WEBVTT - The BroadCast: 3/8/18- Rewind vs. Heat

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<v Speaker 1>This is the Philadelphia Has seventy Sixers postgame show. I beat,

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<v Speaker 1>I can look about about broach free starts. Is gonna

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<v Speaker 1>turn and get it off Mattie rolling the Sixers postgame

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<v Speaker 1>show right now on ninety seven five the Panetic. Three

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<v Speaker 1>times in the last five weeks, the seventy Sixers and

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<v Speaker 1>Miami Heats squared off. Those three games where physical, hard

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<v Speaker 1>fought close affairs, and tonight, in another important Eastern Conference

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<v Speaker 1>matchup between the two teams, it was no different. The

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<v Speaker 1>seventy Sixers fall to the Heat at American Airlines Arena

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<v Speaker 1>one of eight ninety nine. As a result, the Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>and the Heat split their four game season series. So

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<v Speaker 1>if a tiebreaker is ultimately needed to determine playoff seating

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<v Speaker 1>between these two teams, it will go to conference record.

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<v Speaker 1>Brian Seltzer from Sixers dot Com with you on the

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<v Speaker 1>postgame show. We expect to hear from Brett Brown outside

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<v Speaker 1>the Sixers locker room. We'll revisit with Tom McGinnis, who

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<v Speaker 1>had the game call tonight, and we'll also play back

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<v Speaker 1>some of his highlight calls. Hassan Whiteside had a big

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<v Speaker 1>game for the Miami Heat, matching his stature twenty six points,

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<v Speaker 1>eight rebounds, a night in which Joel Embiide, particularly in

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<v Speaker 1>the second half, just couldn't get going for the Sixers.

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<v Speaker 1>He finished with seventeen and seven, but five eighteen from

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<v Speaker 1>the field was embiide as. The Sixers just not quite

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<v Speaker 1>able to catch up with the Heat down the stretch.

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<v Speaker 1>White Side proved to be too much of a force

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<v Speaker 1>to stop with embid playing with five personal fouls in

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<v Speaker 1>the fourth quarter, and also you got to give credit

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<v Speaker 1>to the Heat reserves, which ended up combining for forty

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<v Speaker 1>six points in the game. In a game like this

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<v Speaker 1>really evenly played for let's say three and a half

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<v Speaker 1>quarters tonight, many runs become so so important. The Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>were trailing eighty to seventy seven in the early stages

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<v Speaker 1>of the fourth quarter, and that's when Dwayne Wade, Wayne Ellington,

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<v Speaker 1>and especially Justice Winslow, who had two big three pointers

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<v Speaker 1>during this run, they combined to create a twelve to

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<v Speaker 1>four spurt for the Heat and that pretty much gave

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<v Speaker 1>Miami control the game for good. The Sixers were coming

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<v Speaker 1>off an excellent offensive display Tuesday in Charlotte Day had

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<v Speaker 1>their second highest point total of the season in their

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<v Speaker 1>top field goal shooting performance going back eight years. But

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<v Speaker 1>tonight turnovers started to come quick. Miami a great defensive team.

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<v Speaker 1>They turned the Sixers over eighteen times in the game,

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<v Speaker 1>manufactured twenty points off that, and just some of the

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<v Speaker 1>little things that added up in terms of the final

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<v Speaker 1>score of tonight's game the Sixers. They ended up getting

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<v Speaker 1>twenty from Dario Charch. He also had ten rebounds for

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<v Speaker 1>a double double, his ninth of the season. Charch has

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<v Speaker 1>just been so great as of late, five of ten

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<v Speaker 1>from the field, four of seven outside the arc. You

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<v Speaker 1>really have to love the way he's playing at this

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<v Speaker 1>late stage of the season. Ben Simmons chipped in with

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<v Speaker 1>ten points, eight rebounds, eight assists. He got started early,

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<v Speaker 1>especially in open court opportunities, driving hard to the rack,

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<v Speaker 1>but he ultimately was an option that the Heat were

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<v Speaker 1>able to take away down the stretch. JJ Reddick with

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen points, seventy six ers falling on the road to

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<v Speaker 1>Miami went away to ninety nine. Brett Brown. We believe

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<v Speaker 1>we have him right now, so let's go to him

