Speaker 1: This is the Philadelphia has seventy Sixers postgame show. I
Speaker 1: can walk about about Broadstree Stars. He's gonna turn and
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Speaker 1: right now on Nutty seven five the Fanetic. Now, that
Speaker 1: is the way to wrap up a very important, challenging
Speaker 1: Eastern Conference road trip. For the first time since March
Speaker 1: of twenty thirteen, seventy Sixers defeat the Cleveland Cavalier's final
Speaker 1: score one O eight to ninety seven. Brian Seltzer with
Speaker 1: you here on the postgame show from Sixers dot com.
Speaker 1: Let's check in right now with Sixers head coach Brett Brown.
Speaker 1: Down the stretch where you know, JJ hit hit some
Speaker 1: shots out of some stuff we were trying to do
Speaker 1: to close games out. I thought Dario sarch Is three
Speaker 1: from Band out of a sort of a you know,
Speaker 1: a middle pick and roll type play helped us that.
Speaker 1: I thought that really was the backbreaker. And then you know,
Speaker 1: we got at Joel the ball and he made a
Speaker 1: tough baseline fade away I think to sort of seal
Speaker 1: the deal. I think, so, you know, when he just
Speaker 1: saw the double team coming from the top, he reacted
Speaker 1: with a drops step to the baseline. He's seven foot two.
Speaker 1: He fades just enough and gets it off. It's really,
Speaker 1: you know, a remarkable shot at that stage of the game. Um,
Speaker 1: it got us over the top. When you look at
Speaker 1: this road trip that you have been easiest to say, well,
Speaker 1: Cleveland would be the hardest city to win in because
Speaker 1: you guys haven't won here in eleven games. So how
Speaker 1: after losing to Washington in Miami, was this the one
Speaker 1: that you ended up pulling out? Um? I don't know.
Speaker 1: I think you know, you've been with us on this
Speaker 1: road trip, and I stand by what I said that,
Speaker 1: Like you're just trying to like move along, you know,
Speaker 1: at this stage of the year, you want to move along.
Speaker 1: I thought we moved on from Washington and played better
Speaker 1: in Miami. I thought we moved on from Miami and
Speaker 1: did some things better here. And that's really all your
Speaker 1: trying to do, you know. The absorption of Irson and
Speaker 1: introducing him to us off and getting Marco gone and
Speaker 1: more of a defined role. I was especially happy for
Speaker 1: JJ tonight. He was a bell ringer tonight and for
Speaker 1: the people not from Philadelphia. We have a tradition at
Speaker 1: any win, we have we have a liberty bell. If
Speaker 1: somebody rings the bell, we carry it with us wherever
Speaker 1: we go, and we're proud of it. And he was
Speaker 1: the bell ringer tonight. And after you know that miss
Speaker 1: he had in Miami, the way he came back and
Speaker 1: responded was excellent. And to your point, Jess, you know,
Speaker 1: when you're making your travels, you know you're playing a
Speaker 1: fifth seed, an eight seed, and a third seed, and
Speaker 1: you know, this was a great experience for this team.
Speaker 1: It's just one game. But to come in here and
Speaker 1: beat these guys in their places, that something that's a
Speaker 1: little meat, a little more than we won't we won't get,
Speaker 1: you know, two ahead of us. We're proud of the win.
Speaker 1: Anytime you can beat a team that Lebron James plays on,
Speaker 1: you know you must have done something fairly decent. And
Speaker 1: I think, like my mind and my message to our team,
Speaker 1: I hope it's grounded. I hope it's it's what needs
Speaker 1: to be said to them. It's it's it's I'm far
Speaker 1: more concerned about like doing our homework than the exam.
Speaker 1: And we we're knocking out good days. We feel like
Speaker 1: when not skipping steps, small things matter, you know, the
Speaker 1: detail of which we're trying to do. Stuff matters and
Speaker 1: they're aware of it, and this is what we're trying
Speaker 1: to sort of center our world on as this season unfolds.
