WEBVTT - Playoff Pod: Episode 18 - Round 2 Game 5 Rewind 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:03.400 This is a playoff edition of seventy six Ers Rewind 0:00:03.520 --> 0:00:06.560 presented by Geico. Time Now to listen back to reaction 0:00:06.600 --> 0:00:10.000 from the team's most recent postseason game. After battling for 0:00:10.000 --> 0:00:13.480 four games, two in Philadelphia and two in Toronto, the 0:00:13.520 --> 0:00:16.720 Philadelphia seventy Sixes and Toronto Raptors stepped on the floor 0:00:17.040 --> 0:00:21.360 in Scotia Bank Arena now a three game series in tonight. 0:00:21.480 --> 0:00:25.599 That's Toronto Raptors protected home floor like you expected home 0:00:25.640 --> 0:00:28.120 team to do, winning over the seventy Sixes Tonight one, 0:00:28.680 --> 0:00:31.319 five eighty nine. Hello all, welcome to the Sixes post 0:00:31.360 --> 0:00:34.280 game show. And this one was a pretty close game 0:00:34.360 --> 0:00:36.440 early to start in the first quarter with the Sixes, 0:00:36.479 --> 0:00:39.159 as you heard Tom McGuinness point out, being up a 0:00:39.200 --> 0:00:43.080 few points in the first quarter, seven points to be exact, 0:00:43.360 --> 0:00:45.159 and looking like, okay, this is going to be a 0:00:45.200 --> 0:00:47.640 close one. But then in the second quarter things really 0:00:47.640 --> 0:00:51.600 shifted in the Raptors favor, winning that particular frame by 0:00:51.680 --> 0:00:55.160 twenty points. Thirty seven seventeen sixty four forty three was 0:00:55.240 --> 0:00:58.760 to score at the half after the Raptors really went 0:00:58.840 --> 0:01:02.280 on a big run. Kawhi Leonard slow to really get 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:05.240 things started, but as the game rolled on through the 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:10.120 second quarter, he ended up in the halftime period with 0:01:10.319 --> 0:01:13.919 thirteen points and ten rebounds. They double double through twenty 0:01:13.959 --> 0:01:17.840 one minutes of playing forty seven seconds for the Raptors. 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:21.640 All star Pascal Siakam with fifteen at that point, finding 0:01:21.680 --> 0:01:25.440 his way back into this series after struggling the last 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:29.080 two games in Philadelphia. With the Sixers being led by 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:33.520 Jimmy Butler with fifteen points at the half and Tobias 0:01:33.520 --> 0:01:36.160 Harris with eleven, so things really started to look like 0:01:36.200 --> 0:01:38.640 okay after the first period, this is going to be 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:42.040 a contest. But as we pointed out, the Raptors really 0:01:42.040 --> 0:01:44.480 turned things up with a lot of turnovers by the 0:01:44.520 --> 0:01:47.520 seventy Sixers in the second quarter where it was really 0:01:47.560 --> 0:01:52.040 tough for them to four turnovers, specifically eight points off 0:01:52.080 --> 0:01:54.560 of those turnovers for the Toronto Raptors, and they did 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:57.120 not miss. The Raptors fifteen of twenty one for fifty 0:01:57.120 --> 0:02:00.840 seven percent in the second quarter, four nine from deep, 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:04.560 very aggressive, getting to the free throw line nine times, 0:02:04.640 --> 0:02:07.840 also winning on the glass twelve to seven as well, 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:10.480 and just doing everything that they needed to do to 0:02:10.600 --> 0:02:14.200 really separate themselves and make a big run over the 0:02:14.240 --> 0:02:17.720 seventy Sixers in the second quarter to separate themselves again 0:02:18.000 --> 0:02:21.960 and have that lead at the half sixty four forty three. 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:25.360 We will at some point here from head coach Brett Brown, 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:27.920 we will check back in with Tom McGinnis as well 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:30.240 as we speak about the seventy six is falling tonight 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:33.560 in game number five in Toronto one twenty five eighty 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:36.600 nine overall, looking at the box score, forty eight percent 0:02:36.919 --> 0:02:40.239 from the field for the Raptors forty from deep sixteen 0:02:40.360 --> 0:02:43.800 of forty to the seventy Sixers six of twenty four 0:02:43.919 --> 0:02:46.359 for only twenty five percent, So they got them by 