WEBVTT - Win at Clippers, Suns Next, Shoeless Sixers? 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:03.000 This podcast is part of the seventy six Ers podcast 0:00:03.120 --> 0:00:12.960 network search seventy Sixers Insiders wherever you get your podcasts. Yeahday, everybody, 0:00:13.800 --> 0:00:22.480 Yeah seventy six All right, all right, let's get started 0:00:22.920 --> 0:00:26.639 right now. Matt Murphy, Lauren Rosen, Devon Givens back for 0:00:26.720 --> 0:00:30.360 another Sixers Twitter spaces, coming off a one twenty two 0:00:30.520 --> 0:00:34.199 ninety seven win for the Sixers against the Clippers on 0:00:34.240 --> 0:00:37.080 the road. The Sixers are now forty six and twenty seven. 0:00:37.120 --> 0:00:40.600 We do these live on Twitter and then as podcasts. 0:00:40.640 --> 0:00:44.800 They're posted after every Sixers win. It's good to be back. 0:00:44.840 --> 0:00:47.479 We'll bring Devon in, but Lauren, I gotta start with this. 0:00:48.080 --> 0:00:53.760 What's up, miss Rosen? How was Game two in Los Angeles? 0:00:54.720 --> 0:00:57.080 Thank you Matt for bringing us in that way. It 0:00:57.160 --> 0:01:00.120 was really nice. The Sixers were sort of due. It 0:01:00.200 --> 0:01:03.440 felt for a route for a big victory, one twenty 0:01:03.480 --> 0:01:05.800 two to ninety seven. They came out hot and then 0:01:05.840 --> 0:01:09.200 they stayed hot. They maintained a lead. Doc Rivers got 0:01:09.200 --> 0:01:11.160 to go to his bench a little bit heavier there 0:01:11.240 --> 0:01:13.480 at the end, and that's what the Sixers wanted to 0:01:13.520 --> 0:01:16.720 get done now, of course, facing a big challenge tomorrow 0:01:16.800 --> 0:01:19.840 in Phoenix, but doing so on a role after one 0:01:19.880 --> 0:01:22.640 of their best wins yet this season in my opinion, 0:01:22.760 --> 0:01:24.959 or at least one of their most decisive wins, and 0:01:24.959 --> 0:01:26.840 then maybe one of the best wins in the James 0:01:26.880 --> 0:01:29.880 Harden era. So the vibes were high. In the words 0:01:29.920 --> 0:01:33.080 of Tobia's Hairs, the sun was bright, the vibrations were right, 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:38.960 and the Sixers got it done. Yeah, and before we 0:01:38.959 --> 0:01:41.000 get into the box score, well, first of all, for 0:01:41.040 --> 0:01:43.959 anyone who doesn't know, I was channeling my inner Tyrese 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:47.080 Maxie there because he has been calling Lauren miss Rosen 0:01:47.800 --> 0:01:52.600 miss Rosen a lot lately, particularly on in recent games, 0:01:52.720 --> 0:01:57.200 after recent games, whatever the case might be. But before 0:01:57.240 --> 0:02:00.800 we run through some of the numbers, let's welcome in 0:02:01.240 --> 0:02:05.720 Davon Gibbons of ninety seven five, the Fanatic, a Sixers insider, 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:09.000 the host of the Sixers pre and post coverage on 0:02:09.040 --> 0:02:12.800 the radio with Tom McGinnis devon Welcome back. The Sixers 0:02:12.840 --> 0:02:16.480 get fifty six points combined between Joel em Beat and 0:02:16.560 --> 0:02:20.639 James Harden, twenty five rebounds between the pair, and they 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:25.080 really never made this one worrisome for anyone. They defeat 0:02:25.120 --> 0:02:29.360 the Clippers in convincing fashion. They take both LA games. 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:31.400 What stood out to you before we break down some 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:37.440 of the specific stats. Well, thanks for having me, as always, guys, 0:02:37.480 --> 0:02:39.080 it's really good to be back in. Yeah, it was 0:02:39.160 --> 0:02:42.000 great to see those two really get it going and 0:02:42.440 --> 0:02:44.520 very early while the Clippers got off to a five 0:02:44.600 --> 0:02:47.840 nothing lead, after that, the Sixers just went on their sprint. 0:02:48.200 --> 0:02:50.840 The next thing you know, they're up twenty one seven 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:53.880 and right from there, you just knew that they had 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:56.160 a good feel for the game and a good control 0:02:56.240 --> 0:02:57.960 of the game, and you just wanted to see if 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:00.240 it was something that was going to continue you and 0:03:00.720 --> 0:03:04.000 continue it did You always expect a run from the opposition, 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:06.639 but even with the run that the Clippers did had, 0:03:06.680 --> 0:03:08.720 there was never really any threat that they were going 0:03:08.760 --> 0:03:11.520 to take the game from them. They were ready to go. 