Speaker 1: You're listening to rewind. They listen back on press conferences,
Speaker 1: highlights and analysis from the seventy sixers previous game. Not
Speaker 1: a good one for the Philadelphia seventy Sixers tonight in Orlando,
Speaker 1: losing to the Magic an Amway Center ninety seven. Disappointing
Speaker 1: follow up to the really energizing, invigorating Christmas Day victory
Speaker 1: over the Milwaukee Bucks. I'm Brian Seltzer. If you heard
Speaker 1: the head coach afterwards and you were saying yourself, a way,
Speaker 1: was that really Brett Brown? It was lasted his postgame
Speaker 1: address about one hundred twenty seconds at the most. He
Speaker 1: was not happy. You can understand why the seventy sixers
Speaker 1: came out. It just seemed like stuck in a little
Speaker 1: bit of mud. To borrow a phrase that Brett likes
Speaker 1: to use. They committed sixteen turnovers in the game. Their
Speaker 1: play was not really in any way reflective of what
Speaker 1: we saw in Wednesday's game. You know Orlando as a
Speaker 1: team that hey, despite the fact that they were four
Speaker 1: games under five hundred coming in two Tonight's game, they
Speaker 1: were the eighth ranked team in the Eastern Conference, and
Speaker 1: if you file the seventy Sixers. You know, Orlando has
Speaker 1: given the Sixers some tough times. They have solid individual
Speaker 1: talent and certainly a good enough team that if you
Speaker 1: give them a chance, they can be pesky and feisty
Speaker 1: and make life difficult on you. They slow the game down,
Speaker 1: they play respectable defense, and the seventy Sixers could not
Speaker 1: find their way out tonight. Where was this game lost?
Speaker 1: This evening? Seventy Sixers seemed like they had a spark
Speaker 1: in the beginning of the third quarter. They went up
Speaker 1: by the score of sixty two to fifty four on
Speaker 1: a Joel and Beat three pointer. Then after that they
Speaker 1: gave up a twenty one to six run, totally let
Speaker 1: their foot off the gas, and that gave Orlando life.
Speaker 1: Sixers got back within three points in the fourth quarter
Speaker 1: eighty one seventy eight, but then the magic hit them
Speaker 1: with a ten to two run to get enough insurance
Speaker 1: to finally get across the finish line. Sixers did make
Speaker 1: an interesting with five to three pointers in the final
Speaker 1: ninety seconds of regulation. They got some help from markul Foltz,
Speaker 1: whom is two free throws which gave the Sixers another shot,
Speaker 1: but in the end they were not able to pull
Speaker 1: this one out tonight. They lose by a point eight
Speaker 1: ninety seven. Tommy Ginnis had the call of this one
Speaker 1: at Amway Center tonight. Tom, Like I'm sure many of
Speaker 1: you people out there have been listening to Brett Brown
Speaker 1: as fans for seven years, and Tom, we have not
Speaker 1: heard many postgame press conferences, not to labor point quite
Speaker 1: like that. I thought it was noteworthy, no doubt about it.
Speaker 1: Just repeat that real quick. I was talking to my
Speaker 1: buddy Dark Dennis Newman, Say, Brian, what just saying Tom
Speaker 1: that For anyone who's listened to Brett Brown over the
Speaker 1: last six plus seasons, there haven't been too many postgame
Speaker 1: press conferences quite like that. And not to belabor the point,
Speaker 1: but you could tell he wasn't happy with what he
Speaker 1: saw tonight and understandably so no question about it. I mean, again,
Speaker 1: where was the urgency in the first what thirty eight
Speaker 1: minutes of the game? For forty something minutes and you
Speaker 1: just can't cruise in this league. These teams are too good.
