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Speaker 1: Sixers roll past the Houston Rockets one thirty four to
Speaker 1: ninety six in the final game of seating play inside
Speaker 1: the Bubble in Orlando. The seventy Sixers went four and
Speaker 1: four in seating play. They're the sixth seed in the East,
Speaker 1: and of course they have the Boston Celtics starting on
Speaker 1: Monday in the opener of the Eastern Conference quarter finals.
Speaker 1: Sixers kind of like, at least as far as what
Speaker 1: the Rockets try to do. Out rocketed the Rockets. They
Speaker 1: knocked down eighteen three pointers, and they got off to
Speaker 1: a really great start, outscoring Houston by thirteen thirty nine
Speaker 1: to twenty six in the first quarter. The Sixers then
Speaker 1: outscored Houston by eleven in the second quarter, and their
Speaker 1: offense was humming tonight, especially with the regulars on the court.
Speaker 1: I was pretty surprised. I feel like probably a lot
Speaker 1: of other people were two with the extent to which
Speaker 1: some of the main stays for the Sixers played. Joel
Speaker 1: Embiid log twenty three minutes. He finished with fourteen points,
Speaker 1: six of twelve from the field, six rebounds for the
Speaker 1: big man, he was plus nine. That was a high
Speaker 1: mark among the starters. Eighteen points for Tobias Harris, six
Speaker 1: of ten from the floor for him, two for three
Speaker 1: from outside the arcs, seven rebounds and four assists for
Speaker 1: Tobias Harris. Al Horford with ten points, three rebounds, four dimes.
Speaker 1: Eleven for Shake Milton behind three three pointers. Alec Burke's
Speaker 1: a great finish for him inside the bubble in terms
Speaker 1: of seating games. Sixteen points for him, four of six
Speaker 1: from the perimeter, fourteen four Howell Nato, who just played
Speaker 1: terrific this past week. I thought Matisse Steibel had a
Speaker 1: really strong game. Seven points. He was three for four
Speaker 1: from the field. He had four steals and two block shots,
Speaker 1: two rebounds, one assists, and a handful of great cuts
Speaker 1: that led to dunks. He had a great few moments
Speaker 1: on James Harden, one that resulted in a steal that
Speaker 1: then led to a Sixers basket, and then he forced
Speaker 1: another turnover in Harden in the second half. So I
Speaker 1: think the Sixers in terms of a launching point into
Speaker 1: the playoffs, this is a really good showing for them tonight.
Speaker 1: They shot fifty six percent overall. They certainly used their
Speaker 1: size to their advantage, crushed the Rockets on the glass
Speaker 1: fifty one to twenty seven, and Houston just did not
Speaker 1: seem to have it tonight. James Harden finished with twenty
Speaker 1: seven He was nine of sixteen from the field. Jeff
Speaker 1: Green added seventeen points. Eric Gordon knocked down three to
Speaker 1: three pointers to finish with thirteen. But yeah, the Sixers,
Speaker 1: I think tonight was a perfect case in point. I
Speaker 1: feel like we saw it a lot during the regular season,
Speaker 1: especially when the team was at home, when they can
Speaker 1: shoot threes, and when Joe Ellen beat his playing. Those
Speaker 1: factors combined for a pretty auspicious result one thirty four
Speaker 1: to ninety six to seventy Sixers over the Rockets. Here
Speaker 1: is head coach Bret Brand. We've all come back from
Speaker 1: from the break here in Orlando, and all good teams
Speaker 1: need one and he has provided that. And he's also
Speaker 1: along that path provided a secondary ball handle it, you know,
Speaker 1: really a backup point guard if you will. And so
Speaker 1: I think out of anybody there or out of our team,
Speaker 1: there's nobody that stands out more than he does in
Speaker 1: the role that he has sort of embraced. Thanks coach,
Speaker 1: it's got a serena. Next to follow up on Alec coach,
Speaker 1: what do you think has enabled him to have so
Speaker 1: much success in the bubble? Is it? Is it just
Speaker 1: the opportunity, you know, with the injuries. Has there been
Speaker 1: a different mentality him getting to know the guys more.
Speaker 1: Just what do you think has contributed to that? I
Speaker 1: think it's I think it's a hybrid. I think it's
Speaker 1: a combination of all the things that you just said.
