, absolutely crushing the game and making us
Speaker 1: laugh and smiling the process. Andre reposted that photo. He
Speaker 1: obviously enjoyed it as well, no harm in having a
Speaker 1: little bit of fun and loved seeing everybody sort of
Speaker 1: rally around all the different parts of last night's victory.
Speaker 1: Loved hearing Mark Jackson over these last couple of games.
Speaker 1: Of course, filling in for Allah Abdulnabi, who we are
Speaker 1: hoping is feeling better. Kate Scott also out right now.
Speaker 1: Tom McGinnis filled in for her than Matt Murphy filled
Speaker 1: in for Tom McGinnis. So the next man up mentality
Speaker 1: doesn't just apply to the seventy sixers. It applies to
Speaker 1: the broadcast crews. Everybody who stepped up has done an
Speaker 1: amazing job. Yourself included Matt Murphy's a shout out to you.
Speaker 1: We're always staying ready to step in and get on
Speaker 1: the call and sending all of our love to Kate
Speaker 1: to Allah as they continue to hopefully feel better, and
Speaker 1: we hope to get everybody back as soon as possible. Matt,
Speaker 1: do you want to tell us what it was like
Speaker 1: to have the call last night started? A little bit.
Speaker 1: There were a little bit a few rocky moments in there,
Speaker 1: but down the stretch must have been an absolutely awesome
Speaker 1: one for you to call sure, thank you and the
Speaker 1: L photo or Andre Drummond holding the L for Brooklyn.
Speaker 1: Shout out again to Julie Becca, our whole social media contingent.
Speaker 1: That was really good stuff with the New Year's theme
Speaker 1: of twenty twenty two. Loved it. I love when we
Speaker 1: do that stuff. I love when teams do that stuff
Speaker 1: and then their fans, their fan bases defend why the
Speaker 1: team shouldn't talk like that after beating them. It's always
Speaker 1: a good back and forth. But having the call in
Speaker 1: for Tom McGinnis last night, who slid over to TV,
Speaker 1: it was great to be back on the radio. It
Speaker 1: was a fantastic Game two call. It did start well.
Speaker 1: I mean when the Sixers went on a ten o
Speaker 1: run after Brooklyn scored the first basket, forcing a time out.
Speaker 1: That's always a great start to a broadcast. I was
Speaker 1: really impressed with how the Sixers withstood some of the
Speaker 1: shot making from Kevin Durant in the third quarter. That
Speaker 1: stood out to me. Durant had back to back threes.
Speaker 1: The Sixers take a time out collect themselves, and the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter with all the Maxie shots and embiid at
Speaker 1: the end with all of that theater that he brings
Speaker 1: with him being joelmbiid describing that on the radio. It
Speaker 1: was a remote broadcast, so I was at the Wells
Speaker 1: Fargo Center and I had monitors going, So you have
Speaker 1: to keep the eyes up and make sure you're following
Speaker 1: what Joel is doing. You can't take your eyes off
Speaker 1: of Joel Lmbad as you try to paint the picture.
Speaker 1: But it seemed like I was well into the post
Speaker 1: game already when I'm still seeing the teams on the
Speaker 1: court and still seeing Joelmbad the thumbs up and the
Speaker 1: waving off the court of Kevin Durant. So I had
Speaker 1: to be locked in on Mbad remotely just to make
Speaker 1: sure I wasn't missing any of that theater, which was
Speaker 1: an added wrinkle. I would say, Yeah, no shortage of
Speaker 1: fanfare to close out twenty twenty one, and we of
Speaker 1: course expect no less out of Joel Mbad. I have
Speaker 1: a comment from Kendra no Matisse talk on this episode
Speaker 1: question Mark in Fairness, I already shouted out his performance
Speaker 1: against Golden state a couple of weeks ago, but that's fine.
Speaker 1: He thought he did a great job, especially early. Matt.