Speaker 1: Is getting really good defensively at the details of what
Speaker 1: matters most, in the execution at the end of game
Speaker 1: of what matters most. And I thought tonight we did
Speaker 1: some of that. The seventy six Ers certainly did defeating
Speaker 1: the three time defending Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers. One
Speaker 1: of eight ninety seven Ben Simmons certainly held his own
Speaker 1: going up against his mentor, Lebron James eighteen points, nine rebounds,
Speaker 1: and eight assists, flirting with his seventh triple double of
Speaker 1: the season. JJ Reddick was dialed in from the outset
Speaker 1: of tonight's game, as Brett Brown said, and man did
Speaker 1: he come up large at various spots throughout, especially with
Speaker 1: a baseline two pointer with fifty five seconds left to
Speaker 1: make it one O two to ninety four. He finished
Speaker 1: with twenty two points to lead the Sixers. Joel Embiid
Speaker 1: helped steer the Sixers home as well, finished with seventeen
Speaker 1: and fourteen back to back big buckets on consecutive possessions,
Speaker 1: pushing the seventy Sixers lead from ninety eight ninety four
Speaker 1: to one hundred ninety four. He was in the mix
Speaker 1: as well. Really a collective effort for the seventy Sixers
Speaker 1: which clamped down down the stretch. There was one juncture
Speaker 1: where they only allowed one field goal to the Cavaliers
Speaker 1: over the final four minutes of regulation, and they came
Speaker 1: up in the clutch with timely deposits. So all around,
Speaker 1: this was a really good for the seventy Sixers to
Speaker 1: finish off a challenging, difficult road trip. As Brett Brown
Speaker 1: mentioned losses at Washington and Miami. Like the Cavaliers and
Speaker 1: the seventy Sixers, all those teams hopefuls in the Eastern
Speaker 1: Conference playoff race. Sixers now within two and a half
Speaker 1: games of the Cavaliers for third place in the Eastern
Speaker 1: Conference standings. All five starters in double figures, Marco Belinelli
Speaker 1: with eleven points off the bench, Earthson Iliasova two for
Speaker 1: five in his return of the seventy Sixers, finishing with
Speaker 1: six all part of the Sixers one oh eight ninety
Speaker 1: seven win at Cleveland. They snap an eleven games skid
Speaker 1: of the Calves, their first win over Cleveland since March
Speaker 1: of twenty thirteen. Tom McGinnis is standing by. We'll talk
Speaker 1: more about the Sixers efforts, the thirty point nine rebound,
Speaker 1: eight assists showing from Lebron James, how the rook Ben
Speaker 1: Simmons acquitted himself against the King, and other things that
Speaker 1: went into a good victory for the Sixers. Tonight it's
Speaker 1: the postgame showing the Sixers Raider Network. Seventy Sixers finish
Speaker 1: off their three game road trip with the one oweight
Speaker 1: ninety seven win at Cleveland. Brian Seltzer with you from
Speaker 1: Sixers dot Com. We'll got to Tom McGinnis and a
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Speaker 1: Sixers with a big finish against the Cavaliers Tonight, Tom
Speaker 1: McGinnis two way play on both sides, some really big
Speaker 1: shots from Sharch and bead Reddick, and the defense stiffened
Speaker 1: when it mattered the most, and that's what matters. You
Speaker 1: have to have baskets and the guts of the game
Speaker 1: to create the you know, obviously, to pad your lead
Speaker 1: and give yourself enough cushion down the stretch so it
Speaker 1: doesn't come down to bob the last possession. And I
Speaker 1: thought Brett Brown, obviously with the Clairvoyants and a coach,
Speaker 1: you know, but Darios three was so big, and that
Speaker 1: floater by a bead, and just the ability to withstand
Speaker 1: Cleveland run because you knew they were coming. They did.
