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Speaker 1: again to another post Sixers win Twitter space. I'm Lauren Rosen,
Speaker 1: Matt Murphy is here and we are here to discuss
Speaker 1: all things Sixers win over the Orlando Magic last night
Speaker 1: severely shorthanded once again, no Joella Feed, no James Harden,
Speaker 1: no Tyrese Maxie, Jaden, Springer, Matisse. I will also unavailable
Speaker 1: last night, so it was a difficult situation for this team.
Speaker 1: Is not the first time that they've listed this season
Speaker 1: and this season and this week and for not the
Speaker 1: first time this season and this weekend byas Harris Shane Milton.
Speaker 1: Tremendous last night week game for George Niang Dante Milton
Speaker 1: has been great all all around effort four the seventy
Speaker 1: six Ers to get the win. Matt Murphy, Good morning.
Speaker 1: How did you feel about last night's plin? Hey, Lauren,
Speaker 1: it was really fun to watch this Sixers win over
Speaker 1: the Magic. A good bounce back win for the team
Speaker 1: after the game in Charlotte. Again shorthanded as a word
Speaker 1: that has been used so much throughout this stretch, but
Speaker 1: it's fitting. And the guys stepped up a bunch of
Speaker 1: them individually. That will work our way through the box
Speaker 1: score and all that. And when it comes to George Niang,
Speaker 1: how about how clutch he has been this year as
Speaker 1: well a lot of his threes. I mean, he's making
Speaker 1: such a large percentage of his threes this year, and
Speaker 1: he has throughout his NBA career, but they've been clutch,
Speaker 1: and they were last night three for three in the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. The team defense was also something I looked at,
Speaker 1: only gave up twenty points in the third, twenty three
Speaker 1: in the fourth. But on the offensive side, some really
Speaker 1: fun to watch individual performances, headlined by Shake Milton. As
Speaker 1: is always the case, We're going to run you guys
Speaker 1: through the box score at the top here, so as
Speaker 1: you hear things that stand out to you, make sure
Speaker 1: you continue sending the dms and send some comments. The
Speaker 1: comment numbers up to six in the bottom right hand corner.
Speaker 1: Let's get it up to ten by the time I
Speaker 1: finish up with the box score. So without further ado,
Speaker 1: I'll jump in. Matt Murphy let me know what stands
Speaker 1: out to you. Everybody who's listening. This is a team
Speaker 1: building activity, so let us know what stands out to you.
Speaker 1: Last night, the seventy Sixers one oh seven the Orlando
Speaker 1: Magic ninety nine. The headline quarter had to have been
Speaker 1: the third. The Sixers top the Magic thirty to twenty
Speaker 1: in that Oh sorry, guys, I lost connection for a
Speaker 1: second top the Magic thirty to twenty in that third quarter.
Speaker 1: So guys, let's get into now. The key performances from
Speaker 1: last night's win. Twenty four points for Shake Milton. He
Speaker 1: nears a triple double. It was his first double double
Speaker 1: of his career and almost got to triple double territory
Speaker 1: with just one rebound. Shy twenty four points, nine rebounds,
Speaker 1: and ten assists. He had a steal and a block.
Speaker 1: He shot seven for thirteen from the field, four for
Speaker 1: seven from long range on a perfect six for six
Speaker 1: from the foul line. Twenty three points and ten rebounds
Speaker 1: for Tobias Harris. He added five assists in a steel
Speaker 1: to finish his line. Ten for twenty one from the field.
Speaker 1: Struggled from three but managed to get it done everywhere
Speaker 1: else last night. Really strong defense PJ. Tucker, of course,
Speaker 1: did a great job against young Paolo Bounchero in the
Speaker 1: beginning of the game, and then Benchero's duties were assigned
Speaker 1: to Tobias Harris for some of that second half, and
Speaker 1: he really did do a great job beyond Harris. D'Anthony
Speaker 1: Melton also a starter again last night, thirteen points, four
Speaker 1: assists and four steals again, four rebounds and four assists
Speaker 1: and four steals again for d' anthony Melton. Mantras Harrold
Speaker 1: fourteen points, eight rebounds and an assist, and then George
Speaker 1: Niang a bench high eighteen points, a rebound and two assists.
Speaker 1: He shot a crazy good six for eight from the field,
Speaker 1: five for seven from three point range for Concork mods.
Speaker 1: Paul Read Daniel House Junior, all also logging minutes last night.