Speaker 1: You talked about the early time out that the nets
Speaker 1: were forced to call when it was ten to two
Speaker 1: six ers. That was capped that run, of course, capped
Speaker 1: by Matisse stealing and returning on the other end with
Speaker 1: the finish, the pick six that would become so accustomed
Speaker 1: to seeing from Matisse's bible. Of course, last night he
Speaker 1: had his hands full when he wasn't guarding James Harden,
Speaker 1: he was often guarding Kevin Durant. So shout out, of
Speaker 1: course to one of the best defenders in the league,
Speaker 1: Matt Murphy. Any other ones that you want to get
Speaker 1: to before we start to close this one down. We
Speaker 1: talked about Matise a little bit. I agree, and that
Speaker 1: play was a good start. I'd say it was fun
Speaker 1: to start the broadcast in that way, and it was
Speaker 1: him on the run like you just mentioned, with the dunk,
Speaker 1: and then he had a bucket shortly after that as well.
Speaker 1: Out of the time out, scanning through your questions and
Speaker 1: comments about a really really nifty right handed finish from
Speaker 1: Matise through the legs through traffic board and Joel to
Speaker 1: Joel plays one that somebody sent me a note about,
Speaker 1: first Matise straight on in the lane using the glass.
Speaker 1: I was always told to use the glass as a player.
Speaker 1: I didn't play it any sort of important level. But
Speaker 1: when I was straight on, I would always argue that
Speaker 1: I'm just going to try to swish it and Matisse
Speaker 1: off the glass and in in the lane. And Joel
Speaker 1: Embiid banked a three in the win over Brooklyn, so
Speaker 1: both of them finding a way to make the glass
Speaker 1: work last night, no doubt about it. The other the
Speaker 1: other Joel thing is from Jerry Lee, who I talk
Speaker 1: about Embiad's block onto Rosen earlier in the year as
Speaker 1: we recount some of the best plays of the twenty
Speaker 1: twenty one portion of the season as we head into
Speaker 1: the new year, Jerry Lee said, Embiad's big block last
Speaker 1: night was great against Harden, which was awesome. The chase
Speaker 1: down block and then quickly getting it going the other
Speaker 1: way ends up with a Tobias Harris dunk on the
Speaker 1: other end. So another big defensive play happened just last
Speaker 1: night by Embiid. Yeah, we forget often how special it
Speaker 1: is to watch Joel Embiid. It's not very off that
Speaker 1: you see your seven foot center chasing down a quick
Speaker 1: guard like James Harden for a chase down block the
Speaker 1: way that Joel has been able to do so many times,
Speaker 1: He's almost done it enough times that it loses a
Speaker 1: little bit of the shock factor. But when you really
Speaker 1: think about what you're seeing, that block a really special
Speaker 1: moment from Joel, who, by the way, has been talking
Speaker 1: about how much pride he's taking on defense and that
Speaker 1: perhaps might be the most underrated area of his game.
Speaker 1: Really do feel that the way that he is able
Speaker 1: to dominate the floor on both ends of the floor
Speaker 1: is something that we don't talk about enough with Joel.
Speaker 1: Whether you're an opposing offense or an opposing defense, everything
Speaker 1: that you're doing when Joel is are out there on
Speaker 1: the court revolves around the fact that Joel is out
Speaker 1: there on the court on offense, on defense, he's holding
Speaker 1: it down. He's playing some of his best basketball, and
Speaker 1: it's been a pleasure to watch all season long. So
Speaker 1: New Year's resolutions could include watching more of Joel being
Speaker 1: Joel Embiid. New Year's resolutions maybe more Twitter spaces. Of course,
Speaker 1: if you're new here, we do Twitter spaces. After every
Speaker 1: six ers win, So if there are more spaces as
Speaker 1: it means we're winning more. These are things that we
Speaker 1: like overall. And of course I don't have that much
Speaker 1: control over the wooden column, but when we are in there,
Speaker 1: I'm certainly happier because it means I get to do
Speaker 1: these spaces with you, Matt, and with everybody that's in here.
Speaker 1: And my third and final New Year's resolution. If you've
Speaker 1: been here before, you already know what I'm going to say.
Speaker 1: More tuna melts, More tuna melts in twenty twenty two,
Speaker 1: Matt Any New Year's Resolutions for you basketball non basketball.
Speaker 1: The point that you just made about tuna melts, that's fine.