Speaker 1: They're playing at home, and you know the Sixers. It
Speaker 1: just again, it was Orlando, wasn't they It's not like
Speaker 1: they were playing lights out and they weren't playing all
Speaker 1: that well either. Both teams were shooting low forties in
Speaker 1: terms of percentage, And yeah, you can't you can't blame
Speaker 1: coach for being dejected, and yet you know it's all
Speaker 1: part of it. So no that it's really frustrating, you
Speaker 1: know because again everybody he came down here and even
Speaker 1: the people around the manage like, WHOA, what a game
Speaker 1: by you guys. I mean, you know, everybody was impressed
Speaker 1: around the league, around the country watching that game by
Speaker 1: the Sixers on Wednesday. And then they come down here
Speaker 1: and play like this and lose. It's tough. And now
Speaker 1: you got a huge back to back with Miami, and
Speaker 1: you know they have one of the best home records also,
Speaker 1: so you got to come back with a nice rebound
Speaker 1: effort in the game tomorrow night to try to salvage
Speaker 1: this weekend. Down in Florida. Seventy six Ers lose freight.
Speaker 1: And this is just kind of a bizarre streak time
Speaker 1: the fourth straight time in Orlando, kind of like, go figure,
Speaker 1: It's not like the Magic have been world beaters the
Speaker 1: last couple of seasons. The Sixers lost there earlier in
Speaker 1: the year on November the third sEH The final score
Speaker 1: tonight was ninety eight ninety seven, And I'm trying to
Speaker 1: think of maybe some common themes time to what's given
Speaker 1: the seventy six Ers some problems against Orlando. I mean,
Speaker 1: do you make anything of the fact that the Magic
Speaker 1: play a little bit slower than most teams. It seems
Speaker 1: like they'd prefer to times get it into a half
Speaker 1: court game. I don't know if that goes against the
Speaker 1: Sixers style too much, but I'm just trying to tie
Speaker 1: some threads together now it's good and just you know,
Speaker 1: repeating kind of what Aaron Gordon our postgame guests said.
Speaker 1: They liked the matchup, so they put Gordon on Ben
Speaker 1: and I don't know how effective that was. I don't
Speaker 1: think that, you know, GARYL. Gordon gotten foiled difficulty. Vosovic
Speaker 1: still gets his double doubles against him Bead, so it's
Speaker 1: not like that that almost and Joel had more points,
Speaker 1: but the rebounds were virtually even. Fortier's a difficult cover
Speaker 1: now defensively, he's got a guard. Tobias Ross has always
Speaker 1: heard the Sixers DJ Augustine was only one of seven
Speaker 1: he was in a major in but they really other
Speaker 1: than Terrence Ross their bench didn't do a whole lot.
Speaker 1: He had seventeen. He's always he's a good score against
Speaker 1: every team. He'd probably start for a lot of teams.
Speaker 1: And yeah, I mean when you say four in a row,
Speaker 1: what was the last win? Might have been that TJ.
Speaker 1: McConnell game where he hit the big pull up shot
Speaker 1: to beat them. Right, But you know, overall, not just
Speaker 1: this group, but you know throughout the years, Orlando, certainly
Speaker 1: of the last ten to fifteen years, they've they've ruled
Speaker 1: against the sixers. And it's confounding, you know. I mean
Speaker 1: because a lot of that stuff, a lot of these
Speaker 1: stats that were given prior to the game. Seriously, there's
Speaker 1: stats about how teams do on days of the week. Okay,
Speaker 1: does that really matter what happens on Tuesday night versus Friday.
Speaker 1: So some of it's a bunch of hooey and a
Speaker 1: lot of time when so and so hasn't beaten so
Speaker 1: and so and well, yeah, you know Ben Simmons was
Speaker 1: five when that was a stat you know, so that
Speaker 1: doesn't matter either. So that's what I mean, Like, you know,
Speaker 1: this group right here, all that stuff said go by
Speaker 1: the wayside, but not unless you make it go, by
Speaker 1: the way, not unless you impact it with the with
Speaker 1: your playing execution and drive and and like that, and
Speaker 1: so it continues to be a thing. And uh, you know,
Speaker 1: a frustrating night for the Sixers. And again it's one game,
Speaker 1: just like the unbelievable game against Milwaukee was one game.