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:50.000 ten more three pointers, which really helped separate themselves again 0:02:50.040 --> 0:02:54.639 in terms of the lead. Overall, six Is making thirty 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:57.560 three of seventy nine for forty one point eight percent 0:02:57.880 --> 0:03:00.359 on the evening. Tough to really stick round with the 0:03:00.440 --> 0:03:02.880 Raptors when you shoot such a high percentage as the 0:03:02.960 --> 0:03:06.200 Raptors did at forty eight point eight percent, getting to 0:03:06.240 --> 0:03:08.320 the free throw line and converting at a very high 0:03:08.440 --> 0:03:12.080 rate twenty nine of thirty three for Toronto only seventeen 0:03:12.120 --> 0:03:14.800 of twenty for the Philadelphia seventy sixes. And on the glass, 0:03:14.840 --> 0:03:17.880 the Sixers have had the advantage throughout the entire series tonight, 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:21.919 forty two to thirty seven, four in favor of the Raptors. 0:03:22.000 --> 0:03:26.080 On the turnover side, nineteen turnovers for the seventy Sixers 0:03:26.200 --> 0:03:29.240 leading to thirty one points for the Toronto Raptors only 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:33.360 thirteen for Toronto. Fifteen points for the seventy sixers off 0:03:33.400 --> 0:03:37.560 of those turnovers for Toronto leading the seventy sixers as 0:03:37.640 --> 0:03:41.200 yet again a solid series overall for Jimmy Butler twenty 0:03:41.240 --> 0:03:43.720 two points, getting to the free throw line eleven times, 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:47.680 converting ten of eleven, also contributing seven assists and five 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:51.600 rebounds on six of sixteen, shooting fifteen for Tobias Harris, 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:56.400 thirteen and six for Joe ellen bat still struggling a 0:03:56.400 --> 0:03:58.560 little bit as he tried to find his way dealing 0:03:58.560 --> 0:04:03.000 with the upper respiratory infect Ben Simmons seven point seven rebounds, 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:06.560 four assists, five turnovers, eight turnovers for Joel Embiid so 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:09.160 the high rate of turnovers nineteen for the seventy sixers. 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:12.920 They're two young stars with thirteen combine Jj Reddick with 0:04:12.920 --> 0:04:16.360 only three points tonight, He's one of three from behind 0:04:16.360 --> 0:04:19.200 a three point line, so the series again shifts back 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:22.719 to Philadelphia and it must win situation for Philadelphia on 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:25.400 Thursday night eight o'clock tip right here on the Sixers 0:04:25.440 --> 0:04:28.080 Radio Network. On the other side, we check back in 0:04:28.160 --> 0:04:31.360 with Tom McGinnis at Scotia Bank Arena in Toronto and 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:34.839 hope to reconnect back there as well to hear from 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:37.800 Sixer's head coach Brett Brown live at the podium once 0:04:37.839 --> 0:04:40.800 again Sixer's fall one twenty five eighty nine in Game 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:43.720 five in Toronto. Will check back in with Tom McGinnis 0:04:43.839 --> 0:04:46.560 on the other side during the postgame show. Your home 0:04:46.640 --> 0:04:49.320 is important. That's why Geico helps make it easy to 0:04:49.360 --> 0:04:52.440 save on homeowners insurance. Because home is more than just 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:54.919 a place. Home is where you have a cute little 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:56.839 reading nook for those rainy days when you want to 0:04:56.839 --> 0:04:59.000 curl up with a good book but you don't even read, 0:04:59.040 --> 0:05:01.360 so you just sit in there, drink thunderstorms and scroll 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:03.680 through memes on your phone and laugh in the darkness. 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:10.240 The Guico Insurance Agency could help protect the dark meme 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:13.320 filled corner you call home, Call Geico and see how 0:05:13.320 --> 0:05:15.880 easy it is to switch and save on homeowner's insurance. 