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:13.720 They completed it from start to finish and it was 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:16.280 a great win. Sweep, nice sweep in LA. I'll take 0:03:16.320 --> 0:03:20.560 it nice LA sweep and Lauren take it away with 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:24.880 some of the stats from this one. Of course, Phoenix 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:27.960 is up next on this road trip. But they took 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:30.240 care of the Lakers, and they took care of the 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:34.560 Clippers and beat and Harden led the way with double doubles. 0:03:34.560 --> 0:03:36.600 But what else did we have on the stat sheet? 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:40.760 As I jump in, take a close listen, and whatever 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:42.520 stands out to you, send us a message. What are 0:03:42.520 --> 0:03:44.320 you excited about? What do you want to talk more 0:03:44.360 --> 0:03:47.480 about as we go through this box score? So get 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:50.120 your Twitter fingers ready because we're going to answer any 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:53.360 questions that you guys have. James Harden led the way. 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:57.040 He was big early, he was big often. Twenty nine 0:03:57.080 --> 0:04:00.760 point fifteen rebound double double was fifteen rebound mark his 0:04:00.880 --> 0:04:05.160 season high, plus seven assists, two steals and a block. 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:08.320 Joel Embiade a twenty seven point ten rebound double double 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:11.800 plus two assists, a steal and two blocks. Matisse Thyble 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:15.920 thirteen points, three steals, Matisse five for six from the field. 0:04:16.320 --> 0:04:18.520 He made his only three pointer. He made both of 0:04:18.560 --> 0:04:20.920 his foul shots to buy Hiss hair as twelve points, 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:25.200 two rebounds, two assists. Tyrese Maxie started off a little 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:27.560 bit slower, found some big buckets at the end though, 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:31.479 eleven points, five rebounds and assists, two steals and two blocks. 0:04:31.560 --> 0:04:35.559 So a solid defensive game from young tyres Maxie, Danny 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:38.039 Green and Paul Read each poor and eight points off 0:04:38.040 --> 0:04:41.880 the bench marking a bench high shake Milton seven points 0:04:42.040 --> 0:04:45.880 five assists, which was a bench high. So overall, lots 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:47.800 of contributions. And of course when you have two guys 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:50.599 putting up twenty nine and fifteen and twenty seven and 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:53.400 ten in James Harden and Joel Embid, you don't need 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:55.760 a ton from the rest of the group. But the 0:04:55.760 --> 0:04:57.839 six has got quite a bit from the rest of 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:00.320 the group. So just a balanced victory. We were a 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:02.719 doubt in this one. Really good to see the guys 0:05:02.760 --> 0:05:05.880 continue to build up chemistry as the regular season winds 0:05:05.920 --> 0:05:10.159 to a close. Just a solid wind guys overall, what 0:05:10.279 --> 0:05:14.320 stood out to you? Send us questions, send us comments 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:17.960 like Gina sent us a video which we could start 0:05:17.960 --> 0:05:21.719 off with. Gina says, no questions, no thoughts, just James 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:24.680 Harden pouring water on Joel Embad and singing and dancing too. 0:05:24.720 --> 0:05:26.920 I want to dance with somebody, Lauren, did you get 0:05:26.920 --> 0:05:29.159 a look at that? Have you seen? Did you see 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:32.160 it up close? What did you see In the end. 