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. A
Speaker 1: very nice way for the seventy Sixers to head into
Speaker 1: their nine day All Star Game break by knocking off
Speaker 1: the LA Clippers one ten to one oh three. I'm
Speaker 1: Brian Seltzer down here at the Center. A great win,
Speaker 1: the latest, very impressive win for a seventy Sixers team
Speaker 1: that desperately needed to come back home, get on a
Speaker 1: home floor where they have been fantastic this year, use
Speaker 1: that advantage to their benefit, and right the ship going
Speaker 1: into the break. I mean, obviously, you think back to
Speaker 1: this time last week, a really difficult loss against the
Speaker 1: Miami Heat on the road. The seventy Sixers seven days later,
Speaker 1: in a completely different spot. They took what they were getting,
Speaker 1: they adapted, they adjusted specifically to tonight. Some tweaks were
Speaker 1: made to the lineup, to the rotation, and the end
Speaker 1: result was a really, really good win. The Sixers now
Speaker 1: thirty four and twenty one in the year at the
Speaker 1: All Star Game break. They are a near perfect twenty
Speaker 1: five and two NBA best. Here at the Center, they've
Speaker 1: managed to get through the unofficial first half of the season,
Speaker 1: while playing without a full healthy roster of players for
Speaker 1: the majority of the season so far. And if you
Speaker 1: look at the top four teams in each conference in
Speaker 1: the East, that's Milwaukee, Toronto, Boston, Miami, and the top
Speaker 1: four teams in the West Lakers, Nuggets, Clippers, Jazz. Seventy
Speaker 1: Sixers have beaten each of those teams, some of them convincingly.
Speaker 1: And if you step back and look at the big picture,
Speaker 1: maybe lift yourself up above some of the chatter in
Speaker 1: recent days, not to say that it should be ignored
Speaker 1: in the least, but the big picture view thirty thousand feet,
Speaker 1: the Sixers have a lot of good items on their
Speaker 1: resume that they should feel solid about heading into the
Speaker 1: All Star break. Is there a lot more work to
Speaker 1: be done? Absolutely? If you just heard Brett Brown, he
Speaker 1: wouldn't tell you any different. This is kind of what
Speaker 1: the regular season is about. You stub your toe, you
Speaker 1: run into some obstacles, and that's why you have the
Speaker 1: eighty two games schedule to work through it, figure some
Speaker 1: things out and try to make the necessary adjustments. And
Speaker 1: whether or not some of the changes the seventy Sixers
Speaker 1: made tonight have a staying power and b will pan out.
Speaker 1: That remains to be seen. But for tonight, the Sixers
Speaker 1: by bringing al Horford off the bench, regardless of who
Speaker 1: else was in his spot in the starting lineup. It
Speaker 1: was fir con Quirkms in the first half, Glenn Robinson
Speaker 1: the third in the second half. It gave the Sixers
Speaker 1: a nice lift, especially in the early stages of the
Speaker 1: second quarter, late stages of the first quarter when the
Speaker 1: Sixers built up a twelve point lead to get control
Speaker 1: of this game. The Clippers fought back. They never went away.
Speaker 1: It was tied up at the half, but the seventy
Speaker 1: Sixers were really resilient. They played great defense. I agree
Speaker 1: with Tom McGinnis. He talked about this at the end
Speaker 1: of the broadcast. Even though Kawhi went for thirty and
Speaker 1: was twelve or twenty three from the field. Ben Simmons
Speaker 1: real aggressive on him. Al Horford played him tough at times.
Speaker 1: Batist Steibel got a few cracks. Paul George, he missed
Speaker 1: some shots, but three or fifteen from the field. Great
Speaker 1: job by the Sixers tonight and Lou Williams, you know,
Speaker 1: five for fifteen, two or six from three thirteen points.
Speaker 1: You certainly can live with that Sixers beat the Clippers
Speaker 1: one ten, one oh three. The question was because the
Speaker 1: seventy Sixers headed the All Star Game break on a
Speaker 1: really positive note after a tough run over the last
Speaker 1: couple of weeks. And the answer was yes, they beat
Speaker 1: the Clippers one ten, one oh three. A really spirited,
Speaker 1: energized effort from the Sixers. Two All Stars Ben Simmons,
Speaker 1: who was so important in that first half when the
Speaker 1: Sixers built up a twelve point lead, Joel Embiide back
Speaker 1: to his old self twenty six points, nine rebounds, and
Speaker 1: one hugely emphatic block shot on Marcus Morris Senior in
Speaker 1: the closing minutes of the game. Tobias Harris was aggressive,
Speaker 1: particularly in the first quarter, seventeen points for him, and
Speaker 1: Josh Richardson helped close the deal with seventeen of his
Speaker 1: twenty one in the fourth time. This was a really
Speaker 1: good performance by the seventy six Ers and it certainly
Speaker 1: changes the field things going into the break. It definitely does.
