WEBVTT - The BroadCast | Dennis Scott Previews Game 2 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:03.640 This podcast is part of the seventy Sixers podcast network 0:00:04.000 --> 0:00:08.559 search seventy Sixers podcast Wherever you get your pods, back 0:00:08.600 --> 0:00:11.360 and forth, back and forth. The seventy Sixers and the 0:00:11.360 --> 0:00:14.240 Boston Celtics duked it out in the opener of the 0:00:14.240 --> 0:00:17.720 Eastern Conference quarterfinals. Morford to Entertainum gets this old vessence 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:22.200 for as the ball any fellows big out, yeah, let 0:00:22.200 --> 0:00:25.040 me hear you. But in the end the Celtics had 0:00:25.079 --> 0:00:27.920 too much. What Pike Tatum from behind out to the 0:00:28.000 --> 0:00:30.920 left side, Brown open three on a transition. It's good 0:00:31.160 --> 0:00:34.400 a dagger jail and Brown knocks it down. What are 0:00:34.400 --> 0:00:37.200 the keys to game too? We asked to Dennis Scott 0:00:37.320 --> 0:00:40.680 from NBA TV and the NBA on TNT. I thought 0:00:40.720 --> 0:00:43.920 it was a very interesting game because as always, you 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:47.240 guys know, we all wonder how em Beach going to 0:00:47.280 --> 0:00:50.839 show up, how impactful he will be, how aggressive you 0:00:50.880 --> 0:00:53.920 will be? And I think that question was answered early 0:00:53.960 --> 0:00:57.440 in the ball game. I'm Lauren Rosen and I'm Brian Selzer. 0:00:57.520 --> 0:00:59.440 We look back on Game one and look ahead to 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:02.400 Game two on this episode of the broadcast from the 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:07.880 seventy Sixers Podcast Network. Game one is in the books. 0:01:08.120 --> 0:01:11.040 It was a well played, intense, back and forth game 0:01:11.040 --> 0:01:12.880 and did not go to seventy sixers a way. They 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:14.960 of course lost on Monday Night one oh nine to 0:01:15.200 --> 0:01:19.200 one oh one, setting the stage for Game two. No 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:21.800 Divon this episode of the Pond, lone and I are 0:01:21.800 --> 0:01:23.600 going to try and hold it down. We got three 0:01:23.680 --> 0:01:25.920 d Dennis Scott from the NBA on T and T 0:01:26.560 --> 0:01:30.120 and NBA TV in just a few moments. But first, Larn, 0:01:30.200 --> 0:01:33.399 what were your impressions of Game one? Well, look, I 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:35.520 love the way that the game went back and forth. 0:01:35.560 --> 0:01:38.360 It was physical, it was intense. Both teams showed some 0:01:38.400 --> 0:01:41.600 really great stuff and realistically, a lot of the Sixers 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:44.720 had good performances, especially Dway, Joe well Embiad started with 0:01:44.760 --> 0:01:47.800 that five for five shooting in the first quarter. Josh 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:50.360 Richardson hit some big shots. Shake Milton did a good job. 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:52.960 Alec Burks obviously off the bench was good, and we 0:01:53.040 --> 0:01:54.960 know we can get more from those guys and some 0:01:55.080 --> 0:01:56.680 of the other guys who maybe had more of an 0:01:56.680 --> 0:01:58.880 off night. I think that the Sixers are in a 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:00.520 good place if they can take better care of the 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:03.960 ball and activate themselves with a little bit more intensity 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:07.320 on the offensive end to maybe steal Game two on Wednesday, 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:10.080 I would agree. I tend to view game ones is 0:02:10.440 --> 0:02:14.200 almost like fact finding missions. Certainly, the Sixers and Celtics 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:16.480 know a ton about each other. They played each other 0:02:16.560 --> 0:02:20.000 four times in the regular season, their division rivals, They're 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:23.079 intertwined in so many different ways. But I think one 0:02:23.080 --> 0:02:25.000 of the things that you could take away from Game 0:02:25.080 --> 0:02:27.840 one was, like you said, this is going to be 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:30.880 by all accounts so far, at least the evidence that 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:34.120 we have a competitive series. It wasn't like Boston or 