0:05:18.160 --> 0:05:20.599 Welcome back to the Sixers postgame show here on the 0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:23.760 Sixers Radio Network. I'm Divine gives with you Sixers fall 0:05:23.800 --> 0:05:27.760 in Game number five in Toronto one twenty five eighty 0:05:27.839 --> 0:05:31.240 nine in this best of seven series against shifting back 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:34.600 to Philadelphia on Thursday night, back here in Philadelphia at 0:05:34.600 --> 0:05:37.320 the Center in a do or die situation for the 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:39.599 seventy Sixers as they look to tie it up and 0:05:39.640 --> 0:05:43.920 force a game seven once again back in Toronto on Sunday, 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:46.680 but they first have to take care of business on Thursday, 0:05:46.680 --> 0:05:49.480 back here at the Center. We head back to Toronto 0:05:49.520 --> 0:05:52.480 at Scotia Bank Arena with the Sixers radio voice Tom 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:55.280 again as Tom of course, it looked like it had 0:05:55.320 --> 0:05:58.000 the same feel of Game number two. The seventy Sixers 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:00.720 get let's go instead of Tom again us. We'll check 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:03.279 back in with Tom, let's check in with coach Brett 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:06.400 Brown on the podium. And it's punishing when we go 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:09.080 back and you look at the game if you just 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:12.960 sort of go straight to transition, defense and turnovers, which 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:16.960 we've spoken about quite a bit, it was sort of 0:06:17.000 --> 0:06:21.000 a self fulfilling prophecy, and we look forward to going 0:06:21.000 --> 0:06:25.640 back to Philadelphia. We give Toronto credit tonight. You also 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:28.080 mentioned many. I think every time you've spoken to us, 0:06:28.120 --> 0:06:31.800 you've said that Toronto has been the NBA's best three 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:35.680 point three point shooting team, and Mark saw if you 0:06:35.800 --> 0:06:39.120 go in tonight Indians also Danny got it going. So yeah, 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:41.240 how difficult is it too when they actually do have 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:45.880 that going. I mean, they're difficult to guard by any 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:54.200 under any circumstance. When you combine that fact that stat 0:06:54.560 --> 0:06:58.000 and they get it rolling here at home, you know, 0:06:58.160 --> 0:07:00.880 it's it's a difficult place to play as it is 0:07:00.880 --> 0:07:05.440 in Philadelphia. But uh, you know that that number of threes. 0:07:05.600 --> 0:07:08.760 I think if you go back and and dissect the game, 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:11.120 you're going to see a lot of those came in transition. 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:15.080 You know that that that number of points in transition 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:17.920 thirty three, and then you look at what thirty one 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:23.560 points off turnovers? That is, uh, that is haunting. You 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:27.840 cannot win with those types of numbers. You might not 0:07:27.920 --> 0:07:30.800 be able to win if you have have those numbers. 0:07:31.400 --> 0:07:34.680 And so the three point shot Sarah, to your question, uh, 0:07:35.360 --> 0:07:39.600 was punishing tonight bred you? Uh you said at the 0:07:39.680 --> 0:07:43.720 right here and you're right, you said at the shoot 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:45.760 around today that you thought that the team would be 0:07:46.040 --> 0:07:48.160 you know, played with good spirit or I guess it 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:51.080 was the pregame. Did you see them play with the 0:07:51.120 --> 0:07:53.680 kind of spirit that you thought was necessary and that 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:56.360 you that you thought you'd get. I thought it went 0:07:56.360 --> 0:08:00.320 away quicker than than I had hoped. I think that that, uh, 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:04.960 you know, we tried to figure out Joel, you know, 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:08.960 his impact defensively on the game. I thought like the 0:08:09.040 --> 0:08:14.120 last game was pretty good. Offensively, we struggled, he struggled. Um, 0:08:14.320 --> 0:08:18.200 you know, the turnovers with us and him and Ben etc. 