WEBVTT - The BroadCast: 01/03/2018 - Rewind vs. Spurs

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<v Speaker 1>The first time thirteen tries get it done against the

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<v Speaker 1>San Antonio Spurs, their first victory versus the Spurs since

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<v Speaker 1>February the eleven, two thousand and eleven. Tonight, defeating the

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<v Speaker 1>perennial Western Conference title contenders by the final tally of

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<v Speaker 1>one twelve to one ZO six Brian Seltzer with you

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<v Speaker 1>from six ers dot com. We are standing by and

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<v Speaker 1>awaiting the postgame press conference of the victorious head coach

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<v Speaker 1>Brett Brown, Ben Simmons, Big Finish, Joel and be at

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<v Speaker 1>a late edition, but great, here's Brett Brown and progress

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<v Speaker 1>everything I know, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, you pivot out of that when it

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<v Speaker 1>gets to like the game time decision. It is that.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's happened quite a bit, you know in Toronto,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you learn he's going to play or not tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>There was nothing in my mind that suggested he was

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<v Speaker 1>going to play based on the swelling in his hand

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<v Speaker 1>and what we saw at practice. He went out and

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<v Speaker 1>had a good warm up. Then he felt quite good

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<v Speaker 1>about himself and with about thirty five, you know, fifty

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<v Speaker 1>or thirty six minutes on the clock, I meet the

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<v Speaker 1>team at thirty five. It was announced to us that

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<v Speaker 1>he felt good enough to play, and I think to

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<v Speaker 1>Joel Embiid's complete credit. You know, he came in and

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<v Speaker 1>he surprised me. He actually made some shots, and if

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<v Speaker 1>you saw the swelling in his hand, you wouldn't have

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<v Speaker 1>thought that would have been the impact. He would have

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<v Speaker 1>blocked shots, he would have rebound, he would have been

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<v Speaker 1>physical defensively, but he actually still had some finesse and

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<v Speaker 1>touched to his shot with his swollen right hand. But

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<v Speaker 1>it happened quick. It was completely unexpected, and I give

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<v Speaker 1>him a lot of credit for playing through complete pain

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<v Speaker 1>and trying to play in front of the Philadelphia fans

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<v Speaker 1>and help his teammates. That's a gutsy effort. Mentioned that

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<v Speaker 1>JJ made like thirty five seconds stuff, and he've also

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<v Speaker 1>mentioned before just how forty his movement is within your offense. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>what did you see on that play? That A lot

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<v Speaker 1>of it great? A little sliver there firstself. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>we we've been living in this kind of look all year.

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<v Speaker 1>When it gets down to we call it crunch time offense.

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<v Speaker 1>And usually you know, what about four minutes on a clock.

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<v Speaker 1>I do some stuff with with j J and Joel

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<v Speaker 1>and Ben and stack up you know, CoV and Diary

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<v Speaker 1>on the other side, and just we have different looks

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<v Speaker 1>and reads out of that. And uh, you know he could.

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<v Speaker 1>He commands so much attention and he's really as effective

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<v Speaker 1>a screener as we have because his man doesn't leave

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<v Speaker 1>and oftentimes, you know, it frees up Ben for straight

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<v Speaker 1>line drives and that play, that situation, that environment you're

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<v Speaker 1>speaking about, was born out of that type of look.

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<v Speaker 1>You mentioned how he would just say, you know him

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<v Speaker 1>really big. You know. One of the challenges that we

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<v Speaker 1>talked with the team about is we felt if we

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<v Speaker 1>could have an advantage on the free throw line, free

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<v Speaker 1>throw attempts and now let's going to make them, and

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<v Speaker 1>if we could come in and win the turnover battle,

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<v Speaker 1>that we would put ourselves in a position to win.

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<v Speaker 1>If we didn't do that, we felt we can show

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<v Speaker 1>all the tape we want, we can call whatever play

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<v Speaker 1>we want, it's not going to matter. And we did

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<v Speaker 1>win the turnover battle, and we did win the free

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<v Speaker 1>throw battle. And I think to your point, the thing

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<v Speaker 1>that always attracted me with Ben Simmons is when you

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<v Speaker 1>went to his LSU numbers. You know, he shot ten

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<v Speaker 1>free throws a game. That's a big number in a

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<v Speaker 1>forty minute game, and tonight when you look down, you

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<v Speaker 1>know he shot fifteen free throws. That in itself is

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<v Speaker 1>a huge win for me. Where he gets back to

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<v Speaker 1>the line, it's a mentality more than it is a skill.

