Speaker 1: Man. Midway through the third quarter of Thursday's game at
Speaker 1: Moda Center, things were looking really good for the seventy Sixers,
Speaker 1: leading by as many as eighteen points seventy eight to sixty.
Speaker 1: They were still in front by fourteen at the outside
Speaker 1: of the fourth, and then things changed dramatically. The Portland
Speaker 1: Trailblazers would go on to score a string of twenty
Speaker 1: consecutive points, a twenty three to two run overall that
Speaker 1: turned the tide of the game at Moda Center and
Speaker 1: allowed them to emerge on top one fourteen to one
Speaker 1: ten and knock off the seventy Sixers. Brian Seltzer, with
Speaker 1: you staying up late for the postgame show, thank you
Speaker 1: for checking it out. One fourteen one ten was the
Speaker 1: final score, a forty two point fourth quarter from Shabazz Napier.
Speaker 1: CJ McCollum use of narkis. The rest of the Portland
Speaker 1: Trailblazers out does the Sixers. In game number three or
Speaker 1: five game road trip, Joel Embiad had his months with
Speaker 1: twenty nine points, nine rebounds a career best six three pointers.
Speaker 1: Dario Scharitch was real steady throughout the night twenty five
Speaker 1: points nine rebounds, four assists. Simmons, he had stretches of dominance.
Speaker 1: Seventeen points for him eight assists, four rebounds was not
Speaker 1: as present in the waning moments of the game, when
Speaker 1: the Trailblazers were able to seize control and turn things
Speaker 1: against the Sixers for a furious come from behind victory
Speaker 1: one fourteen, one ten. The final back out to the
Speaker 1: Pacific Northwest we go Tom McGinnis rejoining us now. Tom,
Speaker 1: We talked during the pregame about how one of the
Speaker 1: objectives for the Sixers tonight was trying to build upon
Speaker 1: the good they accomplished Monday in New York City on Christmas.
Speaker 1: It seemed like they were there and those turnovers which
Speaker 1: the Sixers were doing such a good job of keeping
Speaker 1: under wrap for the better part of this game. They
Speaker 1: came back in that fourth quarter when they just couldn't
Speaker 1: get the shots to fall well, and they came back
Speaker 1: in the l eight third as well. As we stipulated
Speaker 1: earlier during our postgame coverage, the Sixers had five when
Speaker 1: they were up by eighteen. They finished the game with fourteen.
Speaker 1: So during that spell, as you say, have a twenty
Speaker 1: two offensive run for Portland and then in the fourth
Speaker 1: even later, the Sixers ended up with nine during that stretch,
Speaker 1: and so it became again, you're not just turning the
Speaker 1: ball over and giving them run out opportunities, You're negating
Speaker 1: yourself an opportunity for a possession and potential points. That
Speaker 1: plus the foul disparity was just telling in this game, Brian,
Speaker 1: what they ended up shooting forty nine free throws. It
Speaker 1: was just a tremendous different day. Out rebounded the Sixers
Speaker 1: by ten, and just a disheartening defeat for the Sixers
Speaker 1: to build up that lead, to have the momentum and
Speaker 1: once again watch it dissipate and have a turn into
Speaker 1: a loss for the Sixers. To Portland's credit, on a
Speaker 1: night they were without two time All Star Damian Lillard,
Speaker 1: manned their backcourt come through with Napier and McCollum. And
Speaker 1: while Nurkic might not have had the biggest first half,
Speaker 1: he ended up with a great line over all twenty
Speaker 1: one points, twelve rebounds, and he was able to start
Speaker 1: to make his presence felt as the game went along too. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and I thought he had an up and down game.
Speaker 1: I mean, he got mad that he got called for
Speaker 1: a foul, but it was his face boring into that
Speaker 1: of t J. McConnell's cheek that ended up getting that
Speaker 1: nose injury or whatever. He had ended up with a
Speaker 1: bandage on it, and then because he didn't get a foul,
Speaker 1: he didn't change ends and then ended up following Robert
Speaker 1: coving You know, Brian, now that I think of it,
Speaker 1: that might have been when Covington hurt his hand, now
Speaker 1: that I think of it, that that was weird, weird
Speaker 1: the way he went over it was by their sideline
Speaker 1: in front of the Portland bench, on the fire sideline
Speaker 1: from our bandage point. He really chopped at Robert Covington.