Speaker 1: My grievance was more so that the time of day
Speaker 1: when you were eating them, so I mean you were
Speaker 1: before lunch, the pre lunch tunamount. Look, meals, meals and
Speaker 1: meal times are a social construct, and if you want
Speaker 1: to get into that, we can talk offline. Anyone that's
Speaker 1: in here that wants to talk about why society has
Speaker 1: decided that some foods are fine in the morning and
Speaker 1: some aren't. I don't think that that's fair. I think
Speaker 1: everyone should be allowed to decide what foods are appropriate
Speaker 1: at what time of day. So I will continue eating
Speaker 1: tuna melts in the morning until the day that I die.
Speaker 1: And I don't want any smoke about that. Actually, I've
Speaker 1: decided I don't need to fight anyone will. I'm firm
Speaker 1: in my beliefs. I have a non sixers New Year's
Speaker 1: resolution and feel free anyone to send us your resolutions.
Speaker 1: I need and want to cook things more so I
Speaker 1: want to become better at cooking. Hey, I don't know
Speaker 1: how or where to start, but that's something that's on
Speaker 1: my mind. Starting out with a little bit more breakfast
Speaker 1: options and kind of going from there. If you think
Speaker 1: that's a good strategy, let me know. If you have
Speaker 1: any suggestions for me, let me know. I will try to.
Speaker 1: If I do follow through with it, I'll let everybody
Speaker 1: know what I'm making or trying to make. The damar
Speaker 1: DeRozan block by mbid put it in the louver that
Speaker 1: one's from Gina. I agree worth a shout out and
Speaker 1: Matt Murphy getting into the kitchen. Can't wait to hear
Speaker 1: tales from learning some cooking craft out there. I'm looking
Speaker 1: forward to hear about that as well. Want to make
Speaker 1: sure that we get through any other questions that have
Speaker 1: been sent in. I'm looking through my inbox. One of
Speaker 1: our favorite listeners, Angie, asked, what's the best moment from
Speaker 1: the game. We addressed that a little bit earlier in
Speaker 1: the broadcast, So I'm gonna down you need to send
Speaker 1: us one, Angie, what did you think it was? Exactly?
Speaker 1: I'm gonna double down though, on Tyrese Maxi's big threes
Speaker 1: down the stretch, showing what he's added to his game
Speaker 1: and how confident he is integrating the additions to his game,
Speaker 1: and then watching the way that, of course these guys
Speaker 1: have rallied around. Tyrese has just been tremendous. When you
Speaker 1: think about what he has been able to do this season,
Speaker 1: I'm consistently in awe with what the twenty one year
Speaker 1: old point guard has been able to do, stepping up,
Speaker 1: stepping into a massive role on a team with really
Speaker 1: high aspirations, playing alongside guys like Joel and Tobias Harris,
Speaker 1: Seth Curry, Danny Green, Matisse Thyble, and figuring out where
Speaker 1: you fit in against alongside all those players with their
Speaker 1: own elite skills. Tyrese, of course, we know he can
Speaker 1: finish he can create for himself, but we didn't know
Speaker 1: he was going to be able to balance the guys
Speaker 1: around him, and it's been really cool to watch the
Speaker 1: way that he has been able to get to know
Speaker 1: where his teammates like the ball, how he can create
Speaker 1: for them when he can create for himself while creating
Speaker 1: for them to meet Tyrese Maxie has perhaps been the
Speaker 1: biggest surprise of twenty twenty one, but also something that
Speaker 1: I have just loved, loved, loved watching more Tyrese content
Speaker 1: by the way, coming your way on the Sixers social
Speaker 1: channels in the next few days, some really cool opportunities
Speaker 1: to listen to Tyree's breakdown some of his own film.
Speaker 1: That was something that I really enjoyed doing with him,
Speaker 1: and just watching the way that he's continued to grow
Speaker 1: all season. Again, we don't always get to all the questions,
Speaker 1: but there have been so many about Tyrese. I see
Speaker 1: your questions, I see your comments. I agree with you.