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<v Speaker 1>And that mentality of him attacking the basket and going

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<v Speaker 1>to the free throw line then growing the confidence that

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<v Speaker 1>you're referring to, that's a hell of a package and

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<v Speaker 1>it starts with getting there. Pop founder seventy Sixers head

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<v Speaker 1>coach Brett Brown some of his thoughts after tonight's one

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<v Speaker 1>twelve on OH six victory over the San Antonio Spurs,

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<v Speaker 1>the first for the Sixers over San Antonio since February

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<v Speaker 1>of two thousand and eleven. Ben Simmons a team high

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<v Speaker 1>twenty six points, ten to fifteen from the foul line.

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<v Speaker 1>He had his last three from the stripe, four of

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<v Speaker 1>his last five, and they had big dunk off the

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<v Speaker 1>sideline out of bounds player to give the Sixers a

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<v Speaker 1>comfortable margin at one ten, one o four in the

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<v Speaker 1>final minutes. Joel Ebiad was a question mark right up

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<v Speaker 1>until game time. Twenty one points, eleven rebounds, four assistant

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<v Speaker 1>four blocks, twenty points for JJ Reddick. Tom McGinnis is

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<v Speaker 1>standing bible here from him. Next, this is the post

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<v Speaker 1>game showing the Sixers Raider Network. Seventy sixers can cross

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<v Speaker 1>this awful list of things to do with the Brett

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<v Speaker 1>Brown tenure a victory over the San Antonio Spurs one

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<v Speaker 1>twelve to twent oh sixth the final from down here

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<v Speaker 1>at the center, Brian Sell to with you from Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>dot com. Joellenbad a gutsy effort, Brett Brown said, and

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<v Speaker 1>hard to fault that description embad was listed in Brett

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<v Speaker 1>Brown's words, it's very doubtful. About an hour and a

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<v Speaker 1>half before tipoff tonight, he was able to get out

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<v Speaker 1>there and gave the Sixers monumental contributions. At twenty one

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<v Speaker 1>points and eleven rebounds were bringing Tom mcguinnis, Tom, we

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<v Speaker 1>saw some balance again from the Sixers for a second

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<v Speaker 1>straight game. Wait, one little nugget. When I was a

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<v Speaker 1>journalism student in college, we had to learn all the

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<v Speaker 1>different for lack of a better fraid, gradiations of the

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<v Speaker 1>hospital jargon right like that, I don't remember. There's doubtful,

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<v Speaker 1>very doubtful question. That's Jane and the NBA's definitely has

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<v Speaker 1>you know, there's probable, but just kind of funny because

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<v Speaker 1>everybody thought that he wasn't gonna play, but I get

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<v Speaker 1>a kick out a very is as a that's a

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<v Speaker 1>new level of concern, and it seems like based on

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<v Speaker 1>what we've seen for the first two and a half months.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is not anything scientific or that we know

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<v Speaker 1>for fact, but if Joel goes out there and he

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<v Speaker 1>tests things and he's feeling good, there's a level of

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<v Speaker 1>trust that's built up. And Brett Brown, as he said,

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<v Speaker 1>cross his heart, you know, all the way to the end,

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<v Speaker 1>he didn't think he was gonna have him beat tonight,

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<v Speaker 1>and you have to think that that in some ways

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<v Speaker 1>set the tone for the Sixers tonight. His desire to

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<v Speaker 1>come out there and play and Simmons was really big

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<v Speaker 1>and setting the theme of aggression early on and then

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<v Speaker 1>closing it out absolutely. We watched Brian we were doing

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<v Speaker 1>that pregame hit that we do for the JumboTron here

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<v Speaker 1>in arena, and Dwayne Jones has done such a great

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<v Speaker 1>job working with Joel. Chris Babcock is part of the

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<v Speaker 1>coaching staff, works with Joel exhaustively as well, and Joel

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<v Speaker 1>look really good, you know, moving the ball and getting baskets.

