WEBVTT - The BroadCast: 3/1/18- Rewind vs. Cavaliers 0:00:00.720 --> 0:00:05.160 This is the Philadelphia has seventy Sixers postgame show. I 0:00:05.200 --> 0:00:07.960 can walk about about Broadstree Stars. He's gonna turn and 0:00:08.080 --> 0:00:11.680 get it off Patty Rolls in the Sixers postgame show 0:00:12.320 --> 0:00:18.720 right now on Nutty seven five the Fanetic. Now, that 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:21.639 is the way to wrap up a very important, challenging 0:00:21.760 --> 0:00:25.120 Eastern Conference road trip. For the first time since March 0:00:25.160 --> 0:00:30.200 of twenty thirteen, seventy Sixers defeat the Cleveland Cavalier's final 0:00:30.280 --> 0:00:33.839 score one O eight to ninety seven. Brian Seltzer with 0:00:34.120 --> 0:00:36.680 you here on the postgame show from Sixers dot com. 0:00:36.800 --> 0:00:39.560 Let's check in right now with Sixers head coach Brett Brown. 0:00:39.840 --> 0:00:43.400 Down the stretch where you know, JJ hit hit some 0:00:43.520 --> 0:00:45.760 shots out of some stuff we were trying to do 0:00:45.880 --> 0:00:49.440 to close games out. I thought Dario sarch Is three 0:00:49.600 --> 0:00:52.199 from Band out of a sort of a you know, 0:00:52.360 --> 0:00:56.120 a middle pick and roll type play helped us that. 0:00:56.160 --> 0:00:59.280 I thought that really was the backbreaker. And then you know, 0:00:59.680 --> 0:01:01.480 we got at Joel the ball and he made a 0:01:01.600 --> 0:01:05.679 tough baseline fade away I think to sort of seal 0:01:05.760 --> 0:01:10.280 the deal. I think, so, you know, when he just 0:01:10.319 --> 0:01:12.560 saw the double team coming from the top, he reacted 0:01:12.600 --> 0:01:15.039 with a drops step to the baseline. He's seven foot two. 0:01:15.080 --> 0:01:18.160 He fades just enough and gets it off. It's really, 0:01:18.280 --> 0:01:22.280 you know, a remarkable shot at that stage of the game. Um, 0:01:23.440 --> 0:01:25.600 it got us over the top. When you look at 0:01:25.640 --> 0:01:27.920 this road trip that you have been easiest to say, well, 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:30.240 Cleveland would be the hardest city to win in because 0:01:30.240 --> 0:01:32.880 you guys haven't won here in eleven games. So how 0:01:32.959 --> 0:01:35.880 after losing to Washington in Miami, was this the one 0:01:35.920 --> 0:01:38.680 that you ended up pulling out? Um? I don't know. 0:01:38.880 --> 0:01:41.480 I think you know, you've been with us on this 0:01:41.680 --> 0:01:45.360 road trip, and I stand by what I said that, 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:47.760 Like you're just trying to like move along, you know, 0:01:47.840 --> 0:01:49.920 at this stage of the year, you want to move along. 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:53.520 I thought we moved on from Washington and played better 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:56.840 in Miami. I thought we moved on from Miami and 0:01:56.960 --> 0:01:59.840 did some things better here. And that's really all your 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:02.440 trying to do, you know. The absorption of Irson and 0:02:03.000 --> 0:02:06.520 introducing him to us off and getting Marco gone and 0:02:06.640 --> 0:02:10.359 more of a defined role. I was especially happy for 0:02:10.560 --> 0:02:15.120 JJ tonight. He was a bell ringer tonight and for 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:17.960 the people not from Philadelphia. We have a tradition at 0:02:17.960 --> 0:02:20.120 any win, we have we have a liberty bell. If 0:02:20.160 --> 0:02:22.600 somebody rings the bell, we carry it with us wherever 0:02:22.720 --> 0:02:25.079 we go, and we're proud of it. And he was 0:02:25.160 --> 0:02:28.440 the bell ringer tonight. And after you know that miss 0:02:28.520 --> 0:02:30.560 he had in Miami, the way he came back and 0:02:30.720 --> 0:02:35.079 responded was excellent. And to your point, Jess, you know, 0:02:35.120 --> 0:02:38.679 when you're making your travels, you know you're playing a 0:02:38.800 --> 0:02:41.959 fifth seed, an eight seed, and a third seed, and 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:45.000 you know, this was a great experience for this team. 0:02:46.080 --> 0:02:48.040 It's just one game. But to come in here and 0:02:48.160 --> 0:02:53.200 beat these guys in their places, that something that's a 0:02:53.200 --> 0:02:56.280 little meat, a little more than we won't we won't get, 0:02:56.919 --> 0:02:59.120 you know, two ahead of us. We're proud of the win. 0:02:59.200 --> 0:03:02.639 Anytime you can beat a team that Lebron James plays on, 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:06.880 you know you must have done something fairly decent. And 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:13.000 I think, like my mind and my message to our team, 0:03:13.280 --> 0:03:16.680 I hope it's grounded. I hope it's it's what needs 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:19.240 to be said to them. It's it's it's I'm far 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:23.440 more concerned about like doing our homework than the exam. 