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:34.960 I was sitting sort of perpendicular to the bench, so 0:05:35.000 --> 0:05:37.560 I actually had a really good view of some of 0:05:37.600 --> 0:05:39.960 those moments they played. I want to dance with somebody 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:42.480 for a long time in the arena, and I think 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:46.520 the Sixers were just feeling the good vibes. That moment happened, 0:05:46.560 --> 0:05:49.560 and then DeAndre Jordan is sort of holding his arms 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:52.000 out and spinning around it. It was a little bit surreal. 0:05:52.120 --> 0:05:55.039 It wasn't really what you normally see a bunch of 0:05:55.120 --> 0:05:57.800 NBA players doing, but again, the vibes were high and 0:05:57.880 --> 0:06:00.560 for good reason. So yeah, really funny went from those 0:06:00.600 --> 0:06:03.640 two James Harden and Joel and be developing a really 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:06.240 funny chemistry on and off the court. The two of 0:06:06.240 --> 0:06:10.120 them are really different as individuals, but they seem to 0:06:10.160 --> 0:06:14.120 really be enjoying each other. And we can hope maybe 0:06:14.200 --> 0:06:15.960 that James will continue to bring a little bit more 0:06:15.960 --> 0:06:19.320 silliness out of Joel because they're they're lifting each other 0:06:20.000 --> 0:06:23.279 on and off the floor. Really really fun stuff. Great 0:06:23.320 --> 0:06:27.239 start to the game devon from James Harden, great starts 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:29.839 of the game from the team. On defense, I'll bring 0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:33.080 in a Doc Rivers quote when asked about what stood 0:06:33.120 --> 0:06:36.600 out quote our defense. We didn't shoot the ball. We 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:39.880 were what thirty eight percent at halftime up twenty. That 0:06:39.960 --> 0:06:42.960 tells you the defense is good. Joel and James had 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:46.000 it going. Actually, I thought Joel missed a lot of 0:06:46.040 --> 0:06:48.280 shots he makes on most nights, yet he still had 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:50.799 a dominant game. That's just who Joel is. But James 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:54.480 was comfortable tonight offensively. But I just thought our defense 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:58.240 stood out in the first half. So for Doc Rivers, 0:06:58.240 --> 0:07:01.320 it was the defense. For me, I thought this game 0:07:01.440 --> 0:07:04.080 is a lot closer if the Sixers aren't knocking down 0:07:04.240 --> 0:07:08.000 threes at such an efficient rate. And even Harden and 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:11.200 Embiid in particular, Harden had the three point shot going 0:07:11.240 --> 0:07:13.600 early and often. I liked that he took so many 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:16.840 in the first half and made a bunch obviously, and 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:22.440 Joel making a three from the Crypto Arena logo was 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:25.440 one of my favorite moments of the game. So, yes, 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:28.040 the defense kind of set the tone. But what did 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:30.120 you think about the three point shooting? Because for me, 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:34.240 the efficiency to make the fifteen threes helped them kind 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:37.400 of keep the Clippers at bay throughout the entire game. 0:07:39.840 --> 0:07:43.520 Plus seven right in the three point category, where yeah, 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:46.800 you're right, they made the fifteen and the Clippers only eight. 