Speaker 1: You're listening to rewind, they'll listen back on press conferences,
Speaker 1: highlights and analysis from the seventy sixers previous game. The
Speaker 1: seventy Sixers opening a season with a victory for the
Speaker 1: first time since Brett Brown's first game on the sidelines
Speaker 1: in two thirteen. The final score one oh seven ninety three.
Speaker 1: The Sixers knock off the Boston Celtics as they opened
Speaker 1: the air in good form. This was a game the
Speaker 1: seventy Sixers had to grind through to get to the
Speaker 1: finish line and get a win, but they managed to
Speaker 1: do that. Early on in the first half, Boston was
Speaker 1: able to seize control. They went up by as many
Speaker 1: as eight points. Sixers weren't getting some outside opportunities or
Speaker 1: jump shots to fall, but you know it. Down the
Speaker 1: stretch of the second quarter, Ben Simmons lit a fire
Speaker 1: on consecutive baskets. The Sixers win. In the locker room,
Speaker 1: they regrouped. They were up by one ninety eight going
Speaker 1: into the third and they didn't lose any steam whatsoever.
Speaker 1: A thirteen nothing run bridging the second and third quarters
Speaker 1: got the Sixers into the driver's seat and they never
Speaker 1: let up. And again, as I said, what began as
Speaker 1: a grinded out type of game ended as a very solid,
Speaker 1: convincing finish one oh seven ninety three. There was some
Speaker 1: great balance by the starting unit, in particular in tonight's
Speaker 1: game for the seventy Sixers. Twenty four points for Ben Simmons,
Speaker 1: his highest total ever in the first game of a
Speaker 1: season for him. He also had eight rebounds and nine assists.
Speaker 1: Josh Richardson with seventeen points, one of several Sixers who
Speaker 1: got to the free throw line frequently. He was a
Speaker 1: perfect nine for nine from the stripe. Sixteen for Al Horford,
Speaker 1: the bell ringer to open the game tonight against his
Speaker 1: old squad. Fifteen points, thirteen boards for Joel Embiid I
Speaker 1: think maybe the biggest number for him. He only played
Speaker 1: twenty three minutes plus sixteen and winning fashion. He also
Speaker 1: had three blocks. Tobias Harris with fifteen and fifteen at
Speaker 1: that starting three spot to the Sixers and the bench.
Speaker 1: While there was no one player from the bench unit
Speaker 1: who was the most assertive of the bunch in terms
Speaker 1: of scoring, it was pretty much spread out yet for
Speaker 1: con Korkmaz stepping up with a timely three pointer. Mike
Speaker 1: Scott with six points, Kyle Quinn with five points late,
Speaker 1: James Ennis the third with three points and six rebounds.
Speaker 1: Matisse Stible he was one of the first subs in
Speaker 1: the game. He was part of Brett Brown's first sub
Speaker 1: package along with James Ennis the third tonight. So first
Speaker 1: of all, there's just that his first regular season game ever,
Speaker 1: he's one of the first two subs in. And then, oh,
Speaker 1: by the way, you're called into the game and you
Speaker 1: go up against an all star, one of the top
Speaker 1: scorers in the league, Kemba Walker, and along with Josh Richardson,
Speaker 1: Matis Stible did a great job of holding Walker to
Speaker 1: twelve points, four of eighteen from the field, one of
Speaker 1: six from outside the arc, and Matisse Stible becoming the
Speaker 1: third player ever in seventy six ers history in his
Speaker 1: first career game to have at least two steals in
Speaker 1: two blocks and really looking forward to seeing the deflection
Speaker 1: numbers later tonight. For Matisse Stable, he was really active,
Speaker 1: looked competent and comfortable on the defensive end. Seven Sixers
Speaker 1: opened with a victory for the first time since twenty
Speaker 1: thirteen one h seven ninety three, the knock off the
Speaker 1: Boston Celtics to begin the regular season. Ben Simmons twenty
Speaker 1: four points, eight rebounds, nine assist in the seventy six
Speaker 1: ers season opening one oh seven ninety three win over
Speaker 1: the Boston Celtics. And I believe Ben Simmons is at
Speaker 1: the podium right now. Yep. Josh coach really cave that
Speaker 1: contributed to you kempas struggles going back this game. He said,
Speaker 1: you didn't really praise you for your defensive work. How
Speaker 1: were you able to Josh? Trying to use my size
Speaker 1: advantage a few it's tard to him, so using my
Speaker 1: length on all the shots, trying to just get my
Speaker 1: hands around into his into his vision. You know, it's
Speaker 1: never easy to shoot over that. And uh, he's one
Speaker 1: of the best players, you know in the league, and
Speaker 1: you just got try and make it tough on him
Speaker 1: if you guys as a unit, which just a little
Speaker 1: bit out of sync, especially in the first quarter, is
Speaker 1: debt just attributed to the starting lineup on he played
Speaker 1: two games together in the preseason. It's just a man.