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:36.919 the seventy Sixers ever ran away with it. It was 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:39.360 back and forth. I think we knew from the outset 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:41.560 based upon how much the Sixers turned the ball over 0:02:41.600 --> 0:02:43.320 in the first quarter, it was going to be an 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:45.720 uphill battle. I was really impressed with the run they 0:02:45.720 --> 0:02:48.360 went on a fifteen straight to end the third, to 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:51.000 start the fourth, especially with Joel Embiid on the bench 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:53.400 for a portion of that time, and then at the end, 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:56.800 after Jason's Tatum got the Celtics started, it was Jalon 0:02:56.880 --> 0:02:59.960 Brown having a monster fourth quarter, and then to really 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:02.720 give the Celtics enough breathing room, it was Kemba Walker 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:05.600 that put the game away. Realistically, a lot of the 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:08.800 Sixers had good nights. Now what we need is to 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:11.240 turn that good night into a great night. I think 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:12.959 we saw a lot of good things from dwell Embiad. 0:03:13.000 --> 0:03:16.000 Obviously his start was phenomenal, going five four or five 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:19.760 from the field. Josh Richardson had a strong run. Alec 0:03:19.800 --> 0:03:21.799 Burks was good off the bench, and shout out to 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:23.920 Matisse Bible for the way that he defended Tatum, because 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:26.160 even though Tatum was having a great night when he 0:03:26.200 --> 0:03:28.800 was guarded by Thible, he actually didn't do that well. 0:03:29.080 --> 0:03:30.800 So if Matisse is going to continue to take that 0:03:30.880 --> 0:03:34.240 matchup on, hopefully they'll start to understand a better way 0:03:34.280 --> 0:03:37.480 to get Jason Tatum's number and turn those good performances 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:40.800 into great performances that can hopefully yield wins. Yeah, something 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:43.320 that was interesting that it sounded like coming from both sides. 0:03:43.320 --> 0:03:45.400 Obviously you would hear this from the Sixers because they lost, 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:48.360 they feel like they can do better. But the Celtics 0:03:48.360 --> 0:03:51.520 too felt like even despite getting some great performances from 0:03:51.560 --> 0:03:55.440 Tatum and Kemba and Jalen Brown, that they have more 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:58.560 to give as well. So it sounds like there's a 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:01.600 lot of focus on both side. In terms of injuries. 0:04:01.760 --> 0:04:03.520 We're going to have to find out at some point 0:04:03.520 --> 0:04:05.880 what the situation is with Gordon Hayward. That could be 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:08.680 a key loss for Boston at least. The initial reports 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:11.840 after the game on Monday, and I don't want to 0:04:11.840 --> 0:04:13.920 play doctor, but they didn't sound like, at least for 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:15.360 the short term, they were all that great. If you 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:17.080 leave an arena and crutches and you need an MRI, 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:19.760 that could be a little bit of a shaky situation. 