Speaker 1: Matt Murphy, what stands out to you? I think it's
Speaker 1: got to be Shake Milton's line. You could go any
Speaker 1: direction with a couple of the guys, Milton, Tobias Harris,
Speaker 1: George Niang all of their final stat lines. I'm usually
Speaker 1: a team stat guy at this point of the show,
Speaker 1: but I will pick Shake Milton's entire box score line
Speaker 1: particularly the forty one minutes played and the four for
Speaker 1: seven from three point range. I know we're getting comments,
Speaker 1: we're getting messages, and we have audio to play later
Speaker 1: in the show, but if people will bear with me
Speaker 1: for a second, I want to read something from the
Speaker 1: archives about Shake Milton. Of course, he started his career
Speaker 1: on a two way contract with the Sixers and the
Speaker 1: Bluecoats the twenty eighteen nineteen season. This is from October
Speaker 1: twenty eighth. Team wrote something about Shake interviewed Rich Phillips,
Speaker 1: the voice of the Mustangs, his college announcer, and I
Speaker 1: think this is fitting given that Shake is stepping up
Speaker 1: while the team has some players missing. This is just
Speaker 1: one quote that Rich Phillips gave me. He said in
Speaker 1: his junior year, Shake was really emerging as the primary
Speaker 1: offensive force for SMU, and there were times when it
Speaker 1: just seemed he was determined to not let his team fail.
Speaker 1: The highlight of that was a January game at Wichita State.
Speaker 1: SMU had lost three straight before the trip, and the
Speaker 1: Shockers were ranked fourth in the country and had won
Speaker 1: twenty seven straight games at home. Early in the first half,
Speaker 1: Grey Foster, SMU's number two scorer, suffered a season ending
Speaker 1: knee injury. In light of all that, Shake just took
Speaker 1: it upon himself to win the game. He scored a
Speaker 1: career high thirty three points, making five of six threes.
Speaker 1: On a couple of those threes, he was so far
Speaker 1: out he was nearly on the mid court logo. It
Speaker 1: was a simply fabulous performance that just served as a
Speaker 1: perfect example of what he was about. And afterwards he
Speaker 1: took all the praise and stride, which is just the
Speaker 1: way he rolls. Lauren Rosen, does that sound familiar? That
Speaker 1: sounds like the Shake Milton we know, and it's really
Speaker 1: been a pleasure to just watch his growth and development
Speaker 1: over his time with the seventy Sixers. It's interesting that
Speaker 1: we talk about this a lot with young players or
Speaker 1: with players that find themselves in the second half of
Speaker 1: a rotation. In the NBA, when you're on a good team,
Speaker 1: it is a absolute fight to get minutes, and that's
Speaker 1: been the case for Shake Milton for the entirety of
Speaker 1: his Sixers tenure. But what we can always certainly say
Speaker 1: about Shake is what he is given opportunities, he embraces
Speaker 1: them and he does a great job. It's been really
Speaker 1: cool to see him consistently be a microwave in the
Speaker 1: words of his teammates and coaches who call him the microwave,
Speaker 1: but to also see him stay so committed to his
Speaker 1: craft and to advancing his game, it's been an absolute
Speaker 1: pleasure to watch. Shake of course used to shoot alongside
Speaker 1: Seth Curry and learned a lot from Seth Curry, was
Speaker 1: able to observe Jj Reddick now works out a lot
Speaker 1: with Tyrese Maxie and it's been special to see that
Speaker 1: Shaike has been with the team. He's now one of
Speaker 1: the longest tenured sixers alongside for Concorkmus and Joel Embiid,
Speaker 1: and just watching his development and seeing the way that
Speaker 1: he's taken from others games and grown his own. Last night,
Speaker 1: I think the biggest thing Matt about Shake's game, at
Speaker 1: least to me, and I'm just going to echo Doc
Speaker 1: Rivers here. Shake has always been a scorer. We remember
Speaker 1: him scoring thirty nine against then Doc Rivers Clippers. We
Speaker 1: remember him scoring in big ways throughout his career. But
Speaker 1: the distribution and the way he's grown as a sharer
Speaker 1: and as someone who is able to find and put
Speaker 1: his teammates in the spots that they want to be
Speaker 1: in to succeed. Ten assists is nothing to scoff at.
Speaker 1: It was a career high for Shake last night again,
Speaker 1: his first double double at his career just one rebound.