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<v Speaker 1>So and that's part of what it's based on. But

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<v Speaker 1>if you listen to him beat after the game in Phoenix,

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<v Speaker 1>he was quoting he wants to be a warrior. He

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<v Speaker 1>wants to play him he's been out so much so

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<v Speaker 1>he's he wants to push through. And you know, I

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<v Speaker 1>guess if he could close his fist and as they said,

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<v Speaker 1>if it wasn't going to hurt him anymore. But obviously

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<v Speaker 1>a great effort and certainly I would think helped the Sixers,

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<v Speaker 1>as you say, energize them. And you're right, Simmons was

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<v Speaker 1>very aggressive early on, and there was a stretch there

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<v Speaker 1>down in the end of the game. Brand he scored

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<v Speaker 1>eight of the Sixers ten points. He had eleven points

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<v Speaker 1>in the fourth quarter Ben Simmons and as a group

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<v Speaker 1>the Sixers made eight of their nine free throws to

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<v Speaker 1>close it out. So again it was a struggle early on,

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<v Speaker 1>one of ten from the field early in the fourth,

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<v Speaker 1>but finished strong, kept the Spurs at Bay, got some

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<v Speaker 1>stops able to keep them off the glass at the end.

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<v Speaker 1>All Dridges Mills were just terrific in the fourth for

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<v Speaker 1>them and a great, long time needed victory for the

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<v Speaker 1>Sixers against the Spurs, and just before he moved on

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<v Speaker 1>from Simmons after this one twelve on sixth victory. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean there was a moment there with about three minutes

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<v Speaker 1>two and a half minutes ago when Gregg Popovitch and

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<v Speaker 1>the Spurs started to intentionally fall him and it was

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<v Speaker 1>a stretch. Correct me if I'm wrong. I think he

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<v Speaker 1>went one for four or he missed three in a row,

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<v Speaker 1>and then he finished things off by hitting four of

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<v Speaker 1>his last five from the line. Absolutely, and he had

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<v Speaker 1>that big play where he got the ball down low

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<v Speaker 1>and made the shot was called a goalten on LaMarcus Aldridge.

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<v Speaker 1>He was fouled and he made that. That was a

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<v Speaker 1>big secret. That's part of that eight of ten that

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<v Speaker 1>we talked about. And you're right, I mean that exactly

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<v Speaker 1>one of the times was exactly two thirty nine to

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<v Speaker 1>go and Pombovich was on the sideline. Like I said,

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<v Speaker 1>at that point, it looked like he was out there

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<v Speaker 1>guarding the way he was jumping around, he was really

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<v Speaker 1>trying to get Burton's out the foul ben. And again

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think Brett Brown's taking him out there Brett Brown,

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<v Speaker 1>he wants this to be part of the learning curve.

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<v Speaker 1>And Simmons celebrity made ten out of fifteen. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I think you would take that, and so credit to

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<v Speaker 1>him and a great job for the Sixers. Rennick had

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<v Speaker 1>a huge field goal. Joel, even though he didn't score

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<v Speaker 1>big down the stretch, was big throughout the game and

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<v Speaker 1>a nice win, albeit against the Spurs team that was

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<v Speaker 1>resting a number of players. But the Sixers have got

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<v Speaker 1>to get back on track here at home. They're getting

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<v Speaker 1>better near five hundred overall, near five hundred at home,

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<v Speaker 1>and let's face it, based on how they played for

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<v Speaker 1>a major chunk of December. To have now won three

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<v Speaker 1>games in a row and four their last five against

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<v Speaker 1>a Detroit team coming up on Friday, they've already beaten twice.

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<v Speaker 1>Great opportunity to get right back in the mixed in

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<v Speaker 1>the East and to finish the thing up. If you're

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<v Speaker 1>a Sixers fan out there or someone who's a rooting

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<v Speaker 1>interest in this team, you don't care who the Spurs

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<v Speaker 1>had out tonight, because too long ago, this time last week,

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<v Speaker 1>the Sixers were stuck in that one and nine stretch.

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<v Speaker 1>Now Here they are when you peel things back and

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<v Speaker 1>step back. They've won three in a row and four

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<v Speaker 1>out of their last five, and they have these next

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<v Speaker 1>really big tests coming up between the Pistons number four

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<v Speaker 1>in the East, and then you got Boston in London,

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<v Speaker 1>Toronto on MLK Day and then up to Boston within

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<v Speaker 1>about two weeks. Absolutely Celtics leading eighty one sixty eight

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<v Speaker 1>over Cleveland tonight in a matchup between the top two teams,

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<v Speaker 1>and these tonight in Boston. But first things first, it's

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<v Speaker 1>that Detroit game. And even though the Pistons are well

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<v Speaker 1>ahead of the Sixers in the conference standings, if you

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<v Speaker 1>win that game, you win the season series against them.

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<v Speaker 1>And one of the ways for the Sixers to get

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<v Speaker 1>back amongst the top eight is to beat the teams

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<v Speaker 1>ahead of them, to beat the Washington's, to beat New York,

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<v Speaker 1>to beat you know, all these teams in the mix

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<v Speaker 1>that have you know, around eighteen nineteen wins like that,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's how you make up a whole game, right there.