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:24.920 Became became an issue. Um, and I think it's sort 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:30.480 of um pivoted at that point when you start sort 0:08:30.480 --> 0:08:36.000 of not getting shots and um searching a little bit offensively. 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:39.440 Some of it. I give Toronto tremendous credit for their defense, 0:08:40.040 --> 0:08:43.400 but the spirit, I thought, you know, when it went 0:08:43.440 --> 0:08:47.080 away a little bit quicker than i'd wished. You say that, 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:50.680 uh that you think Joel played pretty well defensively, that 0:08:50.760 --> 0:08:54.040 it seemed like they were not nearly as intimidated by him, 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:58.959 and it looked like surgeon Mark I guess, embraced chances 0:08:59.000 --> 0:09:00.840 to go at him one on one. I think they 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:04.760 scored eight in a row on him in particular. How 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:08.120 diminished was he tonight, and do you see it that way? 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:11.320 Do you see that they at him? And I don't. 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:15.120 I don't. Defensively, those guys are good players, But to 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:18.600 think they were gonna pick on Joel, I didn't see 0:09:18.640 --> 0:09:23.719 it like that. Um. I think that offensively, there was 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:28.200 a rhythm to his game that was clearly out of sync. 0:09:28.840 --> 0:09:32.040 He's been in a bed for two days, and I 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:37.079 think the easiest way to to me confirm what I'm 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:41.439 saying is just watch his turnovers like they by any stretch, 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:46.720 they're not Joe LMB type of turnovers. Coach, you mentioned 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:51.040 Beckery eight turnovers for Joel, five for Ben. What were 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:52.559 they kind of throwing it them that you think kind 0:09:52.559 --> 0:09:53.760 of threw them off a little bit in the light 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:55.120 to those I mean, I give them credit. I give 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:58.760 Toronto credit for their crowd, their activity. You know. I 0:09:58.800 --> 0:10:02.600 think things that we can do better is not playing 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:07.160 in a crowd, being stronger with the ball. But they 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:12.600 made life difficult for Joel as a post player. He 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:17.200 had maybe won maybe two you know, passing in transition 0:10:17.280 --> 0:10:21.400 early offense, but I bet four came as as just 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:23.920 a post player. So I think they did a good 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:26.880 job of sending multiple people at him and with then 0:10:26.920 --> 0:10:29.680 they did a good job of showing a crowd. Sixer's 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:32.959 head coach Brett Brown live from Scotia Bank Arena following 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:36.640 lost in Game five one, twenty five eighty nine, we 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:40.120 stay in Toronto reconnecting with the Sixers radio voice Tim 0:10:40.160 --> 0:10:43.200 Against and Tom Tonight. Had to feel a little bit 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:45.400 in the first quarter where they were up seven points. 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:48.920 I heard you mentioned at eighteen eleven, down one at 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:51.319 the end of the first frame. But then things really 0:10:51.400 --> 0:10:54.720 kind of shaped itself how this game would ultimately play 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:56.840 out in the second quarter when the Raptors won that 0:10:56.920 --> 0:10:59.800 one by twenty and having a twenty one point lead 0:10:59.800 --> 0:11:03.000 at half. Yeah, no doubt. They got guys that can shoot, 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:05.560 and now it's starting to you know, they're starting to 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:09.040 find the rhythm and find the range, specifically Danny Green. 