WEBVTT - Embiid Returns | Sixers-Heat Game 3 Reaction 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:03.480 This podcast is part of the seventy Sixers podcast network 0:00:03.680 --> 0:00:11.000 search seventy Sixers Insiders wherever you get your podcasts. Day everybody, 0:00:12.200 --> 0:00:26.720 I'm seventy six ards. All right, what's up everybody? Good morning, 0:00:26.960 --> 0:00:31.920 Welcome back to another post Sixers win playoff Twitter Space, 0:00:32.000 --> 0:00:35.280 presented by Bett Parks. I'm Lauren Rosen, Matt Murphy is 0:00:35.320 --> 0:00:38.239 with me, Devon Gibbons is with me. You guys are 0:00:38.320 --> 0:00:41.879 with me, and it's a beautiful morning to discuss Sixers basketball. 0:00:41.880 --> 0:00:43.599 If you're in the Philadelphia area, it is not, in 0:00:43.640 --> 0:00:45.600 fact a beautiful morning, but it's a nice morning to 0:00:45.640 --> 0:00:49.400 sit inside, maybe rewatch Game three, reflect on the greatness 0:00:49.520 --> 0:00:52.360 that we were able to witness last night in South Philadelphia. 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:57.160 Looking forward to getting into everything Game three with these guys. 0:00:57.200 --> 0:01:00.840 Matt Devon, good morning, A breath of fresh air to 0:01:00.920 --> 0:01:04.039 get that w It's a series. As Doc Rivers said 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:07.480 at Thursday's practice, two one is as close as it 0:01:07.480 --> 0:01:10.800 can be after three games. The Sixers very much back 0:01:10.840 --> 0:01:14.160 in this one. Good morning to you both. What a 0:01:14.240 --> 0:01:18.000 Game three, the Sixers taking it against the heat ninety 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:21.720 nine seventy nine. It's good to be back with everyone. 0:01:21.840 --> 0:01:25.440 Thanks for being here. Live if you're on Sixers spaces 0:01:25.560 --> 0:01:28.320 right now with us on Twitter, thanks for listening after 0:01:28.360 --> 0:01:32.200 the fact on the seventy Sixers Insiders podcast feed. If 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:36.120 you're not already following there, please do. But the Sixers 0:01:36.160 --> 0:01:39.120 with a twenty point win to pick up a win 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:42.560 in the series against the top seeded Heat and Devon 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:46.040 Gibbons held them under eighty points. Of course, we're going 0:01:46.080 --> 0:01:48.800 to talk about the stats in a minute in our 0:01:48.840 --> 0:01:54.200 box score segment. Joel Embiid was the major storyline throughout 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:56.680 the day. Was he going to make his return to 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:59.000 the lineup after not playing in the first two games. Well, 0:01:59.040 --> 0:02:01.480 he did. He had a double double, He made a 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:04.120 huge impact on the defensive end, and as a team 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:07.520 they held the Miami Heat to under eighty points in 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:11.919 a playoff game. Well, good morning to you both the 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:17.040 first absolutely just looking at what they did in totality 0:02:17.160 --> 0:02:20.120 last night, one game at a time, so as they 0:02:20.120 --> 0:02:21.960 are now back in this when picking up the one 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:25.799 game two one, you hold serve as as Miami did 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:28.800 on their home floor, and we're looking at two two 0:02:28.840 --> 0:02:32.359 and hopefully looking at the first road win on Tuesday 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:35.400 in game five. But yes, defensively last night to hold 0:02:35.400 --> 0:02:38.639 an NBA team to seventy seven points as if this 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:42.160 is a college basketball game. That's just great work by 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:45.880 the seventy six. Is the defensive game plan, what Dan 0:02:45.960 --> 0:02:49.000 Burke and those guys had to set up to execute 0:02:49.040 --> 0:02:52.080 those things. And also the big difference, as you just mentioned, 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:55.760 is just simply having the big fella, the MVP candidate, 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:58.240 right back in there. And while he's the MVP candidate 0:02:58.240 --> 0:03:00.560 for a lot of the things that he does offensively, 0:03:01.280 --> 0:03:03.960 sometimes it does get loss of what it means to 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:06.799 have him out there as a defensive presence, both in 0:03:06.840 --> 0:03:09.040 the paint and his ability to do the things that 0:03:09.120 --> 0:03:12.119 he does switching out or closing out on the perimeter 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:16.600 to attack that shooter or just simply show that shooter 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:19.799 with that length coming at them. So great defensive work 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:21.720 last night. Great to see him back, and I'm sure, 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:24.720 of course we'll get into all of that. I think 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:26.960 we should go ahead and jump in right now. If 0:03:27.000 --> 0:03:29.040 you're new here, this is the part where we go 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:31.880 through the stats, and luckily last night the Sixers gave 0:03:31.960 --> 0:03:34.800 us plenty to talk about. So as I run through 0:03:34.960 --> 0:03:38.720 the box score from Game three, anything that stands out 0:03:38.760 --> 0:03:40.560 to you, send us a tweet, send us a DM. 0:03:40.560 --> 0:03:41.800 You can tweet at us. You can comment on the 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:43.840 Sixers tweet and comment on the Space tweet. You can 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:47.120 send us a DM. Me Matt or Devon are ready 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:49.440 to take your questions. So as I go through the 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:52.400 box score, let us know where you'd like the conversation 0:03:52.520 --> 0:03:55.000 to head. First, we have some thoughts on where maybe 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:57.120 it should go, but feel free to guide us along 0:03:57.640 --> 0:04:01.520 in this Saturday morning experience. So the box score four 0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:04.160 the seventy six ers, Matt said it holding the heat 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:07.680 to just seventy nine points in an Eastern Conference semi 0:04:07.800 --> 0:04:10.680 final game. That perhaps the biggest stat that I'm going 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:13.720 to read. But let's get into the individual performances. The 0:04:13.760 --> 0:04:16.960 Sixers saw four of their five starters finish in double figures. 0:04:16.960 --> 0:04:20.599 The fifth, though, had a pretty good game himself, Danny Green, 0:04:20.720 --> 0:04:23.559 Let's start there. He finished with a team high twenty 0:04:23.600 --> 0:04:26.120 one points and four rebounds. He shot seven for nine 0:04:26.160 --> 0:04:28.680 from the field. All seven of his field goals were 0:04:28.760 --> 0:04:32.720 three pointers. That ties his playoff career high. Tied with 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:36.520 twenty one points as well was Tyrese Maxie, who was 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:39.320 excellent in that second half. More on Tyrese's second half 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:41.640 in a little bit, but twenty one points, two rebounds, 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:44.720 six assists, two steals. Tyrese shot seven for eleven from 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:48.840 the field, five for six from three point land, two 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:51.880 for two from the free throw line. Joel Embiid in 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:56.520 his return A very let's just call it brave double 0:04:56.600 --> 0:05:00.000 double from Joel Embiad last night. Eighteen points, eleven rebounds, 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:02.400 an assist, a steal, and a block. He shot five 0:05:02.480 --> 0:05:04.560 for twelve from the field, eight for ten from the 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:06.880 free throw line. But those stats do not even begin 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:08.840 to tell the full story of what Joel Ebiad was 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:11.760 able to do last night. More on this, I know 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:13.280 I keep saying more on this in a little bit, 0:05:13.320 --> 0:05:15.479 but more on what Joel was able to do that 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:18.279 really did transcend the stat sheet. We talk about a 0:05:18.279 --> 0:05:21.279 player's presence transcending the stat sheet a lot, but to me, 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:26.320 Joel's qualitative statistics last night were the biggest ones of all. 0:05:27.440 --> 0:05:31.960 Let's go next to one. James Harden seventeen points, eight rebounds, 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:34.320 six assists, in a block. He finished at a game 0:05:34.400 --> 0:05:37.520 high plus twenty seven and of course, the Sixers did 0:05:37.600 --> 0:05:40.000 end up winning this one by a twenty point margin, 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:42.560 but it was closer throughout, So that plus twenty seven 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:44.000 stood out to me when I was looking at the 0:05:44.040 --> 0:05:46.480 box score this morning. Who was four for eleven from 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:49.159 the field, but eight for eight from the free throw line. 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:53.080 And Tobias Harris. Yet another strong performance from Tobias who 0:05:53.080 --> 0:05:56.120 did ultimately foul out, but he was playing that strong, 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:59.600 steady defense we've seen all series long, all playoffs long, 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:03.240 really and got very close to a triple double. Nine points, 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:07.600 ten rebounds, eight assists and two steals for Tobias Harris 0:06:07.600 --> 0:06:12.400 in thirty nine minutes of play on the bench, steady 0:06:12.480 --> 0:06:16.680 contributions throughout. Shake Milton Matistible each had four. George Niang 0:06:16.800 --> 0:06:19.920 hit a big three. Paul Reid backed up Joel Embiid 0:06:19.920 --> 0:06:23.000 finished out of plus twelve with two points, four rebounds, 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:26.240 and an assist. Matt, I want to go to you first. 0:06:26.080 --> 0:06:30.200 Let's talk about Joel Embiid and the way that he 0:06:30.279 --> 0:06:33.679 was able to impact the game outside of that eighteen 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:35.960 point eleven rebound double double. The thing that stood out 0:06:35.960 --> 0:06:38.080 to me most in his media availability was talking about 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:41.680 the fact that the Sixers could use him as a decoy. 