Speaker 1: He has been nothing but a pleasure. Matt five six
Speaker 1: oh four, five six oh four. I was wondering if
Speaker 1: I was going to end up being like a five
Speaker 1: six seven or ten nine, eight seventy six or sing
Speaker 1: I'm just kidding, says we must protect Tyrese at all costs.
Speaker 1: I agree. He's just a wonderful human, wonderful player. Been
Speaker 1: such a pleasure to watch him grow this season. I
Speaker 1: have another play as we talk moments of the Nets
Speaker 1: win or the Sixers win over the Nets, the Nets game.
Speaker 1: This sequence somebody messaged and said the play out of
Speaker 1: the time out but before that ninety seven ninety five
Speaker 1: six Ers after a Harris lay up, Harden comes down
Speaker 1: and scores timeout ninety seven ninety seven, and then with
Speaker 1: a little more than three minutes left, Joel creating some
Speaker 1: space down low, spinning on Aldridge and getting the and one.
Speaker 1: So one of those many and ones, but that was
Speaker 1: the pre and one to the final and one by Joel,
Speaker 1: that one to break the tie. There were a lot
Speaker 1: of ties and lead changes in this one. You asked
Speaker 1: me about the experience calling the game on the radio,
Speaker 1: seventy six Ers Radio network ninety seventy five, the fanatic.
Speaker 1: It was a lot of shot making early, which as
Speaker 1: a radio broadcaster, it felt like every shot that was
Speaker 1: thrown up in the first quarter sixteen points by embiid,
Speaker 1: but a handful of threes for both sides, four for each.
Speaker 1: Everything was going down. So it was every possession down
Speaker 1: the floor calling a made basket, which I suppose beats
Speaker 1: calling misses too often, but a lot of shot making,
Speaker 1: a lot of lead changes and ties, and down the
Speaker 1: stretch of the game it was one team scores, the
Speaker 1: other team answers, but mbid regaining the lead for the
Speaker 1: Sixers was a common theme down the stretch. Yeah, so
Speaker 1: much fun to watch. You mentioned at nineteen lead changes,
Speaker 1: eleven ties. Last night in Brooklyn. The Sixers came out hot,
Speaker 1: thirty nine points in the first quarter, ties, their high
Speaker 1: scoring quarter for the season, and then down the stretch
Speaker 1: things got a little grittier, the defense got a little heavier,
Speaker 1: the Sixers hold the Nets to twenty points in the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter, outscoring the Nets in the fourth quarter twenty
Speaker 1: six to twenty proved to be enough as a Sixers
Speaker 1: take one one o two victory in Brooklyn, perhaps one
Speaker 1: of the best wins, if not the best win of
Speaker 1: the season. To me, it's this one and the Golden
Speaker 1: State Warriors win at home a couple of weeks ago.
Speaker 1: But no better way to cap twenty twenty one, Matt,
Speaker 1: No better way to cap twenty twenty one than doing
Speaker 1: this with you. I love doing Twitter spaces. I hope
Speaker 1: we're going to do so many more in twenty twenty two.
Speaker 1: If you have any final thoughts, takes, questions, get them
Speaker 1: off now, and otherwise we're going to start to turn
Speaker 1: the page. The last question I wanted to reference was
Speaker 1: from BLSG who says, how do you feel how do
Speaker 1: you feel about this about the Sixers going into this
Speaker 1: next game versus the Houston Rockets. The Rockets a team
Speaker 1: that has been struggling this season and struggling of late,
Speaker 1: but still capable of doing lots of good things. Lots
Speaker 1: of Christian Wood fans will be in attendance when the
Speaker 1: Rockets come to South Philadelphia for the Sixers first game
Speaker 1: of twenty twenty two. I of course like the Sixers
Speaker 1: chances against a Rockets team that has perhaps less talent
Speaker 1: than the Sixers do, But as this season has proven,
Speaker 1: you never know who's going to be available or what's
Speaker 1: going to happen on any given night. The Sixers have
Speaker 1: expressed that they want to do a better job of
Speaker 1: treating every opponent with a seriousness and respect that they
Speaker 1: gave the Brooklyn Nets. Clearly last night, But a lot
Speaker 1: of confidence this team has to have going out on
Speaker 1: the road, winning three straight on the road, capping it
Speaker 1: by winning the best winning against the best team in
Speaker 1: the East, and heading home to go into a first
Speaker 1: game of twenty twenty two where they considerably outmatch the opponent,
Speaker 1: and then of course the Sixers having a little bit
Speaker 1: more time off in these next couple weeks as well.
