WEBVTT - The BroadCast: 3/16/18- Rewind vs. Nets 0:00:00.760 --> 0:00:04.240 This is the Philadelphia Has seventy Sixers postgame show. I 0:00:05.240 --> 0:00:08.119 can look about Abu Roch fries Hards just gonna turn him. 0:00:08.119 --> 0:00:12.639 Get it off, Patty rolls the Sixers postgame show right 0:00:12.720 --> 0:00:17.319 now on ninety seven five. The Fanatic be a start 0:00:17.360 --> 0:00:21.919 off the weekend as this game had drama, intrigue, physicality, 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:26.239 spectacular individual play in most important, a seventy Sixers win 0:00:26.280 --> 0:00:29.400 as they defeat the visiting Brooklyn Nets tonight one, twenty 0:00:29.440 --> 0:00:32.320 one sixteen and improved to thirty eight and thirty on 0:00:32.479 --> 0:00:35.239 the season after winning their second straight game and the 0:00:35.280 --> 0:00:38.199 second as much to Atlantic Division foes. Welcome to the 0:00:38.200 --> 0:00:41.240 Sixes postgame show. I'm Devine Givens. During our time together, 0:00:41.479 --> 0:00:43.879 We're here from sixeres head coach Brett Brown outside of 0:00:43.880 --> 0:00:46.720 the Sixes locker room. Check back in with seventy Sixes 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:48.680 radio voice. Time again it's at the center for some 0:00:48.720 --> 0:00:52.040 extra thoughts and later on some of the games highlights. 0:00:52.040 --> 0:00:53.880 On the second night again of a back to back 0:00:53.920 --> 0:00:57.480 for the Sixes, Brooklyn gave the seventy Sixers everything they 0:00:57.520 --> 0:01:00.480 can handle as they battle until the very end. In 0:01:00.520 --> 0:01:04.600 this game, again high drama, just simply intrigue, as the 0:01:04.720 --> 0:01:06.800 Sixers you could say maybe had a little bit of 0:01:06.840 --> 0:01:09.200 some tired legs, you know, defensively, they were not as 0:01:09.200 --> 0:01:12.400 strong as we are accustomed to seeing. But they found 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:15.640 a way to get it done. And again the birthday 0:01:15.680 --> 0:01:19.640 boy joellenbad As Tom mc ginnis alluded to twenty four 0:01:19.680 --> 0:01:23.839 points and nineteen rebounds in thirty three minutes of play, 0:01:23.880 --> 0:01:26.600 six of twenty three from the floor, perfect from the 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:29.760 free throw line with eleven of eleven, and he came 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:33.160 up big at the end, knocking down huge free throws 0:01:33.280 --> 0:01:36.760 at the end, playing solid defense overall, getting a key 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:40.520 block or during a drive on Spencer Dinwiddie as Again, 0:01:40.760 --> 0:01:42.679 this one came down to the very end with the 0:01:42.720 --> 0:01:45.360 Brooklyn that's trying to find a way. They're not playing 0:01:45.400 --> 0:01:48.040 for much again, They're just simply playing to get better 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:50.000 each and every night. Look at some of the young 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:52.560 players that they have. That's what head coach Kenny Atkinson 0:01:52.760 --> 0:01:55.440 and company are trying to do. And they came out 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:57.360 and gave it everything they have and they took the 0:01:57.360 --> 0:02:01.360 Philadelphia seventy Sixers, again hopefully a playoff team to the 0:02:01.520 --> 0:02:05.160 very end as they battle battle and kept battling until 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:07.520 the seventy six is finally came away with the victory 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:13.480 one twenty one sixteen. Again, in terms of individual play, 0:02:13.880 --> 0:02:16.560 Ben Simmons really got things started for the seventy six 0:02:16.680 --> 0:02:19.959 is fantastic tonight in thirty seven minutes of play, ten 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:23.799 of seventeen from the floor, twenty one points, twelve assists, 0:02:23.880 --> 0:02:28.000 eight rebounds this two rebounds. Shy of yet another triple double, 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:31.240 this would have been his third straight again, remember he 0:02:31.280 --> 0:02:34.799 had two straight after notching the one against Indiana on 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:37.480 Tuesday and last night in New York against the New 0:02:37.560 --> 0:02:40.799 York Knicks. A triple double back to back nights for 0:02:41.000 --> 0:02:44.519 Ben Simmons, his seventh and eighth tonight just fantastic. He 0:02:44.560 --> 0:02:47.560 set the tone early, got to the basket, stayed aggressive 0:02:47.880 --> 0:02:51.040 and ultimately helping the Philadelphia seventy six is once again 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:54.000 improved to thirty seven and part me thirty eight and 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:57.320 thirty Now on the season. When we come back, take 0:02:57.360 --> 0:03:00.400 a quick break, check back in down at the center. 