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:22.120 So at the time that we're recording this podcast, that's 0:04:22.120 --> 0:04:25.799 the latest information that we have. But yeah, I feel 0:04:25.800 --> 0:04:30.040 like there were certainly ways you could see the path 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:32.880 of the seventy sixers winning that game. They just now 0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:36.240 have to iron those areas out and shore them up 0:04:36.400 --> 0:04:38.840 moving forward. And look, it was a close game even 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:41.520 without the contributions we're used to seeing from some of 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:43.440 the guys. We know Tobias Harris can do more. We 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:45.360 know Al Horford can do more. He's done more so 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:48.520 far inside the bubble for Concorkmas help scoreless. You know 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:50.920 he can do more. So if those guys can get 0:04:50.920 --> 0:04:53.000 it together, I think obviously you never want to see 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:54.520 anyone get hurt. That's not how you want to win 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:55.960 a game. That's certainly not how you want to win 0:04:56.000 --> 0:04:58.400 a series. But if Gordon Hayward is having problems, the 0:04:58.400 --> 0:05:00.960 Celtics team is pretty thin. Maybe it's on me for 0:05:01.080 --> 0:05:03.320 not doing my research well enough, but I didn't realize 0:05:03.400 --> 0:05:05.479 just how then they were. They only had eight points 0:05:05.520 --> 0:05:09.560 off the bench totally yesterday or sorry, rather on Monday night. 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:13.320 So I think realistically, if they're gonna lose Hayward, or 0:05:13.320 --> 0:05:16.040 even lose part of Hayward, that could be a problem, 0:05:16.080 --> 0:05:18.000 and the Sixers might actually have an edge when it 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:21.039 comes to depth, even without Ben Simmons. Yes, you know 0:05:21.080 --> 0:05:24.000 we talk here on the broadcast, probably people would say 0:05:24.080 --> 0:05:27.039 enough about the seventy sixers, so we figured why not 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:31.120 bring on someone who truly knows his stuff. You see 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:35.719 him on the NBA on TNT on NBA TV. It 0:05:35.880 --> 0:05:38.800 is three D Dennis Scott and TNT is going to 0:05:38.880 --> 0:05:41.960 have over forty NBA Playoff games, the most of any network, 0:05:42.400 --> 0:05:45.000 including your team. You're town. You're seventy six is against 0:05:45.040 --> 0:05:48.560 the Boston Celtics later on tonight at six thirty three D. 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:50.680 Thank you so much for joining us. We're going to 0:05:50.760 --> 0:05:53.200 dive into six or Celtics looking ahead to Game two. 0:05:53.240 --> 0:05:55.480 But first thing we got to ask you is, now, 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:57.240 this has been going on for a month now inside 0:05:57.279 --> 0:06:00.440 the bubble, what are your impressions of the NBA bubble? 0:06:00.760 --> 0:06:03.640 To be very honest, I'm a little jealous and a 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:05.960 little envy there. I'm not a part of it, because 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:09.240 to your point, we all were wondering how would Adam 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:12.120 Silver and his brain trust pulls it off with the 0:06:12.240 --> 0:06:16.320 players and everyone associated with the players, what they listen 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:19.280 and follow the protocol. So I think we all would 0:06:19.279 --> 0:06:23.560 agree close to the players obvious, see the coaches, they're 0:06:23.600 --> 0:06:25.120 going to be the leaders and do the right things. 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:28.280 But I'm just really, really, really impressed on how these 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:31.000 guys are sticking to the script and doing the right 0:06:31.000 --> 0:06:33.839 things in no cases, yeah, no doubt. I almost feel 0:06:33.839 --> 0:06:36.760 like it's super safe there, and it's way safer than 0:06:36.800 --> 0:06:38.800 it is outside of the bubble. So that jealousy that 0:06:38.839 --> 0:06:41.479 you feel about being there, I am with you. I 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:43.960 gotta ask what did you make of Game one last night? 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:48.680 I thought it was a very interesting game because as always, 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:51.919 as you guys know, we all wonder how embeds going 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:55.560 to show up, how impactful he would be, how aggressive 0:06:55.600 --> 0:06:58.480 he would be? And I think that question was answered 0:06:58.520 --> 0:07:01.640 early in the ballgame. And then the second question is, now, 0:07:01.680 --> 0:07:04.720 with know Ben Simmons, how would the others stepped up? 