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<v Speaker 1>after the six or drop to one and two on

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<v Speaker 1>their current road trip. Will be told in relation to

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<v Speaker 1>the problems we had in the fourth. Once we identify

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<v Speaker 1>that gained total, you know, on pace to double from

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<v Speaker 1>last season. How much did that powel trouble was to

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<v Speaker 1>did you see him? Um? I didn't feel that. I

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<v Speaker 1>felt like that's a great matchup. You know, you go

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<v Speaker 1>and beat in Whiteside and you know, two legitimate big men,

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<v Speaker 1>skilled big men that want to go at each other.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe that that that was more to do with

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<v Speaker 1>the foul trouble than than fatigue. I think fatigue definitely

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<v Speaker 1>has a part to say, and some of you know

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<v Speaker 1>Joel's performances recently, but I didn't go there with foul

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<v Speaker 1>trouble right to that point with the fatigue, Has there

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<v Speaker 1>been any thought about resting him at any point because

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<v Speaker 1>of that? We talk all the time about Joel and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, as far as a definitive plan, there is

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<v Speaker 1>not one. But you know Joel and JJ and you

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<v Speaker 1>know some of our other guys. You know, I think

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<v Speaker 1>all that you talk about, but like I say, there's

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<v Speaker 1>no definitive plan as we speak. But to come up

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<v Speaker 1>that point to pos Tuesday in Charlotte, what do you

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<v Speaker 1>say to him to keep shooting you? And you say

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<v Speaker 1>it like three times and then the last one. You

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<v Speaker 1>say it really loudly, and uh, you know, as long

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<v Speaker 1>as he's guarding that, that's where my interests really lies.

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<v Speaker 1>We understand clearly that making the three point shot will

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<v Speaker 1>help all of us. I thought we actually missed him.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes we try to get to the paint and look

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<v Speaker 1>at a kickout to find him. Uh, it got to

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<v Speaker 1>the to the you know, the the last six minutes of

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<v Speaker 1>the game, I believe you know, you just felt like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, enough for tonight was enough, and we decided

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<v Speaker 1>to go with Marco and try to generate some scoring

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<v Speaker 1>opportunities through Bell and Ellie. But with Robert, you move on,

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<v Speaker 1>you move on. You don't really pay much attention. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't pay much attention to this game for him. Seventy

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<v Speaker 1>Sixers drop a one o eight ninety nine decision to

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<v Speaker 1>the Miami Heat. The two teams split their season series,

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<v Speaker 1>and now because of that, conference record will be used

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<v Speaker 1>to determine a tiebreaker if it's necessary. More importantly and immediately,

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<v Speaker 1>the Sixers lead of the Miami Heat for a sixth

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<v Speaker 1>place in the Eastern Conference trim from two games to one.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll get into some of the details of tonight's game

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<v Speaker 1>a big effort for Hassan, white Side and company. Also

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<v Speaker 1>Miami's reserved The Sixers just not quite able to sustain

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<v Speaker 1>a strong stretch over the course of Tonight's game, as

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<v Speaker 1>we saw them do in Tuesday's matchup with the Hornets.

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<v Speaker 1>Tom McGinnis is standing by. I will get to him next.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the postgame showing the Sixers, Rating Network seventy Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>and Miami Heat wrapping up there four game season series

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<v Speaker 1>at American Airlines Arena. Tonight Heat over the Sixers one

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<v Speaker 1>of eight ninety nine, pulling away down the stretch. Tom

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<v Speaker 1>McGinnis had the call of this one tonight. Tom a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of similar qualities and characteristics between all four meetings

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<v Speaker 1>this season between the teams which took place the last

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<v Speaker 1>five weeks, but the home team winning each time in Miami,

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<v Speaker 1>able to keep going to white Side down the stretch,

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<v Speaker 1>and some of the reserves really important contributions. They got

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<v Speaker 1>three threes from Winslow, three from Ellington, Olink had ten

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<v Speaker 1>points including the three, and Dwayne Wade had sixteen, so

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<v Speaker 1>their reserves had balanced. Richardson I thought played pretty well.