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:04.040 Check in with Brett Brown. Also connect with Tom McGinnis. 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:08.200 As the Sixers win this game one twenty to one sixteen. 0:03:08.200 --> 0:03:10.560 I'm divine givens. This is the postgame show here on 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:16.960 the Sixers Radio Network one twenty one sixteen. That is 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:19.560 the final in front of a sellout crowd yet again 0:03:19.800 --> 0:03:23.040 at the Center tonight as the Philadelphia seventy Sixers beat 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:25.519 the Brooklyn Nets and improved to thirty eight and thirty 0:03:25.560 --> 0:03:27.799 on the season. I'm hello, I'm divine Givens. This is 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:30.400 the Sixers postgame show as we await the head coach 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:33.480 Sixers head coach Brett Brown, and also we'll try to 0:03:33.520 --> 0:03:36.600 reconnect with Tom McGinnis if we do in fact halftime 0:03:36.640 --> 0:03:39.280 and when you also dive a little deeper into the 0:03:39.320 --> 0:03:41.760 box score of what the Philadelphia seventy six was able 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:44.800 to do in this highly competitive game. JJ Reddick was 0:03:44.880 --> 0:03:47.920 solid as well for the seventy Sixers, with twenty three 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:50.840 points on the evening in thirty minutes of action, seven 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:53.520 to thirteen from the floor, three of six from behind 0:03:53.520 --> 0:03:56.520 a three point line, six of seven from the free 0:03:56.520 --> 0:04:01.400 throw line, and it just very very solid overall, stretching 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:05.080 the floor, making Brooklyn have to defend him, making them 0:04:05.120 --> 0:04:08.480 have to account for JJ Reddick every time he was 0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:11.080 out on the floor. So just overall it's a very 0:04:11.120 --> 0:04:15.720 good job by JJ Reddick tonight. Ben's Robert Covington twenty 0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:18.359 three minutes. A little lighter in the minutes department for 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:21.000 Robert Covington. What we're accustomed to is a little more 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:24.200 over thirty minutes for him. But an efficient game four 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:26.920 or five from the field, two or three from behind 0:04:26.920 --> 0:04:32.000 the ark, and very very deliberate and smart with where 0:04:32.000 --> 0:04:34.400 the shots we're gonna come from when he felt like 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:36.919 he needed to take those shots. Defensively, he had his 0:04:36.960 --> 0:04:39.119 hands for I mean, he had to check Ronde Hollis 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:44.240 Jefferson at times, Damarri Carroll and Spencer Dinwiddie also Carris 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:48.920 Lavert very active players for the Brooklyn Nets, and overall, 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:53.440 Robert Covington was simply pretty good tonight for the Philadelphia 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:55.960 seventy six. Has had some key shots for the team 0:04:56.000 --> 0:04:58.520 down the stretch and made a big layup when the 0:04:58.560 --> 0:05:01.400 seventy six is needed it most. And Robert Covington again 0:05:01.480 --> 0:05:05.679 solid night overall for ten points and some solid, solid 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:09.080 defense for the Philadelphia seventy six ers. Dario Charge four 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:12.279 of ten from the field, nine point six rebounds for 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:16.560 the starting power forward off the bench. Justin Anderson came 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:19.279 in very early first quarter, connecting on three to three 