Speaker 1: I think it's just the first game, jitters. Everybody's a
Speaker 1: little bit nervous, everybody's excited to play be out there.
Speaker 1: Um it's a lot different when the lights lights come on,
Speaker 1: UM and everybody's watching. You know, it's louder. Communication is
Speaker 1: a lot harder, UM. But I'm happy with you know
Speaker 1: what the team did tonight. I think everybody defensively was solid.
Speaker 1: Everybody stayed together, UM, and everyone was playing physical ball
Speaker 1: down low and I know you guys would have like
Speaker 1: more shots going as a whole, but there's that physicality
Speaker 1: at both ends. You guys are able to post on
Speaker 1: them kind of the blueprint for what you guys are
Speaker 1: trying to do. Definitely, I think that's that's who we
Speaker 1: want to be known as a physical team. UM. And
Speaker 1: it sucks some defense, and you know that's why we
Speaker 1: have guys like Jay Rich Joe Um who can get
Speaker 1: out there and play. And Tobias has really been stepping
Speaker 1: up easier to play on offensive, take more risks when
Speaker 1: you know you have that to build on the defensive end. Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 1: I mean know, if you miss a shot, you know
Speaker 1: you got guys who are coming out of the end
Speaker 1: of the court. You know, got to sit down and
Speaker 1: get a stop. And uh, it makes he makes the
Speaker 1: office a lot more free when you're not taking the
Speaker 1: ball out of the net every time down offensive, they
Speaker 1: might a lot of guys stepped in. He made something
Speaker 1: fast because the ball stuff football beastoot might as well
Speaker 1: just abow. He offer kind of jelble to. They're able
Speaker 1: to jell us looking to did after that the first half, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think I think the second half, you know, all
Speaker 1: the all the extra stuff for the game kind of
Speaker 1: left and it was just basketball at that point. Um
Speaker 1: And you know, guys were attacking the paint and that
Speaker 1: makes it tough on him, and it's easier to play
Speaker 1: inside out, and it opens up all other looks because
Speaker 1: you got guys who they got a double, who are
Speaker 1: gonna draw help every time down the court. So it's
Speaker 1: just basketball. Second, the members of the new look seventy
Speaker 1: six ers backcourts look pretty darn good tonight, Ben Simmons
Speaker 1: and Josh Richardson combining for forty one points, fourteen rebounds,
Speaker 1: eleven assists in some terrific defense. Richardson a team best
Speaker 1: game high plus twenty two and thirty three minutes. I'm
Speaker 1: Brian Seltzer, joined now by Tom mc ginnis one oh
Speaker 1: seven ninety three. The final score time we were talking
Speaker 1: earlier this week, you and I got some of the
Speaker 1: strengths that the Sixers showed in the preseason what might
Speaker 1: carry over, and after Boston got control, we saw some
Speaker 1: of those strengths highlighted. Before the Sixers pulled away late.