Speaker 1: They cut it to three, and they missed a lot
Speaker 1: of shots. They ended up shooting forty one percent. They
Speaker 1: took eighty seven shot Sixers went forty of ninety, so
Speaker 1: not a whole lot better forty four percent. But you know,
Speaker 1: the phrase has been uttered that it's a and this
Speaker 1: is an oversimplification, but it's true. It's a maker miss league.
Speaker 1: And the Sixers got some big baskets here. They missed
Speaker 1: a couple down the stretch in Miami, and that's the
Speaker 1: difference between winning and losing. But a great, hard fought
Speaker 1: win for the Sixers, one of the best of the year.
Speaker 1: Sixers defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers, one of weight ninety seven,
Speaker 1: and there is some symbolism when I think one of
Speaker 1: the reporters afterwards seemed to be getting to this about
Speaker 1: the Sixers going to Cleveland and beating a team regardless
Speaker 1: of who else makes up the roster that features Lebron
Speaker 1: James and Ben Simmons. He helped lead that defensive charge,
Speaker 1: had a big steal at one point that led out
Speaker 1: to an Iliasova run out layup, and he for the
Speaker 1: bulk of the fourth quarter in the second half, had
Speaker 1: the primary assignment on James, no doubt about it. He competes.
Speaker 1: And if it's the same sequins that we're talking about
Speaker 1: where Joel ran out and guarded Clarkson and rotate it
Speaker 1: all the way back and tipped it out of bounds,
Speaker 1: I mean, that's incredible athleticism for a seven two player
Speaker 1: to run, you know, like basically forty feet well actually
Speaker 1: forty feet in one direction and thirty something back the
Speaker 1: other way. And then after he tipped it out of bounds,
Speaker 1: the ball comes in and Simmons tips it and steals
Speaker 1: it and led the run out. And that's not the
Speaker 1: exact identical player you're talking about. That was a pivotal
Speaker 1: play as well. I mean, these guys compete, and even
Speaker 1: after a hiccup or a turnover or miss shots or
Speaker 1: a lull, they come back in battle. And that's the
Speaker 1: identity of a winning team. And so to your point
Speaker 1: about winning here, I think it's important. I mean all
Speaker 1: these wins are important. I mean all these victories. You
Speaker 1: have to get somewhere upwards of forty to get into
Speaker 1: a good position in the Eastern Conference. But to prove
Speaker 1: that you can come here. This is a six three
Speaker 1: matchup would have been five weeks. It ends up being
Speaker 1: the matchup in the opening round of the playoffs. That's
Speaker 1: a conceivable thought at this age. You want to know
Speaker 1: and you had the confidence to know that you can
Speaker 1: come in here and win. And I thought they pulled
Speaker 1: together nicely. Again that number, I believe it's twenty games
Speaker 1: now where the Sixers starters have been in double figures.
Speaker 1: It's a very effective first five. And they proved that
Speaker 1: tonight For the Sixers. Tom something that you and Brett
Speaker 1: Brown talked about beforehand, had he stiff and had he
Speaker 1: answered the task? And they did. They got a lot
Speaker 1: of balanced performances across the roster tonight, and every time
Speaker 1: it seemed like Cleveland might have been threatening with the run.
Speaker 1: They had a response, Iliasova making his debut getting involved
Speaker 1: in right now, it seems like the team is, you know,
Speaker 1: just like that, after two tough losses. It seems like
Speaker 1: they come back to Philadelphia for a game tomorrow with
Speaker 1: a different type of shine. Although Charlotte playing better. They've
Speaker 1: had a season high wind streak just snapped the other night,
Speaker 1: so a big test to wait once again. Yeah, no,
Speaker 1: so ear Sun will be good and I think he's
Speaker 1: going to get better as the days and weeks head
Speaker 1: along to the end of the regular season and then
Speaker 1: again hopefully into the postseason. He's going to give you
Speaker 1: some scoring off the bench. The guy can score the ball.