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:08.040 So if you're a Sixer fan, you have some encouragement 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:10.640 that guy has played hard, they played well at times. 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:12.840 It's just that you know, the Celtics stepped up in 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:15.239 Brown and Taylor played a hell of a ball game. Listen, 0:07:15.240 --> 0:07:17.440 we know Joel Embiad's not going to go twenty for 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:20.720 twenty in a basketball game after he started Game one 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:23.200 five for five from the field. But I think everyone 0:07:23.320 --> 0:07:26.640 saw that start and that energy, the engagement. He was 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:29.680 really physical and getting to the rim on the offensive end. 0:07:29.680 --> 0:07:31.200 And I think a question that a lot of Sixers 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:33.800 fans have right now is how can that be harnessed 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:36.960 for a full forty eight minutes? Not expecting, of course, perfection, 0:07:37.240 --> 0:07:39.560 but just that approach, that mindset, the way he went 0:07:39.600 --> 0:07:42.800 about his business early on. Do you have thoughts on that? Yeah? Yeah, 0:07:42.920 --> 0:07:46.679 I think the underlying question and I think you guys 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:49.000 know this, and Brett Brown talked about it last night 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:52.200 in the postgame show. You have to feed and be 0:07:52.680 --> 0:07:55.600 more often than you probably want to, And he used 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:58.040 the analogy of him being with the San Antonio Spurs 0:07:58.040 --> 0:08:02.480 and being around Tim Duncan. But Populich found creative ways 0:08:02.520 --> 0:08:05.520 of getting Tim dunking the ball on different blocks and 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:08.640 understanding that it gave him different windows so when he 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:11.480 gets double teams, he can find guys on the other 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:14.200 end of the floor to knockdown shots. Let's call it 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:16.360 what it is. JJ Reddick has gone, you don't have 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:19.240 that knockdown dead our three point shooters, so we can 0:08:19.280 --> 0:08:22.960 stop talking about it. But Josh Richardson, Shake Milton, all 0:08:22.960 --> 0:08:26.280 those other guys, they're quality shooters. You have to instill 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:28.720 confidence in them and put them in situations so they 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:30.800 know when the ball swung to them on the week's 0:08:30.840 --> 0:08:32.920 time of the floor, being ready to shoot the ball 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:35.840 with confidence like they did yesterday. What did you make 0:08:35.920 --> 0:08:38.319 of the way that Alec Burks has sort of stepped 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:40.679 into a role like that of someone that whether it 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:42.319 be Joe Well or any of the other guys can 0:08:42.360 --> 0:08:44.640 find and rely on him for an instant impact, even 0:08:44.640 --> 0:08:47.640 though he's still relatively new to the team. Well, I 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:51.000 think the East Coast is getting the chance to see 0:08:51.480 --> 0:08:54.920 post because people don't realize how good he is. And yes, 0:08:54.960 --> 0:08:56.520 he's been banged up a little bit to like I 0:08:56.520 --> 0:08:58.640 see the last four or five years before he got 0:08:58.640 --> 0:09:01.720 traded from Utah, he's banged So now he's finally healthy 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:04.360 and now he's reminding the basketball people this young man 0:09:04.400 --> 0:09:06.600 can play. He can score the ball, and it takes 0:09:06.600 --> 0:09:09.280 pressure off that second unit. You know, when he starts, 0:09:09.280 --> 0:09:11.439 some comes off being something to bottom line, when he's 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:13.760 on the floor, he takes so much pressure off the 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:16.800 offensive end. He's a bucket get her three D right. 