Speaker 1: Shy of getting a triple double before he ever got
Speaker 1: a double double, but really cool to see the way
Speaker 1: that he has grown his game as a distributor and
Speaker 1: not You have to wonder if the way that he
Speaker 1: and Tyrese Maxie have been working out together in summers,
Speaker 1: for example, Tyrese has really really prioritized learning to distribute.
Speaker 1: The two of them both now able to learn from
Speaker 1: James Harden, one of the greatest two ever distribute a basketball.
Speaker 1: Really cool to see him grow in that way. And
Speaker 1: I know that you covered him from the start of
Speaker 1: his Bluecoat's career and into his sixer's career. What are
Speaker 1: you seeing from Shake as a distributor that looks different
Speaker 1: to you? I think that's just a great point. I
Speaker 1: think when I say forty one minutes played a lot
Speaker 1: of it's just opportunity, right, So when your role changes,
Speaker 1: you have more opportunity to distribute. You're out there for longer.
Speaker 1: It's not so much focused on all right, I'm in
Speaker 1: the corner maybe, and I've got to take these threes
Speaker 1: and make these threes. He talked recently about Shake being
Speaker 1: Shake means playing free, and I think that's what you're seeing.
Speaker 1: And playing free for him allows him to not only score,
Speaker 1: but get his teammates involved as well. I love when
Speaker 1: Winona checks in about Shake and calls him a quiet storm.
Speaker 1: Whenona says Shake really shook things up. He is a
Speaker 1: quiet storm, consistent, focused, and always intentional. Another player that
Speaker 1: we received a tweet about from was about Tobias Harris
Speaker 1: from Gina. Tobias has been absolutely wonderful during the shorthanded stretch.
Speaker 1: His veteran leadership is coming in clutch. All caps with
Speaker 1: three smiling emojis, and Doc Rivers had a lot of
Speaker 1: good things to say about Shake after the game, and
Speaker 1: also about the impact that Tobias Harris had on that
Speaker 1: game against the Magic as well. Yeah, Tobias no stranger
Speaker 1: to stepping up in big moments and making sure to be,
Speaker 1: of course, the ultimate professional. Those are those are words
Speaker 1: that are constantly used to describe Tobias Harris and of course,
Speaker 1: with traditionally three of the Sixers top four options out
Speaker 1: right now in MB Harden and Maxie. Tobias Harris has had,
Speaker 1: like Shake Milton, the opportunity to score more, to be
Speaker 1: more of a focal point in this offense, but not
Speaker 1: just to be a focal point for the team on
Speaker 1: the court, to make sure the team is staying together
Speaker 1: off the court, on the bench, being that professional that
Speaker 1: we talk about, and it's been cool to see Tobias
Speaker 1: continue to thrive and adapt no matter the situation that
Speaker 1: he's put in. It was cool to listen to both
Speaker 1: Shake and George talk about Tobias last night, discussing the
Speaker 1: way that he makes sacrifices for his teammates, for example,
Speaker 1: when they are all healthy, the way that he has
Speaker 1: had to adjust his entire game, the way that he
Speaker 1: has grown as a catch and shooter, especially since James
Speaker 1: Harden joined this team, but the way he adapts when
Speaker 1: everybody's available, and the way that he can adapt in
Speaker 1: the absolute opposite direction and become a featured focal point
Speaker 1: when not everybody is available, but to do it with
Speaker 1: the same attitude every day. That's something that's really stood
Speaker 1: out about the way that George Niang, who's a close
Speaker 1: friend of Tobias is, speaks about his friend Tobias the
Speaker 1: way that he regardless of how he is being featured
Speaker 1: or what is being asked of him, he brings the
Speaker 1: same attitude, the same energy, and the same leadership to
Speaker 1: the floor or every day. It's been an absolute pleasure
Speaker 1: to watch Tobias Harris and really cool like shake to
Speaker 1: see him thrive in these situations totally. And when you
Speaker 1: when you talk about George though, I can't help but
Speaker 1: think about his postgame comments about Philadelphia. I know you
Speaker 1: do it, I know you tweeted it out, but let's
Speaker 1: do it. Let's do it. So this is George Niang.
Speaker 1: Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer asking George why he
Speaker 1: is such a good fit in Philadelphia, and George honestly
Speaker 1: articulated it as well as anybody possibly could. Here's George.
Speaker 1: I think, you know, Philly fans and people, you know,
Speaker 1: they look at me and what I look like, and
Speaker 1: they're like, oh, I can probably be that guy and
Speaker 1: be out there held the court. And that's probably one reason.
