Speaker 1: This is seventy Sixers. Rewind time now to listen back
Speaker 1: to postgame reaction from the team's most recent game. He's
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Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler for the game, Winnie Triple Are you Kenny
Speaker 1: Bay the Sixers postgame show right now? Ninety five the fanatic?
Speaker 1: Do you have it? Other nights you don't, And unfortunately
Speaker 1: for the seventy Sixers, the latter came into play tonight,
Speaker 1: a one twenty nine ninety five loss on the road
Speaker 1: at Moda Center to the Portland Trailblazers. My name is
Speaker 1: Brian Seltzer from Sixers dot Com. We're gonna hear from
Speaker 1: Tom McGuinness once again. We expect to hear from seventy
Speaker 1: Sixers head coach Brett Brown. Tough one for the seventy
Speaker 1: Sixers this evening without Choel Embiid. You knew it was
Speaker 1: going to be a challenge. The team announced before the
Speaker 1: game that the all star seven footer was going to
Speaker 1: miss tonight's game, his second game that he's missed this season,
Speaker 1: and did a sourness in his left knee. Six Ers. Actually,
Speaker 1: I thought got off to a relatively energetic, encouraging start.
Speaker 1: In the first three or four minutes they went up
Speaker 1: thirteen to seven, but after that the Trailblazers closed the
Speaker 1: first quarter on a twenty four to seven run, scored
Speaker 1: the first twelve points of period number two, and that
Speaker 1: was about it. Let's check in with Brett Brown, player
Speaker 1: of the year. You know you feel him. Whether you
Speaker 1: look at the points in the paints it's sixty two
Speaker 1: to thirty, whether you look at the rebounding margin, and
Speaker 1: I think the guys that we had, we just struggled
Speaker 1: defending them. We missed a lot of shots. We had
Speaker 1: a hard time defending them, and the combination as lethal.
Speaker 1: When you look down and you end up a game
Speaker 1: with thirteen more shots than the opponent and you know,
Speaker 1: only eleven turnovers, you wouldn't think the margin is the margin.
Speaker 1: But eight for forty three at eighteen percent from threes,
Speaker 1: you know our wings with fourteen for forty six, and
Speaker 1: it's it's hard to overcome that against a really good
Speaker 1: team on their home court. I know that you could
Speaker 1: said one of the things tonight was getting Jimmy Butler
Speaker 1: started early. Sometimes guys just have off nights. Was it
Speaker 1: one of those nights, I think so like he cares,
Speaker 1: he puts in work. You know, we've all been spending
Speaker 1: a lot of time together trying to find comfort zones
Speaker 1: and where people you know, operate the best and how
Speaker 1: they interact as teammates. And it takes time. And he's prideful,
Speaker 1: he cares, he's inquisitive, and we're gonna move on like this.
Speaker 1: This is this is one of those games. You put
Speaker 1: it to bed. We got two more games on this
Speaker 1: road trip and regroup. Seventy six Ers head coach Brett
Speaker 1: Brown after the team's won twenty nine ninety five loss
Speaker 1: at Portland Tonight. Sixers now twenty three and fourteen on
Speaker 1: the season, one and two on this season long five
Speaker 1: game road trip. Jim Butler did get off to a
Speaker 1: tough start tonight, miss his first seven shots overall, finished
Speaker 1: two of twelve and twenty six minutes for five points.
Speaker 1: He did have six assists for the seventy six sixers,
Speaker 1: led by Ben Simmons with nineteen, Jj Reddick eleven on
Speaker 1: three of eleven shooting off the bench, t J McConnell
Speaker 1: with fourteen. With the Sixers threatened modestly midway through the
Speaker 1: second quarter was behind a flurry from t. J. McConnell.
Speaker 1: The Trailblazers called a time out after the margin was brought,
Speaker 1: as I said, to fifteen points. But then the starters
Speaker 1: came in for rip City after that, and they quickly
Speaker 1: regained control Portland and not trailed by any fewer I
Speaker 1: beg your pardon. Portland did not lead by no less
Speaker 1: than twenty four points in the second half. A flat
Speaker 1: out dominant performance led by c. J. McCollum for the
Speaker 1: Blazers thirty five points for him, fifteen for Damian Lillard.