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:27.440 And we we're knocking out good days. We feel like 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:31.560 when not skipping steps, small things matter, you know, the 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:36.320 detail of which we're trying to do. Stuff matters and 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:39.280 they're aware of it, and this is what we're trying 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:43.119 to sort of center our world on as this season unfolds. 0:03:43.280 --> 0:03:45.840 Is getting really good defensively at the details of what 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:49.000 matters most, in the execution at the end of game 0:03:49.120 --> 0:03:51.640 of what matters most. And I thought tonight we did 0:03:51.720 --> 0:03:55.080 some of that. The seventy six Ers certainly did defeating 0:03:55.120 --> 0:03:58.840 the three time defending Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers. One 0:03:58.880 --> 0:04:02.240 of eight ninety seven Ben Simmons certainly held his own 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:06.080 going up against his mentor, Lebron James eighteen points, nine rebounds, 0:04:06.120 --> 0:04:09.040 and eight assists, flirting with his seventh triple double of 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:12.200 the season. JJ Reddick was dialed in from the outset 0:04:12.240 --> 0:04:14.840 of tonight's game, as Brett Brown said, and man did 0:04:14.880 --> 0:04:17.560 he come up large at various spots throughout, especially with 0:04:17.640 --> 0:04:20.680 a baseline two pointer with fifty five seconds left to 0:04:20.720 --> 0:04:23.840 make it one O two to ninety four. He finished 0:04:23.880 --> 0:04:27.040 with twenty two points to lead the Sixers. Joel Embiid 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:29.720 helped steer the Sixers home as well, finished with seventeen 0:04:29.800 --> 0:04:34.440 and fourteen back to back big buckets on consecutive possessions, 0:04:34.480 --> 0:04:38.120 pushing the seventy Sixers lead from ninety eight ninety four 0:04:38.279 --> 0:04:42.000 to one hundred ninety four. He was in the mix 0:04:42.160 --> 0:04:45.520 as well. Really a collective effort for the seventy Sixers 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:49.200 which clamped down down the stretch. There was one juncture 0:04:49.279 --> 0:04:52.280 where they only allowed one field goal to the Cavaliers 0:04:52.360 --> 0:04:55.440 over the final four minutes of regulation, and they came 0:04:55.520 --> 0:04:58.240 up in the clutch with timely deposits. So all around, 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:01.560 this was a really good for the seventy Sixers to 0:05:01.720 --> 0:05:04.720 finish off a challenging, difficult road trip. As Brett Brown 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:08.960 mentioned losses at Washington and Miami. Like the Cavaliers and 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:11.880 the seventy Sixers, all those teams hopefuls in the Eastern 0:05:11.960 --> 0:05:14.920 Conference playoff race. Sixers now within two and a half 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:18.520 games of the Cavaliers for third place in the Eastern 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:22.800 Conference standings. All five starters in double figures, Marco Belinelli 0:05:23.080 --> 0:05:26.160 with eleven points off the bench, Earthson Iliasova two for 0:05:26.279 --> 0:05:28.920 five in his return of the seventy Sixers, finishing with 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:31.920 six all part of the Sixers one oh eight ninety 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:34.680 seven win at Cleveland. They snap an eleven games skid 0:05:34.760 --> 0:05:37.320 of the Calves, their first win over Cleveland since March 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:41.400 of twenty thirteen. Tom McGinnis is standing by. We'll talk 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:45.120 more about the Sixers efforts, the thirty point nine rebound, 0:05:45.279 --> 0:05:49.000 eight assists showing from Lebron James, how the rook Ben 0:05:49.160 --> 0:05:52.800 Simmons acquitted himself against the King, and other things that 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:55.520 went into a good victory for the Sixers. Tonight it's 0:05:55.560 --> 0:06:03.000 the postgame showing the Sixers Raider Network. Seventy Sixers finish 0:06:03.080 --> 0:06:05.080 off their three game road trip with the one oweight 0:06:05.240 --> 0:06:07.920 ninety seven win at Cleveland. Brian Seltzer with you from 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:09.920 Sixers dot Com. We'll got to Tom McGinnis and a 0:06:09.960 --> 0:06:12.039 second but first day Top of the Hour station ID 0:06:12.200 --> 0:06:14.720 here on the Sixers Raider Network, the home for the 0:06:14.839 --> 0:06:18.360 Philadelphia seventy Sixers and the Philadelphia Fly nine seventy five 0:06:18.440 --> 0:06:23.880 The Fanatic wpeodcasting from the Xfinity Studio only from Comcast. 