Speaker 1: There is there is a comfortability, there is a role
Speaker 1: recognition slash opportunity. And we put him in a place
Speaker 1: right from the get go where he had the ball
Speaker 1: the second he get off of plane at a bus
Speaker 1: and went into very first day of practice, I had
Speaker 1: him with the ball, Like we had a chance to
Speaker 1: revisit a lot over the pandemic as a staff myself,
Speaker 1: like if he had to do it again, what would
Speaker 1: you do? That was one of the things we talked about,
Speaker 1: is let's give him the ball, Like he's very creative
Speaker 1: with the ball, and I hope that that has had
Speaker 1: something to do with it, that we've empowered him. But
Speaker 1: in general, I give him credit where his mentality from
Speaker 1: the very beginning has been one of remembering who he is,
Speaker 1: like Reda's resume, like when you look at what does
Speaker 1: he do? He has a very unique NBA game and
Speaker 1: that he can create his own score scoring opportunity. He
Speaker 1: can create his own shot and he has been doing that.
Speaker 1: He has been making them. And also like being the
Speaker 1: secondary sort of point guard, a primary ball handled with
Speaker 1: that second group, he's been exceptional. Thank you, Keith, You're
Speaker 1: up next. Hey, how you do on Breton Brett? You
Speaker 1: know all year that I guess they're not the model,
Speaker 1: but everybody kept saying this team is built for the playoffs.
Speaker 1: I mean, the playoffs are here. I know that Ben
Speaker 1: Simmons down And do you still feel that way, Like,
Speaker 1: do you still think like this is a team the
Speaker 1: roster that you have that you guys could be successful,
Speaker 1: you know, and go deep in the playoffs. I do,
Speaker 1: I do, and I think I think that for a
Speaker 1: few reasons. I think the defensively, we are starting to
Speaker 1: understand how to play with each other. We're starting to
Speaker 1: understand switch groups. We we clearly need a healthy Joe Olmbi.
Speaker 1: Nobody denies that. We can't dismiss that you need a
Speaker 1: healthy Joe ol Embi to make the run that we
Speaker 1: need to make. And I think that defensively, there is
Speaker 1: a spirit, there is a connection amongst our group that
Speaker 1: makes me say that I feel like offensively there is
Speaker 1: a path like it it's a it's a different path
Speaker 1: than it used to be with Ben, but there is
Speaker 1: a path. And I think that our scoring opportunities. I
Speaker 1: think that our symmetry has been pretty clean and clear
Speaker 1: since the loss of Ben Um and I think that
Speaker 1: both sides of the ball and the spirit, I believe
Speaker 1: that we are built for the playoffs and I look
Speaker 1: forward to playing Boston. They're well coached, they're a great team.
Speaker 1: They've had an exceptional year and we've been beaten up.
Speaker 1: And you know, now is our moment. Now is our
Speaker 1: time to be recognized, and I think that the group
Speaker 1: has the ability to do that as it since I'm
Speaker 1: happy with the way that you know, we're playing the game.
Speaker 1: I think that there's a great sort of unity within
Speaker 1: the group. Seventy sixers head coach Brett Brown. After tonight's
Speaker 1: landslide victory over the Houston Rockets by the final score
Speaker 1: of one thirty four to ninety six. Seventy Sixers fell
Speaker 1: behind by one midway through the first quarter of the
Speaker 1: Sixers called a timeout. They trailed twenty one. Twenty came
Speaker 1: back from the timeout, and then it was bang, bang bang,
Speaker 1: Josh Richardson a three, another triple from fur con Quark
Speaker 1: miles after the stop, the Sixers got another defensive stand
Speaker 1: and that led to a Tobias Harris three pointer, and
Speaker 1: just like that, the seventy Sixers snapped off nine straight
Speaker 1: points on three consecutive three pointers. They never looked back.
Speaker 1: They were great from outside the arc, as I mentioned,
Speaker 1: eighteen triples in the game. When you've got that and
Speaker 1: Joel and beat in a good place, seventy Sixers are
Speaker 1: tough out, especially when they're playing defense, which they did
Speaker 1: as well. Tonight, Sixers dominate the Houston Rockets. They're four
Speaker 1: and four to wrap up seating play, and now, as
Speaker 1: Brett Brown said, the moment is here. The Boston Celtics wait.