Speaker 1: It was It was really unusual, and he ended up
Speaker 1: leaving the game, but obviously came back, and that's right
Speaker 1: around the time where Covington left the game and did
Speaker 1: not return. So he scored his points. He was up
Speaker 1: and down off the line, but he was not really
Speaker 1: that impressive to me. He did have some moments during
Speaker 1: when they led defensively against him be where he had
Speaker 1: a couple of blocks. That part was impressive, but really
Speaker 1: to your point about McCollum, but he is really really good.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, the game it seems as though
Speaker 1: big guys have an advantage, but not when you got
Speaker 1: skills like CJ. McCollum and Damian Lillard, and like I said,
Speaker 1: to a lesser extent, Napier, he played like a mini
Speaker 1: Lillard in this game. He had a very impressive game,
Speaker 1: so fast off the bouts, so hard to guard, so
Speaker 1: hard for Sixers players to keep in front of them,
Speaker 1: and they helped turn the tide as much as anybody.
Speaker 1: Sixers lose in Portland Tonight one fourteen one ten split
Speaker 1: the two game season series. Ben Simmons tom he had
Speaker 1: stretches in that second quarter in the third where he
Speaker 1: was able to essentially get one he wanted, driving to
Speaker 1: the rack and down the stretch. It seemed like Portland
Speaker 1: maybe keying in on him, and then the rookie going
Speaker 1: through some things as this one got away right. He
Speaker 1: started out one of five, then like you say, in
Speaker 1: the second he really started to drive the boy. He
Speaker 1: makes three field goals in a row, but they sag
Speaker 1: off of him, daring him to take the outside shot.
Speaker 1: And yet he's still at times able to get to
Speaker 1: the basket, even with a defender getting into the lane
Speaker 1: and giving him that much room. But as you say,
Speaker 1: late in the game, they pack the paint, they send help,
Speaker 1: and that's what happens. Oh, by the way, like in
Speaker 1: a postseason game where you're not getting to the wreck,
Speaker 1: you're forced to take outside shots, and a team that
Speaker 1: has an inability to shoot in the postseason from afire,
Speaker 1: it's real difficult sledding. It's very difficult. That's why you see.
Speaker 1: You know, Brett Brown calls the postseason a whole different game,
Speaker 1: and that's a little bit of a microcosm of I
Speaker 1: think what happened in the fourth quarter. And yeah, it's
Speaker 1: tough because and Dari who had a terrific game. I
Speaker 1: think we should totally mention how solid he was for
Speaker 1: the Sixers. Reddick after a two point first half, came
Speaker 1: on big in the second half. But you know, you
Speaker 1: need multiple options, particularly when that clock gets late and
Speaker 1: Ben still has the ball, So that's certainly something to
Speaker 1: work through. I thought Joel was he had those threes,
Speaker 1: two were late, the one was a lucky bank shot
Speaker 1: from thirty six feet, but still cut the gap down
Speaker 1: the stretch. And then he in that one on one
Speaker 1: battle when he again I made the comment when he
Speaker 1: tries to draw fouls and then the foul's not there.
Speaker 1: Now he's put himself in an off balance position and
Speaker 1: trying to hit a bank shot from twelve to fourteen
Speaker 1: feet difficult to make even on balance against a good defender,
Speaker 1: let alone, like I said, when you're leaning and your
Speaker 1: shoulders aren't square and your off balance, and he got
Speaker 1: himself into that type of predicament multiple times when he
Speaker 1: didn't get called or get the call if you will.