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:22.400 pointers four seven overall from the floor, three or five 0:05:22.800 --> 0:05:27.120 from behind the arc and eosign Iliasova nine points for him, 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:32.440 Marco Belinelli quieter night with five points. TJ. McConnell adding 0:05:32.560 --> 0:05:35.360 six off the bench in fourteen minutes to play, plus 0:05:35.440 --> 0:05:39.039 two key free throws for the reserve point guard. And 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:41.600 should we get ready to check back in with Tom 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:45.520 Againnis down at the center, and let's get ready to 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:47.320 go to Tom again us and check in with Tom 0:05:47.520 --> 0:05:49.760 and Tom again. We talked about it earlier and you 0:05:49.839 --> 0:05:53.880 said it, you pointed out perfectly. You cannot overlook got 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:56.120 teams like this that are playing to stretch out for 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:57.719 the end of the season, not much to play for, 0:05:57.800 --> 0:06:00.360 but they're playing with their pride. And again the show 0:06:00.400 --> 0:06:02.840 tonight in the six is tough win one twenty one sixteen. 0:06:05.160 --> 0:06:07.280 Oh yeah, did we go to coach yet, Debon? No, 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:09.680 he still has not come out. Okay, I think he has. 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:13.360 Let's go to Coach Brow. Let's go playing it. You know, 0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:15.680 we we we we have struggled defending them. I give 0:06:15.720 --> 0:06:18.200 them a lot of credit. I think that our guys, 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:22.800 you know, have been quite exceptional in fourth periods. Sometimes 0:06:22.800 --> 0:06:25.839 you hate arriving at the fourth period the way that 0:06:25.880 --> 0:06:28.880 we did. But I thought that that we executed quite 0:06:28.880 --> 0:06:35.960 well offensively, especially in the fourth tonight. I think this 0:06:36.080 --> 0:06:39.000 has ceased low for you guys. What did you see there? 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:42.400 And how much rolling about? But I think that we're 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:46.599 just so mindful of, you know, trying to arrest that. Um. 0:06:46.680 --> 0:06:49.400 We we played a lot out of our motion. We 0:06:49.800 --> 0:06:53.560 avoided a lot of like you know, static sets and 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:56.400 h I think that, you know, moving people around and 0:06:56.520 --> 0:07:01.680 trying to make some passes U simple. Um. We had 0:07:01.680 --> 0:07:04.760 a big turnover at the end, you know, with JJ 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:07.440 trying to get Ben at the uh at the rim 0:07:07.480 --> 0:07:10.320 with about a minute thirty left, I'd called the time out. 0:07:10.320 --> 0:07:11.720 We tried to run a pick and roll play with 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:14.680 those two guys, and we just weren't successful. I think, 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:16.840 by and large, just trying to be aware and conscious 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:20.240 we have to get better at that area that you 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:26.880 guys are able to come back league, especially team and playoff. 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:30.680 I think it it lets them know because we've been 0:07:30.720 --> 0:07:33.640 on the other side of that as well, that we 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:36.960 do have the people. I believe we have the structure. 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:39.800 They have shown they have the poise to be able 0:07:39.800 --> 0:07:43.040 to walk a game down, you know, I liked what 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:49.000 they did situationally, you know, fouling appropriately when we were 0:07:49.080 --> 0:07:52.120 up three and waiting and waiting and then TJ you know, 0:07:52.280 --> 0:07:55.520 used a foul um. I thought that the defensive rebound 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:58.760 Joelhead on them miss free throw was big. I feel like, 0:07:58.800 --> 0:08:02.200 sort of schematically, you know, we all feel comfortable as 0:08:02.200 --> 0:08:05.040 a team that we can walk a game down, and 0:08:05.120 --> 0:08:08.720 those guys I thought last night and tonight did that, 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:12.720 especially to night the books of key loss of the 0:08:12.720 --> 0:08:16.160 delay as presidents felt in the way when they're making 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:20.800 those shots about what he is on how you change 0:08:20.800 --> 0:08:23.239 the game for you, I mean, we can all go home. 0:08:23.520 --> 0:08:27.120 You're right, it's true that that sentence is true. He 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:32.520 makes he makes us complete. He is a complete difference maker. 