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:18.800 I mean, he's a guy who in the postseason you 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:21.840 really value someone like that. There were a handful of 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:23.880 broken plays in Game one where you're like, well, what's 0:09:23.920 --> 0:09:26.440 going to happen, and there was Burke's making something happen. 0:09:26.480 --> 0:09:29.040 It seems like that type of score is even more 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:31.920 valuable this time of year. You guys, notice you follow 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:34.120 the game pretty close too, So whenever you have what 0:09:34.200 --> 0:09:36.840 we call the wild card guy that you're not sure 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:39.240 what's gonna bring each night, but to your point, you know, 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:42.600 he can get a bucket and in broken plays everybody 0:09:42.679 --> 0:09:44.560 has a player or two and eighteen where they said, 0:09:44.559 --> 0:09:46.959 you know what shot clock go get us a bucket. 0:09:47.760 --> 0:09:50.280 We talk about Ali Burk's coming off the bench. Another 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:52.320 guy who came off the bench last night, Matisse Thyble, 0:09:52.600 --> 0:09:53.800 What did you make out of the way that the 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:56.080 rookie was able to do a pretty good job on 0:09:56.200 --> 0:09:59.280 Jason Tatum, who was obviously having an excellent night. Yeah, 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:01.199 that's a great point you bring up, and I was 0:10:01.640 --> 0:10:05.320 happy to see Utiques not lose his confidence understanding that. 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:08.800 You know Tatum and Brown, they are bona fide young 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:11.280 superstars are gonna get better and better each year. It's 0:10:11.320 --> 0:10:13.560 all about making them work for what they get, which 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:16.920 I thought they did. He's just they had good nights. Now. Offensively, 0:10:17.320 --> 0:10:19.120 I think Thibon needs to look for the rim a 0:10:19.160 --> 0:10:21.560 little bit more. Look for his shot, be more aggressive. 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:24.640 You have a decent little shot. Your three point percentages 0:10:24.679 --> 0:10:27.080 decent throughout the year. You made some big shots. Look 0:10:27.120 --> 0:10:29.559 at the rim. There's no Ben Simmons. I don't think 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:32.360 Brett Brown's gonna get mad at him. Shoot the damn ballhole. 0:10:33.480 --> 0:10:36.520 It's such a fascinating situation three D that he's in 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:38.680 because he's a rookie, and not only is he getting 0:10:38.960 --> 0:10:41.679 playing time, he played over thirty two minutes in Game one, 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:44.920 his first playoff game, but he's being asked to cover 0:10:45.360 --> 0:10:47.600 the elite of the elite scores. I don't know if 0:10:47.640 --> 0:10:50.600 you can think back to this long marathon season where 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:51.920 there was a game, because I know that you were 0:10:51.920 --> 0:10:54.079 at the center a lot in South Philadelphia this season, 0:10:54.360 --> 0:10:56.400 if there was a game or a moment you remember 0:10:56.400 --> 0:10:58.800 seeing Thible when you were like huh. And maybe he 0:10:58.840 --> 0:11:00.439 was even going back to his college career because I 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:02.600 know you foiled that closely too. We're like, this guy 0:11:02.679 --> 0:11:05.320 really has the opportunity to be something legit on the 0:11:05.320 --> 0:11:08.120 defensive end of the floor in college. You saw the 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:12.440 athletic ability, but you said, I don't know if I 0:11:12.480 --> 0:11:15.360 see enough. And that's the difference between us as analysts 0:11:15.360 --> 0:11:18.400 who your NBA, TV or any other network, versus those 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:22.760 college scouts who see twenty twenty five, thirty sixty seeing 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:25.240 the kid playing his sophomore years freshman year, where a 0:11:25.280 --> 0:11:27.560 lot of times we don't get that opportunity until the 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:29.880 tournament comes along