0:06:41.720 --> 0:06:45.800 What a talented decoy for the seventy sixers. He of 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:48.200 course changes everything on both ends when he's able to 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:49.680 be out there on the floor and did so in 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:52.040 those thirty six minutes. Matt, what did you think about 0:06:52.040 --> 0:06:54.880 the Big Fellaw's return. Wait, Lauren, I don't get to 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:58.120 pick my box score takeaway today. Well, of course you do, 0:06:58.160 --> 0:06:59.720 but we have to start with Joel Embid And if 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:04.719 you don't want to, can oh, I'll kick it to 0:07:04.839 --> 0:07:07.640 Divan in a second, but I'll do I guess I 0:07:07.640 --> 0:07:09.800 will do my box score takeaway as we normally do. 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:11.880 And when you say we have to start with Mbid, 0:07:11.960 --> 0:07:14.480 I mean we have to, like that is the number 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:17.120 one story, but there were so many parts of the 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:20.240 final stats that there's a lot of areas you could 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:23.000 go and Joel did a lot that, like you said, 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:28.360 transcended that box score. But maybe we can should we 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:30.880 circle back, as we say in the corporate world, to 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:33.840 some of the other players and what stood out to 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:35.720 me on the box score and I'll just talk about Mbad. 0:07:35.800 --> 0:07:40.000 I think the matchup with bam Adebio, who had a 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:43.960 couple of good games to start the series, that was 0:07:44.080 --> 0:07:46.960 in the spotlight and even on the national broadcast, they 0:07:47.000 --> 0:07:50.960 featured bam pregame as I was rewatching it after getting 0:07:50.960 --> 0:07:54.520 back from the game, and it was a lesser game 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:57.720 from bam Adebayo and in large part due to Joel Embiid. 0:07:57.760 --> 0:08:01.080 I think the one thing is like anytime the heat 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:03.280 drove sometimes they didn't go all the way in just 0:08:03.360 --> 0:08:07.120 because you know that Joel is down there, and that 0:08:07.240 --> 0:08:10.840 just changed so much for the Sixers. There was just 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:13.000 a comfort level even on some of the switches and 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:16.280 things like that. Guys just know they have that security 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:20.800 layer with Joe LMB back there. Devon for you, what 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:24.760 did you see with Joel and maybe his impact in 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:29.200 the matchup against Bam, Like I just mentioned, I saw 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:32.200 a lot Bam out of Bio twenty three points in 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:35.520 the first three game on average, and he ends up 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:38.000 with nine points on two for nine shooting, five of 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:40.640 which came at the foul line for him. The other 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:44.040 thing that stood out again was just something that I 0:08:44.080 --> 0:08:47.079 had noticed in the last game, in particular with the 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:50.480 drop coverage for the Sixers. Defensively, they would drop on 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:53.520 a few things in the paint DeAndre Jordan, Paul Ree 0:08:54.160 --> 0:08:58.120 and get easier shots to your point, Matt because they 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:00.720 would pull up at the foul line at the elbow 0:09:00.760 --> 0:09:03.680 area and feel good about the shot that was there 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:09.319 for them without maybe some resistance there. So I saw 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:12.000 that defensively last night, where to which you just laid 0:09:12.040 --> 0:09:14.360 out that they were afraid to go in to Joel 0:09:14.480 --> 0:09:16.920 MB because of the presence that he does have in there. 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:20.160 And it also showed in the box score because of 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:23.320 the points in the paint. Low scoring game last night, 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:25.040 so you can understand this, but points in the paint 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:28.000 for both teams, we were twenty eight points and the 0:09:28.160 --> 0:09:31.160 sixers with the Joel EMB in there playing the thirty 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:33.680 six plus minutes that he did play, he had a 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:36.480 big reason for that. And you know that the numbers 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:38.960 were different in games one and two with the points 0:09:38.960 --> 0:09:41.760 in the paint for the Miami Heat, So that was encouraging. 