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:49.840 So to have that going in to see it dropping early, 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:52.000 and when you bring up to James Harden. Part is 0:07:52.040 --> 0:07:53.760 the thing that we've talked about just a little bit 0:07:53.800 --> 0:07:57.160 already with his time here is some of the shots 0:07:57.240 --> 0:08:00.120 seem short, and now he seems to have that, or 0:08:00.160 --> 0:08:01.800 at least the last night he seemed to have that 0:08:01.920 --> 0:08:04.760 lift again in his legs, and of course with the 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:07.080 shot having a good arc instead of it being more 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:10.520 of a bee line towards the basket. So once he 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:12.560 had the one falling and the other one for me 0:08:12.680 --> 0:08:15.000 was a catching shoot opportunity. He'd been saying this, the 0:08:15.040 --> 0:08:17.280 ball's going to come swing to him and a catch 0:08:17.280 --> 0:08:18.920 and shoot where he doesn't have to put the ball 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:20.560 on the floor. He just has to simply fire it 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:22.840 up like everyone else does when the ball swings around 0:08:22.880 --> 0:08:25.720 his way for an open opportunity, and he dropped it. 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:28.960 And when he did drop it once again, you just 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:31.040 see it play out that way. And now he has 0:08:31.040 --> 0:08:34.200 a step back on. He feels good about how he feels, 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:36.640 how the ball feels in his hand and knowing that 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:39.360 the defense is at his mercy with what he is doing, 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:43.200 and he just played a tremendous overall basketball game. And 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:45.840 just going back to the defense that Doctor Rivers spoke about, 0:08:46.080 --> 0:08:48.720 it was the nine oh run after the five start. 0:08:48.840 --> 0:08:50.800 That really got it going when James Harden got the 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:53.760 steer leading to the Matis Styble allue, the Matis Styble 0:08:53.840 --> 0:08:56.360 once again getting his pause in the passing lane and 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:58.640 going for that break which forced the time out by 0:08:58.679 --> 0:09:01.400 Tyron Low, and after that it just seemed like it 0:09:01.440 --> 0:09:04.360 was contagious. They just they look like they had a 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:08.200 different energy, a different bounce to them overall, once they 0:09:08.280 --> 0:09:13.240 got things going after the five oh deficit. Winona is 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:18.720 excited about Matisse's performance. So not a question about Matisse, 0:09:19.160 --> 0:09:24.359 but Winona says he's got his dunk on fire emojis 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:29.880 Matisse Thible, it's a trend when he scores in double figures, Lauren, 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:34.400 that the team plays well. I thought his impact, obviously 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:37.440 on the defensive end is so often the case. Three 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:40.360 steals and all five starters when he ran through the 0:09:40.360 --> 0:09:43.400 box score in double figures they actually took or no, 0:09:43.440 --> 0:09:45.280 they didn't take a steal away, so all of them 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:49.959 had at least one steel. Thible with three, Maxie and 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:52.920 Harden with two each, and then Harris and Embiid with one. 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:56.720 But Thible an efficient night shooting. Let's let's talk about 0:09:56.800 --> 0:10:02.080 him yeah, Doc Rivers immediately post his first takeaway from 0:10:02.160 --> 0:10:05.080 last night's game was how well the defense looked in 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:07.320 comparison to the last few nights, and he went on 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:09.719 to say that that obviously starts with Matisse Thible on 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:12.200 the perimeter and Joella beat in the post, but the 0:10:12.240 --> 0:10:14.280 two of them setting the tone for the team. You 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:16.720 mentioned it. Everybody in the starting lineup had at least 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:20.319 one steal Tyrese and James each had two. Matisse had 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:23.240 a team high three, actually tied with Paul Reid, who 0:10:23.240 --> 0:10:25.600 also had a team high three steals. Last night. We 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:30.920 got to shout out to the bloe Coats playoff bound. 