Speaker 1: The schedule has been absolutely brutal. It's not something that
Speaker 1: people have talked about quite as much as maybe they
Speaker 1: should have. The Sixers have not had a lot of
Speaker 1: time off. They have three days in a row off
Speaker 1: right now. That's not something that they have at all
Speaker 1: this season. So an opportunity for the guys to get
Speaker 1: a little bit of rest, a little bit of recovery,
Speaker 1: celebrate the new year, and then some more time off
Speaker 1: between the next games. So the Sixers will only have
Speaker 1: three games in the next I believe it is twelve days,
Speaker 1: which is again so welcome for a team that's been
Speaker 1: through a rigorous schedule so far. So looking forward to
Speaker 1: that one as the Sixers host the Rackets on January third,
Speaker 1: Matt Murphy, I will hope to be with you for
Speaker 1: Twitter spaces on January fourth. Yea, I will let you
Speaker 1: close it down from here. Will do two of those
Speaker 1: games of the three in the next twelve days are
Speaker 1: at home, including the Rockets game. The Rockets are ten
Speaker 1: and twenty five, bottom of the West. They had a
Speaker 1: very long winning streak of not too long ago, but
Speaker 1: right now they've lost five straight games. They're three and
Speaker 1: seventeen away from home, so the Sixers will have the
Speaker 1: home court advantage on Monday night at seven pm. You
Speaker 1: mentioned Christian Wood. Here's a random broadcasting fun facts from me.
Speaker 1: It's that my first professional broadcast in twenty eighteen was
Speaker 1: a Delaware Bluecoats game at the University of Delaware. Christian
Speaker 1: Wood was formerly a player for Delaware, but he was
Speaker 1: playing at the time for the Wisconsin Heard in the
Speaker 1: Milwaukee Bucks organization. He scored thirty plus point in my
Speaker 1: first ever pro broadcast against the Bluecoats, who had thirty
Speaker 1: plus from Shake Milton as a rookie as a rookie
Speaker 1: professional Christian Wood and Shake Milton in Delaware and now
Speaker 1: they'll square off in the NBA a few years later.
Speaker 1: And I really have a fun, wild final thought here
Speaker 1: from Jerry Lee, as I talk about cooking. I'm going
Speaker 1: to read this and its entirety. Eggs. Benedict is amazing
Speaker 1: with hollandaise sauce over English muffins. Bro. If you learn
Speaker 1: to make that and eat it, you will make that
Speaker 1: a stable in your breakfasts at least once a month. Noted,
Speaker 1: thank you, j thank you. No chance, I'm a hater.
Speaker 1: There's no chance you learned to do that first. But
Speaker 1: if you do, I look forward to hearing about how
Speaker 1: you managed to do it. Matt really excited about the
Speaker 1: three you in the new year. Oh, now that I
Speaker 1: talked about it, I guess I have to try, so
Speaker 1: you do. Those are the rules? All right? Well on
Speaker 1: that note, good stuff as always. The Sixers big win
Speaker 1: in Brooklyn, huge win on the road, Three straight wins
Speaker 1: all on the road, one ten, one, two thirty four
Speaker 1: from MB twenty five from Maxie. They forced the Nets
Speaker 1: into eighteen turnovers and they give the Nets their tenth
Speaker 1: loss of the season. The Sixers are now nineteen and sixteen.
Speaker 1: Like Lauren said, we will hope to be back with
Speaker 1: you on Twitter spaces following the next Sixers win. They
Speaker 1: play the Rockets on Monday night at seven pm. Eastern Time.
Speaker 1: Until then, everyone have a happy New Year. We will
Speaker 1: talk in twenty twenty two. Thanks for being with us.
Speaker 1: As always, it is always a lot of fun. Thanks
Speaker 1: again for listening for Lauren Rosen. I'm Matt Murphy and
Speaker 1: we'll catch you next time. See Yeah,