Speaker 1: On Monday, seventy Sixers a convincing victory over the Houston
Speaker 1: Rockets won thirty four to ninety six. Joel Embiid played
Speaker 1: twenty three minutes, almost finished with fourteen points six or
Speaker 1: rebounds for the big Man on six of twelve, shooting
Speaker 1: eighteen four, Tobias Harris Alec Burks with sixteen off the
Speaker 1: bench for Concorkmiles with a dozen, whole Nato with fourteen,
Speaker 1: and some good contributions on both ends of the floor
Speaker 1: by Matisse Steibel. Tom McGinnis called this one tonight, Tom
Speaker 1: and all around well rounded, convincing effort by the seventy
Speaker 1: sixers to put a punctuation on seating play with the
Speaker 1: playoffs limon no doubt and convincingly, you know, winning over
Speaker 1: Houston in a shocker who knew that it would at
Speaker 1: one point be a forty point lead, and the Sixers
Speaker 1: out shooting the Rockets from deep and got contributions from
Speaker 1: multiple players and just put this one out of reach.
Speaker 1: So you know, like you say, a confidence filder. Good
Speaker 1: to get back into the win column. You go four
Speaker 1: and four during the seating games, and now everything attention
Speaker 1: wise shifts to Monday evenings game with Boston to tip
Speaker 1: off that playoff series with the Celtics, what are some
Speaker 1: of the things time you're looking forward to seeing carry
Speaker 1: over from the seating phase into the postseason. Well, like
Speaker 1: you know, we've talked about X factors and variables and again,
Speaker 1: like I just this is simple, and you know, in
Speaker 1: this world of analytics, it's probably is a small little nugget.
Speaker 1: But just to me, I think the Sixers have got
Speaker 1: to make twelve or thirteen threes in a game to
Speaker 1: be able to a match Boston and then secondly that'll
Speaker 1: give them the best chance. And as Brett Brown says,
Speaker 1: you know you've got an explosive score off the bench
Speaker 1: now in Burke's forkon had it going the night, you know,
Speaker 1: you get some good play from Howel Netto and m
Speaker 1: matise thy ball. I mean, you're gonna ask Marcus Smarts
Speaker 1: coming off their bench, and as we've stated before, he's
Speaker 1: the you know, the heart and soul of that ball club.
Speaker 1: And you know, but I think Brett Brown said it
Speaker 1: pretty succinctly and obviously very apt, and that is you
Speaker 1: need a healthy and effective and dominant Joel and be that.
Speaker 1: That's how the Sixers took three out of four during
Speaker 1: the regular season with Boston. You know, the matchups in
Speaker 1: other areas, you could go this way or that way,
Speaker 1: but it's certainly even, you know, like in terms of
Speaker 1: Tatum versus to Buy or however you want to shake
Speaker 1: it out. But the spot where the Sixers clearly have
Speaker 1: an advantage is their all star center in bed against
Speaker 1: Tye and against Cantor, and Joel, you know, has been
Speaker 1: a little banged up with the ankle in the hand.
Speaker 1: He was clenching that hand a couple of times in
Speaker 1: this game, that right risk after taking that shot from
Speaker 1: Gasol early in that game with Toronto. And he needs
Speaker 1: to be more efficient. He was pretty good in the
Speaker 1: first few games in terms of moving that ball out
Speaker 1: of Travis, but he's got to get a little bit better.
Speaker 1: He had some air prone passes in this game and
Speaker 1: five turnovers, as we mentioned in the previous game. And
Speaker 1: Boston's gonna come, and they come in multiple forms, and
Speaker 1: they change it up in terms of doubling from the top,
Speaker 1: doubling off the dribble, doubling on the catch, coming from
Speaker 1: a block to block, and they're gonna come with a
Speaker 1: steady diet and like I said, a varied recipe if
Speaker 1: you will to attack that and he's got to find
Speaker 1: those shooters, and again, just move it out of the post.
Speaker 1: You don't have to make the cross court pass. Move
Speaker 1: it out to the perimeter, and then get that swing.