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:36.480 I was in Delaware. I was in Delaware pregame, so 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:39.400 it was perfect timing the blue Coats clincher playoff spot. 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:42.520 And then the Sixers game hadn't even started yet. But yeah, beeball, 0:10:42.600 --> 0:10:44.520 Paul gets in at the end and he contributed to 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:48.040 that twelve steel total for the Sixers, but so did 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:52.240 Matisse Thible. A beautiful day of basketball for Matt Murphy. 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:56.600 But yes, great defensive energy from across the roster and 0:10:56.640 --> 0:10:59.160 starting with Matisse Thible, and then of course Matisse has 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:02.679 as Onnona said as a really good offensive game Sixers 0:11:02.679 --> 0:11:05.480 now ten and one. When he scores at least ten 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:07.880 points in a game, and usually I think that's going 0:11:07.920 --> 0:11:11.000 to become a pretty good indicator if everybody's getting involved, 0:11:11.000 --> 0:11:13.640 If Matise is getting involved in an opposing defense has 0:11:13.679 --> 0:11:16.079 to account for Matise Thible, You know things are going 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:18.960 pretty well offensively, your team is pretty dangerous because the 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:21.559 other four in that starting lineup can get their buckets 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:24.160 on their own, and they can get quite a few, 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:27.200 as we've seen from James Hard and Tyrese, Maxie Dowell, 0:11:27.320 --> 0:11:29.800 Meat Tobias Harris. But when Matise Thible is five or 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:32.320 six from the field, when he's cutting the way that 0:11:32.360 --> 0:11:35.240 he does, when he's getting those pick six opportunities the 0:11:35.280 --> 0:11:37.199 way that he did last night, this is going to 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:41.200 be a dangerous team. I really enjoyed the confidence with 0:11:41.240 --> 0:11:44.480 which he played offensively last night, and I think Sixers 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:46.560 fans in the building did as well. That was a 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:48.560 really cool thing that I will add about being there 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:51.520 in person. It really felt kind of like a home 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:55.600 game for these Sixers. Lots of MVP chants early for 0:11:55.720 --> 0:11:59.920 joelmb The people love Tyrese Maxie on the West coast, 0:12:00.200 --> 0:12:02.680 so really cool to see that energy once again. If 0:12:02.720 --> 0:12:04.960 I don't know if anyone listening was there, but you 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:09.200 guys did an amazing, amazing job Sixers fans out on 0:12:09.240 --> 0:12:12.160 the West Coast for both games. Sorry, but back to 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:17.480 Miti stybel devon your thoughts now, it did sound like 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:19.480 you can hear it. Of course, me doing the broadcast 0:12:20.120 --> 0:12:22.160 back at the studio, you could hear it, and I'm wondering, 0:12:22.200 --> 0:12:25.200 I'm like, are they cheering for someone from the Clippers? 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:27.040 Are they cheering for the Sixers? And then as you 0:12:27.400 --> 0:12:30.200 just listening more closely and throughout the game, you could 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:34.000 tell that they were channing MVP and certainly the Sixer 0:12:34.080 --> 0:12:36.439 fans were present in the building last night and that 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:38.280 it was cool to see. But as far as Mitise 0:12:38.320 --> 0:12:40.959 Tyble goes, we know at this stage of his career 0:12:41.160 --> 0:12:43.120 he's not there yet where he's a shot creator for 0:12:43.240 --> 0:12:46.560 himself as much as we may like. And when you 0:12:46.600 --> 0:12:49.600 bring in a playmaker like James Harden, you add to 0:12:49.720 --> 0:12:53.320 him what Embie was doing with Thybul, cutting along the baseline, 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:56.959 making himself available as that backdoor cutter, getting those easy dunks, 0:12:57.000 --> 0:12:59.920 lay up opportunities, and now you have James Harden who, 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:02.360 as we saw on the fast break, his mind made up. 