and he said, oh my goodness, look 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:31.640 at his wing Spain, Look how he runs the floor, 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:34.719 Look how casaon lanes. That's going to translate to the 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:37.040 NBA and then he gets there. I think it was 0:11:37.040 --> 0:11:38.719 a game we had until your point. I think we 0:11:38.880 --> 0:11:41.960 early November for Center Court or NBA TV, and I 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:44.480 saw him up close. That's not I said, Oh my goodness, 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:47.880 a right big he was, and how tall and long. 0:11:48.040 --> 0:11:50.880 I said, he's gonna have a long NBA career. It's 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:53.360 all about the confidence on the offensive end of the 0:11:53.360 --> 0:11:56.400 floor that his career will flourish. One more question for 0:11:56.520 --> 0:11:59.000 me for you about him, Just I've been asking people 0:11:59.080 --> 0:12:02.040 way smarter than me about basketball about this. Is there 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:04.520 a comp that you have for him at this stage 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:06.040 of his career. I know it's still early, but when 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:07.880 you see him, is there anyone else that you think 0:12:07.920 --> 0:12:10.280 of when they were at that stage in their career? 0:12:10.800 --> 0:12:14.080 Not right now? At the top of my head, what 0:12:14.160 --> 0:12:19.960 I've learned about this just generation what guys did in college, 0:12:20.559 --> 0:12:24.240 maybe a small taste of who they really are, and 0:12:24.280 --> 0:12:27.920 then they get into college, they don't have that college 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:31.520 coach holding him back, and other you know abilities come out. 0:12:31.559 --> 0:12:33.000 You're like, Wow, I didn't know he could do that 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:35.440 because he didn't show us that in college. I think 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:37.839 we're going to have that and thought, well, that you're 0:12:37.840 --> 0:12:40.600 gonna see things each week, each month, each year come 0:12:40.640 --> 0:12:43.880 out of him because that pigeonhole is not holding him back. 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:47.440 I feel that for sure, he's been really interesting to watch, 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:49.880 and I think a lot of people share that vibe 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:51.600 with you, that we're still learning about him, and that's 0:12:51.600 --> 0:12:54.120 really exciting obviously for a first year player. Someone else 0:12:54.160 --> 0:12:56.160 we'd love to talk about who's also having his first 0:12:56.160 --> 0:12:58.760 experience in the playoffs is Shake, Milton, What have you 0:12:58.800 --> 0:13:02.240 made of his rise? And almost like if you, I 0:13:02.240 --> 0:13:03.959 don't know if you have any advice for a dialect 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:06.360 Shake or giving your experience and everything that you've seen, 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:09.440 how can a guy like that who doesn't have the 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:13.679 most big game experience flourish in a playoff situation. I 0:13:13.720 --> 0:13:17.080 think the biggest thing for Shake right now on days off, 0:13:17.800 --> 0:13:20.400 just live in the gym and just put up jump shots. 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:25.880 Put up jump shots, because what he doesn't understand yet 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:30.640 that the game should be easy to him. Because everybody's 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:33.520 worried about and be everybody's worried about Al Horford, and 0:13:33.559 --> 0:13:37.480 now that Ben's gone, everyone's worried about Tobias Harris. So 0:13:37.480 --> 0:13:40.439 when those guys are getting double team, find that sweet 0:13:40.480 --> 0:13:43.079 spot on the floor, you know, those guys are unselfish 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:44.640 that we're on the share, that we're on the swing it. 