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:27.680 Sixers with a big finish against the Cavaliers Tonight, Tom 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:31.400 McGinnis two way play on both sides, some really big 0:06:31.520 --> 0:06:35.120 shots from Sharch and bead Reddick, and the defense stiffened 0:06:35.120 --> 0:06:37.760 when it mattered the most, and that's what matters. You 0:06:37.839 --> 0:06:39.800 have to have baskets and the guts of the game 0:06:39.920 --> 0:06:43.200 to create the you know, obviously, to pad your lead 0:06:43.320 --> 0:06:47.600 and give yourself enough cushion down the stretch so it 0:06:47.680 --> 0:06:50.080 doesn't come down to bob the last possession. And I 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:53.760 thought Brett Brown, obviously with the Clairvoyants and a coach, 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:56.160 you know, but Darios three was so big, and that 0:06:56.360 --> 0:06:59.560 floater by a bead, and just the ability to withstand 0:06:59.640 --> 0:07:01.840 Cleveland run because you knew they were coming. They did. 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:04.600 They cut it to three, and they missed a lot 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:07.000 of shots. They ended up shooting forty one percent. They 0:07:07.080 --> 0:07:09.760 took eighty seven shot Sixers went forty of ninety, so 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:12.600 not a whole lot better forty four percent. But you know, 0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:15.080 the phrase has been uttered that it's a and this 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:18.200 is an oversimplification, but it's true. It's a maker miss league. 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:20.920 And the Sixers got some big baskets here. They missed 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:22.840 a couple down the stretch in Miami, and that's the 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:26.760 difference between winning and losing. But a great, hard fought 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:28.600 win for the Sixers, one of the best of the year. 0:07:29.240 --> 0:07:32.960 Sixers defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers, one of weight ninety seven, 0:07:33.080 --> 0:07:34.720 and there is some symbolism when I think one of 0:07:34.720 --> 0:07:37.560 the reporters afterwards seemed to be getting to this about 0:07:37.720 --> 0:07:41.000 the Sixers going to Cleveland and beating a team regardless 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:44.240 of who else makes up the roster that features Lebron 0:07:44.400 --> 0:07:47.720 James and Ben Simmons. He helped lead that defensive charge, 0:07:47.760 --> 0:07:49.560 had a big steal at one point that led out 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:52.680 to an Iliasova run out layup, and he for the 0:07:52.840 --> 0:07:55.320 bulk of the fourth quarter in the second half, had 0:07:55.360 --> 0:07:58.720 the primary assignment on James, no doubt about it. He competes. 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:01.320 And if it's the same sequins that we're talking about 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:04.880 where Joel ran out and guarded Clarkson and rotate it 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:06.679 all the way back and tipped it out of bounds, 0:08:06.720 --> 0:08:09.720 I mean, that's incredible athleticism for a seven two player 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:12.880 to run, you know, like basically forty feet well actually 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:15.040 forty feet in one direction and thirty something back the 0:08:15.120 --> 0:08:18.200 other way. And then after he tipped it out of bounds, 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:22.440 the ball comes in and Simmons tips it and steals 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:24.440 it and led the run out. And that's not the 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:27.080 exact identical player you're talking about. That was a pivotal 0:08:27.160 --> 0:08:30.840 play as well. I mean, these guys compete, and even 0:08:30.960 --> 0:08:34.040 after a hiccup or a turnover or miss shots or 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:36.559 a lull, they come back in battle. And that's the 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:39.319 identity of a winning team. And so to your point 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:42.040 about winning