0:09:41.840 --> 0:09:44.520 And the other thing for me too, a typical staff 0:09:44.520 --> 0:09:47.040 line for Joel MB, as far as the box score goes, 0:09:47.080 --> 0:09:50.280 it is getting to the foul line and getting to 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:52.320 the foul line ten times, making eight of them with 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:55.200 that mask on, that's not an easy thing to do. 0:09:55.320 --> 0:09:58.360 So he got there, he made them, and that once 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:01.760 again just puts the pressure on the defense to do 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:03.880 what they need to do. To slow a player down, 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:07.120 that player just happens to be him, and it gets 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:09.280 teams in foul trouble, get you in the bonus early. 0:10:09.440 --> 0:10:11.880 I remember last night, I believe it was in the 0:10:11.920 --> 0:10:15.199 first quarter where the Sixers were in the bonus at 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:18.200 right around the six minute mark because of again the 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:21.400 aggression of the team overall, but also because they were 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:24.400 fouling him on the floor as well. And the other 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:27.839 one for me was the eleven rebounds. Now, Tobias Harris 0:10:27.840 --> 0:10:29.839 is Laura mentioned that a bit of an off night, 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:31.960 but he did other things to contribute with the ten 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:34.480 rebounds in the eight assists to go along with the 0:10:34.600 --> 0:10:37.360 nine points. 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But as 0:11:42.360 --> 0:11:45.600 we've mentioned at the beginning of this one, Tyree struggled 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:48.400 in the first half, and of course he's gained enough 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:51.840 respect that the heat couldn't cheat off of him, they 0:11:51.880 --> 0:11:54.520 couldn't ignore him. But he didn't score in that first half, 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:57.600 finished with all twenty one points in the second. As 0:11:57.640 --> 0:11:59.840 Stacy said, way to go, Maxi to finish with twenty 0:11:59.840 --> 0:12:03.480 one points after zero in that first half. Annie wants 0:12:03.480 --> 0:12:06.319 to talk about the Maxie to Harden save said it 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:09.840 was unbelievable. That might have been my favorite play, my 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:15.040 favorite single play of the playoffs thus far. Tyrese talked 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:17.560 about a post game and said that it was actually 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:21.640 he felt responsible for nearing a turnover in that possession 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:23.920 and as soon as he realized where the ball was headed, 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:26.079 it was going to be a foot race, and Tyrese 0:12:26.160 --> 0:12:29.280 said he was not about to lose in a foot race, 0:12:29.360 --> 0:12:32.120 and lose he did not. If you haven't looked at 0:12:32.160 --> 0:12:35.160 that play, I actually posted it on my page this 0:12:35.200 --> 0:12:37.760 morning courtesy of the Sixers, so if you want to 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:40.440 go click on my account, you can see the play 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:43.880 that I'm talking about. But that for me not necessarily 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:47.520 a momentum shifter, because the Sixers did feel largely in 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:50.680 control throughout that one. But as soon as you saw 0:12:50.960 --> 0:12:54.160 Tyrese make that winning play, as he calls it, it 0:12:54.200 --> 0:12:57.200 felt like it was winning time for the seventy Sixers. Matt, 0:12:57.240 --> 0:12:59.680 I'll go to you first, your thoughts either on that 0:12:59.720 --> 0:13:03.679 play or on Tyrese Maxi's game or season as a whole. 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:06.160 He just continues to be one of the best and 0:13:06.200 --> 0:13:09.040 perhaps most underrated storylines in this league. What he's been 0:13:09.080 --> 0:13:12.000 able to do this season and then night after night 0:13:12.360 --> 0:13:15.000 not be rattled by a tough first half and then 0:13:15.040 --> 0:13:17.640 make a huge impact in the second. What did you 0:13:17.679 --> 0:13:21.800 make of Tyrese's game? I loved that play so much, 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:25.280 the chase down save and throwing it over his head. 0:13:25.360 --> 0:13:28.360 Forget the old coaching adage of don't save the ball 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:31.120 under your own basket. He knew exactly what he was doing, 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:34.880 throwing it down court almost to half court, pass some 0:13:34.960 --> 0:13:38.320 Heat players to a Sixers player and getting it down 0:13:38.320 --> 0:13:42.120 and eventually keeping the possession alive as a team and 0:13:42.240 --> 0:13:46.920 scoring with turning it right into the Joel the masked 0:13:47.080 --> 0:13:51.000 mbid and one jumper. What a play. I think that 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:53.840 just says a lot about Tyrese Maxie. It says a 0:13:53.840 --> 0:13:58.040 lot about why the Sixers fans and NBA fans love 0:13:58.160 --> 0:14:01.720 him so much and his playing dial. So that's actually 0:14:01.720 --> 0:14:05.359 where I was going. I was craving the box score takeaways, 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:08.760 and that was going to be my pick, was Tyrese's performance. 