Speaker 1: I mean even this year average ten points per game. Boy,
Speaker 1: the Sixers would take that. Marco Belinelli average nine points
Speaker 1: per game. So you're gonna get a little more production
Speaker 1: from your second unit and that's certainly welcomed. And then
Speaker 1: the shine is because they beat Cleveland. The difficult part
Speaker 1: is late arrival tonight week on the road, coming back
Speaker 1: where they've played tremendous basketball. They've had quite the streak
Speaker 1: at the center. But to your point to Charlotte is
Speaker 1: playing its best basketball of the year, no doubt about it.
Speaker 1: So they're rested and raring to go. So that's gonna
Speaker 1: be a very difficult game tomorrow for the Sixers, and
Speaker 1: you got to get up and beat took some hard falls.
Speaker 1: He took that one right in the beginning of the game,
Speaker 1: so there's no doubt he's going to have some stiffness
Speaker 1: in that lower back area. So it's gonna be a
Speaker 1: battle royal and that's where you really need. That's where
Speaker 1: you might get a little bit of a Rashaun Holmes
Speaker 1: in the game, and Tim and Taylor wild Cabreau give
Speaker 1: you some minutes and really use the entire depth of
Speaker 1: the roster to be able to help you push forward
Speaker 1: because that's not going to be an easy game. And
Speaker 1: that's life in the NBA. I mean, that's the home.
Speaker 1: The road back to back at home, I think is
Speaker 1: the hardest, particularly when you've been on the road. These
Speaker 1: guys have been away from their family, their friends, and
Speaker 1: now they got to gear up, get rested, in, gear up,
Speaker 1: ratcheted back up. It's there's a process of letting this mirrinate.
Speaker 1: I mean, you can't just turn this off right away,
Speaker 1: even into the morning. You wake up, and then then
Speaker 1: you start to have to think and shift gears and
Speaker 1: focus all your attention on your preparation, your readiness, and
Speaker 1: then eventually the game plan for Charlotte. So it shapes
Speaker 1: up to be a great game again Tomorrow night. Tom
Speaker 1: Easy travels back talking tomorrow. Thank you, Good night, Brian.
Speaker 1: Seventy Sixers over the Cavaliers one to eight ninety seven.
Speaker 1: We'll hear some of Tom's highlight calls coming up after this.
Speaker 1: It's the postgame showing the Sixers rating Network Sixers and
Speaker 1: Cleveland for the third time this season, third and final
Speaker 1: game of the seventy sixers important Eastern Conference road trip.
Speaker 1: Let us get to some of the highlights courtesy of
Speaker 1: Tom McGinnis. Early on, the three pointers were falling JJ Redick,
Speaker 1: who had that tough miss in the closing seconds of
Speaker 1: Tuesday's game at Miami while he was dialed in from
Speaker 1: the jump. Reddick, who would be backdoor JJ to the corner,
Speaker 1: stops fires on hill and good again. The Sixers, with
Speaker 1: four bay three pointers and the opening three and a
Speaker 1: half minutes they started five for six, really set the
Speaker 1: tone for the game. Even though Cleveland was down by
Speaker 1: just three after one thirty two to twenty nine. The
Speaker 1: Sixers didn't get much separation in the second quarter. Ben
Speaker 1: Simmons he was involved in helping see the Sixers to
Speaker 1: a halftime lead three point game. Simmons of the ball,
Speaker 1: driving on Ospin back in the late right hand jump hook.
Speaker 1: It's good. It's nice played by Ben, very aggressive, getting
Speaker 1: down a little quickly turning and getting that right hand
Speaker 1: jump hook. One of the rare instances in the first
Speaker 1: half we saw Simmons get deep into the block and
Speaker 1: he scored fifty nine fifty six a few moments later
Speaker 1: would be where things stood. Going in to the break.
Speaker 1: Middle of the third, Simmons seemed to take his game
Speaker 1: to another level against Lebron. Stops from enough delbows shot
Speaker 1: by Simmons is up and good and what a quarter
Speaker 1: for Ben Simmons. He now has twelve points in the
Speaker 1: game and Ben Simmons with eight here in the third.