here, I think it's important. I mean all 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:44.480 these wins are important. I mean all these victories. You 0:08:44.600 --> 0:08:47.199 have to get somewhere upwards of forty to get into 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:51.080 a good position in the Eastern Conference. But to prove 0:08:51.200 --> 0:08:53.040 that you can come here. This is a six three 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:55.679 matchup would have been five weeks. It ends up being 0:08:55.800 --> 0:08:57.920 the matchup in the opening round of the playoffs. That's 0:08:57.960 --> 0:09:00.679 a conceivable thought at this age. You want to know 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:02.880 and you had the confidence to know that you can 0:09:02.920 --> 0:09:05.400 come in here and win. And I thought they pulled 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:08.320 together nicely. Again that number, I believe it's twenty games 0:09:08.360 --> 0:09:10.480 now where the Sixers starters have been in double figures. 0:09:10.880 --> 0:09:13.480 It's a very effective first five. And they proved that 0:09:13.640 --> 0:09:16.320 tonight For the Sixers. Tom something that you and Brett 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:18.640 Brown talked about beforehand, had he stiff and had he 0:09:18.679 --> 0:09:21.240 answered the task? And they did. They got a lot 0:09:21.280 --> 0:09:24.760 of balanced performances across the roster tonight, and every time 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:27.120 it seemed like Cleveland might have been threatening with the run. 0:09:27.920 --> 0:09:31.640 They had a response, Iliasova making his debut getting involved 0:09:31.679 --> 0:09:34.040 in right now, it seems like the team is, you know, 0:09:34.200 --> 0:09:36.719 just like that, after two tough losses. It seems like 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:39.599 they come back to Philadelphia for a game tomorrow with 0:09:39.679 --> 0:09:42.840 a different type of shine. Although Charlotte playing better. They've 0:09:42.920 --> 0:09:45.080 had a season high wind streak just snapped the other night, 0:09:45.360 --> 0:09:47.719 so a big test to wait once again. Yeah, no, 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:49.679 so ear Sun will be good and I think he's 0:09:49.720 --> 0:09:51.960 going to get better as the days and weeks head 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:53.880 along to the end of the regular season and then 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:56.480 again hopefully into the postseason. He's going to give you 0:09:56.600 --> 0:09:59.040 some scoring off the bench. The guy can score the ball. 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:01.640 I mean even this year average ten points per game. Boy, 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:04.280 the Sixers would take that. Marco Belinelli average nine points 0:10:04.679 --> 0:10:06.560 per game. So you're gonna get a little more production 0:10:07.040 --> 0:10:10.600 from your second unit and that's certainly welcomed. And then 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:14.240 the shine is because they beat Cleveland. The difficult part 0:10:14.400 --> 0:10:18.199 is late arrival tonight week on the road, coming back 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:21.040 where they've played tremendous basketball. They've had quite the streak 0:10:21.400 --> 0:10:24.079 at the center. But to your point to Charlotte is 0:10:24.080 --> 0:10:27.559 playing its best basketball of the year, no doubt about it. 0:10:27.679 --> 0:10:30.840 So they're rested and raring to go. So that's gonna 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:34.079 be a very difficult game tomorrow for the Sixers, and 0:10:34.200 --> 0:10:36.560 you got to get up and beat took some hard falls. 0:10:36.640 --> 0:10:39.000 He took that one right in the beginning of the game, 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:41.600 so there's no doubt he's going to have some stiffness 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:44.400 in that lower back area. So it's gonna be a 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:47.520 battle royal and that's where you really need. That's where 0:10:47.520 --> 0:10:50.079 you might get a little bit of a Rashaun Holmes 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:52.960 in the game, and Tim and Taylor wild Cabreau give 0:10:53.000 --> 0:10:55.959 you some minutes and really use the entire depth of 0:10:56.000 --> 0:10:58.440 the roster to be able to help you push forward 0:10:58.440 --> 0:11:00.480 because that's not going to be an easy game. And 0:11:00.559 --> 0:11:02.880 that's life in the NBA. I mean, that's the home. 0:11:03.240 --> 0:11:05.439 The road back to back at home, I think is 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:07.400 the hardest, particularly when you've been on the road. These 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:10.439 guys have been away from their family, their friends, and 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:12.880 now they got to gear up, get rested, in, gear up, 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:16.920 ratcheted back up. It's there's a process of letting this mirrinate. 