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:37.120 Uh you look at twenty four and nineteen. You know 0:08:37.200 --> 0:08:40.200 those are massive stats by any standards. It was his 0:08:40.320 --> 0:08:44.200 birthday today, as we know, and it was a good 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:46.920 gift to get a win tonight six as head coach 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:50.079 Brett Brown outside of the outside of the winning locker 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:52.920 room again, his team picks up the victory one twenty 0:08:52.920 --> 0:08:56.080 one sixteen improven to thirty eight and thirty defeating the 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:59.680 Brooklyn Nets tonight and as we go back now to 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:02.080 the center and check in with Tom mckinnis. Once again, 0:09:02.120 --> 0:09:04.640 Sorry about that, Tom, Tom, as I was trying to 0:09:04.760 --> 0:09:07.600 ask you the question before we got the coach on you. 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:10.240 You alluded to it earlier when we had the pregame 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:12.920 show and you pointed out not to overlook a team 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:15.040 like the Brooklyn that's a lot still to play for, 0:09:15.280 --> 0:09:17.840 most importantly in their pride, and that's exactly what we 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:20.280 got tonight in this tough win one twenty one sixteen 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:23.640 over the Nets. Well. Absolutely, and like New York, they 0:09:23.679 --> 0:09:26.120 have guys that can score the ball. I would say 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:29.320 this though both teams have struggled this year and they 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:31.760 have not closed out games, and certainly, you know, as 0:09:31.800 --> 0:09:34.320 Sixers fans, we know over the last few years for 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:37.200 the Sixers that's been an issue. And so when you're 0:09:37.679 --> 0:09:39.880 I don't know if accustomed to losing, but you know, 0:09:39.960 --> 0:09:43.199 you kind of get acclimated. Where can they make a 0:09:43.320 --> 0:09:45.400 play to get over the up end that's couldn't So 0:09:45.400 --> 0:09:47.920 you've got to credit the Sixers there, and like Brett 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:49.680 Brown said, you know, to be able to walk a 0:09:49.720 --> 0:09:53.439 game down, I mean, this is winning is all that matters, 0:09:53.520 --> 0:09:55.120 you know. I mean to be able to come away 0:09:55.120 --> 0:09:58.120 with a victory. The Sixers, you know, again marching up 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:00.840 to standard, putting themselves right in the thick of things 0:10:00.920 --> 0:10:02.560 in the middle of the race. Now just a half 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:06.160 a game behind Washington. If by chance Indiana beats the 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:08.280 Wizards tomorrow, the Sixers will be tied for fifth. How 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:11.360 about that? So really important at this stage of the 0:10:11.400 --> 0:10:14.960 season to take these opportunities against teams that have struggled 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:17.960 sub five hundred records and as I say, take care 0:10:17.960 --> 0:10:21.760 of business. And you had key performances from the Sixers 0:10:21.840 --> 0:10:23.720 up and down the line. The free throws were huge, 0:10:23.720 --> 0:10:26.079 twenty two free throws in the second half and McConnell 0:10:26.080 --> 0:10:28.240 and to be sealing the deal with four in a 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:30.520 row down the stretch and tom when you talk about 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:34.400 how everything went offensively and also defensively, Ben Simmons really 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:37.240 got things started for him tonight again twenty one point twelve. 