Speaker 1: Swing to the opposite side and make them pay, because
Speaker 1: that's the whole idea of NBA basketball is try to
Speaker 1: get the odd man situation and make the opposite If
Speaker 1: you've got a player good enough that they have to
Speaker 1: put two players on them, then you've got to make
Speaker 1: them pay. And that right there is really in essence
Speaker 1: part of what this thing is going to boil down
Speaker 1: to in this series seventy six or Searched Past the
Speaker 1: Rockets one thirty four, ninety six postseason on the horizon
Speaker 1: and especially time with that Ben Simmons, you alluded to
Speaker 1: Tobias har So the course of that explanation right there
Speaker 1: in the question about him, Beaden talking about him, I
Speaker 1: really think Tobias is going to be in the spotlight
Speaker 1: on both ends of the court. Seventy sixers obviously think
Speaker 1: very highly of him. He played mostly very well in
Speaker 1: the bubble during the seating phase, but this could be
Speaker 1: a really big moment I think for Tobias well and
Speaker 1: as well it should be. You know, he's a max player.
Speaker 1: He's been so consistent, twenty points per game played in
Speaker 1: almost every single game. And unless I'm mistaken, I think
Speaker 1: he started out on Harden tonight. I don't think those
Speaker 1: were Ala switches. And I think that's important too, because
Speaker 1: you know, when you have like three or four perimeters
Speaker 1: slashers like Tatum, like Brown, like Hayward, and then you're
Speaker 1: gonna have you know, Kemba Walker wheeling and dealing off
Speaker 1: the bounce out top. You need Tobias to be able
Speaker 1: to guard certainly one of Brown, Hayward or Tatum. And
Speaker 1: you don't expect him to lock up Tatum for forty
Speaker 1: eight minutes six or seven games, but he's gonna have
Speaker 1: to be able to stay in front and keep the
Speaker 1: man in front of him to help the Sixers defensively,
Speaker 1: like you say in the appsence to Ben, who you
Speaker 1: could no doubt pencil in to guard one of those,
Speaker 1: including Walker. But yeah, no, this is a this is
Speaker 1: a big series for Tobias, here's no question about it already.
Speaker 1: Time we will talk on Monday prior to game one
Speaker 1: of the opening round matchup between the seventy Sixers and
Speaker 1: the Celtics. All right, good night. Celts up a great weekend,
Speaker 1: apping up seating play inside the bubble ahead of the
Speaker 1: playoffs Sixers. It was competitive a little bit to the
Speaker 1: first six minutes or so, but then they were able
Speaker 1: to find a spark from outside the arc. After falling
Speaker 1: behind by one, Sixers called a time out and then
Speaker 1: they got going Burks, Harris, Cork, Boss, Richardson, had Horford,
Speaker 1: Rett Brown, Burkson, Levaine Day Blockett and now he splits
Speaker 1: a trap to get it back out to Tobias. He's
Speaker 1: open for three and the Sixers with three straight triples
Speaker 1: out of the time out. Started with Richardson, then Furkon
Speaker 1: Cork Moss hit one, followed up by that tray from
Speaker 1: Tobias Harris gave the Sixers twenty nine twenty one lead.
Speaker 1: They were up thirty nine to twenty six on Houston
Speaker 1: after the first quarter of play. They had two big
Speaker 1: runs in that first quarter, and they really were able
Speaker 1: to seize control from the outset of tonight's game. In
Speaker 1: the second quarter, the Sixers built up a twenty one
Speaker 1: point margin midway through the frame, taking advantage of a
Speaker 1: three and a half minute Houston Rockets scoring drift. It's
Speaker 1: forty five thirty one Sixers with eight oh eight to
Speaker 1: go Netto with a drive at acrobatic attack and it's
Speaker 1: good how Netto scores the ball netto now two for three.
Speaker 1: Seventy Sixers were in front forty seven thirty one, and
Speaker 1: about eight minutes later the Sixers gap had grown that
Speaker 1: much more. Looking for seventy one or more here as
Speaker 1: they get it to the corner Richards it beat is
Speaker 1: fronted by Green Horford though with a great entry feed
Speaker 1: in a layout by and beat hel Horford. That high
Speaker 1: low that pass from out front, that is really well
Speaker 1: done by him. And for all the talk about him
Speaker 1: beating Horford playing alongside each other throughout the season before
Speaker 1: the suspension, they look for he darned good together ever
Speaker 1: since Ben Simmons injury. A great example of that right there.