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:19.079 I mean, you can't just turn this off right away, 0:11:19.559 --> 0:11:21.720 even into the morning. You wake up, and then then 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:24.120 you start to have to think and shift gears and 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:27.800 focus all your attention on your preparation, your readiness, and 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:31.160 then eventually the game plan for Charlotte. So it shapes 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:33.720 up to be a great game again Tomorrow night. Tom 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:36.960 Easy travels back talking tomorrow. Thank you, Good night, Brian. 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:40.160 Seventy Sixers over the Cavaliers one to eight ninety seven. 0:11:40.200 --> 0:11:42.679 We'll hear some of Tom's highlight calls coming up after this. 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:47.520 It's the postgame showing the Sixers rating Network Sixers and 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:50.240 Cleveland for the third time this season, third and final 0:11:50.320 --> 0:11:53.760 game of the seventy sixers important Eastern Conference road trip. 0:11:53.800 --> 0:11:56.319 Let us get to some of the highlights courtesy of 0:11:56.480 --> 0:12:00.280 Tom McGinnis. Early on, the three pointers were falling JJ Redick, 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:03.280 who had that tough miss in the closing seconds of 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:06.600 Tuesday's game at Miami while he was dialed in from 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:09.880 the jump. Reddick, who would be backdoor JJ to the corner, 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:13.319 stops fires on hill and good again. The Sixers, with 0:12:13.600 --> 0:12:16.400 four bay three pointers and the opening three and a 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:19.280 half minutes they started five for six, really set the 0:12:19.360 --> 0:12:21.760 tone for the game. Even though Cleveland was down by 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:25.040 just three after one thirty two to twenty nine. The 0:12:25.160 --> 0:12:28.679 Sixers didn't get much separation in the second quarter. Ben 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:32.640 Simmons he was involved in helping see the Sixers to 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:35.560 a halftime lead three point game. Simmons of the ball, 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:38.280 driving on Ospin back in the late right hand jump hook. 0:12:38.480 --> 0:12:41.760 It's good. It's nice played by Ben, very aggressive, getting 0:12:41.800 --> 0:12:44.360 down a little quickly turning and getting that right hand 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:46.600 jump hook. One of the rare instances in the first 0:12:46.640 --> 0:12:49.360 half we saw Simmons get deep into the block and 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:52.199 he scored fifty nine fifty six a few moments later 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:55.240 would be where things stood. Going in to the break. 0:12:55.360 --> 0:12:58.360 Middle of the third, Simmons seemed to take his game 0:12:58.520 --> 0:13:02.680 to another level against Lebron. Stops from enough delbows shot 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:05.120 by Simmons is up and good and what a quarter 0:13:05.280 --> 0:13:08.400 for Ben Simmons. He now has twelve points in the 0:13:08.559 --> 0:13:11.800 game and Ben Simmons with eight here in the third. 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:14.680 He would finish with ten in the frame, a big 0:13:14.800 --> 0:13:17.920 part of the Sixers pushing their lead towards double figures. 0:13:17.960 --> 0:13:21.079 They led seventy seven seventy one at the end of 0:13:21.440 --> 0:13:24.760 three and for as big as that mid third quarter 0:13:24.840 --> 0:13:27.839 push was, that was fueled by Simmons. The Sixers also 0:13:27.920 --> 0:13:30.400 snapped off a run of seven in row to start 0:13:30.440 --> 0:13:33.800 the fourth quarter, Simmons using some defense Simmons the flexi 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:37.319 by Lebron Steals it too, great defensive place by the Sixers, 0:13:37.360 --> 0:13:39.480 Ben in traffic, Ben down the years and a lamp 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:42.960 by Elias Omma time out Cleveland. What a defensive played 0:13:43.000 --> 0:13:46.160 by Simmons. Eighty four seventy one, biggest lead of the 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:48.480 night for the Sixers, But you knew the Calves would 0:13:48.480 --> 0:13:51.560 come charging back. At the very least Lebron James would. 