0:14:08.800 --> 0:14:12.560 I know Devon mentioned to Bias when we were coming 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:16.040 off the box score and our friend Gina is listening 0:14:16.080 --> 0:14:20.120 and also mentioned Tobias saying, I'm here once again to 0:14:20.160 --> 0:14:23.000 give Tobias Harris as flowers for being an absolute force 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:27.200 on offense and defense in both series so far. There 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:30.000 was a few different places I was looking on the 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:33.040 stat sheet and Danny Green's threes that we touched on 0:14:33.080 --> 0:14:34.920 at the top were one as well. I'm sure we'll 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:38.960 get there, but for me, it was the Maxi scoring flurry. 0:14:39.000 --> 0:14:42.160 And when we say with a bunch of threes mixed in, 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:44.920 when we say Tyrese Maxie did not score in the 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:49.240 first half, he actually did not score in the first 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:53.960 thirty three minutes of the game, so most of his 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:56.240 scoring came at the very end of the third quarter 0:14:56.560 --> 0:14:59.600 and then throughout the fourth quarter as well. Whenona says 0:14:59.680 --> 0:15:02.040 max is a great example of don't stop till they 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:04.320 drop no points in the first half, and still Maxie 0:15:04.400 --> 0:15:06.640 ends with twenty one points at the end of the game. 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:10.040 I love the analytics on Maxie foot speed. That must 0:15:10.080 --> 0:15:11.760 have been part of the broadcast that I didn't see. 0:15:11.800 --> 0:15:14.720 But we know Tyrese Maxie is very fast. Eric Spoelster 0:15:14.800 --> 0:15:17.000 has talked about it during this series, how his speed 0:15:17.080 --> 0:15:20.720 is unique. We heard Matisse Thyble talk about how he 0:15:21.240 --> 0:15:23.960 doesn't have any answers for how to stop Tyrese Maxie, 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:27.600 and he's not envious of the other teams having to 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:30.120 figure out a way to force him left, force him right, 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:33.480 stay square with him. It was really the Tyrese Maxi's 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:36.400 show down the stretch, and I guess either of you 0:15:36.440 --> 0:15:38.680 can jump back in. But that was amazing to me 0:15:38.720 --> 0:15:40.880 that he didn't score in the first thirty three minutes 0:15:41.400 --> 0:15:43.480 of the game, and that was his third playoff game 0:15:43.520 --> 0:15:47.640 of this playoffs with at least five three pointers. It 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:50.120 seems like when they're on their home court, he has 0:15:50.120 --> 0:15:56.360 a knack for knocking down clutch threes. Yo Brad says 0:15:56.440 --> 0:15:59.160 Maxie's energy was absolutely everything in the second half. I 0:15:59.240 --> 0:16:01.480 kept screaming for him to get going, and he did. 0:16:01.520 --> 0:16:04.280 He should have won Most Improved Player. I do agree 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:08.560 with Yo Brad's secondary thought there, but absolutely incredible what 0:16:08.640 --> 0:16:10.640 Tyrese Maxie was able to do last night. And for me, 0:16:10.680 --> 0:16:13.720 it's the confidence that's something that has now been coming 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:16.640 up almost every day in media availability, whether it's Doc 0:16:16.720 --> 0:16:19.960 Rivers or veterans like Tobias Harris and Danny Green, or 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:23.880 fellow youngsters like Shake Milton and Matisse Thyble talking about 0:16:23.920 --> 0:16:27.560 Tyrese's confidence. He does not lack a single ounce of 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:30.560 confidence needed to be a big time player in this league. 0:16:30.680 --> 0:16:32.320 We say it all the time, but he's just twenty 0:16:32.360 --> 0:16:35.960 one years old. It's only his second season in the NBA. 0:16:36.160 --> 0:16:39.240 He was given a very tall task, as we all 0:16:39.280 --> 0:16:42.000 remember at the very beginning of the season. He took 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:45.640 it in stride. He grew quickly. Then he assimilated to 0:16:45.680 --> 0:16:49.320 playing alongside James Harden the second time this season that 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:53.120 his role changed drastically, and he's handled it with that 0:16:53.240 --> 0:16:56.680 same poise, that same confidence, that same grace that we've 0:16:56.720 --> 0:17:00.760 become accustomed to when we talk about Tyree Smaxie. It's 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:04.760 been an absolute privilege and pleasure to watch him grow 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:07.439 into the player that he's become. And once again, just 0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:10.280 so happy to see him get his flowers on national 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:13.520 television once again. Matt, I know you want to move 0:17:13.560 --> 0:17:18.160 into Danny greenland, so let's go ahead and do that. Well, 0:17:18.240 --> 0:17:22.000 let's tee up divan about Danny Green. I also have 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:24.920 some stuff about Harden that I would like to get to. 0:17:25.080 --> 0:17:29.439 I didn't see a direct question about Green on my 0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:32.480 side