Speaker 1: A lot of stuff went their use off. Narkitchi had
Speaker 1: fourteen points, seven rebounds, three assists in the game. And
Speaker 1: Alfreu Camino he was a very important presence, especially to
Speaker 1: getting Portland jump started down the stretch of that first quarter.
Speaker 1: He had sixteen points and eight rebounds for the Blazers.
Speaker 1: Tonight on ninety five the final We'll speak with Tom McGinnis.
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Speaker 1: six Ers knocked off in Portland one twenty nine to
Speaker 1: ninety five now twenty three and fourteen on the season
Speaker 1: one and two on this season long five game trip,
Speaker 1: my name's Brian Seltzer. Nineteen for Ben Simmons, fourteen for
Speaker 1: TJ McConnell, thirty five from CJ mccollumn of the Trailblazers,
Speaker 1: fifteen for Damian Lillard. Blazer shot fifty nine percent in
Speaker 1: the game. The seventy Sixers held to thirty five and
Speaker 1: a half percent from the field, eight to forty three
Speaker 1: from outside the ark. Bringing Tom McGinnis from Moda Center,
Speaker 1: who called tonight's game Tom, the Sixers I thought came
Speaker 1: out with a decent amount of energy that obviously wasn't sustained.
Speaker 1: Where do you think this one turned against them? Well,
Speaker 1: you know, I agree, you know, and it looked like
Speaker 1: Simmons was being very assertive, like he was going to
Speaker 1: get a lot of the down low post catches, and
Speaker 1: you know he did early. And yet it's not just
Speaker 1: Amno or whome Evan Turner. You know, once you get
Speaker 1: by one of those guys. You had Nurkitch down there,
Speaker 1: and he's such a big guy. Ben ended up with
Speaker 1: twelve attempts from the field, ten tries from the nine
Speaker 1: and then they just they got hot, you know, I
Speaker 1: mean the Portland just started. CJ McCollum was, you know, unstoppable.
Speaker 1: And it's amazing duo because obviously Lillard is the guy
Speaker 1: that you presume is going to do the most damnag
Speaker 1: you had forty last night. He helped him win the
Speaker 1: game and overtime down in Oakland last Thursday in that
Speaker 1: victory over the Warriors. And yet you know, it's a
Speaker 1: it's a very prolific combination. And you know these guys
Speaker 1: that can really light it up, like last night here
Speaker 1: Thompson and Durant and Curry. The two guys had twenty five,
Speaker 1: play had thirty two. I mean, and that's that's the
Speaker 1: way the game is. And the Sixers they just didn't
Speaker 1: they you know, they certainly have Reddick in that regard,
Speaker 1: and he really struggled tonight, and so did Jimmy Butler,
Speaker 1: and so it was really Ben and TJ McConnell. And
Speaker 1: I already alluded to the plus minus of McConnell, and
Speaker 1: I thought he played well, but he was on the
Speaker 1: court when the Blazers outscored the Sixers to the tune
Speaker 1: of thirty eight points, so he was, you know, what's
Speaker 1: referred to as as a minus thirty eight. TJ had
Speaker 1: fourteen points. He was six of seven, but they, you know,
Speaker 1: they did a number on the Sixers while he was
Speaker 1: out there. So it was like that was the first
Speaker 1: question posed that coaches this one of those nights, and
Speaker 1: it was and it doesn't excuse it or anything, but
Speaker 1: it chose you how much they miss indeed, you know,
Speaker 1: was defensive player and the offense he gives them. And
Speaker 1: then the Sixers were flat, and there's you know, that's
Speaker 1: hard to explain. And again, oftentimes, you know, I don't
Speaker 1: know that even coaches know how their team's got to perform.
Speaker 1: You would have thought the Sixers were in a good place.
Speaker 1: They had a really convincing win theirselves on Thursday night
Speaker 1: against Utah, and yet they were the team that didn't
Speaker 1: have the energy and the fight. And it was all
Speaker 1: Portland here tonight, and the game was basically over by halftime.