0:13:51.760 --> 0:13:53.920 He made it eighty seven eighty five and around the 0:13:54.360 --> 0:13:56.839 six minute mark, Ben Simmons helped answer to get the 0:13:56.880 --> 0:14:00.400 Sixer some more insurance points. Then Lebron James and the 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:03.040 Calves had it going on again. After the Sixers led 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:05.959 ninety five ninety one, Kyle Korver set up by James 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:07.920 with a three pointer to make it a one point 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:11.079 game two and a half minutes to go, Simmons facilitating 0:14:11.640 --> 0:14:14.040 hers bend to the corner, Dario sharge for three for 0:14:14.120 --> 0:14:17.920 the Sixers. Ten ten Dario Shark baseline ride stairs back 0:14:17.960 --> 0:14:21.440 at the Cleveland bed take that Cavaliers. Sharick shoots the 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:24.400 scores and that got the decisive surge of the night 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:28.520 started moments later, JJ Reddeck download. James reaches over to 0:14:28.560 --> 0:14:31.600 Reddeck in the corner. JJ Reddick dribbles two ball baseline left. 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:36.200 It's good hierarchy shot. J. J. Reddick delivers, and that 0:14:36.400 --> 0:14:38.280 was the basket that made you feel like heys With 0:14:38.400 --> 0:14:41.120 fifty five seconds to go the Sixers, We're gonna pull 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:43.200 this one off. Would be remissed to not mention. In 0:14:43.280 --> 0:14:46.600 between the Starch and Reddick baskets, Joel Embiid with a 0:14:46.720 --> 0:14:50.480 really impressive baseline fadeaway that fueled the run eight straight 0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:53.720 points by the Sixers in the closing minutes to position 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:57.200 themselves for a big win in the land tonight. Final 0:14:57.240 --> 0:14:59.680 notes in the final stat sheet, six Ers forty four 0:14:59.680 --> 0:15:01.680 and a half percent from the field, holding Cleveland to 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:04.560 forty one and a half percent. Sixers ten to three pointers, 0:15:04.600 --> 0:15:07.160 Cleveland with nine. The Sixers were plus two from the 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:10.400 free throw line. That important in tonight's game, as was 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:12.840 the fact there were plus four on the offensive glass 0:15:12.920 --> 0:15:16.680 and plus nine in rebounds. Over All, the Sixers did survive. 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:18.920 You know, it's interesting look at the final box score. 0:15:18.960 --> 0:15:21.080 You see ten turnovers it felt like there were more. 0:15:21.800 --> 0:15:24.520 They'd certainly addressed that issue in the second half, tightened 0:15:24.560 --> 0:15:27.240 things up, and that was really helpful to their cause. Tonight, 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:29.720 JJ Redick leading the way for the Sixers with twenty 0:15:29.760 --> 0:15:31.960 two points, four of seven from outside the arc of 0:15:32.000 --> 0:15:36.080 Verry nice redemption effort for him. Joel Embiid seventeen points, 0:15:36.120 --> 0:15:39.920 fourteen rebounds is thirty second double double. Ben Simmons really 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:42.880 was great, especially in the second half, eighteen points, nine 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:46.520 rebounds and eight assists. Lebron James with thirty points, nine 0:15:46.560 --> 0:15:49.760 boards and eight times Urson Iliosovan his first game back 0:15:49.800 --> 0:15:52.400 with the Sixers. He finished with six points and two 0:15:52.480 --> 0:15:55.120 rebounds to go with two assists. Marco Bell and Ellie 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:58.920 his fourth double figure game in five appearances with the Sixers, 0:15:59.200 --> 0:16:01.480 going four of nine from the floor eleven points for 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:04.880 him on the night. Dario Charch finished with sixteen. Robert 0:16:04.920 --> 0:16:06.880 Covington got off to a good start. He had a 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:10.040 double double with ten points and ten rebounds. With the 0:16:10.160 --> 0:16:13.440 win tonight, the seventy Sixers gain a game on the Cavaliers, 0:16:13.480 --> 0:16:16.440 now two and a half games out of third place 0:16:16.600 --> 0:16:19.160 in the Eastern Conference standings. These Sixers are now one 0:16:19.200 --> 0:16:22.040 and a half games behind the Washington Wizards for fourth. 