Speaker 1: So again, a tough takeaway for the Sixers to come
Speaker 1: out here and play so well in the second, well
Speaker 1: from the beginning of the game really into the third,
Speaker 1: and then again to have this occur where a big
Speaker 1: league gets away and you end up with a loss
Speaker 1: during a tough stretch record wise for the Sixers. Hard
Speaker 1: to take. And it's on to the next one now
Speaker 1: for the Sixers, will be on Saturday in the Mile
Speaker 1: High City against the Denver Nuggets, a team that quietly
Speaker 1: time has compiled a pretty decent record at nineteen and sixteen,
Speaker 1: sixth in the Western Conference. They've been going it without
Speaker 1: their all star Paul Millsap, who they picked up in
Speaker 1: the offseason. And this is a team that can shoot
Speaker 1: the three and is pretty balanced well. And we talk
Speaker 1: about Nurkics. They traded him because they had a player
Speaker 1: better than him. His name is Nikolai Yoki, and that
Speaker 1: with the young player Murray and Gary Harris, and I
Speaker 1: just mentioned Will Barton had twenty eight in an overtime
Speaker 1: defeat last night in Minneapolis and totally under the radar,
Speaker 1: but in the mix. In the West, always a difficult
Speaker 1: place to play. It's been a hard place for the
Speaker 1: Sixers to win. And as you say, first of a
Speaker 1: back to back, as they chare out for travel out
Speaker 1: to Denver to meet the Nuggets. Tom until Saturday. Thank you, Brian,
Speaker 1: good night, good morning. Indeed one fourteen, one ten the
Speaker 1: final score Portland a forty two to twenty five fourth
Speaker 1: quarter effort over the seventy sixers and beat with twenty
Speaker 1: nine and nine. Dario Starch excellent with twenty five points
Speaker 1: five three pointers, Simmons finishing with seventeen four and eight,
Speaker 1: But it was the likes of Shaba's Napier twenty three points,
Speaker 1: fifteen of them coming in the fourth quarter and CJ
Speaker 1: McCollum with the game best thirty four helping get the
Speaker 1: Portland Trailblazers past the seventy Sixers, a game in which
Speaker 1: the Sixers led by as much as eighteen. Well, here's
Speaker 1: some of Tom's highlight calls coming up on the other side.
Speaker 1: This is the postgame show on the Sixers Radio Network.
Speaker 1: Seventy Sixers got a nice win on Monday on the
Speaker 1: second game of their five game road trip on to
Speaker 1: the Western Conference. Now for the next three games. Brian
Speaker 1: Seltzer with you from Sixers dot Com. Final segment of
Speaker 1: the postgame show. Here is how this one went tonight.
Speaker 1: The seventy Sixers got a nice boost early on behind
Speaker 1: Joel and Beads, taking them to an early thirteen to
Speaker 1: six lead, and bead relying on his outside shot to
Speaker 1: help the Sixers cause. TJ McConnell closing off the first
Speaker 1: quarter in fine form. Sixers can get a two for
Speaker 1: one here. Here's t J McConnell in the lay stop
Speaker 1: baseline left pull up, got it from fifteen. McConnell swerves
Speaker 1: and squares up. Nobody was on a baseline left and
Speaker 1: he puts it in. T J McConnell with four points,
Speaker 1: two assistant a rebound. TJ McConnell doing some nice scoring
Speaker 1: for the Sixers. As of late, Sixers were in front
Speaker 1: thirty to twenty seven going into quarter number two, and
Speaker 1: very quickly the Sixers got one of the top highlights
Speaker 1: of the night. And here's the steel by McConnell. Drive
Speaker 1: me Domina. He goes to it beat and there's a jab.
Speaker 1: There's a two point brod out by Joel at Bea
Speaker 1: as TJ. McConnell completely harassing Napier out top plucks it
Speaker 1: away for the steel and it beat follows with a slam.
Speaker 1: Not too long after that, these seventy sixers, other All
Speaker 1: Star candidate Ben Simmons took over. Simmons stop starts, goes
Speaker 1: into the lane of artless, turns back to the right,
Speaker 1: shoots at left handed at in Ben Simmons came king
Speaker 1: over on offense forty to thirty seven and Simmons has
Speaker 1: now hit his last three in a row. He would
Speaker 1: score eight in succession during that stretch. Sixers lighted initially
Speaker 1: fifty one forty nine going towards the half, but the
Speaker 1: Trailblazers scored the final three points of the second quarter.
Speaker 1: They were up fifty two fifty one going into intermission,
Speaker 1: but after Portland scored first opened the scoring in half
Speaker 1: number two. That is when Dario Schartz, Joel and bad
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons, JJ Raddick. Everyone was seeing the ball go
Speaker 1: through the hoop and that was a good thing. Simmons
Speaker 1: in particular. Here's Raddick in the Ben Simmons around one
Speaker 1: man puts it up and the turner Sandwich down low,
Speaker 1: couldn't get help from Abino and Ben with another drive,
Speaker 1: good feed by the Sixers. Ben Simmons down the right
Speaker 1: side banks at fourteen points for Ben Terry Stots with
Speaker 1: a timeout that probably should have occurred. Two possessions to go,
Speaker 1: and the Sixers with the free throw from Simmons after
Speaker 1: the time out, would lead at sixty seven to fifty.