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:12.080 And I think Siakam is back in the mode that 0:11:12.160 --> 0:11:15.920 maybe he was in certainly in the first game for them. 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:18.200 I mean, he was back in rhythm and and I 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:20.199 kind of disagree a little bit. I think they did 0:11:20.240 --> 0:11:23.439 go at and b They certainly took openings at the arc, 0:11:23.520 --> 0:11:27.720 like Gasol was open, he shot it. Sam Joel was 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:31.280 basically you know, like I said, daring him to shoot, 0:11:31.320 --> 0:11:35.720 and they did. And so I think, like if, and seriously, like, 0:11:35.800 --> 0:11:38.839 why wouldn't you if you're an opposing team that one 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:41.520 of the best players, the best player on the sixers 0:11:41.600 --> 0:11:43.679 and beat is sick, of course you're gonna go at him. 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:47.200 Why wouldn't you That be a very logical strategy. You know, 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:49.200 if you knew a guy was hurt or something, of 0:11:49.200 --> 0:11:50.959 course you're going to go at him and test them. 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:53.719 And I thought they did. And uh, you know, I'm 0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:55.439 not saying they were They're going, you know, but they 0:11:55.520 --> 0:11:58.760 I thought they did go at Joel and bead and 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:00.680 and that was at that one end of the floor. 0:12:01.000 --> 0:12:03.400 But that that has nothing to do with the turnovers. 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:06.200 Like Innbe was just out of sorts. I mean, the 0:12:06.240 --> 0:12:09.120 one player that maybe his last turnover, he comes out 0:12:09.160 --> 0:12:13.040 of the backcourt with the dribble and you know, again 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:16.080 there's like internally, there's like a basketball meter in your 0:12:16.120 --> 0:12:18.560 head that says, okay, tie up, pick it up, and 0:12:18.600 --> 0:12:20.480 give it up. And you know, he comes out of 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:24.280 the backcourt and he ended up passing the ball and 0:12:24.360 --> 0:12:26.000 he didn't know if he was thrown at the reddick 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:28.600 or Simmons, you know, and he threw it right out 0:12:28.640 --> 0:12:32.440 of bounce, so he was very careless with the basketball. 0:12:32.920 --> 0:12:36.560 I guess it translates to illness, but it was mostly 0:12:36.640 --> 0:12:39.640 I mean, it was inefficient and that's just you know 0:12:39.760 --> 0:12:42.080 that that's not going to win in the game when 0:12:42.080 --> 0:12:44.480 you turn it over at that rate. I mean, that 0:12:44.559 --> 0:12:46.840 just cost you. And that was a real problem for 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:48.920 the Sixers in this game. Yes, it was in a 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:51.360 big discrepancy tonight. As you pointed out Town the three 0:12:51.360 --> 0:12:53.920 point shooters finally really getting things to go for the 0:12:53.920 --> 0:12:57.080 Toronto rapp to sixteen to forty to the sixteen Sixers 0:12:57.240 --> 0:12:59.880 six of twenty four, not really that high of a 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:02.880 clip doing the first four games. But as you pointed out, 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:04.960 at some point, Danny Green and the rest of those 0:13:04.960 --> 0:13:07.079 guys who are known to be shooters are going to 0:13:07.120 --> 0:13:10.200 find this stroke. Yeah, and Kyle Lowry is playing like 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:14.120 Kyle Lowry where he's you know, he's creating havoc, you know, 0:13:14.160 --> 0:13:17.800 with the dribble, he's making shots, he's getting to the line, 0:13:17.880 --> 0:13:21.640 he's playing with that feisty nature. And then Siakam is 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:25.040 getting back and Danny Green getting good looks and again 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:27.880 they're not really playing you know, seven or eight guys. 0:13:28.360 --> 0:13:30.160 They got a