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<v Speaker 1>So playing good basketball, looking to continue that against Drummond

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<v Speaker 1>and Detroit. They've had success, another great ground on hand.

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<v Speaker 1>It should be an exciting night. Find your tickets at

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<v Speaker 1>stubub dot Com seventy Sixers over the Spurs. Tom againn

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<v Speaker 1>has called it Tom enjoy the nights, all right, be

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<v Speaker 1>safe and some of those highlight calls that Tom delivered

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<v Speaker 1>tonight's your way, they are a common in just a

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<v Speaker 1>matter of moments because the postgame showing the Sixers Raider

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<v Speaker 1>Network seventy Sixers step up on the court for the

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<v Speaker 1>first time in two eighteen, an opportunity to start fresh

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<v Speaker 1>and a new in particular in their rivalry series with

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<v Speaker 1>the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs have dictated this series

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<v Speaker 1>for quite some time, both here in South Philadelphia and

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<v Speaker 1>in Texas, but the Sixers would be trying to capitalize

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<v Speaker 1>on a night that the Spurs were without some key players.

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<v Speaker 1>A key player was available for the Sixers, Joel Embiid.

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<v Speaker 1>Another one was two at Ben Simmons, and both of

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<v Speaker 1>them were involved in getting the Sixers off to a

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<v Speaker 1>strong start. Time and throws it away another flip flop

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<v Speaker 1>of turnovers, TJ to Ben Simmons down to night sim

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<v Speaker 1>of the Robert Tom hupping good. Ben Simmons with a

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<v Speaker 1>fantastic food He's three of five. TJ drops it off

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<v Speaker 1>and the Spurs have taken another time out. He heard

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<v Speaker 1>the whistle in the background. Greg Popmitch not happy with

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<v Speaker 1>the way things began, but all things considered for him

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<v Speaker 1>in the Spurs it was only a twenty seven twenty

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<v Speaker 1>two game in favor of the Sixers. After twelve minutes

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<v Speaker 1>of play, the Sixers would open things up in quarter

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<v Speaker 1>number two. Dario scharge doing some really positive work. Amir

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<v Speaker 1>Johnson back out to Simmons. The clock is at eight.

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<v Speaker 1>Dario shoots it over gassault and that's good charge from range.

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<v Speaker 1>His second trade Dario with eight. He and Rehnick of

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<v Speaker 1>goodbuying for twenty and if yet it beat twenty eight

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<v Speaker 1>of the Sixers forty five high scoring first half, Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>lead by a dozen. They were up forty five to

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<v Speaker 1>thirty three. Their march would be sixty to forty nine

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<v Speaker 1>going into intermission, and at the outset of the third

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<v Speaker 1>quarter of the Sixers open things up to a game

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<v Speaker 1>high sixteen point lead, and they were trying to nurse

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<v Speaker 1>the double figure thing for as long as they could.

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<v Speaker 1>Dario with it in the lane, back out to Simmons

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<v Speaker 1>and now allob to Joel and Elliot Chap Burt Bead.

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<v Speaker 1>He frows it down on Burnton's and a great beat

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<v Speaker 1>by Simmons and a foul on the Spurs. If beat

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<v Speaker 1>sent a screen around the foul line area and then

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<v Speaker 1>a reverse pivot actually got a screen by redneck. He

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<v Speaker 1>runs down there and catches it a straight line cut

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<v Speaker 1>into the basket and Simmons of the recognition up top

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<v Speaker 1>and if you drop someone into the center, so I

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<v Speaker 1>do a doe context for what it beat status was

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<v Speaker 1>or wasn't going into tonight's game. There was absolutely no

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<v Speaker 1>way you could really tell aside from a few moments.

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<v Speaker 1>And he was feeling any effects in that spreen right

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<v Speaker 1>and he had four blocks in the opening quarter, and

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<v Speaker 1>he was more than willing to go in side tonight,

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<v Speaker 1>as he displayed on that sequence. But things would change

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<v Speaker 1>as Patty Mills would get going for the San Antonio Spurs.

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<v Speaker 1>They cut the depsit down to four eighty eight eighty

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<v Speaker 1>four going into the fourth Sixers offense stalled a bit

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<v Speaker 1>at the outset of the frame. The Spurs got into

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<v Speaker 1>within the possession ninety three ninety Ben Simmons with an answer, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>Dariol Hill score Dario on the lane, Dariel double Dario

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<v Speaker 1>off to the near side, cross scorts get billis downlow,

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<v Speaker 1>Ben Simmons fakes on one man goes up, Patty puts

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<v Speaker 1>it in. Ben Simmons downlong against their two bigs per

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<v Speaker 1>times at Aldridge and Simmons with a much needed bill goal.