Speaker 1: He would finish with ten in the frame, a big
Speaker 1: part of the Sixers pushing their lead towards double figures.
Speaker 1: They led seventy seven seventy one at the end of
Speaker 1: three and for as big as that mid third quarter
Speaker 1: push was, that was fueled by Simmons. The Sixers also
Speaker 1: snapped off a run of seven in row to start
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, Simmons using some defense Simmons the flexi
Speaker 1: by Lebron Steals it too, great defensive place by the Sixers,
Speaker 1: Ben in traffic, Ben down the years and a lamp
Speaker 1: by Elias Omma time out Cleveland. What a defensive played
Speaker 1: by Simmons. Eighty four seventy one, biggest lead of the
Speaker 1: night for the Sixers, But you knew the Calves would
Speaker 1: come charging back. At the very least Lebron James would.
Speaker 1: He made it eighty seven eighty five and around the
Speaker 1: six minute mark, Ben Simmons helped answer to get the
Speaker 1: Sixer some more insurance points. Then Lebron James and the
Speaker 1: Calves had it going on again. After the Sixers led
Speaker 1: ninety five ninety one, Kyle Korver set up by James
Speaker 1: with a three pointer to make it a one point
Speaker 1: game two and a half minutes to go, Simmons facilitating
Speaker 1: hers bend to the corner, Dario sharge for three for
Speaker 1: the Sixers. Ten ten Dario Shark baseline ride stairs back
Speaker 1: at the Cleveland bed take that Cavaliers. Sharick shoots the
Speaker 1: scores and that got the decisive surge of the night
Speaker 1: started moments later, JJ Reddeck download. James reaches over to
Speaker 1: Reddeck in the corner. JJ Reddick dribbles two ball baseline left.
Speaker 1: It's good hierarchy shot. J. J. Reddick delivers, and that
Speaker 1: was the basket that made you feel like heys With
Speaker 1: fifty five seconds to go the Sixers, We're gonna pull
Speaker 1: this one off. Would be remissed to not mention. In
Speaker 1: between the Starch and Reddick baskets, Joel Embiid with a
Speaker 1: really impressive baseline fadeaway that fueled the run eight straight
Speaker 1: points by the Sixers in the closing minutes to position
Speaker 1: themselves for a big win in the land tonight. Final
Speaker 1: notes in the final stat sheet, six Ers forty four
Speaker 1: and a half percent from the field, holding Cleveland to
Speaker 1: forty one and a half percent. Sixers ten to three pointers,
Speaker 1: Cleveland with nine. The Sixers were plus two from the
Speaker 1: free throw line. That important in tonight's game, as was
Speaker 1: the fact there were plus four on the offensive glass
Speaker 1: and plus nine in rebounds. Over All, the Sixers did survive.
Speaker 1: You know, it's interesting look at the final box score.
Speaker 1: You see ten turnovers it felt like there were more.
Speaker 1: They'd certainly addressed that issue in the second half, tightened
Speaker 1: things up, and that was really helpful to their cause. Tonight,
Speaker 1: JJ Redick leading the way for the Sixers with twenty
Speaker 1: two points, four of seven from outside the arc of
Speaker 1: Verry nice redemption effort for him. Joel Embiid seventeen points,
Speaker 1: fourteen rebounds is thirty second double double. Ben Simmons really
Speaker 1: was great, especially in the second half, eighteen points, nine
Speaker 1: rebounds and eight assists. Lebron James with thirty points, nine
Speaker 1: boards and eight times Urson Iliosovan his first game back
Speaker 1: with the Sixers. He finished with six points and two
Speaker 1: rebounds to go with two assists. Marco Bell and Ellie
Speaker 1: his fourth double figure game in five appearances with the Sixers,
Speaker 1: going four of nine from the floor eleven points for
Speaker 1: him on the night. Dario Charch finished with sixteen. Robert
Speaker 1: Covington got off to a good start. He had a
Speaker 1: double double with ten points and ten rebounds. With the
Speaker 1: win tonight, the seventy Sixers gain a game on the Cavaliers,
Speaker 1: now two and a half games out of third place
Speaker 1: in the Eastern Conference standings. These Sixers are now one
Speaker 1: and a half games behind the Washington Wizards for fourth.