0:10:37.280 --> 0:10:40.079 It's is two shy of a triple double, having eight rebounds, 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:42.920 and we see a different Ben Simmons. Sometimes he's selective 0:10:42.960 --> 0:10:45.679 and getting everybody going, and he did that as well 0:10:45.679 --> 0:10:47.839 with the twelve assists, but he really got it going 0:10:47.880 --> 0:10:52.320 aggressively of offensively, no doubt, and he's getting that underneath 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:55.280 the foule line, off the dribble, from the very onset 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:58.880 of a possession with ease, I thought. Boydanovitch here on 0:10:58.960 --> 0:11:02.280 Tuesday Night for Indiana did a good job of keeping 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:04.839 Ben away from the rim. So he did get low, 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:07.480 but not all the way to the basket, even last 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:09.760 night a little bit in New York. But tonight, like 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:12.760 I said, he looks at DeMarcus is you know a 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:15.800 radio man's and now, oh hi, you're a nine year veteran. 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:17.720 Come up with me. We're going to the rim, and 0:11:17.760 --> 0:11:21.280 he just roars right by him and gets right to 0:11:21.360 --> 0:11:24.880 the rack. It's incredible, but also defensively. He kind of 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:27.600 snuck up on the nets down the stretch where you 0:11:27.640 --> 0:11:30.720 know the sixers came away empty. Ben looks like he's changing, 0:11:30.760 --> 0:11:33.840 but then over his changing ends sort of at center cord. 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:36.280 He looks over his shoulder and then turns around and 0:11:36.360 --> 0:11:39.720 knocks the ball away and steals it. I mean, he is, 0:11:39.840 --> 0:11:42.320 I thought tonight. In the end, and Bead had huge 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:45.480 numbers with the nineteen rebounds and a career high making 0:11:45.520 --> 0:11:48.280 eleven free throws, but Joel struggled from the field quite 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:50.640 a bit. I thought he showed a lot of fatigue 0:11:50.679 --> 0:11:54.040 and many of those early attempts in the game from 0:11:54.080 --> 0:11:56.520 the line or excuse me, from the field. I thought 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:59.680 Simmons was a dominant player early. I would say almost 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:01.640 three quarters of the way through the game, he was 0:12:01.679 --> 0:12:04.520 the dominant player in this game. And that's a pretty 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:07.520 effective one two combo for the Sixers, no question. Tom 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:09.520 again his live from the centers. The Sixers win one 0:12:09.679 --> 0:12:12.640 twenty one sixteen over the Brooklyn that's now thirty eight 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:14.559 and thirty on the season as time pointing out, half 0:12:14.600 --> 0:12:17.320 game behind Washington for the fifth spot. Tom as you 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:20.640 just pointed out Ben Simmons very aggressive and what he 0:12:20.720 --> 0:12:24.120 did tonight and dominant and with the Joel Embiad's struggle 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:26.120 six of twenty three getting to the free throw line 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:29.560 though making all eleven in the nineteen rebounds, the career high, 0:12:29.720 --> 0:12:32.679 he did find a way to stay with it defensively 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:35.440 when they needed the most at the end. Oh, absolutely know, 0:12:35.480 --> 0:12:37.959 And a star player like that can impact the game 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:40.720 in manning areas and Coach Brown was just calling him, 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:44.240 you know, an impactful and difference maker in all areas 0:12:44.240 --> 0:12:46.720 of the game and without doubt. I mean he held 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:50.120 off the nets at the basket, down the stretch during 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:53.320 that