Speaker 1: And as I said earlier, what a difference a week makes,
Speaker 1: and what a difference between home and road. Now twenty
Speaker 1: five victories here, twenty five of their thirty four right
Speaker 1: here at the center, and the crowd was unbelievable and
Speaker 1: beat and the crowd kind of melded back into one
Speaker 1: right off the bat. That was kind of neat, And
Speaker 1: it's just, you know, as a sports fan, you come
Speaker 1: into the arena and you know, it's, as you said,
Speaker 1: a marquee matchup a Kawhi Leonard against the six Ers
Speaker 1: once again, a really good team from the West and
Speaker 1: the Clippers third overall, and hey, they've beaten the Lakers
Speaker 1: twice with two more to go, and then then in
Speaker 1: the game delivers. You know, there was so much intensity,
Speaker 1: great play all around, and just a really fun night
Speaker 1: here in the building. Six Ers over the Clippers one ten,
Speaker 1: one h three, and still time keeping within some of
Speaker 1: the big picture themes. I mean, listen, thirty four wins
Speaker 1: in the break is nothing to brush aside. You mentioned
Speaker 1: the home record, and also like they haven't just beaten
Speaker 1: some of the best teams in each conference. They have
Speaker 1: a winning at least one win against the top four
Speaker 1: in each conference. Some of these wins have been handily
Speaker 1: secured by the Sixers. You's thinking about the Thursday night
Speaker 1: game at Boston, the Saturday game against the Lakers here
Speaker 1: a few weeks ago home win over the Toronto Raptors,
Speaker 1: I mean, of course the signature, and then tonight where
Speaker 1: like the Sixers you could you'd have to say they
Speaker 1: have acquitted themselves against some of the top tier competition
Speaker 1: in the league, no doubt about it, and on par
Speaker 1: and on balance, ready for another fifty win season. And
Speaker 1: yet you're still looking for consistency and you've got to
Speaker 1: have a better record on the road. And now I
Speaker 1: mean like you've added to the talent pool with the
Speaker 1: likes of Burkes and Robinson and like I said, Furcon
Speaker 1: even though he was scoreless here tonight, he's really become
Speaker 1: a player. I think the Sixers can count on for
Speaker 1: that deep ball and overall play. And you got Josh
Speaker 1: Richardson back and healthy, and Ben and Joel playing at
Speaker 1: a high level. And the course, to Bias has had
Speaker 1: a steady season throughout, averaging twenty points per game. Who
Speaker 1: knows how long this Horford off the bench deal will
Speaker 1: be part of the mix. But oh, by the way,
Speaker 1: he still played twenty eight minutes and had a major
Speaker 1: impact in the game. You'll have twenty eight games remaining,
Speaker 1: and you know, again what you want to do, and
Speaker 1: it's probably taken a little bit more even for the coach,
Speaker 1: And Brett Brown said, hey, we're still trying to figure
Speaker 1: some things out to get to the point where you're
Speaker 1: playing a peak performance. But you want to be doing
Speaker 1: that in the middle of April, in the May and
Speaker 1: hopefully beyond and so and you want as best as
Speaker 1: possible to increase your chances to get a home court advantage.
Speaker 1: But to your overall point, they've taken on the best
Speaker 1: and they've beaten some of the best teams in the NBA.
Speaker 1: Sixers over the Clippers one ten, one h three, and
Speaker 1: I think Tom obviously, one of the big storylines now
Speaker 1: for after the All Star Game break is what happens
Speaker 1: to the starting lineup, what happens to the rest of
Speaker 1: the rotations. And listen, Brett Brown rightfully prays to Al
Speaker 1: Horford for the way he went about his business tonight.
Speaker 1: Horford was terrific. And listen the buttons that Brett pushed tonight,
Speaker 1: they worked, no doubt about it. And tonight I thought
Speaker 1: you saw a more pick and roll with Simmons, and
Speaker 1: they've done it. I call that a little snug pick
Speaker 1: and roll little pocket pick and roll down low. And
Speaker 1: then I thought Ben was really good too, I mean
Speaker 1: driving toward the basket. And you're right. And again, you know,
Speaker 1: everyone places so much emphasis on the starters, and understandably
Speaker 1: so as a as a basketball player, you want to start.
Speaker 1: That's you want to be known as a starter. But
Speaker 1: look at Lou Williams. I mean he started tonight, he
Speaker 1: said whatever. He's had twelve eighteen starts for them in
Speaker 1: the absence of Beverly, but he plays, you know, and
Speaker 1: he scores. He has a major impact for them. He's
Speaker 1: been six Men of the Year a couple of times.