Speaker 1: They played great defense, They rebounded the heck out of
Speaker 1: the ball, and they got to the foul lie. Yeah, no,
Speaker 1: they were plus twenty on the glass, and they made
Speaker 1: a better percentage. I mean, Boston for a stretch there,
Speaker 1: this couldn't make a free throw and that was during
Speaker 1: the throws of that Sixers run that allowed them at
Speaker 1: nineteen to two to pull away for good. And then
Speaker 1: another pivotal point was early in the fourth, nine thirty
Speaker 1: one to go and the Sixers I believe, had a
Speaker 1: nine to two run and that's when they hit those
Speaker 1: back to back threes. But you're right, the length and
Speaker 1: the ability of the Sixers to help and recover and everybody,
Speaker 1: this swarm, they did a tremendous job on Walker. Brown
Speaker 1: was not a factor due to the foul difficulty. Tatum
Speaker 1: and Hayward ended up scoring for them, but not at
Speaker 1: a high rate percentage wise. I thought, you know, the
Speaker 1: first half off was to struggle. I mean the Sixers
Speaker 1: are down five, they come back to take the lead
Speaker 1: by a point. I thought spacing was an issue for
Speaker 1: the Sixers in the first half, and they just did
Speaker 1: not have a lot of flow offensively. And then I
Speaker 1: thought what really sort of turned the game around a
Speaker 1: little bit. The Sixers, I think felt like they were
Speaker 1: on the short end of some calls. There were a
Speaker 1: lot of fouls called in the third quarter, and that
Speaker 1: kind of was a catalyst to motivate the Sixers or
Speaker 1: just in terms of observing the game, and that turned
Speaker 1: things around. And beat started making those hustle plays, diving
Speaker 1: at center court and everybody just started swarming and it
Speaker 1: ratcheted things up, and that turned the tide, I think
Speaker 1: for the Sixers in this win tonight over Boston seventy
Speaker 1: Sixers defeat the Boston Celtics one oh seven ninety three.
Speaker 1: I mean, there were a lot of regulars who did
Speaker 1: good things, and I thought Ben Simmons was terrific. He
Speaker 1: was the catalyst that rev the engine and got the
Speaker 1: Sixers some of their life back. But I'm still I'll
Speaker 1: be honest with you, like one of the first impressions
Speaker 1: in my mind is just that Brett went to fatistable early,
Speaker 1: and he held his own against Kemba Walker. And yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean there were some savvy plays and one where
Speaker 1: Matis Scott Kemba from behind in the first half. I
Speaker 1: mean he listen, that's expected. Keim is a great player.
Speaker 1: But I thought for most of the night Matisse was great.
Speaker 1: Other than that foul, I'm not sure he touched Walker.
Speaker 1: He kept getting called for fouls, but unofficially at six
Speaker 1: deflection steals blocks. And how about that, Like, he gets
Speaker 1: into the game, does exactly what the Sixers had anticipated
Speaker 1: he would do in his you know, in his career
Speaker 1: and his pro debut. So I think he's only going
Speaker 1: to get better. And then, just harkening back to some
Speaker 1: of the postgame commentary by six Ers head coach Brett Brown,
Speaker 1: like when you play defense like this, you know it
Speaker 1: puts you know, because the Sixers struggled mightily from three,
Speaker 1: I mean eighty four their points were either in the
Speaker 1: paint or from the foul line, and that dynamic it's
Speaker 1: got to shift a little bit where they get a
Speaker 1: little bit more successful in the outside shooting and the threes.
Speaker 1: But the point is, as coach was stipulating, they're gonna
Speaker 1: get their offense is gonna find itself, and when you
Speaker 1: can rely on your defense and then have nights where
Speaker 1: your offense begins to find its flow and catch up
Speaker 1: a little bit, and move through this early part of
Speaker 1: the season as you continue to progress and get better
Speaker 1: day by day. That's what you're looking for. It's a
Speaker 1: long haul. Tobias Herrist addressed the crowd very eloquently just
Speaker 1: prior to the tip off, and that's what he said.