jump ball situation he gets the ball, I mean 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:56.160 he Jared Allen I thought had a couple of opportunities 0:12:56.240 --> 0:12:59.440 late that were impacted by embad And so a man 0:12:59.440 --> 0:13:02.600 of that side and agility and that fight and competitive nature, 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:06.320 it lends itself to a great overall play. So yeah, 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:08.840 he struggled from the field, miss some chip shots and 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:11.880 Okaford did well against it beat and part of that 0:13:12.000 --> 0:13:14.720 was even at the defensive end. So but it beat 0:13:14.760 --> 0:13:16.839 in the end ruled the day in terms of how 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:19.520 he finished the game. And to have a guy, you know, 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:21.560 who gets to the line as often as he does, 0:13:22.200 --> 0:13:24.120 to be able to make all of his free throws 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:26.920 and to be a dependable foul shooter and the guts 0:13:26.920 --> 0:13:30.000 of the game is quite an asset. Absolutely, and Tom 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:32.559 enjoy the rest of your weekend. Will be back at 0:13:32.559 --> 0:13:35.000 it on Monday for the Charlotte Hornets. Time. It seems 0:13:35.000 --> 0:13:37.800 like the Charlotte Hornets. It's the playoff series they played him. 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:40.439 This would be the third matchup in this month, so 0:13:40.840 --> 0:13:43.240 very accustomed to seeing the Charlotte Hornets no right and 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:45.280 back there on Easter Sunday. I mean, it was kind 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:47.920 of weird where, you know, the Sixers didn't play them 0:13:47.920 --> 0:13:49.439 at all, and then they're playing them four times in 0:13:49.559 --> 0:13:51.840 the last five weeks of the season and just to 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:54.720 go back, did the Sixers are off this weekend? Oh mind? 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:58.240 How about that? Unbelievable, So great opportunity, as we said, 0:13:58.240 --> 0:14:00.840 with the home games and playing eleven of these last 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:03.760 fifteen games against teams with under five hundred records, and 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:05.840 so far, so good for the Sixers for the last 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:09.319 two games over the Nicks. Tom, enjoy your weekend. Thank you, 0:14:09.400 --> 0:14:12.440 good night. Tom mcguinnis again live from the Center as 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:16.040 the Philadelphia seventy Sixers are now thirty eight and thirty 0:14:16.040 --> 0:14:19.600 and continuing to improve in the win column that will 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:23.000 position themselves for a playoff spot and clinching at some 0:14:23.040 --> 0:14:26.920 point nine home games remaining for this basketball team. Five 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:29.720 one a road, very good shot at a good spot 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:33.280 in the postseason. Sixers win one twenty one sixteen. On 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:35.480 the other side, the man that you heard, Tom mc ginnis, 0:14:35.520 --> 0:14:38.560 we'll hear its highlights next on the Sixers Radio Network. 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:43.560 One twenty one sixteen. The Philadelphia seventy Sixes are now 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:46.360 thirty eight and thirty after game numbers sixty eight on 0:14:46.400 --> 0:14:49.760 the season. After defeating the Brooklyn Nets at the center, 0:14:50.040 --> 0:14:52.560 it is ten oh five on the clock. But before 0:14:52.600 --> 0:14:54.520 we get to the highlights, it's time to allow our 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:57.640 affhiliates to identify themselves. Here on the Sixes Radio Network, 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:01.320 the home for the Philadelphia seventy Sixers and the Philadelphia 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:05.600 Fly ninety seven five the Finatic WPE and Burlington hildelpodcasting 0:15:05.680 --> 0:15:09.040 from the Exfinity Studio only from Comcast. Well, this game 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:11.560 had a lot of intrigue from the very start as 0:15:11.600 --> 0:15:14.800 the Philadelphia seventy Sixers got things going very early, Ben 0:15:14.840 --> 0:15:18.040 Simmons getting birthed a driving layup to make it two 0:15:18.160 --> 0:15:21.800 to two very early with these two basketball teams. But 0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:24.640 then the birthday Boy Joel and Bee got into the action. 