of things, but there maybe there should be because 0:17:32.600 --> 0:17:36.840 Danny Green. I've got one. I've got one. Yes, So 0:17:37.880 --> 0:17:40.640 Breezy says what we were all thinking. Can Danny Green 0:17:40.720 --> 0:17:43.640 go for twenty plus points again? In all caps? Can 0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:46.600 this level of play be sustained? I like that question 0:17:46.720 --> 0:17:50.520 because Doc Rivers talked about it postgame. But Danny Green's 0:17:50.600 --> 0:17:54.600 veteran presence and confidence, Danny really struggled from deep in 0:17:54.720 --> 0:17:57.560 game two. It's been a quiet series for him thus far. 0:17:57.600 --> 0:18:00.360 Ahead of Game three, but at no point did any 0:18:00.400 --> 0:18:04.040 Sixers fan, any Sixer teammate, or any Sixer coach doubt 0:18:04.119 --> 0:18:07.640 that Danny would have any problems shooting at a high 0:18:07.720 --> 0:18:11.560 volume and making shots seeing them fall, not get rattled 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:14.359 by a tough game to come in and be absolutely 0:18:14.760 --> 0:18:17.440 lights out in game three? Devon, what did you see 0:18:17.480 --> 0:18:19.760 from Danny Green? Obviously we should talk about how he 0:18:19.760 --> 0:18:22.119 looked on the court, but his presence. We've talked so 0:18:22.240 --> 0:18:25.000 much about what last season's playoffs might have been had 0:18:25.040 --> 0:18:28.080 he not gotten hurt in the second round. What did 0:18:28.080 --> 0:18:29.879 you make of what Danny was able to do and 0:18:30.000 --> 0:18:35.720 what's coming ahead for Danny Green. Shooting three for sixteen 0:18:35.840 --> 0:18:39.320 on the road is not ideal, and in that second game, 0:18:39.400 --> 0:18:43.360 one for ten, one to four, nine from beyond, and 0:18:43.400 --> 0:18:45.800 he has some really good looks. They talked about it postgame. 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:50.640 He mentioned how he needed to be better, and oftentimes 0:18:50.640 --> 0:18:52.679 we talk about it. I'm just gonna repeat something that 0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:56.600 many people have already heard. Role players play better at home. 0:18:56.920 --> 0:18:59.520 And he got into a pretty good groove early on 0:18:59.640 --> 0:19:03.360 hitting it three point early and he had some good 0:19:03.359 --> 0:19:06.080 looks again this time they fell and it was really 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:09.120 good to see that because they need it and they 0:19:09.160 --> 0:19:11.560 need that shooting. The shooting couldn't continue the way that 0:19:11.600 --> 0:19:15.200 it had played out in Miami, and with him knocking 0:19:15.240 --> 0:19:18.040 things down, he's the best shooter on the team, and 0:19:18.160 --> 0:19:20.320 with him being the best shooter on the team, he 0:19:20.400 --> 0:19:22.760 has to make his shots. And it was really good 0:19:23.280 --> 0:19:25.399 to see it with him be back, with them still 0:19:25.440 --> 0:19:29.240 finding him, passing him to basketball to despite his struggles. 0:19:29.520 --> 0:19:31.560 No matter the struggles, you still have to pass him 0:19:31.560 --> 0:19:34.199 the basketball. He's lined up in the corner, sizing up 0:19:34.200 --> 0:19:37.400 the shot, on the wing, wherever he is out there, 0:19:38.359 --> 0:19:40.920 he is still a threat and they have to find 0:19:41.000 --> 0:19:43.000 him on the floor, run him off that line if 0:19:43.040 --> 0:19:45.840 they if they can, and it didn't matter last night 0:19:45.920 --> 0:19:49.560 seven for nine twenty one points to ask the question 0:19:49.640 --> 0:19:52.200 that you know answered the question that was thrown out there. 0:19:53.760 --> 0:19:56.400 I didn't see that coming last night. I didn't maybe two, 0:19:56.440 --> 0:19:59.639 maybe three, possibly four. I didn't expect seven, but it 0:19:59.640 --> 0:20:02.200 was a welcome sight to see him knock those shots 0:20:02.280 --> 0:20:04.960 down once again. They do need it going forward. I 0:20:05.080 --> 0:20:08.840 don't again expect it to be seven for nine in 0:20:08.920 --> 0:20:12.639 the game's upcoming, but I do expect him to settle 0:20:12.720 --> 0:20:16.240 in feel much better after you see one, two, three 0:20:16.359 --> 0:20:19.040 go down. He had seven go down, and on an 0:20:19.040 --> 0:20:21.800 off day, getting back in there one more time, knowing 0:20:21.800 --> 0:20:24.159 those rooms, knowing the spots on the floor, knowing what 0:20:24.280 --> 0:20:27.400 he likes, it was encouraging to see it. And defensively, 0:20:27.760 --> 0:20:30.879 he always makes a play or two to help out 0:20:30.920 --> 0:20:33.320 where he rotates the right way, where he gets his 0:20:33.359 --> 0:20:35.640 hand in there and knocks the ball loose. Defensively as well, 0:20:35.680 --> 0:20:38.040 that would lead to maybe Maxie picking the ball up 0:20:38.040 --> 0:20:41.800 and streaking up the floor for an opportunity. On the 0:20:41.840 --> 0:20:44.119 other end, it was really important to get that from 0:20:44.200 --> 0:20:46.359 Danny Green last night in thirty three plus minutes. They 0:20:46.400 --> 0:20:49.000 needed it badly, and let's see it now. If he 0:20:49.000 --> 0:20:51.639 can carry over to the next game on Sunday, I 0:20:51.720 --> 0:20:54.359 feel like we have a lot more joelmbad talk to 0:20:54.480 --> 0:20:58.840 get to, given just the magnitude of his return last night. 