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:48.280 Catch it and shoot, catch it and shoot. It's a 0:13:48.360 --> 0:13:51.920 simple game. Look around in the NBA. Look around how 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:55.960 role players feed off their superstars. They catch and shoot, 0:13:56.200 --> 0:13:58.760 they get to a sweet spot. You saw with Luca 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:01.840 last night to the Clippers right right, he had Phoenie, 0:14:01.960 --> 0:14:04.400 you know, Phoene Smith, He had Tim Hardaway Junior, he 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:07.800 had MKG. And I'm not I'm not trying to mess 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:10.920 with him. We know his jump shot is a working project. 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:14.280 It's a science project. He went two of three from 0:14:14.280 --> 0:14:18.240 three point land last night. Why because he was wide 0:14:18.880 --> 0:14:23.760 open in the corner. Luca drives, Kicksie knocks it down. 0:14:24.080 --> 0:14:27.000 That's the same thing we're talking about with Joel and 0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:30.720 be attack, be aggressive. Once you go five or five, 0:14:30.840 --> 0:14:32.680 once you get a couple of players in foul trouble, 0:14:32.920 --> 0:14:35.480 they have no choice but to double team. You now 0:14:35.960 --> 0:14:39.280 shake Burke all the rest of you guys, catch and 0:14:39.320 --> 0:14:41.560 shoot and shoot the ball with confidence. That's gonna take 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:45.280 so much pressure off of Harris Corford MB Dennis. I 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:48.320 know you know Tobias Harris and his family really well, 0:14:48.480 --> 0:14:50.440 we all know what Tobias can do on the court. 0:14:50.720 --> 0:14:53.240 I'd love to ask you for your impressions of what 0:14:53.280 --> 0:14:56.920 he's done off the court, especially these last couple months, 0:14:56.960 --> 0:14:59.480 in light of everything that he's been doing to try 0:14:59.480 --> 0:15:02.880 and drive change in respect to racial inequality in the 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:07.320 United States, that he has educated himself very well and 0:15:07.360 --> 0:15:09.760 he has made sure that he's gotten all the information 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:14.240 that's that hit that hit home to him. Because each guy, 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:18.400 thought has done a really in this whole social movement 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:22.040 and being able to you know, express and articulate how 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:25.360 they feel, why they feel, and what they think the 0:15:25.520 --> 0:15:28.320 change can really be made, why they're where they are 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:30.240 on their platform, where they are in their career, and 0:15:30.240 --> 0:15:32.600 so forth. So to Bias on an excellent job. So 0:15:32.800 --> 0:15:35.240 the sixer fan they should be, you know, applauded and 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:38.200 appreciate what he's done because he's done his homework and 0:15:38.240 --> 0:15:41.440 now he's he's expressed himself the right way. I do 0:15:41.480 --> 0:15:42.880 you think it's great the way that he's sort of 0:15:42.880 --> 0:15:45.720 been recognized for that leadership that we've seen him put 0:15:45.760 --> 0:15:48.000 in sort of behind closed doors or on the road 0:15:48.080 --> 0:15:50.200 or whatever whatever it may be. Now he's sort of 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:52.960 getting that recognition as such a vocal leader on and 0:15:53.080 --> 0:15:55.240 off the floor. So that's been gratifying and obviously if 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:57.760 he can match that effort on the court, he's going 0:15:57.800 --> 0:15:59.640 to be doing great things for a while for the Sixers. 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:03.000 And last question for you, I've got to ask when 0:16:03.040 --> 0:16:06.040 you look ahead to Game two, what are your keys 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:08.040 to the game the things that the Sixers can fix 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:11.119 or adjust in order to steal one from the Celtics 0:16:11.200 --> 0:16:14.360 on Wednesday night. Number One, you have to take care 0:16:14.960 --> 0:16:18.320 of the basketball because you know the Celtics are scrappy, 0:16:18.560 --> 0:16:21.640 Marcus Smart, you know their wing players are really really scrappy, 0:16:21.680 --> 0:16:24.440 and get in the past line and get steals. And 0:16:24.520 --> 0:16:26.960 Daniel Tyson it's not a bad big guy. He makes 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:30.560 him be worked out there. So