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<v Speaker 1>He hit the long ball, and as you say, Whiteside

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<v Speaker 1>was kind of a constant throughout, so they just had

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<v Speaker 1>more jump from the beginning. That showed. The Sixers battled

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<v Speaker 1>back with a flurry at the end of the first half.

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<v Speaker 1>They led into the fourth, but in the Sixers were

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<v Speaker 1>doing the bulk of their damage in transition with a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of those baskets by Simmons on the run. But

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<v Speaker 1>a tough night obviously coming to old for ten as

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<v Speaker 1>we heard coach address that Joel was five of eighteen,

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<v Speaker 1>so two starters are combined five for twenty eight for

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<v Speaker 1>the Sixers, they shoot under forty percent and a tough

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<v Speaker 1>night here for the Sixers, a bit of a deflating

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<v Speaker 1>loss after how well they've played of late seventy Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>drop on to the heat one O eight to ninety nine.

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<v Speaker 1>So Miami now within a game of the Sixers. Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>thirty five and twenty nine on the season with eighteen

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<v Speaker 1>games to go. And it's interesting, Tom when you look

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<v Speaker 1>at the Eastern Conference landscape. Yes, there's still a month

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<v Speaker 1>left in the season, but there is some pretty noteworthy

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<v Speaker 1>separation between the top eight and then the ninth place

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<v Speaker 1>team Detroit. And for the Sixers, it sounded like Coach

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<v Speaker 1>Brown taking things in stride based on what he said

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<v Speaker 1>in the postgame press conference, and perhaps looking ahead, seeing

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<v Speaker 1>a gap of two days without a game now on

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<v Speaker 1>the schedule tomorrow and Saturday, maybe to let guys recharge,

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<v Speaker 1>regenerate some energy, in particular someone like him bead Well

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<v Speaker 1>a couple things. We'll address your latter point right now. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so obviously off day tomorrow later, arrival here tonight. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what their plan is the way I

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<v Speaker 1>would do it, but I would go Saturday and then

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<v Speaker 1>not shoot on Sunday in Brooklyn. Just let the guys

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<v Speaker 1>they're going to take a train up there, let them

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<v Speaker 1>go to thirtieth Street station, and then not even have

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<v Speaker 1>a shoot around Sunday morning and try to because again

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<v Speaker 1>it's you're trying to balance practice time and preparation with rest,

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<v Speaker 1>not just physical rest, but mental rest. Again, this was

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<v Speaker 1>a two week road trip. I don't remember anything like

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<v Speaker 1>this in recent years. I mean, there was a one

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<v Speaker 1>home game, but even though it's a great crowd and

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<v Speaker 1>a great comeback for the Sixers against Charlotte Friday, that

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<v Speaker 1>was That's like a road game when you come home

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<v Speaker 1>on the night of a back to back and then

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<v Speaker 1>go right back out the next day. Schedule wise, that's

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<v Speaker 1>like stopping in Philadelphia for a game. Now, the Eastern Conference,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously the separation at the top is vast between Toronto

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<v Speaker 1>and Boston. After that, I would teams three through eight,

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<v Speaker 1>they're pretty well balanced. I mean, obviously Cleveland is in

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<v Speaker 1>the you know, the top three, and when they get

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<v Speaker 1>Love back that that could change things. They could be

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<v Speaker 1>a very difficult doubt. Obviously, they got the best player,

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<v Speaker 1>in my opinion, in the NBA in James So He

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<v Speaker 1>had a huge night last night bringing them back against

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<v Speaker 1>Denver with a victory. But these the rest of these teams, Washington, Indiana,

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<v Speaker 1>the Sixers, Miami, Milwaukee, they're all pretty evenly matched. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean this series clearly, with the Heat drawing two two

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<v Speaker 1>and the way these games played out, these two teams

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<v Speaker 1>are really well balanced. In Detroit, yeah, they've fallen off.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't see Charlotte making it these I would think

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<v Speaker 1>knock Wood. All of these teams are going to make it.