Speaker 1: Five minutes later, Dario Schartz scored five straight, putting the
Speaker 1: Sixers up a game high margin of seventy eight two sixty.
Speaker 1: Now the Trailblazers snapped off a seven nothing run to
Speaker 1: make it a single digit game, but the Sixers closed
Speaker 1: out quarter number three strong, leading eighty five two seventy two.
Speaker 1: You're CJ. Excuse me, t J. McConnell step back shot
Speaker 1: on Nurkas in the air head in one point seven
Speaker 1: to go sixes by thirteen. It about a Napier. He'll
Speaker 1: simply hold a ball. McConnell knew he had to put
Speaker 1: a lot of arc on the shot with Nurkis there
Speaker 1: and KEJ McConnell puts it in. So it was eighty
Speaker 1: five seventy two going into the fourth, the Sixers still
Speaker 1: in control. Not too long after that leading with a
Speaker 1: rebuilt McConnell over for you all, Bayless. The balls roll
Speaker 1: right to him and he picks it up. Here's a
Speaker 1: beat with it. Sixers with numbers over to JJ three
Speaker 1: foot him the air by Reddick. Bang, it's good. JJ.
Speaker 1: Reddick knocks it out. The Sixers get it three to
Speaker 1: make it a fourteen point lead. Eighty eight seventy fourth.
Speaker 1: Things were looking good for the visitors, but then it
Speaker 1: was the Trailblazers, led by Napier and also CJ. McCollum
Speaker 1: Nurkitch involved as well, that spun off a nineteen nothing
Speaker 1: run part of a twenty three to two surge that
Speaker 1: vaulted the Trailblazers into the lead and in control of
Speaker 1: the game for good. Some late threes from JJ Reddick
Speaker 1: Joel Embiid made it close and interesting. Butt it was
Speaker 1: Portland that staved off the seventy sixers were a very
Speaker 1: impressive come from behind four point win. Final notes from
Speaker 1: the final statuet Sixers forty eight percent from the field,
Speaker 1: the Blazers forty six and a half percent six or
Speaker 1: sixteen to thirty two from outside the arc. Ripped City
Speaker 1: just eight of twenty four seventy sixers outscored substantially by
Speaker 1: twenty six from the free throw line sixers or ten
Speaker 1: to fourteen the Trailblazers were thirty six of forty seven.
Speaker 1: Trailblazers won the glass plus ten plus three on the
Speaker 1: offensive boards. Turnovers caught up to the Sixers down the stretch,
Speaker 1: eight of them coming in the fourth quarter, and the
Speaker 1: Trailblazers scored twenty points off these six ers fourteen turnovers.
Speaker 1: Individuals scoring game high went to CJ. Mccollumn with thirty four.
Speaker 1: He was held to five points back in Philadelphia on Thursday,
Speaker 1: the twenty second of November. He went fourteen and fourteen
Speaker 1: from the free throw line. Shabazz Napier was big for
Speaker 1: rip City with twenty three and Yusuf Nurkics with twenty
Speaker 1: one points and twelve rebounds for the Sixers. Joel Enid
Speaker 1: led the way twenty nine points, career high six three
Speaker 1: pointers on twelve attempts from outside the arc. He had
Speaker 1: nine rebounds two Dario Chartz twenty five, nine and four
Speaker 1: a great game for him, Ben Simmons with seventeen, four
Speaker 1: and eight, JJ Reddick with nineteen, and TJ McConnell with
Speaker 1: ten point, six assists and four steals off the bench
Speaker 1: in nearly thirty four minutes in tonight's game. There were
Speaker 1: a total of eight ties five lead changes. It took
Speaker 1: two hours, thirty five minutes to play seal at crad
Speaker 1: of twenty thousand, one hundred at Mota Center with the
Speaker 1: loss to seventy six Ers now fifteen and nineteen, while
Speaker 1: the Trailblazers improved to eighteen and sixteen on the air.
Speaker 1: Up next for the seventy six Ers the nineteen and
Speaker 1: sixteen Denver Nuggets on Saturday, nine o'clock Eastern start. Pregame
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