0:20:58.880 --> 0:21:00.520 So if you have a thought or a question about 0:21:00.600 --> 0:21:04.000 Joel embiid, please click on our avatars, send us a 0:21:04.080 --> 0:21:07.840 DM send us a tweet, and we'll certainly get to 0:21:07.920 --> 0:21:11.760 those to to keep the Danny Green discussion going. Just 0:21:11.800 --> 0:21:15.679 with an added quote here, I really liked what Danny 0:21:15.800 --> 0:21:18.879 said here postgame on how it felt to see some 0:21:18.920 --> 0:21:22.359 shots fall after games one and two quote, it felt 0:21:22.359 --> 0:21:23.720 good to be able to help my team and do 0:21:23.800 --> 0:21:26.359 my job. That's it. I'm not in any way, shape 0:21:26.440 --> 0:21:29.919 or form satisfied. We are not taking any deep breaths 0:21:30.040 --> 0:21:32.200 or exhaling. We know we have to win another game, 0:21:32.280 --> 0:21:34.520 so we have to stay locked in and focused, taking 0:21:34.520 --> 0:21:36.840 it one game at a time. Hopefully we can keep 0:21:36.880 --> 0:21:39.800 that momentum and have another decent shooting night on Sunday. 0:21:40.040 --> 0:21:44.520 I would say that Danny Green's Game three shooting performance 0:21:44.600 --> 0:21:48.080 was better than decent at seven for nine from three, 0:21:48.200 --> 0:21:50.800 But I like that mindset. It is similar to what 0:21:51.680 --> 0:21:54.040 we all just heard Devon Given say earlier at the 0:21:54.119 --> 0:21:59.760 start of the show. Devon somebody asked about James Harden's game. 0:22:00.040 --> 0:22:03.000 It was Kyle saying, what did you think of Harden's 0:22:03.000 --> 0:22:06.639 game last night? So what do you think in Brufest 0:22:06.720 --> 0:22:09.440 on the Danny Green Part one more time, Matt, just 0:22:10.080 --> 0:22:12.320 the experience that Lauren talked about that he has. He's 0:22:12.359 --> 0:22:14.600 been there, He's won three titles, He's had some really 0:22:14.640 --> 0:22:18.720 deep runs for many years in the postseason. So no 0:22:18.760 --> 0:22:20.840 matter how old he is, he's been there. He knows 0:22:20.920 --> 0:22:24.040 what to expect in these types of games, and he 0:22:24.080 --> 0:22:25.760 knows what his role is. So it was good to 0:22:25.800 --> 0:22:28.959 hear him say just that that that was something that 0:22:29.000 --> 0:22:31.760 he was unacceptable for the type of shooter that he 0:22:31.880 --> 0:22:34.360 is and what they needed. So glad to see that 0:22:34.400 --> 0:22:36.760 he was able to knock it down pointed out last 0:22:36.840 --> 0:22:39.360 night and hope to look to continue. But as far 0:22:39.359 --> 0:22:43.880 as James Harden goes seventeen points, eight boards, six assists, 0:22:44.240 --> 0:22:46.639 and the one that stands out of the seven turnovers. 0:22:46.640 --> 0:22:51.280 As the point guard possessions in the postseason are very valuable, 0:22:51.800 --> 0:22:55.280 they're meaningful, and the six has had nineteen turnovers overall, 0:22:55.320 --> 0:22:58.760 he had seven, and once again that's something that you 0:22:58.800 --> 0:23:01.760 would like to see toned down just because you want 0:23:01.760 --> 0:23:04.480 to make sure you have an opportunity to shoot the basketball, 0:23:04.680 --> 0:23:07.320 whether it's a miss or not. You want the extra possession. 0:23:07.320 --> 0:23:09.200 You don't want to give them an opportunity to move 0:23:09.280 --> 0:23:14.240 down the floor, gets some easy transition buckets, but seventeen 0:23:14.280 --> 0:23:18.320 points four James Harden four of eleven for his points 0:23:18.480 --> 0:23:23.040 last night, one for seven from beyond getting it going 0:23:23.200 --> 0:23:25.960 early again with the nine points in the first half, 0:23:26.240 --> 0:23:29.879 it seems like he tries to score early with the 0:23:29.920 --> 0:23:33.360 passing the setting up of his teammates, but also then 0:23:33.920 --> 0:23:37.719 later on really get into facilitat or mode as the 0:23:37.760 --> 0:23:41.080 game goes along. So I'm still monitoring that trying to 0:23:41.080 --> 0:23:44.480 get a sense of what he's thinking out there, how 0:23:44.560 --> 0:23:48.080 he's trying to go about the game, and what he's 0:23:48.119 --> 0:23:50.119 really trying to do with the first half, in the 0:23:50.160 --> 0:23:52.359 second half or ever. It's just something that he just 0:23:52.400 --> 0:23:56.239 simply sees from the defense that allows him to do 0:23:56.320 --> 0:23:58.520 what he did. Because then Maxie goes off, you don't 0:23:58.520 --> 0:24:00.320 need Harden to score the way that he did in 0:24:00.359 --> 0:24:03.320 the second half because the ball is now in Tyree's 0:24:03.400 --> 0:24:06.240 Maxi's hands. So the nine points in the first quarter 0:24:06.359 --> 0:24:08.560 much needed, especially with the low scoring that it was 0:24:08.600 --> 0:24:11.919 twenty one seventeen. He looked good. He was attacking early 0:24:12.400 --> 0:24:15.440 and it got into facilitated mode once again later on. 0:24:15.960 --> 0:24:17.879 I would still like to see if he can for 0:24:18.040 --> 0:24:20.280 the amount of time that he is still attack as 0:24:20.320 --> 0:24:24.720 a scorer, and his IQ is so unique he will 0:24:24.800 --> 0:24:28.520 find his teammates and give them extra chances to shoot 0:24:28.520 --> 0:24:31.320 the basketball. So I would like to see more scoring 0:24:32.200 --> 0:24:35.879 as as I'm greedy on that one, I know, but 0:24:36.000 --> 0:24:37.560 it kind of helps me out when I hear Doc 0:24:37.640 --> 0:24:40.200 Rivers say and joelbe say that they want him to 0:24:40.240 --> 0:24:43.040 be himself as well and potentially put up a few 0:24:43.080 --> 0:24:47.320 more points. So decent game has to cut down on turnovers, 0:24:47.359 --> 0:24:49.480 and I know that's a point of emphasis for him 0:24:49.520 --> 0:24:53.760 and them coming into Sunday's game at home. Yeah, James 0:24:53.760 --> 0:24:56.800 Harden not at all happy with his care of the 0:24:56.840 --> 0:24:59.560 ball last night, but still did a lot of great things. 