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<v Speaker 1>The Men, the ones that I just mentioned, the Wizards,

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<v Speaker 1>the Pacers, the Sixers, the Heat, and the Bucks. And

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<v Speaker 1>it's just a matter of how it shakes out, how

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<v Speaker 1>well you're playing, how health figures into it. But difficult

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<v Speaker 1>game for the Sixers tonight. I thought they were flat

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<v Speaker 1>and again it speaks a little bit to the road trip.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, you got to get a little bit of

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<v Speaker 1>rest and get there. And you know, the Sixers lost

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<v Speaker 1>at Brooklyn. It's certainly a game that they've they've struggled

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<v Speaker 1>up until tonight, that you should get. But more than anything,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is what I think maybe you're referring to

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<v Speaker 1>about the way coach Brown handles that you want to

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<v Speaker 1>play better and keep checking boxes and you know, continue

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<v Speaker 1>to play well. And what will be now the final

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<v Speaker 1>month of the regular season, final thoughts after this one

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<v Speaker 1>away ninety nine set back the Sixers suffered in Miami tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>Dario scharch I guess, at least on this end, Guilty

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<v Speaker 1>has charged sometimes to highlight enough all the good that

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<v Speaker 1>the second year Ford is doing. Twenty points, ten rebounds,

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<v Speaker 1>so steady, and Marco Bell and Ellie proving to be

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<v Speaker 1>a really nice edition. Fourteen points tonight, five eleven from

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<v Speaker 1>the field, three three pointers. Yeah, and Bell and Ellie

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<v Speaker 1>makes some difficult shots. He shoots some tough shots, but boy,

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<v Speaker 1>contested threes, difficult twos. I mean he's really to me

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<v Speaker 1>surprised at least myself in that regard. And he's a

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<v Speaker 1>playmaker and a shot anchor, and then you're right. You

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<v Speaker 1>can't give enough accolades to Dario. He played thirty one

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<v Speaker 1>minutes a double double, as you mentioned, just plays with

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<v Speaker 1>so much spirit and fight. Has added that he had

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<v Speaker 1>a four point or four three pointers again the night

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<v Speaker 1>for the second Strang game, and he's really done a

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<v Speaker 1>really good job in that regard. He made a three

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<v Speaker 1>right out of the gate in the third quarter out

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<v Speaker 1>of transition, got locked and load and got his legs

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<v Speaker 1>underneath it. And he's just been a terrific player. He's

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<v Speaker 1>obviously part of the core for for the Sixers, including Simmons,

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<v Speaker 1>Abide and JJ Reddick, and you know, he's been just

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<v Speaker 1>a very consistent performer throughout and I don't know that

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<v Speaker 1>he gets enough credit from the officials too. He got

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<v Speaker 1>knocked around a lot tonight. There were a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>no calls early in the game. In fact, in arena

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<v Speaker 1>here they showed like, I don't know what it was,

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<v Speaker 1>but it was some sponsored element for the I could

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<v Speaker 1>say what the sponsor was, but they didn't. They kept

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<v Speaker 1>showing it was a Hassan whiteside drop step and a dunk,

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<v Speaker 1>and they showed it like five different replay angles. He

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<v Speaker 1>charged into Urson Iliasova on the plane, they kept replaying

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<v Speaker 1>it and it was the play of the game. I'm like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>that time they didn't call the charge and Arson got

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<v Speaker 1>knocked down. So that's the kind of night it was.

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<v Speaker 1>You got to play through that stuff. I get it.

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<v Speaker 1>But a difficult night for the Sixers. Good to get

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<v Speaker 1>back off the road, and you know, at this point

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<v Speaker 1>of the year you basically play every other night, so

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<v Speaker 1>it's an important last final month. As I mentioned, whatever

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<v Speaker 1>time it is you arrived back in the Delaware Valley, Tom,

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<v Speaker 1>enjoy evening in your own bed. Sure cars are snow

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<v Speaker 1>and crusted down there in South Philadelphia. Thank you, Brian.

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<v Speaker 1>Good night one eight ninety nine. The final score seventy

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<v Speaker 1>Sixers falling in Miami to the heat. We'll hear some

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<v Speaker 1>of Tom's highlight radio calls coming up on the other

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<v Speaker 1>side as the postgame show continues on the Sixers Radio Network.

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<v Speaker 1>At home of seventy Sixers entering the backstretch of their

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<v Speaker 1>four game road trip, Brian sells with you from Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>dot Com Sixers and the Heat for the fourth time

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<v Speaker 1>in the span of five weeks, but for the final

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<v Speaker 1>time this season, two teams tightly bunched in the Eastern

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<v Speaker 1>Conference standings. Let us go to some of the highlights.