0:15:24.880 --> 0:15:28.360 Joel drives it on the Alan Dominey oh Man sit 0:15:28.560 --> 0:15:32.120 down quick with a thirty and a violent stuff by 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:34.960 it be baby slow moved to get by Alan and 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:37.680 when no one came to give help it, Bet crashes 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:39.960 it with a slam and that was off of his 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:43.440 Joeling Bees patent it up fake and then drive low 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:45.840 the defender of Sleep and take his time by getting 0:15:45.840 --> 0:15:48.000 by and that's exactly what he did four to two 0:15:48.080 --> 0:15:50.800 and sixers at that time. Ben Simmons kept it going 0:15:51.320 --> 0:15:53.920 later on in that quarter with the driving layup to 0:15:54.120 --> 0:15:57.000 give this put the Sixes up thirteen to eight. Early on, 0:15:57.160 --> 0:15:59.520 they were six of seven to start the game with 0:15:59.640 --> 0:16:02.400 their field goals. Unfortunately, Ben Simmons did pick up his 0:16:02.440 --> 0:16:06.520 second foul very early. D'Angelo Russell made a three to 0:16:06.560 --> 0:16:09.600 give the Brooklyn Nets a sixteen to thirteen advantage after 0:16:09.600 --> 0:16:12.800 an eight oh run. But at the later on in 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:15.520 that quarter, as things again started to go another way, 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:17.920 a little spark off the bench by Justin Anderson two 0:16:18.040 --> 0:16:20.200 twenty in the opening quarter half court set. McConnell the 0:16:20.240 --> 0:16:23.240 Anderson he's gonna try for another three, and that's good. 0:16:23.720 --> 0:16:25.840 See three. That's what's gonna work in the playoffs. He'll 0:16:25.880 --> 0:16:28.880 be able to guard an exciting wing player and be 0:16:28.960 --> 0:16:32.320 able to if he's on, make those threes. Definitely a 0:16:32.360 --> 0:16:34.600 bonus for making the threes from behind the arc for 0:16:34.680 --> 0:16:38.200 Justin Anderson. After that three pointer twenty five twenty four, 0:16:38.560 --> 0:16:42.560 Brooklyn much needed baskets by Anderson the reserve again off 0:16:42.560 --> 0:16:44.960 the bench and as he is able to give that 0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:47.960 kind of offensive output from time to time during the postseason. 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:50.000 It will make a difference. At the end of one 0:16:50.040 --> 0:16:52.520 thirty three thirty the Brooklyn Nets in front of the 0:16:52.600 --> 0:16:56.400 seventy sixers start of the second quarter, JJ Reddick again 0:16:56.600 --> 0:17:00.200 fantastic night overall from the floor. Here is one of 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:03.880 the three point baskets made beat with McConnell JJ Reddick. 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:06.719 Reddick shoots it off the inbount It makes it fast. 0:17:07.440 --> 0:17:11.159 Carros Lavert drops his shoulders as if to see what 0:17:11.320 --> 0:17:14.000 all they gotta do again? This guy, Well, what he 0:17:14.040 --> 0:17:16.560 has to do carris Lavert after that made basket to 0:17:16.600 --> 0:17:18.680 tide at thirty three is to go on a run 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:21.080 for the Brooklyn Nets. And they did in fact do 0:17:21.240 --> 0:17:23.320 that when they went on a ten o run and 0:17:23.480 --> 0:17:26.200 carros Lavert went on an eight o' run all by himself, 0:17:26.920 --> 0:17:30.480 resulting in a forty six thirty three advantage. Dario Shards 0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:32.719 then made it forty six thirty five with the layup 0:17:32.920 --> 0:17:36.840 Sixes themselves made him run as Marco Belinelli converted to 0:17:36.920 --> 0:17:39.560 three fifty eight to fifty two. But JJ Reddick, once 0:17:39.600 --> 0:17:42.760 again capping off the twelve two run six seconds ago, 0:17:43.119 --> 0:17:47.080 Sixers on the drive out the JJ dribbles, shoots, fires 0:17:47.080 --> 0:17:51.000 and hits three point shot by Reddick. It's a three 0:17:51.119 --> 0:17:53.440 point game with two seconds to go in the half. 0:17:53.960 --> 0:17:56.880 That sent him into the half down fifty eight fifty five, 0:17:56.960 --> 0:18:00.200 much needed basket for the Sixers by their vet and 0:18:00.280 --> 0:18:04.359 sharp shooter again trailing by three after two started the 0:18:04.400 --> 0:18:07.200 third quarter Ben Simmons. He started the game very aggressive. 