Speaker 1: One ninety five. Portland wins it at Moda Center. Now
Speaker 1: time up next for the seventy Sixers as they head
Speaker 1: into the home stretch of this road trip. It's the
Speaker 1: start of a back to back versus the LA Clippers.
Speaker 1: That game is on New Year's Day. The seventy Sixers
Speaker 1: knocked off the Clips one two, one thirteen back on
Speaker 1: November first. But this LA team is playing well. They
Speaker 1: went through a rough stretch earlier on in the month
Speaker 1: of December, but they've recovered. They did lose against San
Speaker 1: Antonio yesterday, but they've been playing better basketball. Tobias Harris
Speaker 1: a possible All Star candidate, and they've got a really
Speaker 1: balanced top five unit, no doubt about it. And this
Speaker 1: was thought to be, you know, a year where you know,
Speaker 1: the West is so thick with very good teams and
Speaker 1: the competition, and I don't remember a lot of teams
Speaker 1: going look out for the Clippers, and yet Doc Rivers
Speaker 1: is a really good coach and it's come together. You're right,
Speaker 1: Harris is playing really well, and that's going to be
Speaker 1: a very difficult game down there, and particularly you don't
Speaker 1: know and bead status. Brett Brown was saying that this tonight,
Speaker 1: the sitting Joel was mostly precautionary, so one would like
Speaker 1: to think he'd be able to play and that'll be
Speaker 1: a big difference in that game. And then I think
Speaker 1: when you lose like this as a competitive group, you're
Speaker 1: going to come back and show a lot more fight.
Speaker 1: Does not necessarily mean you're going to win the games.
Speaker 1: You still have to execute and get it done on
Speaker 1: you know, an opposing teams floor. But that that's a
Speaker 1: big game. I mean, that could tilt the balance of
Speaker 1: whether this becomes a winning road trip or not. So
Speaker 1: far the Sixers are one and two, but yeah, the
Speaker 1: Clippers are gonna be a tough out to be sure. Alrighty, Tom,
Speaker 1: enjoy the rest of what is left of your night
Speaker 1: and the West Coast and will talk to you on
Speaker 1: New Year's Day. Good night, Thank you, Brian seventy Sixers
Speaker 1: lose in Portland one twenty nine to ninety five, will
Speaker 1: recap from the final numbers, play a couple of highlights
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Speaker 1: Sixers visiting the Portland Trailblazers for the only time this season,
Speaker 1: are a tough stop in rip City. Brian Seltzer from
Speaker 1: sixers dot coms We've got nowt to a couple highlights
Speaker 1: from tonight's game. It was a decent start for the
Speaker 1: seventy sixers. They were with at Joe Ellen Bid, but
Speaker 1: they got off to a pretty spirited start and JJ
Speaker 1: Reddick was in the mix. Al Reddick top of the arc,
Speaker 1: three ball and good JJ Reddick with a laser right over. CJ.
Speaker 1: Mccama and the sixers by four. They're five for five
Speaker 1: from the field. Eleven to seven was the score. They
Speaker 1: went up by as many as six at thirteen to seven,
Speaker 1: and then things started it to change. The Portland Trailblazers
Speaker 1: zoomed in front nineteen to fourteen. Ben Simmons with one
Speaker 1: of his highlights on the night. Here's Ben down low
Speaker 1: with a catch and a layup, is up and around
Speaker 1: and good but Scala with the infry feed from beyond
Speaker 1: the three point arc straight away and seventh with the
Speaker 1: inside basket, so he's getting a lot of action around
Speaker 1: the goal. He's got seven, as does Reddick. Only a
Speaker 1: three point game in favor of Portland at that point,
Speaker 1: nineteen to sixteen. But the Trailblazers would go on to
Speaker 1: score the next five points and finished the first quarter
Speaker 1: on a run of twelve two two. They liked thirty
Speaker 1: one to twenty after one. CJ. Mccollumn, big reason why
Speaker 1: but Collum the lehigh productle to pull up on Jonah
Speaker 1: Pold that he's got five in a road right hand shot.