Speaker 1: But I think I'm relatable, funny, I say what's on
Speaker 1: my mind, and I'm real, and I think that's what
Speaker 1: the city of Philadelphia is. Um so we get along great,
Speaker 1: and they love someone that's going to stir it up
Speaker 1: and talk a little trash and I've kind of, you know,
Speaker 1: embraced that. But the love that they show is unconditional.
Speaker 1: There's nothing like Philadelphia, you know, when the city's buzzing,
Speaker 1: teams are winning, to heck of a place to be thought.
Speaker 1: Of course, George Niang discussing Tobias Harris and his impact,
Speaker 1: Matt just tossed some stuff in the chat Tyrese Maxie
Speaker 1: Live tweeting last night from Philadelphia, sending Tyres our best
Speaker 1: as always as he continues his rehab. But really cool
Speaker 1: to hear that George has embraced Philly and has such
Speaker 1: a good pulse on what Philly looks for in its athletes.
Speaker 1: He really is perfect Taylor made for this city, and
Speaker 1: I love Matt. What Tobias Harris had to say about
Speaker 1: George as well. I'm going to read his quote Tobias
Speaker 1: Harris on George Niang. George is a one man culture changer.
Speaker 1: He comes in, he has that positive attitude, a great
Speaker 1: feel for the game of basketball and how to play
Speaker 1: the right way. He's been amazing for this team, Amazing
Speaker 1: for this organization, Matt, your thoughts on either of those guys,
Speaker 1: their friendship, the way they talk about each other, the
Speaker 1: way George talks about Philly. We got a lot of
Speaker 1: wholesome content this morning, that's for sure. Absolutely. I've seen
Speaker 1: various iterations of tweets from six Ers fans Philadelphia sports
Speaker 1: fans that sounds similar to what George said about himself
Speaker 1: and why they maybe the fans gravitate towards him a
Speaker 1: little bit. And it was fun to hear that again
Speaker 1: just now. I think one thing, a couple of things
Speaker 1: about George is everyone always points to the three point shooting,
Speaker 1: which is how he's found his way in this league.
Speaker 1: And like I said, three for three in the fourth
Speaker 1: quarter in this first game against the Magic. He had
Speaker 1: a kind of a fancy drive at the end of
Speaker 1: the third quarter. As well. He's had a knack for
Speaker 1: getting some and ones this year, so his finishing from
Speaker 1: two has been, in my opinion, improved, and then the
Speaker 1: three is on top of that. But I think, like
Speaker 1: Tobias said, it just transcends his play on the court
Speaker 1: almost the way that he is around the team in
Speaker 1: the locker room. I love the description from Tobias about
Speaker 1: George a one man culture changer. That's some high praise
Speaker 1: from a guy that's been around the league. But it
Speaker 1: needed during this run and needed in the game against Orlando.
Speaker 1: The team's now won five of seven and they'll get
Speaker 1: Orlando again on Sunday at six Eastern, so I'm looking
Speaker 1: forward to see that. Of course, Orlando is going to
Speaker 1: make some adjustments. These two games series are sort of
Speaker 1: like mini playoff series in a sense. They've got the length,
Speaker 1: they've got a bunch of seven footers and all that.
Speaker 1: They had a couple guys out. They didn't shoot the
Speaker 1: three well, but the way the sixers are going, that
Speaker 1: team chemistry is off the charts, and George Niang is
Speaker 1: right near the top. For the reason why, no doubt
Speaker 1: about it. Let's hear from Tobias Harris now talking about
Speaker 1: George Niang. I'm pulling up that audio as we speak,
Speaker 1: and then we can also hear Tobias talking about Shake Milton.
Speaker 1: Here is Tobias discussing George Niang and what he means
Speaker 1: to the group. I'm excited about what he's bringing. Well,
Speaker 1: I get excited because he's always like trying to talk
Speaker 1: junk out there, so I have to gass him up
Speaker 1: so that the group gets gassed up even more as well.