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<v Speaker 1>Ben Simmons imposing his will in open court opportunities early

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<v Speaker 1>on that staked the Sixers to an early lead, but

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<v Speaker 1>Miami responded and the Sixers had to work up Hill

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<v Speaker 1>a bit. Dario Scharch has been excellent over the course

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<v Speaker 1>of the season. Waited with a nice bibble move kickout,

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<v Speaker 1>throws it right to Simmons. Simmons driving with Dario Dragage's pack.

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<v Speaker 1>Ben fakes it, then goes to Dario. Dario puts it in.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh man, he's the turn buckle. It goes down hard

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<v Speaker 1>driving play by the Croatian. The free throw was awarded

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<v Speaker 1>and made by Scharch. It was eighteen seventeen Heat. After

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<v Speaker 1>that sequence, it would also be a one point game

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<v Speaker 1>in favor of the home team, Miami twenty nine twenty eight.

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<v Speaker 1>Going into the second quarter. The Heat quickly strung together

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<v Speaker 1>a run to the tune of twelve to two that

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<v Speaker 1>put them up forty one to thirty one. Simmons was

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<v Speaker 1>right in the middle of helping the seventy sixers respond,

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<v Speaker 1>he scored a basket himself. He set up one of

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<v Speaker 1>his teammates too, not enough arc on it and Miami

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<v Speaker 1>with Rockage going the other way to a trailing James

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<v Speaker 1>Johnson and now Johnson one on one with Simmons drives

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<v Speaker 1>into a ball's down. Ben steals the ball. Johnson goes down,

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<v Speaker 1>Whiteside goes down. Here's Simmons passing in the mirror with

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<v Speaker 1>a slam. What a play by Ben Simmons looking off

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<v Speaker 1>the defender and a jam by a mirror Johnson so

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<v Speaker 1>out of the time. As we said, Simmons a force

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<v Speaker 1>to be reckoned with when given chances to do damage.

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<v Speaker 1>In transition, Sixers got to within two points fifty one

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<v Speaker 1>forty nine and the final moments of the first half,

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<v Speaker 1>but the Heat would score once more fifty three forty

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<v Speaker 1>nine going in to the break. It was an outstanding

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<v Speaker 1>start to the seventy six ers. To begin the third quarter,

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<v Speaker 1>JJ Reddick help send a squad in front Tyler Johnson.

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<v Speaker 1>No good, Joe's actually a double Prickers with him. Here's

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<v Speaker 1>Reddick for three and good. JJ reddicks Dario with a

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<v Speaker 1>screen and Reddick with a stop and pop, and the

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<v Speaker 1>Sixers have recapture the league and the Sixers would outscore

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<v Speaker 1>the Heat twenty one to twelve to begin the third quarter.

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<v Speaker 1>That spurt capped off with this very impressive play from

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<v Speaker 1>a bench player. Here's Simmons download to Marco. He dropped it,

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<v Speaker 1>knocked away. Bellonelli finally keeps the dribble bumped at every turn,

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<v Speaker 1>finally shoots it at in and I probable three or

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<v Speaker 1>rugged three by Marco Bellonelli at the Sixers by five,

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<v Speaker 1>seventy to sixty five. Yeah, Bell and Ellie had gorn

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<v Speaker 1>dragget straped all over him. Still somehow managed to get

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<v Speaker 1>the shot off at the top of the arc for

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<v Speaker 1>an impressive three point or seventy Sixers by one into

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<v Speaker 1>the fourth seventy four seventy three, but the Miami Heats

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<v Speaker 1>made their move. They went on a run. Sixers trying

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<v Speaker 1>to slow him down, cross court, skip baseline rights charge

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<v Speaker 1>for three at it. So a layup opportunity for the

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<v Speaker 1>Sixers turns into a three ball from the fire right quarter.