0:16:22.120 --> 0:16:24.680 The Sixers improved to thirty three and twenty seven, while 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:29.720 Cleveland drops to thirty six and twenty five. Next broadcast 0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:32.720 of Sixers basketball and the Sixers Raider Network is Tomorrow night, 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:35.520 seven o'clock game versus the Charlotte Hornets will be on 0:16:35.600 --> 0:16:38.600 the air with pregame coverage at six fifty. Big thanks 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:41.080 to Jay Gray and Carlamoli. Back here at the studio, 0:16:41.200 --> 0:16:44.800 Devon Givens is awinn your calls up next six zero 0:16:44.880 --> 0:16:47.360 six three, two zero nine seven five. Now for the 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:49.920 radio voice the seventy six Ers, Tom McGinnis Brian Seltzer 0:16:50.000 --> 0:16:52.480 saying so long for now one final time, the final 0:16:52.600 --> 0:16:55.880 score the Sixers over Cleveland at the queue one o 0:16:56.000 --> 0:16:58.480 eight ninety seven. Have a great rest your Thursday night 0:16:58.520 --> 0:17:00.640 from all of us here at the Sixers Rader Network. 0:17:01.000 --> 0:17:03.480 Following the Sixers win, Tom McGinnis had a chance to 0:17:03.520 --> 0:17:05.960 catch up with one of the players afterwards, and again, 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:07.399 now I think we're joined by a member of the 0:17:07.400 --> 0:17:10.280 Sixers outside of the locker room. Who's there, right, Ben? 0:17:10.440 --> 0:17:13.480 Thank you so much, great finished little confrontational that when 0:17:13.520 --> 0:17:15.440 they get mad, that Dario dunked up all with twelve 0:17:15.480 --> 0:17:17.200 seconds to go. Yeah, you know, it's one of those 0:17:17.200 --> 0:17:19.840 things where Dario, you know, could have could have held 0:17:19.880 --> 0:17:22.080 the ball, but I think in Europe and where he's from, 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:24.879 you know, they finished until the clock's done. So um, 0:17:25.200 --> 0:17:28.119 little miscommunication there, but you know it's all fun. How 0:17:28.119 --> 0:17:30.160 about you with a crafty play throwing it up hood 0:17:30.160 --> 0:17:31.960 and gathering in it and dunking it And that was 0:17:31.960 --> 0:17:33.800 a big play down the set. Yeah, I was praying 0:17:33.800 --> 0:17:36.680 he wouldn't move too much, so I'm glad it worked 0:17:36.720 --> 0:17:39.240 out well. Great win for you guys, your first victory 0:17:39.280 --> 0:17:42.480 against the Calves. The Sixers just struggled, but a tremendous win. 0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:44.960 Here your thoughts in general with this victory over Cleveland. 0:17:45.119 --> 0:17:48.600 I think we played ball h you know, offensive and defensively, 0:17:49.320 --> 0:17:51.760 stuck with our game plan and really pushed through that 0:17:52.160 --> 0:17:55.080 fourth quarter. You guys built up a thirteen point lead 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:57.840 and they came back and cut it to three. To me, 0:17:57.960 --> 0:17:59.920 this is what's impressive where you guys are showing growth, 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:02.919 the maturity you've built that lead back up. You got 0:18:02.960 --> 0:18:06.760 ex you got execution with Joel JJ and you come 0:18:06.800 --> 0:18:08.440 back and you hold him at Bay. You have to 0:18:08.480 --> 0:18:10.760 be impressed with that. Definitely. I think everyone's just playing 0:18:10.760 --> 0:18:13.440 well together, finding a rhythm, learning how we you know, 0:18:13.560 --> 0:18:17.840 each individual plays, and working towards you know, everybody's strengths. 0:18:18.119 --> 0:18:20.080 You've looked up the Lebron. What's it like when you're 0:18:20.119 --> 0:18:22.520 out there facing the best player in the game. It's fun, 0:18:22.560 --> 0:18:24.879 you know. I love competing against him, especially, you know, 0:18:25.080 --> 0:18:27.200 obviously one of the best, if not the best players 0:18:27.240 --> 0:18:30.639 in the league right now. It's great, great for me, 0:18:30.760 --> 0:18:34.399 great for my team against somebody like that, and a 0:18:34.440 --> 0:18:37.360 lot of respect for him. Then, thank you so much. Congratulations. 0:18:37.400 --> 0:18:40.160 We appreciate it. Appreciate thank you, Ben Simmons from outside 0:18:40.200 --> 0:18:43.920 these Sixers locker room. The Sixers defeat the Cavaliers. Want 0:18:43.960 --> 0:18:46.520 to wait ninety seven? That's what I like about the 0:18:46.600 --> 0:18:49.679 postgame interview. He lends credence to pretty much a lot 0:18:49.720 --> 0:18:52.480 of the things that we were commenting on, particularly late 0:18:52.800 --> 0:18:53.280 in the game.