Speaker 1: But you'd just like to see, you know, trending and
Speaker 1: tracking in a more upwardly consistent method. Absolutely. Now the
Speaker 1: seventy sixers, is you alluded to earlier time, they have
Speaker 1: a major matchup with the Miami Heat, the team the
Speaker 1: seventy sixers have faced so far more frequently than any
Speaker 1: other on this young season. Miami a tight one with
Speaker 1: Indie eighty forty two. The Heat lead it after three quarters,
Speaker 1: but just got one second, I think, Frank, we get
Speaker 1: the locker room. Here's the bias coming into tonight, you guys,
Speaker 1: I mean you knew the deal, right, Yeah, we knew
Speaker 1: the deal. Um Every opponent um no offers a different
Speaker 1: a different um aspect of a different element of the game.
Speaker 1: And we got a fine ways no matter what opponent
Speaker 1: it is, to figure out ways to go to what
Speaker 1: we'll get us a victory hand to win. And tonight
Speaker 1: we didn't. We didn't stick to the script of what
Speaker 1: we you know what, what could have got us that?
Speaker 1: Do you see the level of opponent playing into your
Speaker 1: guys's performances. I think we play too sometimes to the
Speaker 1: level of our opponent, whether that be you know, a
Speaker 1: terrible team, a mediocre team, or the best team in
Speaker 1: the NBA. So um, I think that's something that we
Speaker 1: have to figure out as as a unit of how
Speaker 1: we can play at a high level each and every night. Um, tonight,
Speaker 1: we didn't do that, And you have to give them
Speaker 1: credit to a day. They executed all night. They got
Speaker 1: what they wanted offensively, defensively, they got a game plan
Speaker 1: on how they wanted to play us, and I don't
Speaker 1: think we did a good job. I don't think we
Speaker 1: did a good job of adapting of how they would
Speaker 1: put a defensively. That's Tobias Harris. Go ahead, Brian, Sorry,
Speaker 1: I thought maybe that might help your post game coverage
Speaker 1: a little bit. No, and it's Hey, some interesting insights
Speaker 1: that Tobias Harris speaking to a subject that I feel
Speaker 1: a lot of people have brought up at some point
Speaker 1: over the course of the season, seventy six ers and
Speaker 1: the level of their competition, and certainly, tom you would
Speaker 1: think that tomorrow night what I was going to segue
Speaker 1: too earlier. Six Ers have this yet another important matchup
Speaker 1: with the Miami Heat Heat leading India after three quarters
Speaker 1: eighty four eighty two. But Miami in the seventy six
Speaker 1: Ers or the two best home teams left in the NBA,
Speaker 1: the Heat have lost just once in fourteen tries in
Speaker 1: American airlines in arena, and it was Miami that put
Speaker 1: that at least many blueprint out in the seventy six
Speaker 1: Ers with the zone defense just a week and a
Speaker 1: half ago, right in intriguing. Some plot hadn't given that
Speaker 1: any thought. But you'd be surprised if you didn't see
Speaker 1: Coach Bolster throw that out there. Certainly, if by any chance,
Speaker 1: the six Ers jump out to the early league just
Speaker 1: to change it now, I'd be surprised if you see
Speaker 1: it for two, three, four quarters or the second, third
Speaker 1: and fourth quarter as we did in those back to
Speaker 1: back home games with Miami and Dallas, and Brett Brown
Speaker 1: was saying, that will benefit the Sixers down the road,
Speaker 1: and we'll find out, because you know it's going to
Speaker 1: happen again. We didn't see it here tonight. But yeah, no,
Speaker 1: that's a it's a pivotal matchup because you know, all
Speaker 1: these teams, you know, forget the number one seat. I'm
Speaker 1: not saying forget it. It's not gonna happen, forget the
Speaker 1: number one, but like, just get a home seat for
Speaker 1: the Sixers. And now you're you know, you're thirty four
Speaker 1: games into the schedule, and I realize it's still you know,
Speaker 1: it's still early. We're not even halfway through. But there's
Speaker 1: certainly you know, these teams don't appear to be going anywhere.