Speaker 1: We have a goal and we're going to try to
Speaker 1: progress every day toward that goal. And in this individual game,
Speaker 1: the Sixers progressed and got better as the night went
Speaker 1: on to win, going away by fourteen. Sixers do pull
Speaker 1: away one oh seven ninety three. The final scoring will
Speaker 1: end it, perhaps tom on this The seventy Sixers played
Speaker 1: a very identifiable type of way, especially on the offensive
Speaker 1: end of the court the last two seasons. Personnel changed
Speaker 1: in the offseason, and maybe if you were watching or
Speaker 1: listening to the first half time, you're like, well, this
Speaker 1: it's kind of a little different. It's a little bit
Speaker 1: you use the word rogged, thought that was a great
Speaker 1: way to describe it. It's the first game of this season.
Speaker 1: No doubt, But going back to Brett Brown's first pres
Speaker 1: session of the fall, he was like smash mouth offense
Speaker 1: and bullyball defense, and I think we saw a little
Speaker 1: bit more toughness tonight. You know, they grinded it out
Speaker 1: until they firmly got the game in their control, No
Speaker 1: doubt so in the past, certainly in Brett Brown's first
Speaker 1: six years, including over the last two years when Reddick
Speaker 1: was part of the offense, you saw where the Sixers
Speaker 1: led the league in passes and around the perimeter, the
Speaker 1: just constant movement, and they had that theorem of point five,
Speaker 1: and that is in a half a second, you gotta
Speaker 1: make a play, you gotta dribble, you gotta pass, you
Speaker 1: gotta shoot it. And I don't know that that's going
Speaker 1: to be the case. They still want to play fast
Speaker 1: and not allow teams to hunker down, but they're trying
Speaker 1: to go into a beat, and that's what I was
Speaker 1: referring to. In the first half, I thought spacing was
Speaker 1: a bit of an issue. There wasn't really a flow,
Speaker 1: and they keyed a lot of their offense and they
Speaker 1: got going in transition. So yeah, it's a it's a
Speaker 1: different style. It's going to take a while, but they've
Speaker 1: got length and they have toughness and that was on display.
Speaker 1: You Gotosh Richardson and Ben plays with that, and I
Speaker 1: think everybody saw it tonight. What we've been talking about
Speaker 1: and watching Ben Simmons and training camp and in the
Speaker 1: preseason and when he came back, and that is a
Speaker 1: whole new level of confidence and ability, and he led
Speaker 1: this team tonight. He was, without question the player of
Speaker 1: the game. Alredy tim Aginnis will speak to you from
Speaker 1: Motown on Saturday. So Detroit wins its opening game and
Speaker 1: Indiana they don't have Blake Griffin. The Sixers had gone
Speaker 1: out there, they lost it over time in their first game.
Speaker 1: They've had success against Detroit, but early on. This is
Speaker 1: a good test because Atlanta is the second game on
Speaker 1: that trip Monday in Atlanta, and they had of course
Speaker 1: two wins against the Sixers down there last year, so
Speaker 1: it should be good a test Saturday in Motown already time,
Speaker 1: very nice opening night win for the seventy Sixers one
Speaker 1: oh seven ninety three defeating the Boston Celtics. I'm Brian Seltzer.
Speaker 1: Here is how it happened. Is called by the one
Speaker 1: and only Tom McGinnis. Seventy Sixers got off to a
Speaker 1: solid start. Then Boston assumed the lead. Joel and Beat
Speaker 1: helping the Sixers keep pacing the first here's him, been
Speaker 1: with it it, beat against cancer, twelve to shoot, spins
Speaker 1: up and under loses his balance, travel got away with
Speaker 1: it and laid it in. Sixers trailed by five twenty
Speaker 1: five to twenty after the first quarter of play. In
Speaker 1: the second, Tobias Harris doing his thing. Harris for three
Speaker 1: and it's good and the crowd celebrates a made triple
Speaker 1: by the Sixers. Understandably so. That was the seventy sixers
Speaker 1: first three pointer on the night, on their tenth attempt.