little bit from van Fleet, but really 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:32.600 just the one three and the guts of that big 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:37.640 twenty point quarter and Leonard, you know, like you know, 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:41.040 as Danny Green mentioned post game, they didn't need forty 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:43.320 from Kawhi Leonard because they had all these other guys 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:46.599 stepping up. So and Gasol has played better ball. I 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:49.160 think both Gasol and Ibaka their best two games in 0:13:49.200 --> 0:13:52.600 the last games. So you've seen two game winnings treats 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:55.600 by both teams, and Theirs now have come in a 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:58.960 position where they win Game four, they win Game five, 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:01.800 and now they're, you know, in a position to go 0:14:01.840 --> 0:14:05.560 back to Philadelphia where they just won and try to 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:07.719 close it out. And it is a very difficult thing 0:14:07.760 --> 0:14:10.320 to do. And so the Sixers, you know, I think 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:13.319 you're going to see a lot of pride, a lot 0:14:13.360 --> 0:14:16.040 of fight where the Sixers don't want to see see 0:14:16.080 --> 0:14:20.080 their season come to an end this way. And so 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:22.360 you know, you got to do everything within your power 0:14:22.880 --> 0:14:25.360 to keep the series alive and push it back here 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:28.080 for a seventh game Sunday, especially on your home floor. 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:30.760 Time again is live and Scotia Bank Arena site of 0:14:30.840 --> 0:14:33.280 the Sixers falling Tonight one twenty five eighty nine in 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:36.000 Game five, Raptors up three two in the series. Heading 0:14:36.000 --> 0:14:39.120 back to Philadelphia Thursday, eight o'clock tip here on the 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:42.240 Sixers Radio network time you talked about Gasol and Abaca 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:45.400 the last game. Nick Nurse, head coach of the Raptors, 0:14:45.440 --> 0:14:47.600 really tried to try to do some different things to 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:49.320 see if he worked. And he put those two guys 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:52.600 on the floor together for the first time and this series, 0:14:52.720 --> 0:14:55.680 and it seemed to again work tonight eleven for Mark 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:58.600 Gasol off the bench Surgebaca ten. But he brought a 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:01.280 lot of energy pulling the enders away from the basket, 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:03.720 something that I'm sure that the seventy six is again. 0:15:03.760 --> 0:15:06.760 I'm going to try to adjust two in game number six. Yeah, 0:15:06.840 --> 0:15:09.200 and they did it last game, and honestly, you know 0:15:09.320 --> 0:15:10.880 they did it. They did it in the fourth game 0:15:10.920 --> 0:15:13.240 and that helped them even the rebound ledger at forty 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:16.720 three on the glass for both teams, and the Baca's 0:15:16.760 --> 0:15:19.360 playing better, you know what I mean. Like, uh, there 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:21.520 was a tweet like where Kendrick Perkins, this is not 0:15:21.560 --> 0:15:24.000 the guy I helped begin, you know, to play be 0:15:24.040 --> 0:15:27.160 a player at the at the Thunder years ago, and 0:15:27.280 --> 0:15:29.120 you know, and he's a really good player and he's 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:32.120 shown it really for the last two games. You know, 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:34.200 he's a picking pop player. He can get to the rim, 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:36.280 he's got mobility, he can run out to the line 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:39.280 and help defend. I mean, that's why they went out 0:15:39.320 --> 0:15:42.720 and got him and why they resigned him. And then 0:15:42.720 --> 0:15:45.560 this you're also seeing why MASSI went out and got Marcus. 