Speaker 1: McCollum lived from seventeen and scores it straight away. Blazers
Speaker 1: mean while twelve of seventeen seventy percent. They would continue
Speaker 1: to shoot lights out to open the second period, scoring
Speaker 1: the first twelve points of the frame to go by
Speaker 1: twenty three forty three to twenty CJ. McCollum, he would
Speaker 1: not slow down for much of the time he's spent
Speaker 1: on the court. Tonight, Amino tips at ball comes free
Speaker 1: and McCollum gets a layup. Landry, Shammon and Ruddick go down.
Speaker 1: Alf Brooke Aminos so active sets up a second chance
Speaker 1: and an easy basket for mccamum. They made it fifty
Speaker 1: nine thirty six in the second quarter of the seventy sixers.
Speaker 1: They were down seventy to forty one at the break.
Speaker 1: They would not get any closer than twenty four points
Speaker 1: in the second half. Trailblazers biggest leave the night at
Speaker 1: forty three. They go on to win at one, twenty nine,
Speaker 1: two and ninety five. Seventy six Ers now twenty three
Speaker 1: and fourteen on the year, Trailblazers improved to twenty one
Speaker 1: and sixteen. Trailblazers shot fifty nine percent for the game,
Speaker 1: the Sixers thirty five and a half percent. Sixers eight
Speaker 1: of forty three from three, the Trailblazers were twelve of
Speaker 1: twenty two. Only eleven turnovers for the seventy six or
Speaker 1: twenty one for the Blazers. But Portland just dominated the
Speaker 1: seventy sixers on the glass without and beat tonight fifty
Speaker 1: nine to thirty six. They also out scored the seventy
Speaker 1: sixers sixty two to thirty in the paint and eighteen
Speaker 1: to eleven on second chance opportunities. Some pretty telling stats
Speaker 1: right there about the effect that Joe ollenbad has and
Speaker 1: conversely does not have when he's unavailable. For the Sixers game,
Speaker 1: highest scoring total went to c. J mccollumn with thirty
Speaker 1: five points, his second highest total of the season. Seventy
Speaker 1: Sixers were led by Ben Simmons with nineteen He was
Speaker 1: seven to twelve in the field, five of ten from
Speaker 1: the line, three rebounds, three assists and two steals in
Speaker 1: twenty five minutes of action. Fourteen points for t Jim
Speaker 1: McConnell off the bench, He only missed one of his
Speaker 1: seven shots in the game. Demitriz Jackson played ten minutes
Speaker 1: down the stretch in the fourth quarter when the game
Speaker 1: was out of hand, Button he scored ten points. A
Speaker 1: two way player for the seventy Sixers, Jimmy Butler miss
Speaker 1: his first seven shots. He finished two of twelve to
Speaker 1: five points. JJ Reddick with eleven three to eleven from
Speaker 1: the field. Seventy six Ers just did not have it tonight.
Speaker 1: They do have on New Year's Day a date at
Speaker 1: ten to thirty Eastern with the LA Clippers. The Clippers
Speaker 1: have won four of their last six games after dropping
Speaker 1: six out of seven, and they are a top team
Speaker 1: in the Western Conference at twenty one and fifteen on
Speaker 1: the year. Tobias Harris has been great, so two has
Speaker 1: Danilo Gallinari. There's Avery Badley, a tough defender in the backcourt,
Speaker 1: and also Shy Gildis Alexander, a lottery pick for the
Speaker 1: Clippers this past summer and he's been playing pretty well,
Speaker 1: averaging ten and a half points per game. So the
Speaker 1: tip time at ten thirty Eastern on New Year's Day.
Speaker 1: We'll talk to you on some of our Sixers Right
Speaker 1: Network affiliates beginning at ten and twenty Big thanks to
Speaker 1: the guys back of the studio. Brian mclock Glen and
Speaker 1: Carl Namoli. Now for the radio voice the seventy six Ers,
Speaker 1: Tom McGinnis, Brian Seltzer, saying so long for now, one
Speaker 1: final time of the final score. It was the Portland
Speaker 1: Trailblazers one twenty nine, the seventy Sixers ninety five of
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