Speaker 1: Point being Horford still played twenty eight minutes. He doesn't
Speaker 1: average many more minutes than that. And you know, and
Speaker 1: sometimes when you get in there against a different group
Speaker 1: and then he is going to play with Joel, it
Speaker 1: can be ad tageous. And so you know, tonight tweaked
Speaker 1: the starting lineup a little bit and we'll see what
Speaker 1: happens going forward. But all told, the Sixers have a
Speaker 1: very good record, great talent, and they know. I think
Speaker 1: this team knows that they can be even better. And
Speaker 1: you know, you look at that team a couple of
Speaker 1: years ago when they edit, Marco and your son and
Speaker 1: they won one eighteen games in a row going into
Speaker 1: the playoffs. And I'm not saying that's going to happen,
Speaker 1: but you want to catch that type of momentum, find
Speaker 1: a groove where everybody you know feels comfortable and there's
Speaker 1: a little bit more of continuity offensively, and you get
Speaker 1: in beat healthy for the stretch run and hey, and
Speaker 1: who knows, and that that's you know, that's that's what
Speaker 1: that's what's coming up for the Sixers. It could be
Speaker 1: very exciting, that's for sure. Seventy Sixers beat the Clippers
Speaker 1: one ten, one h three. What does the veteran radio
Speaker 1: man dude during this all starting, Well, my mother listens
Speaker 1: dutifully out in Phoenix, Arizona. We're all going out to
Speaker 1: see there and see her. So again, the All Star
Speaker 1: Break has changed so much, you know, and it's a
Speaker 1: break that everybody around the organization, certainly basketball side, really relishes.
Speaker 1: Again years earlier, you look at the schedule and you go, oh,
Speaker 1: last game is a road game. Oh, in the season
Speaker 1: restarts with the Brook. Now it's it's nine d eight
Speaker 1: eight days. So it doesn't matter if you start at
Speaker 1: home or on the road. It's it's a great respite
Speaker 1: for the finish and then hopefully you play twenty two
Speaker 1: postseason games and you get into the into the conference
Speaker 1: finals and Lord Willing, the NBA Finals. But it'll be
Speaker 1: nice and it'll be great to be back against Brooklyn. Here.
Speaker 1: It's Pride Night, the Sixers hosting the Nets and another
Speaker 1: national televised game, and then they go to Milwaukee right
Speaker 1: after that with a rematch with Jannis and whatnot. So
Speaker 1: it figures to be exciting and certainly glad to have
Speaker 1: the break, but anxious to get back as well. All Right,
Speaker 1: we'll enjoy it, Thank you, Bran. Seventy Sixers a nice
Speaker 1: going into the All Star Game break victory over the
Speaker 1: LA Clippers one ten, one h three, twenty six apiece
Speaker 1: for Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid. Ben his second straight double,
Speaker 1: his sixth on the year, third time in his career
Speaker 1: he posts triple doubles and back to back games. He
Speaker 1: also had twelve boards and ten times. Joe it was
Speaker 1: all there for him tonight, nine rebounds and a block,
Speaker 1: seventeen points, twelve rebounds for Tobias Harris nine points, six rebounds,
Speaker 1: three assistant two blocks for the ultimate pro Al Horford
Speaker 1: getting it done two at night in twenty one for
Speaker 1: Josh Richardson, he was the man who helped finished things
Speaker 1: off in the fourth quarter. All right, anticipated matchup. Here's
Speaker 1: how it sounded down here at the center, called by
Speaker 1: the one and only Tom McGinnis. Joel Embiid certainly had
Speaker 1: been a much discussed man, we'll put it that way
Speaker 1: as of late. And this is how his game started tonight.
Speaker 1: Ben in the billion on Zubos couldn't get it to go,
Speaker 1: be dwell with the rebound and it beat stores in
Speaker 1: and in, beat to the crowd. Here we go, they
Speaker 1: pade up. It's beautiful, it's all over it being made
Speaker 1: a shot, and he got the crowd back on his side.
Speaker 1: You could feel the love early and often. The seventy
Speaker 1: Sixers were knocked down for long. That's because Ben Simmons
Speaker 1: took his game up and notch. He goes behind his
Speaker 1: back and holding to Simmons, Simmons going into the lane.
Speaker 1: It scores it the job by the Sixers. They go
Speaker 1: right into Ben, so there's another ball handler and Simmons
Speaker 1: benefits with his second field gold of the game. Sixes
Speaker 1: by six seventy Sixers leading twenty two to sixteen. They
Speaker 1: were up thirty to twenty two thanks to a twelve
Speaker 1: nothing run at the end of the first quarter. In
Speaker 1: the second, the Sixers went up by as much as twelve.
Speaker 1: Then Kawhi, Leonard Landry Shammon started knocking down some threes.
Speaker 1: The seventy sixers found themselves in a tight fight. Leonard
Speaker 1: one on one with Simmons on the left side. Kawhi
Speaker 1: Leonard puts the ball down. It's loose. Ben knocked it away.