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<v Speaker 1>Well and speaking of LaMarcus Aldridge, he was a huge

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<v Speaker 1>factor and helping the Spurs take the lead twice in

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<v Speaker 1>the final minutes the fourth including one oh three to

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<v Speaker 1>one oh one. With two and a half minutes ago.

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<v Speaker 1>Ben Simmons was found intentionally knocked down both three throws,

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<v Speaker 1>then a big play and review that was upheld. In

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<v Speaker 1>this one, Simmons drew a foul and roots the rack.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a goaltending call that was upheld that made

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<v Speaker 1>it one oh six one h three six or JJ

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<v Speaker 1>Reddick big basket forty five seconds ago sixes by two.

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<v Speaker 1>Simmons up to Joel and beat holding it at the

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<v Speaker 1>top of the arc hesitating, doesn't where to go with it.

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<v Speaker 1>He looks back door to Reddick. JJ shoots it up

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<v Speaker 1>at the J. J Reddick scars thirty six seconds to

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<v Speaker 1>go sixes by four. Reddick delivers little left wing one

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<v Speaker 1>o eight one oh four sixers gotta stop. They've been

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<v Speaker 1>awesome and inbound plays this season. And here was a

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<v Speaker 1>huge and bead will screen for Covington and Reddick Simmons

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<v Speaker 1>to Covington down low man the Spurs double Robert coming.

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<v Speaker 1>Then he goes to bed first lap and the Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>are gonna beat the Spurs. Great feed by coming toon

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<v Speaker 1>Simmons with the stuff. He's been really good in the fourth,

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<v Speaker 1>and yes he was, and yes the seventy Sixers did

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<v Speaker 1>beat the San Antonio Spurs. As we get in the

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<v Speaker 1>final box scores, six Ers forty five percent even from

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<v Speaker 1>the field, the Spurs a touch under forty five percent

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<v Speaker 1>for the evening six or seven of twenty two from

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<v Speaker 1>outside the arc San Antonio. Eight of twenty five Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>got to the free throw line. That was nice to see,

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<v Speaker 1>thirty three of forty three, outscoring the Spurs by thirteen

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<v Speaker 1>from the stripe on twenty more attempts. That was vital

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<v Speaker 1>Sixers plus two on the glass. They committed just thirteen

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<v Speaker 1>turnovers to San Antonio sixteen, but twenty three points was

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<v Speaker 1>what the Sixers scored off of turns in tonight's game.

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<v Speaker 1>Individual notes, Ben Simmons a game high time twenty six,

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<v Speaker 1>Patty Mills also at twenty six, but we're focusing on

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<v Speaker 1>Ben Simmons the Sixers postgame show. After all, he was

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<v Speaker 1>eight of eighteen from the field, but howbout this ten

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<v Speaker 1>to fifteen from the free throw line, including his last

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<v Speaker 1>three and four out of his last five. He had

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<v Speaker 1>five boards, four assists, three steals on the night. Joel

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<v Speaker 1>embiid Gutsie, as Brett Brown said, twenty one points, eleven rebounds,

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<v Speaker 1>four assists, all four of his block shots in the

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<v Speaker 1>opening quarter. He was a plus sixteen for the game,

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<v Speaker 1>and Dario Scharch plus nineteen overall with fifteen points two

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<v Speaker 1>three pointers. He had seven rebounds and an assist, helping

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<v Speaker 1>balance things after the Sixers. Jj Reddick with twenty points

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<v Speaker 1>as well, three lead changes, six ties tonight in a

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<v Speaker 1>two hour, seventeen minute game. Another sellout crowd down here

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<v Speaker 1>at the Center. Twenty thousand, six hundred and forty two.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you very much to those who attended, and the

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<v Speaker 1>Sixers will have another tough test another top ranked team

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<v Speaker 1>in the East coming up on Friday at seven o'clock.

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<v Speaker 1>The Detroit Pistons and the Sixers had the Pistons numbers

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<v Speaker 1>so far this season two and Oho versus Detroit halfway

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<v Speaker 1>through their four game season series. Tip off time at

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<v Speaker 1>seven o'clock. Coverage on some of our sixers rated network

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<v Speaker 1>affiliates beginning at six to fifty with the pregame show