Speaker 1: The Sixers improved to thirty three and twenty seven, while
Speaker 1: Cleveland drops to thirty six and twenty five. Next broadcast
Speaker 1: of Sixers basketball and the Sixers Raider Network is Tomorrow night,
Speaker 1: seven o'clock game versus the Charlotte Hornets will be on
Speaker 1: the air with pregame coverage at six fifty. Big thanks
Speaker 1: to Jay Gray and Carlamoli. Back here at the studio,
Speaker 1: Devon Givens is awinn your calls up next six zero
Speaker 1: six three, two zero nine seven five. Now for the
Speaker 1: radio voice the seventy six Ers, Tom McGinnis Brian Seltzer
Speaker 1: saying so long for now one final time, the final
Speaker 1: score the Sixers over Cleveland at the queue one o
Speaker 1: eight ninety seven. Have a great rest your Thursday night
Speaker 1: from all of us here at the Sixers Rader Network.
Speaker 1: Following the Sixers win, Tom McGinnis had a chance to
Speaker 1: catch up with one of the players afterwards, and again,
Speaker 1: now I think we're joined by a member of the
Speaker 1: Sixers outside of the locker room. Who's there, right, Ben?
Speaker 1: Thank you so much, great finished little confrontational that when
Speaker 1: they get mad, that Dario dunked up all with twelve
Speaker 1: seconds to go. Yeah, you know, it's one of those
Speaker 1: things where Dario, you know, could have could have held
Speaker 1: the ball, but I think in Europe and where he's from,
Speaker 1: you know, they finished until the clock's done. So um,
Speaker 1: little miscommunication there, but you know it's all fun. How
Speaker 1: about you with a crafty play throwing it up hood
Speaker 1: and gathering in it and dunking it And that was
Speaker 1: a big play down the set. Yeah, I was praying
Speaker 1: he wouldn't move too much, so I'm glad it worked
Speaker 1: out well. Great win for you guys, your first victory
Speaker 1: against the Calves. The Sixers just struggled, but a tremendous win.
Speaker 1: Here your thoughts in general with this victory over Cleveland.
Speaker 1: I think we played ball h you know, offensive and defensively,
Speaker 1: stuck with our game plan and really pushed through that
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. You guys built up a thirteen point lead
Speaker 1: and they came back and cut it to three. To me,
Speaker 1: this is what's impressive where you guys are showing growth,
Speaker 1: the maturity you've built that lead back up. You got
Speaker 1: ex you got execution with Joel JJ and you come
Speaker 1: back and you hold him at Bay. You have to
Speaker 1: be impressed with that. Definitely. I think everyone's just playing
Speaker 1: well together, finding a rhythm, learning how we you know,
Speaker 1: each individual plays, and working towards you know, everybody's strengths.
Speaker 1: You've looked up the Lebron. What's it like when you're
Speaker 1: out there facing the best player in the game. It's fun,
Speaker 1: you know. I love competing against him, especially, you know,
Speaker 1: obviously one of the best, if not the best players
Speaker 1: in the league right now. It's great, great for me,
Speaker 1: great for my team against somebody like that, and a
Speaker 1: lot of respect for him. Then, thank you so much. Congratulations.
Speaker 1: We appreciate it. Appreciate thank you, Ben Simmons from outside
Speaker 1: these Sixers locker room. The Sixers defeat the Cavaliers. Want
Speaker 1: to wait ninety seven? That's what I like about the
Speaker 1: postgame interview. He lends credence to pretty much a lot
Speaker 1: of the things that we were commenting on, particularly late
Speaker 1: in the game.