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:04.520 He knew he was throwing that alley you to Matisse stable, 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:08.560 rewarding the guy from running the floor playing good defense 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:11.400 overall like he does, he knew what was going there, 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:13.960 and then he hit him again for another one, a 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:17.560 backdoor for a layup opportunity, and then he knocked down 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:21.280 there three later on. So it's just encouraging to see him. 0:13:21.400 --> 0:13:24.360 When he plays like that, they are tough to beat 0:13:24.400 --> 0:13:27.240 because it's slashing, is cutting, making himself available, he has 0:13:27.360 --> 0:13:30.040 good hands, He goes up and he finishes with the 0:13:30.120 --> 0:13:33.199 dunk more so than he does with a layup, and 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:36.000 then when the three point shot starts to fall, then 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:39.120 that's something that will really make them even more dangerous 0:13:39.120 --> 0:13:43.000 team than they already are at this point. So really 0:13:43.000 --> 0:13:45.680 good to see him do that again, and you're gonna 0:13:45.679 --> 0:13:47.600 have to have that going forward. We know that going 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:49.280 into the playoffs because there are gonna be a lot 0:13:49.360 --> 0:13:53.320 of wing players that are going to be tough to defend. 0:13:53.760 --> 0:13:56.520 But his energy, he never seems like he's fatigued, He 0:13:56.559 --> 0:13:59.559 never seems tired when they're back on the offensive end, 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:02.880 and he just continues to find those little gas within 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:05.640 the defense and make himself available once again for those 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:08.880 easier opportunities. So again encouraging to see that last night, 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:13.680 What Hey, It's Joe Conklin joined me for Conklin's Comedy 0:14:13.800 --> 0:14:17.000 Night in Parks Casino, the number one casino in Pennsylvania 0:14:17.040 --> 0:14:20.320 and the official local casino partner. If you're Philadelphia, seventy 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:23.320 six ers. 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That was 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:43.080 a theme in pregame media availability last night, talking about 0:14:43.120 --> 0:14:45.720 Matis growing into a starter this season because he did 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:48.760 not start consistently early in the season, but now of 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:51.720 course has become a consistent member of that starting five 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:54.520 that has been so dangerous at times like last night. 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:57.400 But worth noting that Doc Rivers said that they originally 0:14:57.440 --> 0:14:59.480 liked to sort of stick Matisse on the best defender 0:14:59.640 --> 0:15:01.880 a little bit into the game to add a lift 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:04.240 off the bench and to slow down whatever the opposing 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:07.400 team has going. But sometimes when you bring Matisse in 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:10.320 off the bench, whoever that best player on the other 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:12.480 team is has already gotten hot, they already have eight 0:15:12.560 --> 0:15:15.560 or ten points, they're already feeling themselves, and then Matis 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:18.000 is maybe not quite as effective in the long run. 0:15:18.040 --> 0:15:21.680 And Doc Rivers says he's loved watching Matise sort of 0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:25.760 start to give