Speaker 1: So that's why I always I always have a little
Speaker 1: antics when he scores, because he always says something after
Speaker 1: every basket he scores, um, So I gotta, you know,
Speaker 1: I got, I gotta, I gotta follow his vibe sometime
Speaker 1: out there, and you know, let him know that I'm
Speaker 1: with him on the bench, like or when I'm in
Speaker 1: a uh you know, when I'm on the court with
Speaker 1: him as well, like I'm with him, and yeah, he's
Speaker 1: he's such a great teammate as well and very energetic,
Speaker 1: has a lot of energy. So I'm just responding right
Speaker 1: to his energy. Yeah, good to hear Tobias talking about
Speaker 1: responding to George's energy. If you followed to Bias, you know,
Speaker 1: he's a little bit more reserved. He's not quite as
Speaker 1: likely to talk junk as he says, to use his
Speaker 1: words as George Nyang would. But it's been cool to
Speaker 1: see George help to Bias out of his shell a
Speaker 1: little bit, and George and Tobias of course backing each
Speaker 1: other up regardless of who's out there on the floor.
Speaker 1: It's been a pleasure to watch the two of them. Um, Matt,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna give you Tobias talking about Shake
Speaker 1: Milton and then I'll let you wrap it up. Here's
Speaker 1: Tobias discussing Shake Milton and his performance over these last
Speaker 1: few games. He's been great, just um, you know, he's
Speaker 1: out there, he's fine, his flow, running the team. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, he's he's always been a verier score on
Speaker 1: the floor, but over the last however many gangs has been,
Speaker 1: he's just really shown his whole, his whole arsenal and
Speaker 1: offensive end and really how he can get to his
Speaker 1: spots and raise up and shoot and create plays. Like tonight,
Speaker 1: I thought the biggest thing was his ten assis right
Speaker 1: like you know, um get into lane, kicking out, searching,
Speaker 1: looking for guys and just overall effort twenty four ten nine.
Speaker 1: I wish you would have got another rebound in here,
Speaker 1: but it's safe for another time. But he's been phenomenal
Speaker 1: for us. Like like we talked about, you know after
Speaker 1: the Brooklyn Games, opportunity for a lot of guys to
Speaker 1: be in different positions that they haven't been and to
Speaker 1: take advantage of it, and he's one of them. Was
Speaker 1: doing an amazing job at it go ahead. That's Tobias
Speaker 1: Harris discussing shake Milton. Always good to hear from the players.
Speaker 1: I know you guys hear from me and Matt frequently.
Speaker 1: I'd rather let you hear from the players. Matt, your
Speaker 1: thoughts and your thoughts about tomorrow's rematch against your Lando Magic, Lauren,
Speaker 1: I have a question for you. This was not submitted
Speaker 1: by anyone other than my own brain here. How was
Speaker 1: the Thanksgiving holiday for the team given that they are
Speaker 1: on the road. If you could share as much or
Speaker 1: as little about that as you can, Yeah, Matt, I
Speaker 1: can be sorry. We're dealing with some connection stuff here
Speaker 1: in Orlando, so I'm hoping everybody can continue to hear me.
Speaker 1: But really cool for the team to be able to
Speaker 1: have an off day on Thanksgiving. I will say Doc
Speaker 1: Rivers has lived in Orlando for a long time and
Speaker 1: maintains a residence here. Tobias Harris played in Orlando for
Speaker 1: a long time. Beeball Paul's family is in Orlando, so
Speaker 1: the Sixers some have had family come join out on
Speaker 1: the road. Some were able to celebrate the holiday in
Speaker 1: their own homes, which is awesome and cool to see
Speaker 1: this team that clearly, so clearly when you hear these
Speaker 1: quotes from postgame enjoy spending time with one another, get
Speaker 1: to do so over the holidays, And of course it's
Speaker 1: tough to not be able to be with your family
Speaker 1: or to be home over the holidays. But this Orlando
Speaker 1: stop actually ended up being a pretty good one. And
Speaker 1: of course some warmth, some good food, some good friends,
Speaker 1: some good family. Great for the team to get to
Speaker 1: spend time, whether they were at their own homes or
Speaker 1: with one another. Good vibes all around, especially considering the
Speaker 1: shorthanded nature of what the Sixers are going through right now. Matt,
Speaker 1: next game up is Magic Part two. Thanks for sharing that, Lauren,
Speaker 1: six pm Eastern on NBC Sports Philadelphia and ninety seven
Speaker 1: five The Fanatic as well. The Sixers ten and nine,
Speaker 1: five of their last seven in the win column. The
Speaker 1: big performance from Shake Milton as well as Tobias Harris
Speaker 1: and George Niang in the first game against the Magic.
Speaker 1: Now they'll do it again. If we didn't get to
Speaker 1: your question or comment today, hopefully we will be doing
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Speaker 1: to all of you for being here, and Lauren Rosen
Speaker 1: thanks to you. As always, we will talk to everybody
Speaker 1: next time. Thank you.