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:47.960 All still got a lot left in the tank and 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:51.520 a very good player, and it is a guy who 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:55.120 can space the floor and move the ball. But he's also, 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:57.480 like I said, there was a sequence where you know, 0:15:57.680 --> 0:16:00.320 I think it was in bid came out on a 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:02.320 bit of an off balance close out and he made 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:05.040 him pay go buy him off the dribble, and he's 0:16:05.080 --> 0:16:07.400 just you know, he's been a really good player for 0:16:07.440 --> 0:16:10.360 a number of years. In Marcus saw and both those 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:13.640 guys are playing, you know, much better, and that's what 0:16:14.160 --> 0:16:16.040 you kind of feared, Like again, going back to the 0:16:16.120 --> 0:16:18.240 their nurse comment prior to the game, like that you 0:16:18.280 --> 0:16:20.600 felt like they were on a rhythm. But now they're 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:23.760 they're catching their rhythm and they're playing better. And so 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:26.800 for the sixers. You got to see if you can't, 0:16:26.920 --> 0:16:30.640 you know now the sense of urgency and the defense 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:34.080 and beating guys to the spot and winning the fifty 0:16:34.160 --> 0:16:37.440 fifty balls, all those things that put you over the top, 0:16:38.040 --> 0:16:41.000 you know, out hustling the other team, you know, getting 0:16:41.040 --> 0:16:43.400 your crowd into the game, play with an urgency and 0:16:43.440 --> 0:16:46.560 a toughness that should come in a close out game. 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:49.640 You've got to see from Philadelphia coming up on Thursday, 0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:52.120 absolutely and final one fours time. The one guy we 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:54.120 have been able to count on throughout the entirety of 0:16:54.160 --> 0:16:57.520 this series, Jimmy Butler once again. Twenty two point seven assists, 0:16:57.520 --> 0:17:00.000 five rebounds, getting to the free throw line eleven towns 0:17:00.080 --> 0:17:02.640 was converting ten of those. Been very good and he 0:17:02.720 --> 0:17:05.000 tried as hard as he could early on to keep 0:17:05.040 --> 0:17:07.000 this thing close, and even in the third quarter coming 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:09.480 out of the locker room. He's been playing very well 0:17:09.480 --> 0:17:11.639 in this and series. Yeah, and he didn't shoot it well. 0:17:11.680 --> 0:17:13.520 I think what got Jimmy going a little bit was 0:17:13.520 --> 0:17:16.720 he got those two foul shot opportunities that were both 0:17:16.840 --> 0:17:20.719 three free throws. He got the one baseline left corner 0:17:20.760 --> 0:17:23.919 opposite the Raptors bench in the first quarter and then 0:17:24.000 --> 0:17:26.800 later in the second half got another one and that 0:17:26.960 --> 0:17:29.119 got him to the line a little bit, and he 0:17:29.240 --> 0:17:31.680 did a lot of good things. And as you say, 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:34.880 he's been kind of carrying the Sixers and you're gonna 0:17:34.920 --> 0:17:37.920 need a real solid performance from Jimmy Butler. You're gonna 0:17:37.920 --> 0:17:40.240 need more from JJ and Ben. Yes, frankly, I mean 0:17:40.320 --> 0:17:43.119 JJ just one field goal, and look, they were trying 0:17:43.160 --> 0:17:46.760 to get him the ball. Toronto has really adjusted. I 0:17:46.760 --> 0:17:49.160 mean everybody does. Brooklyn tried to do the same thing 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:51.920 where you're running JJ as much as you can off 0:17:51.920 --> 0:17:55.879 the line, denying him those dribble handoffs, and they did 0:17:55.920 --> 0:17:57.960 a good job. He was really unable to get a 0:17:57.960 --> 0:18:00.640 lot of good looks. He didn't make at one three. 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:02.960 You're kind of hoping that he would come alive with 0:18:03.040 --> 0:18:05.480 a three point shooting effort like he did in the 0:18:05.520 --> 0:18:08.200 first game where he made five in the third quarter. 