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:09.640 He did the same out of the locker room rebound 0:18:09.680 --> 0:18:11.800 losing Simmons picks it up, turns on the Jets in 0:18:11.840 --> 0:18:14.560 the midcourt, goes in and gets around Joe Harris lay 0:18:14.640 --> 0:18:19.199 up good. Ben Simmons would not be to nine. Very aggressive, 0:18:19.560 --> 0:18:22.520 made the free throw as well, fifty eight fifty eight, 0:18:22.680 --> 0:18:26.000 six to tie game between the Sixers, and that's just 0:18:26.040 --> 0:18:29.080 a few short seconds later. Ben Simmons again with another 0:18:29.200 --> 0:18:31.680 drive to the basket of Floata and the foul. Unfortunately 0:18:31.680 --> 0:18:33.679 he missed the free throw, sixty to fifty eight. He 0:18:33.880 --> 0:18:36.399 also scored one more time when the fadeaway jumpers, seeing 0:18:36.400 --> 0:18:39.440 that comfortability with the jumper, which is very encouraging by 0:18:39.520 --> 0:18:42.080 Ben Simmons. But Joel and Beat struggled again from the floor. 0:18:42.119 --> 0:18:44.920 Overall six to twenty three, but his only made three 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:47.880 point basket. Here they clear it out Ben out top 0:18:47.920 --> 0:18:51.680 to Joel. It beat for three, and it's in Simmons 0:18:51.680 --> 0:18:55.200 with nine assists. He is wheeling and Billy and it 0:18:55.359 --> 0:19:00.080 beats on target. With the train sixers by by sixty 0:19:00.080 --> 0:19:03.680 eight sixty three Philadelphia. He also made a jumper two 0:19:03.760 --> 0:19:06.240 jumpers later on to give them an eighty six to 0:19:06.320 --> 0:19:10.359 eighty one advantage going into the fourth quarter. And that's 0:19:10.400 --> 0:19:13.560 again where things started to go back and forth. Arson 0:19:13.640 --> 0:19:16.320 Ilia Silva with a big layup, same four and bed, 0:19:16.720 --> 0:19:20.520 but the Nets would not go away. They kept battling, 0:19:20.640 --> 0:19:23.600 kept battling, and Damari Carroll was one of the reasons why. 0:19:23.800 --> 0:19:27.440 Rodde Hollis Jefferson two two to go. Hollis Jefferson cut 0:19:27.440 --> 0:19:30.960 off passes out front. Here's Carol for three. It's good 0:19:31.359 --> 0:19:35.520 Damari Carol from Jared Allen and the Nets up taking 0:19:35.600 --> 0:19:39.119 the lead one thirteen one ten. They did in fact 0:19:39.119 --> 0:19:42.560 take the lead, scoring seven straight to put the Sixes behind, 0:19:42.840 --> 0:19:46.359 but Ben Simmons then gets the steal Robert Covington with 0:19:46.440 --> 0:19:49.199 the layup. They wound up tying it one thirteen, one 0:19:49.440 --> 0:19:53.199 thirteen Robert Covington. After that layup his most important basket 0:19:53.240 --> 0:19:55.679 of the night, coffee dipp with a rebound of crowd risers. 0:19:55.720 --> 0:19:58.280 Here's Dario Sights up to the fender, back out the bend. 0:19:58.480 --> 0:20:01.800 Simmons the ruddick into the corner. Three ball shot here, 0:20:01.920 --> 0:20:05.280 it's good. Robert public toon berries of three. How the 0:20:05.400 --> 0:20:08.520 Sixers half take of the lane, and the Sixers went 0:20:08.520 --> 0:20:11.479 on and score four more points courtesy of free throws 0:20:11.520 --> 0:20:14.360 by t. J. McConnell, two apiece from t. J McConnell 0:20:14.400 --> 0:20:17.040 and Joel and beat again. The final score one twenty 0:20:17.200 --> 0:20:19.320 one sixteen spenc And then when he did have an 0:20:19.320 --> 0:20:21.520 opportunity with the basketball, he lost it out of bounds 0:20:21.520 --> 0:20:23.520 with twenty point eight seconds to go. Then it was 0:20:23.560 --> 0:20:27.080 a foul game and trying to continue, you know, it 0:20:27.560 --> 0:20:29.280 stretched the game out a bit to give the Nets 0:20:29.280 --> 0:20:32.960 an opportunity, but unfortunately for them, the Sixes were simply 0:20:33.000 --> 0:20:35.680 not going to be denied tonight, coming away with the 0:20:35.800 --> 0:20:39.760 victory one twenty to one sixteen. Very very good job tonight, 0:20:39.760 --> 0:20:43.800 protecting the basketball only only five turnovers. How about that, 0:20:44.080 --> 0:20:46.720 which did not allow the Nets to get any extra shots. 0:20:46.960 --> 0:20:49.880 Three points off of those turnovers. On the other side, 0:20:49.960 --> 0:20:53.520 though the Nets with twelve turnovers six is converting thirteen 0:20:53.560 --> 0:20:56.879