Speaker 1: Leonard gets it back. He tumbles into the backward how
Speaker 1: steel Now Simmons driving La lamp up and good. He
Speaker 1: went right at Kawai had won the battle sixes away
Speaker 1: up by Ben Simmons eating forty six forty five. It
Speaker 1: would be a tie game fifty four piece at the break.
Speaker 1: In the third quarter of the seventy sixers got off
Speaker 1: to a really nice start in the late pluck though
Speaker 1: by Horford, sixersqual to bias with it. Harris out top
Speaker 1: drives on Harrow behind the back. In the late sevens
Speaker 1: ljam Hubber first flap. Ben sevens puts in his great
Speaker 1: job by Harris drawing two defenders and a little rat
Speaker 1: Brown down to Benny Sixers by twelve match the Sixers
Speaker 1: largest lead of the game at a dozen seventy seven
Speaker 1: sixty five. Those Clippers would not go away. The margin
Speaker 1: was cut to a little bit tighter four points going
Speaker 1: into the fourth eighty one to seventy seven. Lou Williams
Speaker 1: knocked down a three to make it a ninety one
Speaker 1: ninety game with about seven minutes to go, and that's
Speaker 1: when the seventy Sixers turn things over to Josh Richardson.
Speaker 1: Ball goes all the way up top to all and
Speaker 1: not a Josh Richardson for three. It's good. He made
Speaker 1: a chip up from the top and Richardson with an
Speaker 1: aggressive shot out top. It's good for three. He's got
Speaker 1: a dozen Horford with a dish, Timmons on a drive,
Speaker 1: Simmons drops it off, Richardson the lap, but a pass
Speaker 1: by Ben Simmons and drops it off with a doorstep
Speaker 1: and Gosh, Richardson rings the bell two points up and good.
Speaker 1: Sold out crowd on its beat. Here at Philadelphia ninety
Speaker 1: six to nineties answering, you felt like the Sixers were
Speaker 1: really starting to get going, positioning themselves for a victory.
Speaker 1: Fittingly it was Richardson. They pretty much put this thing away.
Speaker 1: Josh Richardson turns the corner on quiet in the name
Speaker 1: left hand lampers gone fout on letter. Josh Richardson is
Speaker 1: in the crowd. He is celebrating big time Richardson with
Speaker 1: a great driving left hand lamp and a fount on
Speaker 1: Pawhi letter. Awesome moment in what was a very awesome
Speaker 1: game on an awesome night for Josh Richardson. Seventy Sixers
Speaker 1: fend off the Clippers one ten to one oh three.
Speaker 1: Sixers hell la to forty four and a half percent shooting.
Speaker 1: The Clippers were fourteen to thirty one from outside the arc.
Speaker 1: That was one of the key areas for them that
Speaker 1: kept them in the game. Six Er shot forty six
Speaker 1: percent overall, but eight for twenty seven from three point territory.
Speaker 1: The Sixers outscored the Clippers by five from the free
Speaker 1: throw line, getting there eight more times. Sixers were big
Speaker 1: on the glass plus eight plus six an offensive rebounding.
Speaker 1: They outscored the Clippers fifteen to three on second chance
Speaker 1: points and fifty eight to thirty eight in the paint.
Speaker 1: Only eight turnovers for the seventy six Ers. It was
Speaker 1: a low turnover game, only nine committed by the Clippers
Speaker 1: thirty points four Kawhi Lennaredy had three three pointers to
Speaker 1: go with four rebounds, nine assists and two block shots.
Speaker 1: Just eleven for Paul George on three for fifteen shooting.
Speaker 1: He did have twelve rebounds, five assists and one block
Speaker 1: nineteen for Old Landry Shammut off the bench, he connected
Speaker 1: on five threes thirteen for Lou Williams Sixers, led by
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid, each with the twenty six
Speaker 1: point total. Ben Simmons, finishing with his sixth triple double,
Speaker 1: also had twelve rebounds and ten dimes. Joe had nine
Speaker 1: boards and a block shot to Bias Harris seventeen and twelve.
Speaker 1: Al Horford off the bench nine points, six rebounds, three assists,
Speaker 1: fur Con corkmas Hey. It's NBA eleven scoreless after an
Speaker 1: amazing starts at the homestand going for sixty five over
Speaker 1: the last two games. But you know what, that's life,
Speaker 1: and now it's just onto the next one. Seventy six
Speaker 1: ers stars played like it tonight. Josh Richardson going for
Speaker 1: twenty one. He was plus twenty four seventeen points in
Speaker 1: the fourth, as the Sixers improved to thirty four and
Speaker 1: twenty one. They've won three in a row. They are
Speaker 1: in fifth place the All Star Game break, and they're
Speaker 1: almost unbeatable here at the Center now twenty five in two.
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