0:18:08.760 --> 0:18:10.920 But you know, I thought Ben had two really good 0:18:11.000 --> 0:18:14.520 chances right at the rim with layoup opportunities early in 0:18:14.560 --> 0:18:17.159 the game, and he missed them and he ended up 0:18:17.160 --> 0:18:20.119 going three of five. And you know, they've done it. 0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:23.040 They've they've done similarly what Boston did, and that is 0:18:23.040 --> 0:18:26.560 they've walled him off, not allowing him to very rarely 0:18:26.560 --> 0:18:29.120 in transition to get below the file line and then 0:18:29.240 --> 0:18:31.320 most of the time not able to get to the rim. 0:18:31.800 --> 0:18:34.159 And so the things that hurt the Sixers are the 0:18:34.200 --> 0:18:37.080 things that Brett Brown addressed and he's been talking about 0:18:37.680 --> 0:18:41.280 throughout the really the series, the season, and that is 0:18:41.359 --> 0:18:45.320 defensive transition and turnovers, and both those things were major 0:18:45.359 --> 0:18:49.200 issues tonight. Well, Tom must win situation on Thursday night 0:18:49.240 --> 0:18:51.520 as the Sixers head back here in Philadelphia faced the 0:18:51.600 --> 0:18:54.919 Raptors hosting him Game six here in this best of 0:18:54.960 --> 0:18:57.280 seven series. Tom safe flight back. Thanks so much for 0:18:57.359 --> 0:18:59.280 taking some time out tonight, and we'll talk to you 0:18:59.280 --> 0:19:01.600 on Thursday from the Center. You got it. Good night, 0:19:01.680 --> 0:19:04.760 Tom McGinnis again live from Scotia Bank Arena, sixes Fall one, 0:19:04.920 --> 0:19:07.600 twenty five eighty nine in Game number five in Toronto, 0:19:07.720 --> 0:19:10.840 now a three two series leave for the Raptors in 0:19:10.880 --> 0:19:14.000 his best of seven close out game for them, possibly 0:19:14.080 --> 0:19:16.480 in game number six here in Philadelphia. Let's see what 0:19:16.480 --> 0:19:19.159 the seventy sixers have to say about that. Before we 0:19:19.200 --> 0:19:20.840 get to that, we get to the highlights on the 0:19:20.840 --> 0:19:23.360 other side, called by that man you just heard Tom McGinnis. 0:19:23.600 --> 0:19:26.560 They always told Will he was too short to play basketball, 0:19:26.720 --> 0:19:29.520 but Will never listened. We'll let his work ethic do 0:19:29.600 --> 0:19:32.720 the talking for him. Always in a gym, always running drills. 0:19:33.040 --> 0:19:35.520 Will knew where there was a will, there was a way, 0:19:35.760 --> 0:19:39.880 and he was Will. But then after a second child 0:19:40.000 --> 0:19:42.240 was born, he realized the pros were all way better 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:44.440 than him. So Will gave up and buried his high 0:19:44.440 --> 0:19:47.440 tops in a cheerful ceremony. But one day he heard 0:19:47.440 --> 0:19:49.600 that Geico could save him money on car insurance, so 0:19:49.640 --> 0:19:56.360 he switched and saved a bunch, which was awesome. Game 0:19:56.440 --> 0:19:59.719 Number five of this Eastern Conference Semifinals between the Raptors 0:19:59.720 --> 0:20:02.760 and Sixers is in the books, the Raptors taking a 0:20:02.800 --> 0:20:06.280 one twenty five eighty nine lead and now a three 0:20:06.400 --> 0:20:09.359 two series lead in this best of seven, now again 0:20:09.440 --> 0:20:13.680 shifting to Philadelphia on Thursday night eight o'clock. Right here 0:20:13.720 --> 0:20:16.560 on the Sixers Radio Network, Divine givens with you as 0:20:16.600 --> 0:20:19.679 we give you the highlights from this game, starting in 0:20:19.720 --> 0:20:22.879 the first quarter with Jimmy Butler, who again was the 0:20:22.960 --> 0:20:26.000 lead catalyst for the seventy six is positive night once again, 0:20:26.240 --> 0:20:28.280 as he has been the best player in the series. 0:20:28.560 --> 0:20:30.880 Miss basket by one of his teammates, but he's right 0:20:30.920 --> 0:20:33.320 there to clean up the mess. Sexerss Paul up to 0:20:33.440 --> 0:20:36.399 Reddick with a JJ turns the quarter in usiaka floater 0:20:36.480 --> 0:20:39.480 off the rebno tap by Butler. Nestle sit right over 0:20:39.520 --> 0:20:41.680 the top of the rib and Jimmy Butler put the 0:20:41.760 --> 0:20:45.760 secress in front by four. That made a twelve eight. 0:20:46.040 --> 0:20:49.080 Jimmy Butler with the tip. In early foul trouble for 0:20:49.160 --> 0:20:52.680 Tobias Harrison. Ben Simmons forced Brett Brown's hand to have 0:20:52.760 --> 0:20:55.639 some substitutions and maybe a little sooner than he wanted, 0:20:56.040 --> 0:20:59.680 but show paying dividends right away. Mike Scott with the help. 0:21:00.119 --> 0:21:03.040 Here's Simmons on a drive been underhand pass into Mike 0:21:03.119 --> 0:21:06.120 Scott off Ballot's plenty twirls in a layup Dot Low 0:21:06.480 --> 0:21:09.240