Speaker 1: Boston's not going anywhere. I mean they want again today
Speaker 1: they're a top the division, and so the you know,
Speaker 1: the teams in terms of the Pacers, the Raptors, Indiana's
Speaker 1: gonna get all the depot back in January February, you know,
Speaker 1: the you know, the Bucks aren't going anywhere. The Sixers
Speaker 1: are certainly in that mix. So to buy for you know,
Speaker 1: as in years past, just to get a home seat
Speaker 1: in the top four in the playoffs is important. So
Speaker 1: you know, games, these head to head matchups with Miami
Speaker 1: could be telling down the stretch, and again more than
Speaker 1: anything of where you are ability to go on the
Speaker 1: road and proved yourself that you can win a big game.
Speaker 1: That's important as well. Seventy Sixers drop a one point
Speaker 1: loss to the Orlando Magic at Amway Center tonight ninety
Speaker 1: eight ninety seven, Tom will hear from you tomorrow when
Speaker 1: the seventy Sixers visit the Heat. All right, good night,
Speaker 1: thank you. Twenty four points, eleven rebounds from Tobias Harris
Speaker 1: and Joel Embi. They had identical point and rebound numbers.
Speaker 1: But the seventy Sixers lose a disappointing one tonight to
Speaker 1: the Magic and a follow up to Wednesday's win big
Speaker 1: win over the Milwaukee Bucks. I hope was that the
Speaker 1: seventy Sixers, coming into the opener of a four game
Speaker 1: road trip tonight at Amway Center would extend the good
Speaker 1: that we saw on Wednesday's game against the Milwaukee Bucks.
Speaker 1: It was not to be able. We'll give you some
Speaker 1: highlights regardless, because we strive for consistency here on the
Speaker 1: seventy Sixers postgame show. Things did get off to a
Speaker 1: relatively solid starting to Ben Simmons six five, three minutes
Speaker 1: gone by Sixers and the half court Richards in the
Speaker 1: line back out to Joel down to Simmons. Simmons going
Speaker 1: against Bussovich skyhook banks it up and in going left
Speaker 1: the right. Fluid play by Simmons gave the seventy six
Speaker 1: Ers a seven to six lead. Thanks to some good
Speaker 1: free throw shooting in the first quarter, seventy six Ers
Speaker 1: nudged in front twenty one nineteen after twelve minutes of play.
Speaker 1: In the second quarter, Sixers actually got a little bit
Speaker 1: of breathing. Then with a rebound, they're back with four
Speaker 1: defenders Simmons that have followed out the Furk hunt for three,
Speaker 1: and it's good court bars against tight defense on the
Speaker 1: near perimeter. And in DJ August team was right there,
Speaker 1: but Courtmas shot over the top and inn that gave
Speaker 1: the Sixers a thirty nine thirty four advantage. Their lead
Speaker 1: was one forty seven forty six at halftime. In the
Speaker 1: third quarter, you kind of thought the Sixers might have
Speaker 1: been in a good spot to take control of the game.
Speaker 1: Joel spins, thanks, now there, he might have walked to
Speaker 1: Bias with it five is shoot back to Ebid and
Speaker 1: it's good for three. Wow, that was like a think
Speaker 1: possession and it ends with a beautiful three point shot
Speaker 1: by Ebad It was a really impressive make by the
Speaker 1: All Star to give the Sixers a sixty two fifty
Speaker 1: four edge eight point lead, the biggest of the night,
Speaker 1: and it would be the biggest the game for the
Speaker 1: seventy Sixers. From there, everything changed. The Magic hit the
Speaker 1: seventy Sixers with a twenty one to six run that
Speaker 1: bridge the third and fourth quarters. Orlando led seventy to
Speaker 1: sixty eight after the third. Early in the fourth, Tobias
Speaker 1: Harrison the Sixers playing catchup, Sixers with Horford down at Tobias.