Speaker 1: Sixers hanging tough, you know, even though it felt like
Speaker 1: Boston was in total control for most of the second quarter.
Speaker 1: In particular, Sixers got a spark going into a half
Speaker 1: from their twenty three year old all star Harris stop starts,
Speaker 1: almost throws it away. Great peck by seven head Ben
Speaker 1: Simmons rocks the room. Oh Man a flowing left hand jail,
Speaker 1: a couple free throws from Josh Richardson in the seventy
Speaker 1: Sixers were in front at the half forty nine to
Speaker 1: forty eight, big Ben Simmons keeping momentum going in the
Speaker 1: Sixers favor in the third Simmons into a trap, corporate
Speaker 1: out top three ball front ribbon off note Williams keeping alive,
Speaker 1: Simmons has the ball, Simmons underhand, Scoop got it rebound
Speaker 1: put back basket by Simmons. Simmons was great all night long.
Speaker 1: That kept the Sixers in front by six points, sixty
Speaker 1: six to sixty Joel and Bead capping off the third
Speaker 1: quarter four point in Philadelphia, LA, here's Richardson for threey
Speaker 1: No good. Scott taps it out and beat an open trade. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's good. Trip wall by Joel and me and the
Speaker 1: Sixers go up by seven and they would lead it
Speaker 1: seventy seven to sixty eight heading into the fourth quarter.
Speaker 1: We will leave you with this Tobias Harris basket that
Speaker 1: gave you the sense the Sixers were well on their
Speaker 1: way to win Number one. US it back with numbers
Speaker 1: trail three. Harris puts it up in back to back
Speaker 1: brains Tobias Harris brains in a triple and Brad Steven
Speaker 1: storms out of the court head takes time out. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that was a huge moment right after time out, the
Speaker 1: Sixers called Corkmas knockdown a three for the seventy six ers.
Speaker 1: Sixers got a stop and then Tobias Harris went back
Speaker 1: down the floor and hit that three in the seventy
Speaker 1: sixers one oh seven ninety three double with the Boston Celtics.
Speaker 1: Sixers end up shooting forty three and a half percent
Speaker 1: despite seven of twenty nine from three point territory. They
Speaker 1: held Boston to under thirty seven percent shooting and seven
Speaker 1: of twenty six from outside the arc. The Sixers they
Speaker 1: won the game in part, obviously with their defense. Also,
Speaker 1: they're rebounding. They were plus twenty one on the glass,
Speaker 1: sixty two to forty one. They outdid the Celtics from
Speaker 1: the free throw line twenty six of thirty six Boston
Speaker 1: was twenty of thirty four. And the Sixers that might
Speaker 1: be the team strength this year, you know, grinding it
Speaker 1: out using their muscle. They outscored Boston fifty eight forty
Speaker 1: four in the paint as well, Sixers one to oh. Obviously,
Speaker 1: with the opening night win, they move on to take
Speaker 1: on another Eastern Conference playoff team from last season, the
Speaker 1: Detroit Pistons. That's going to be a Little Caesar's Arena
Speaker 1: Saturday in Motown. Blake Griffin is out for the first
Speaker 1: couple weeks of the season. He will not play, but
Speaker 1: Detroit did defeat Indiana tonight to win it's opener. Than
Speaker 1: the Sixers will be in Atlanta on Monday. Now for
Speaker 1: the radio voice the seventy six Ers, Tom McGinnis, I'm
Speaker 1: Brian Selzer, saying so long for now one final time.
Speaker 1: The final score seventy six Ers one oh seven Boston
Speaker 1: Celtics ninety three on opening night. You've been listening to Rewind.
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Speaker 1: six Ers game this season.