Speaker 1: Seventy one forty seven seventy sixers at that point and
Speaker 1: that was the score at intermission. Fourth time this season
Speaker 1: the Sixers hit seventy by the break, their third highest
Speaker 1: scoring total in a first half this season. Third quarter,
Speaker 1: the Rockets came at the seventy sixers with a three
Speaker 1: point garage midway through the frame, dwell Embe left the
Speaker 1: game with about six minutes ago. That was the last
Speaker 1: bit of action for him, but some of the backups
Speaker 1: were able to make sure the seventy six ers stayed
Speaker 1: comfortably in front. Harris with a rebound for the Sixers.
Speaker 1: Battle of the boards, decide an edge on the glass
Speaker 1: thirty one fourteen Sixers. Harris spins finds table and that
Speaker 1: duo another set up for mccase with a two hands slam.
Speaker 1: Sixers eighty eight, the Rockets seventy three. Alec Burks has
Speaker 1: been awesome in Orlando, and he was again tonight. Burks
Speaker 1: plays into Kylo Quinn. He's guarded by Clemmens. You gotta
Speaker 1: try to take him down low. Instead, he goes to
Speaker 1: Mike Scott hasn't knocked away. Six Ers, do du game
Speaker 1: it back five to shoot Burkes one. I wanted to
Speaker 1: corner fires for three and it's good Alex Perks, He's hot.
Speaker 1: Sixers advantage was ninety nine to seventy five. Their leader
Speaker 1: was one of three seventy seven after three, and they
Speaker 1: got a bucket from Batist to open the fourth one
Speaker 1: old three seventy seven. The Sixers actually up their lead
Speaker 1: in the thirty Yers, but tis for three at Thibald
Speaker 1: knocks it out his first three in the game. He's
Speaker 1: got three field goals total. Three is worth the theme.
Speaker 1: Seventy Sixers all over Houston one thirty four ninety six.
Speaker 1: Six Er shot fifty six and a half percent from
Speaker 1: the field, Houston held to just under forty four percent.
Speaker 1: Sixers controlled things from outside the arc eighteen for thirty eight,
Speaker 1: or the seventy six ers from three point territory that's
Speaker 1: good for around forty seven and a half percent. Houston
Speaker 1: was held to twenty five percent shooting from three twelve
Speaker 1: for forty eight. The Sixers destroyed Houston on the glass
Speaker 1: fifty one to twenty seven to seventy Sixers allowed just
Speaker 1: one offensive rebound to the Houston Rockets the entire game.
Speaker 1: That is really really good thirty one for the Sixers
Speaker 1: on forty nine baskets. Tobias Harris led a balance scoring
Speaker 1: sheet for the Sixers. He had eighteen points on six
Speaker 1: of ten shooting two for three outside the arc, four
Speaker 1: for four from the line, with seven rebounds fourteen for
Speaker 1: Joel Embiad in twenty three minutes six of twelve from
Speaker 1: the field, two for three from the stripe, six rebounds
Speaker 1: for Joe, sixteen points for Alec Burks off the bench,
Speaker 1: four for six for him from the perimeter, fourteen for
Speaker 1: how Oil Nato. In the game he got to the line,
Speaker 1: drove for the basket, another nifty performance. He had five
Speaker 1: assists and no turnovers. Mike Scott with ten points, seven rebounds,
Speaker 1: three assists for con Cork Miles with a dozen batises
Speaker 1: Thible he finished three four for seven points. He also
Speaker 1: had four steals and two blocked shots. He was great,
Speaker 1: I mean, just all around the board. It was good
Speaker 1: stuff for the Sixers. Al Horford ten points, three rebounds,
Speaker 1: four assists, Shake Milton eleven points and two rebounds plus
Speaker 1: one assist, five points four Josh Richardson tonight for the
Speaker 1: Sixers twenty seven and ten. That's talking about points and
Speaker 1: assist for James Harden. Other than that, you know, seventeen
Speaker 1: for Jeff Green. Houston just did not have enough to
Speaker 1: surround James Harden tonight, and they also just did not
Speaker 1: shoot the ball well enough to keep up with the
Speaker 1: red hot seventy Sixers. So the Sixers open up their
Speaker 1: first round series against the Boston Celtics six verses three,
Speaker 1: six thirty on Monday night from Orlando, Florida. Cannot wait.
Speaker 1: We are finally here. This has always been this phase
Speaker 1: of the season with the seventy Sixers. It would be
Speaker 1: their judgment day. They said, it's all about the postseason.
Speaker 1: They're built for the playoffs. Now we get to find
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