Speaker 1: Tobias with a size advantage on the backdown in the
Speaker 1: nine on forty eight turns at the dotted circle. Rema
Speaker 1: ain't good and he had done that a number of
Speaker 1: times in the first half. Sixers trying to exploit that
Speaker 1: matchup Harris on the backdown Pomp Pomp pound both the
Speaker 1: Sixers within one seventy seven, seventy six, but then the
Speaker 1: Magic answered moments later with a ten to two spurt
Speaker 1: that gave them a double figure lead again. Seventy Sixers
Speaker 1: did benefit from a late flurry from beyond the arc,
Speaker 1: Joel Embiid knocking down a three lane Horford J. Simmons,
Speaker 1: Ben Lets it bound four times, that rolls toward mid court.
Speaker 1: He picks it up, now dribbles along, goes to Harris,
Speaker 1: back over to Joel. Three palled by a bead is good.
Speaker 1: That makes it ninety seven ninety four. It was the
Speaker 1: last of five three pointers the seventy Sixers would hit
Speaker 1: in the final ninety seconds of regulation. And in saying that,
Speaker 1: I realized it just gave the spoiler alert because here's
Speaker 1: how the final play went down. Earn Gordon will play
Speaker 1: in Busovich looks like he's gonna screen for forty a Harris.
Speaker 1: They did bring in DJ Augustine, and they did bring
Speaker 1: in Terence Ross. Or Orlando by a point ninety eight
Speaker 1: ninety seven, five point one to go, and now the
Speaker 1: magic will off of one time about the Sixers have none.
Speaker 1: Gordon searching, searching, He plays it, Betty steals it. He
Speaker 1: throws into a bead and be with three seconds to
Speaker 1: be across mid court, fires for three and it's off
Speaker 1: and short. No good. Orlando wins the game. Seventy Sixers
Speaker 1: might have been in a position to steal one tonight.
Speaker 1: But if you really took the truth serumon asked yourself
Speaker 1: to the sixers deserve to win this game. Probably not.
Speaker 1: They shot just forty percent from the field, the Magic
Speaker 1: forty two percent. Both Orlando and the seventy Sixers hit
Speaker 1: ten three pointers. The Sixers went seventeen of twenty one
Speaker 1: from the free throw line. But the Magic were plus
Speaker 1: three on the glass, they were plus three and offensive rebounding.
Speaker 1: They controlled the Sixers in the paint, outscoring the Sixers
Speaker 1: there forty four to thirty two. Don't often see something
Speaker 1: like that. Sixteen turnovers a piece for either team. Orlando
Speaker 1: with just a little bit more punch than the seventy Sixers. Tonight,
Speaker 1: Embade and Tobias Harris, each with identical points and rebounding
Speaker 1: lines twenty four and eleven, respectively. Fifteen points for Josh Richardson.
Speaker 1: He also had six assists. Ben Simmons with thirteen points,
Speaker 1: nine rebounds and seven times seven points for fir Con
Speaker 1: Quirkmas off the bench. He was a nice spark in
Speaker 1: the first half, but he went scoreless in the second.
Speaker 1: Seven points for Al Horford. He had four rebounds and
Speaker 1: five assists. Rest of the bench didn't really do a
Speaker 1: whole heck of a lot. Two for James Ennis. The
Speaker 1: third nothing in terms of points from Mike Scott and
Speaker 1: just a basket and three free throws from Trey Burke.
Speaker 1: Seventy six Ers see their three game winning street come
Speaker 1: to an and they're now twenty three and eleven, and
Speaker 1: you know what, I We'll just say, Hey, keep an
Speaker 1: eye on the scoreboard to see what happens in that
Speaker 1: indie Miami game. The Heat have opened up a five
Speaker 1: point lead one O two ninety seven midway through the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. If Miami were to win, they would be
Speaker 1: a full game in front of the seventy six Ers
Speaker 1: for third place in the East going into tomorrow's game.
Speaker 1: It would also be the Heat's fourth win, and they
Speaker 1: would improve to an NBA best fourteen and one at home.
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