great players trouble early, and I think 0:15:25.760 --> 0:15:27.520 that that was an interesting theme to watch. And then, 0:15:27.560 --> 0:15:29.400 of course you have to give him props for being 0:15:29.400 --> 0:15:32.040 ready and being able to play heavier minutes the way 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:35.040 that he has, of course, averaging around twenty minutes per 0:15:35.080 --> 0:15:37.480 game in his first two NBA seasons, and then now 0:15:37.920 --> 0:15:40.480 as a as a more consistent starter, that that number 0:15:40.520 --> 0:15:43.280 continues to rise. So good for him for staying ready 0:15:43.320 --> 0:15:46.080 being able to play those heavier minutes. And then you 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:48.120 guys have mentioned three point shooting. I just wanted to 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:50.760 add the sixers each in that starting lineup each had 0:15:50.800 --> 0:15:54.640 at least one steal. They also all made threes, headlined 0:15:54.720 --> 0:15:57.880 of course by James Harden's four. But the efficiency was there. 0:15:57.960 --> 0:16:00.960 Joel Ebiad and Tyres Maxie each two for three from three, 0:16:01.040 --> 0:16:04.120 Matisse made his only attempt, and Tobias made two of 0:16:04.120 --> 0:16:07.360 them as well. So really cool to see when that 0:16:07.600 --> 0:16:10.960 first unit especially is clicking. They're playing really good defense 0:16:11.000 --> 0:16:13.520 as evidenced by the steals, and they're shooting really well 0:16:14.240 --> 0:16:17.040 evidenced by the three point shooting. So so really cool 0:16:17.080 --> 0:16:20.480 to see them sort of click on all cylinders last night, right, 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:24.600 and when Doc says the defense stood out especially at 0:16:24.600 --> 0:16:27.000 the start, and the shooting at halftime wasn't where maybe 0:16:27.000 --> 0:16:30.120 they wanted it the three point shooting, it ends up 0:16:30.200 --> 0:16:33.360 the numbers look phenomenal. I mean, they all made one 0:16:33.720 --> 0:16:35.920 in the starting lineup, and for most of them it 0:16:36.080 --> 0:16:40.440 was two or more on only you know, three five. 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:42.800 For Harden it was four of nine, but three or 0:16:42.800 --> 0:16:47.240 five attempts. So as efficiency from beyond the arc, like 0:16:47.360 --> 0:16:51.480 we've been saying, and the starting group continues to gel 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:55.720 Iq sent sent me a question, where do you rank 0:16:56.360 --> 0:17:00.520 the tyrese and hardened backcourt among the top backcourts the NBA? 0:17:00.640 --> 0:17:04.680 And I think just by getting that question, it sort 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:07.760 of is a good thing to have going if you're 0:17:07.760 --> 0:17:10.159 the sixers. The fact that Tyrese Maxie can have an 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:13.080 eleven point game on a night where James Harden really 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:16.280 has it going with twenty nine points, fifteen rebounds and 0:17:16.320 --> 0:17:18.560 seven assists. We've seen it the other way around. MAXI 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:21.840 kind of picking up Harden in recent games, and that's 0:17:21.840 --> 0:17:24.600 a nice not even problems not the right word, devon, 0:17:24.760 --> 0:17:27.160 but when people are asking about where you rank tight 0:17:27.200 --> 0:17:31.080 Reas and Harden among the top backcourts, they kind of 0:17:31.280 --> 0:17:34.919 play off each other and whoever's got it going takes 0:17:34.960 --> 0:17:36.960 the lead, and Harden is going to be that guy 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:38.919 on a lot of nights, and he was against the 0:17:38.920 --> 0:17:43.520 Clippers with a huge first half. But they're working with 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:46.960 each other quite nicely and working off each other quite nicely. 