Number one, take better 0:16:30.560 --> 0:16:35.120 care of the basketball. Number two, transition defense when you 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:37.200 do turn the ball, or you gotta get back on 0:16:37.280 --> 0:16:39.840 defense because I thought a future I think the third 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:42.040 quarter when Jaylen Brown knocked down those three or four 0:16:42.120 --> 0:16:45.360 threes that really broke the Sixers back and they were 0:16:45.360 --> 0:16:47.880 trying to make that run. And last but not least, 0:16:48.600 --> 0:16:51.640 you gotta feed the big fella. You gotta get creative 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:54.480 on how you get him the ball. Knowing that he's 0:16:54.520 --> 0:16:57.080 a willing passer when the team start double teaming him. 0:16:57.480 --> 0:17:00.400 Three D. Dennis Scott, thank you so much, man, and 0:17:00.480 --> 0:17:03.560 enjoy the rest of the playoffs anytime. Guy who's the pleasure. 0:17:04.480 --> 0:17:07.480 Really appreciate three D Dennis Scott taking the time to 0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:10.639 join us here on the broadcast. You can see him 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:13.639 on the NBA on TNT NBA TV. Follow him on 0:17:13.640 --> 0:17:17.160 Twitter at Dennis three D Scott. T NTS got over 0:17:17.240 --> 0:17:20.440 forty NBA playoff games. That is more than anyone out there, 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:23.160 and they have the seventy Sixers and the Celtics later 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:27.680 on tonight at six thirty. Love Lauren. Hearing from three D. 0:17:28.000 --> 0:17:29.520 I especially like some of the stuff that he was 0:17:29.560 --> 0:17:32.280 talking about in respect to Shake Milton. I thought Shake 0:17:32.720 --> 0:17:36.160 played well enough for sure for the Sixers in that 0:17:36.280 --> 0:17:40.000 game on Monday, based upon what your expectations might have been. 0:17:40.440 --> 0:17:43.240 Young kid, first playoff game, and he did a lot 0:17:43.280 --> 0:17:46.160 of what three D was talking about. Get the ball, 0:17:46.280 --> 0:17:48.560 swing it to him and hit the open shot, and 0:17:48.760 --> 0:17:50.679 he did that. I thought he played pretty well. I 0:17:50.680 --> 0:17:53.000 agree Celts props to Shake just we talked about his 0:17:53.080 --> 0:17:55.879 journey all the time, but it really is a tremendous story. 0:17:55.880 --> 0:17:57.479 The fact that he was out of the rotation at 0:17:57.520 --> 0:17:59.560 the All Star break and now he's putting in significant 0:17:59.560 --> 0:18:01.440 minutes in this series and will continue to do so. 0:18:01.480 --> 0:18:04.320 I loved what Dennis said about confidence in the way 0:18:04.359 --> 0:18:06.480 that Shake needs to. Obviously he's a confident dude. He 0:18:06.520 --> 0:18:08.560 wouldn't have gotten as far as he has, especially this 0:18:08.600 --> 0:18:10.760 season without that confidence, but to take it to that 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:12.920 next level and really own his space. He said the 0:18:12.960 --> 0:18:15.520 same thing about Matisse's bible. There was a play early 0:18:15.600 --> 0:18:18.800 where they left Matisse wide wide open beyond the arc 0:18:18.840 --> 0:18:21.000 for a couple possessions in a row, and eventually I 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:23.160 don't remember who it was, but someone found him from 0:18:23.200 --> 0:18:25.199 the post and Matisse knocked down the shot. And I 0:18:25.200 --> 0:18:28.159 think realistically, those young guys, if they feel empowered to 0:18:28.240 --> 0:18:30.320 take shots like that and just go for it and 0:18:30.400 --> 0:18:33.040 own their space and own this moment, they could be 0:18:33.080 --> 0:18:35.239 really good. And we'll forget pretty quickly that it's their 0:18:35.240 --> 0:18:38.200 first playoff series. Like we said, Game one between the 0:18:38.240 --> 0:18:42.720 seventy Sixers and the Celtics, very spirited, very intense. Can't 0:18:42.760 --> 0:18:45.960 wait to see what a little bit more desperation, perhaps 0:18:46.000 --> 0:18:48.359 from the seventy Sixers and maybe even the Celtics a 0:18:49.240 --> 0:18:51.760 higher sense of urgency in game two. Now that both 0:18:51.760 --> 0:18:53.840 teams have Game one under their belts in a brand 0:18:53.840 --> 0:18:56.520 new setting an atmosphere, what that could lead to for 0:18:56.680 --> 0:18:59.920 game two? Yep, Celts. Honestly, if Game one is any 0:19:00.000 --> 0:19:01.600 indication of what's to come, it's going to be a 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:03.920