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<v Speaker 1>Dario bakes it. He's got seventeen. At that stage of

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<v Speaker 1>the Sixers needed every extra point. They could get. It

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<v Speaker 1>was eighty eight eighty one on the heels of a

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<v Speaker 1>twelve four Miami push. Sixers could not recover Justice Winslow

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<v Speaker 1>and other big three pointer Dwayne Wade Hassan Whiteside kept

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<v Speaker 1>coming and that would be too much for the seventy

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<v Speaker 1>Sixers to overcome. Final notes from the final stat sheet

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<v Speaker 1>in tonight's game in the fourth and final meeting of

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<v Speaker 1>the season between the teams, seventy Sixers shot thirty nine

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<v Speaker 1>a half percent from the field, the heat defense buckling

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<v Speaker 1>down Miami forty seven percent from the floor. Sixers fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>three pointers Miami fourteen of twenty six from outside the arc.

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<v Speaker 1>The Sixers outdone the glass minus three, although they were

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<v Speaker 1>plus three on the offensive boards. Eighteen turnovers did not help.

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<v Speaker 1>It led directly to twenty Miami points. Some individual performances

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<v Speaker 1>to highlight Hassan Whiteside with twenty six and twelve his

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<v Speaker 1>point and rebounding totals I beg your pardon, sand Whiteside

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<v Speaker 1>with twenty six points and eight rebounds. His point total

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<v Speaker 1>was the high for the game. Dwayne Wade with sixteen

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<v Speaker 1>off the bench, thirteen for Josh Richardson and a dozen

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<v Speaker 1>for Tyler Johnson for the seventy six Ers. Dario Scharch

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<v Speaker 1>led the way twenty points, ten rebounds, ninth double double

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<v Speaker 1>of the season for Charch, and he continues to shoot

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<v Speaker 1>the ball so well from outside the arc. He's been

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<v Speaker 1>over fifty percent in each of the three games on

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<v Speaker 1>the Sixers four game road trip, which will wrap up

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<v Speaker 1>on Sunday. Ten points, eight rebounds, eight assists for Ben Simmons,

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen for JJ Reddick four of six from three. Joel

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<v Speaker 1>Embiid limited in the second half, particularly the third quarter

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<v Speaker 1>to foul trouble. He had seventeen points and seven rebounds

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<v Speaker 1>to go with three assists in the game, and the

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<v Speaker 1>Sixers got fourteen from Marco Bellinelli in a reserve role.

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<v Speaker 1>There were nine lead changes seven ties in tonight's game.

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<v Speaker 1>It went two hours, fourteen minutes, sellout crowd of nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>thousand and six hundred at American Airlines Arena. With the loss,

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<v Speaker 1>the seventy Sixers now one and two on the road trip.

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<v Speaker 1>They're thirty five and twenty nine on the season. They're

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<v Speaker 1>lead over the Heat for sixth place in the East

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<v Speaker 1>is now down to a game. Miami has won six

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<v Speaker 1>times in its last seven games, thirty five and thirty

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<v Speaker 1>one on the year, and again these squads went two

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<v Speaker 1>and two against each other, so conference record will be

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<v Speaker 1>used if a tiebreaker is needed in about a month's

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<v Speaker 1>time when you're looking at playoff seating. Up next for

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<v Speaker 1>the seventy Sixers will be the Brooklyn Nets, which one

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<v Speaker 1>at Charlotte tonight one twenty five to one eleven. It's

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<v Speaker 1>just the second win in the last twelve games for

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<v Speaker 1>the Brooklyn Nets, which beat the Sixers upset them in

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<v Speaker 1>Brooklyn earlier this season. Brooklyn is twenty one and forty

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<v Speaker 1>five on the year in those two teams. At Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>and the Nets meet up on Sunday. Big thanks to

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<v Speaker 1>everyone involved tonight's broadcast. Tyler Zuli, Jay Gray back here

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<v Speaker 1>at the studio, stay tuned to Von Givens is standing by.

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<v Speaker 1>He'll be up next. The phone number six one zero

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<v Speaker 1>sixty three, two zero nine seventy five. Now for the

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<v Speaker 1>radio voice the seventy sixers, Tom McGinnis Brian Seltzer sang

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<v Speaker 1>so long for now one final time. The final score

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<v Speaker 1>was the Heats one oh eight and the seventy Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>ninety nine. Have a great rest your Thursday night, from

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<v Speaker 1>all of us here at the Sixers Radio Network,