0:17:48.400 --> 0:17:51.359 They are, and just to be fair to both of them, 0:17:51.440 --> 0:17:54.720 and I appreciate the question, it's a great question. However, 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:58.000 for me, there's not enough of a sample size just yet. 0:17:58.440 --> 0:18:00.000 I want to see it a little bit longer before 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:02.320 for I have an opportunity to really rank them as 0:18:02.320 --> 0:18:05.840 a backcourt. But so far, so good. The dynamic of 0:18:06.000 --> 0:18:11.520 Maxie's speed playing off of Harden's Hall of Fame ability 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:15.400 that he has in year two and only less than 0:18:15.440 --> 0:18:18.879 fifteen games with these two in the lineup. It's a 0:18:18.880 --> 0:18:22.600 little unfair to put them in any category right now 0:18:22.640 --> 0:18:25.160 of a backcourt just yet until we see a little 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:27.320 bit more, because I don't want to go too high, 0:18:27.359 --> 0:18:29.240 and then I don't want to go too low, knowing 0:18:29.280 --> 0:18:31.359 what we already have seen in the backcourt in the 0:18:31.480 --> 0:18:34.919 NBA so far this campaign. That have been together a 0:18:34.960 --> 0:18:37.439 lot longer. But I like what I see. I like 0:18:37.520 --> 0:18:40.520 the confidence that continues to build from Maxie playing with 0:18:40.640 --> 0:18:44.080 James Harden, always willing to learn, always willing to listen, 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:47.400 and as you mentioned, the twenty nine points that Harden 0:18:47.480 --> 0:18:51.679 had to only Maxi's eleven. Harden had had it running. 0:18:51.840 --> 0:18:53.800 You found the hot hand and you kept going to it. 0:18:54.080 --> 0:18:57.080 Maxie got his later on, and that's all that That's 0:18:57.119 --> 0:18:59.240 all that they needed last night. They didn't need Tyrese 0:18:59.320 --> 0:19:02.399 Maxie to have his seventeen or eighteen or even more 0:19:02.680 --> 0:19:04.720 in that game last night. Just the way that things 0:19:04.720 --> 0:19:07.760 played out overall, especially when you also have the bonus 0:19:07.760 --> 0:19:10.320 of the eleven points from the Tea Stival in the 0:19:10.359 --> 0:19:12.560 starting lineup, as the double figures of the Tea Stival 0:19:12.640 --> 0:19:15.240 and starting lineup as well so I'll get back to 0:19:15.280 --> 0:19:19.440 me or us overall on the backcourt a little bit later, 0:19:19.480 --> 0:19:22.359 after we see them a little a little longer and 0:19:22.800 --> 0:19:25.040 have a better idea of where they fit in the 0:19:25.080 --> 0:19:30.080 structure of the rankings backcourt wise in the league. I mean, look, 0:19:30.119 --> 0:19:33.280 we can keep going for a while on how well 0:19:33.320 --> 0:19:35.159 the Sixers were able to play together last night, but 0:19:35.200 --> 0:19:38.600 I'm seeing some questions blsgs thoughts on the Sixers next 0:19:38.640 --> 0:19:41.600 two games against the Suns tomorrow and the Bucks on Tuesday, 0:19:41.640 --> 0:19:46.000 those of course two really big matchups. Yep, it's goods 0:19:46.080 --> 0:19:49.600 here to talk about the Phoenix Suns for sure. What's 0:19:49.600 --> 0:19:53.960 been going on with the Suns lately. They're obviously winning 0:19:54.080 --> 0:19:57.800 a ton of games this season, their first in the West. 0:19:58.000 --> 0:19:59.880 They have the best record in the league at six 0:20:00.160 --> 0:20:03.919 in fourteen, and they're on another long winning streak. So 0:20:04.040 --> 0:20:08.760 give us the rundown on the Suns of late. Yeah, 0:20:08.800 --> 0:20:10.720 So the winning streak that they're currently on is a 0:20:10.800 --> 0:20:14.120 seven game win streak right now and sixty and fourteen 0:20:14.200 --> 0:20:16.320 on the season with the best record. They've clinched the 0:20:16.359 --> 0:20:19.720 best record in the NBA for the twenty one twenty 0:20:19.720 --> 0:20:22.679 two campaign already, So that's out of the way, and 0:20:22.920 --> 0:20:25.240 they had just been playing really well. Devin Booker since 0:20:25.240 --> 0:20:29.800 he's returned from his protocol health and safety COVID protocol, 0:20:29.880 --> 0:20:32.240 they were still playing well. So without Chris Paul, believe 0:20:32.280 --> 0:20:34.960 the number is fourteen and four if I'm not mistaken, 0:20:35.480 --> 0:20:37.800 since Chris Paul has been out of the lineup after 0:20:37.840 --> 0:20:41.040 the All Star break and they've been playing some still 0:20:41.119 --> 0:20:44.359 just Phoenix Suns basketball. Everyone next man up stepping in 0:20:44.440 --> 0:20:47.520 Tory Craig who was acquired in the trade with the 0:20:47.600 --> 0:20:51.000 Indiana Pacers, Jabari Smith going to Indiana, Tory Craig coming 0:20:51.040 --> 0:20:53.600 back to Phoenix, and all he has done is fit 0:20:53.880 --> 0:20:56.760 right in with where he was before last season as 0:20:56.760 --> 0:21:00.200 part of the rotation of that finals run. Landry dam 0:21:00.240 --> 0:21:04.119 It still shooting the ball really well, DeAndre Ayton playing 0:21:04.320 --> 0:21:07.080