0:24:59.680 --> 0:25:04.119 And I appreciate someone who holds themselves at themselves accountable, 0:25:04.240 --> 0:25:07.000 and James Harden has certainly done that in each and 0:25:07.080 --> 0:25:10.120 every day of his career as a sixer thus far. 0:25:10.520 --> 0:25:13.040 I want to go to Data, which is an awesome name, 0:25:13.840 --> 0:25:16.639 not a question, but Thibal is a defensive nightmare. For 0:25:16.760 --> 0:25:19.760 Hero and Embiid is a defensive nightmare for Ada Bio. 0:25:20.119 --> 0:25:23.159 We can win this series in six I like the confidence, 0:25:23.200 --> 0:25:25.919 but I want to talk more about that defense. Matisse 0:25:25.960 --> 0:25:28.800 Thybal did a really good job last night defensively. James 0:25:28.800 --> 0:25:31.359 Harden Doc Rivers both said that he got back to 0:25:31.400 --> 0:25:34.280 the place where they need him to be moving forward, 0:25:34.320 --> 0:25:39.040 extremely active, quick and engaged. But but Joel Embiid was 0:25:39.119 --> 0:25:41.879 to me the difference maker. Joel Embiad the reason that 0:25:41.920 --> 0:25:44.119 the Sixers were able to hold the Miami Heat to 0:25:44.280 --> 0:25:48.440 under eighty points in a playoff game. An absolute, honestly 0:25:48.520 --> 0:25:51.440 master class from Joel Embiade defensively last night. He was 0:25:51.480 --> 0:25:54.600 open about the fact that he wasn't feeling at full strength. 0:25:54.920 --> 0:25:56.919 But if you watch highlights and Matt and I I 0:25:56.960 --> 0:25:59.720 know both rewatch the game last night because we were 0:25:59.720 --> 0:26:03.679 so excited about what we saw live, but watching it 0:26:04.320 --> 0:26:06.959 on TV, you can see different things right, and just 0:26:07.000 --> 0:26:10.600 the way that Joel's presence impact what the other team 0:26:10.640 --> 0:26:14.040 is willing to do in the paint or unwilling to 0:26:14.080 --> 0:26:16.960 do in the paint in this case was really fascinating 0:26:17.000 --> 0:26:19.720 to watch. After watching games one and two, watching the 0:26:19.760 --> 0:26:22.480 Heat get what they wanted at the rim, get into 0:26:22.480 --> 0:26:25.760 the paint. Attack the Sixers backups, who again did a 0:26:25.800 --> 0:26:28.919 really strong job and did their best in those first 0:26:28.920 --> 0:26:33.119 two games. But the way they were unwilling to take 0:26:33.200 --> 0:26:35.320 some of the same risks or make some of the 0:26:35.359 --> 0:26:37.919 same lunges that they were making in games one and 0:26:37.960 --> 0:26:40.520 two really stood out to me. And the reason they 0:26:40.520 --> 0:26:44.080 were unwilling to do so was Joel Embiid's presence in 0:26:44.160 --> 0:26:46.840 the paint. At least that's what I saw. Devon. I 0:26:46.880 --> 0:26:48.960 want to go to you first. What did you make 0:26:49.080 --> 0:26:57.600 of the defensive impact that Joel's simple, Yeah, just the 0:26:57.640 --> 0:27:01.520 fact that again he's there. So when you're looking at 0:27:01.520 --> 0:27:03.800 setting and screen up at the top on a perimeter, 0:27:03.920 --> 0:27:06.960 pulling the big man away from the basket to open 0:27:07.040 --> 0:27:09.639 up an opportunity potentially for a driving situation or a 0:27:09.680 --> 0:27:13.240 pull up shot, or someone else committing to defense and 0:27:13.400 --> 0:27:15.639 sliding over and now you have an extra pass for 0:27:15.680 --> 0:27:18.080 a better shot. He cuts a lot of that off 0:27:18.160 --> 0:27:21.760 because he's so agile on the perimeter, able to defend 0:27:21.840 --> 0:27:24.560 guards and not necessarily stop him. That's not his job. 0:27:24.880 --> 0:27:28.120 His job is to hold him off when he hedges 0:27:28.119 --> 0:27:31.160 out and make sure that he pushes there, so they're 0:27:31.160 --> 0:27:33.760 not into their sets as easily as we may have 0:27:33.800 --> 0:27:36.399 seen in the first two games. And he simply does that. 0:27:36.480 --> 0:27:39.080 And then when you get into the painted area and 0:27:39.200 --> 0:27:42.479 you see that big fella right there, you think twice 0:27:43.080 --> 0:27:46.160 about how you want to shoot the basketball. A drive 0:27:46.200 --> 0:27:48.960 to the basket with a layup before now turns into 0:27:49.160 --> 0:27:52.119 maybe a running floater that you didn't expect that you 0:27:52.119 --> 0:27:55.240 would have to put up there because he is there. 0:27:55.560 --> 0:27:58.960 So that's what he does. And the block shot lead 0:27:59.320 --> 0:28:02.159 that was a big block shot that he had, and 0:28:02.320 --> 0:28:05.960 only having the one doesn't tell the story of what 0:28:06.000 --> 0:28:08.800 the stat line would have you to believe with his 0:28:08.920 --> 0:28:11.400 defensive presence. So that's what he does, and he makes 0:28:11.400 --> 0:28:13.680 it easier for other people on a perimeter to buyas 0:28:13.720 --> 0:28:18.040 however's continuing to play well. Danny Green once again and Matisse, 0:28:18.119 --> 0:28:21.800 Tyble and Winona had sent a message to me and 0:28:22.040 --> 0:28:24.920 asking would you agree that Matisse looked a little more 0:28:25.040 --> 0:28:28.000 like himself. He did, he looked a little more like himself. 0:28:28.359 --> 0:28:30.640 I didn't think he was himself, but a little more 0:28:31.040 --> 0:28:33.159 like himself. And I think that that will start to 0:28:33.240 --> 0:28:36.600 pick back up as he's playing more minutes and out 0:28:36.640 --> 0:28:38.760 there on the floor, and it doesn't hurt to have 0:28:38.960 --> 0:28:42.360 Joel and be out there, and not only with all 0:28:42.400 --> 0:28:44.120 those other things that he did up. We pointed it 0:28:44.160 --> 0:28:46.640 out early, the two for nine that Bam Auto Bio 0:28:46.920 --> 0:28:51.080 had yesterday, that was just something that I didn't expect. 0:28:51.120 --> 0:28:53.080 I thought he was still maybe get into double digits, 0:28:53.120 --> 0:28:55.960 mid double digits, because in Bat was getting himself back 0:28:56.000 --> 0:29:00.000 in after missing eight days seven days. But Joel Embe 0:29:00.200 --> 0:29:02.720 did his part defensively and that's why he's often talked 0:29:02.760 --> 0:29:06.400 about as an all MBA defensive center. Got some more 0:29:06.480 --> 0:29:10.680 Embiid thoughts from the listeners. Thanks everyone for being here. 0:29:10.880 --> 0:29:13.240 These messages came in from a few people, so just 0:29:13.360 --> 0:29:17.040 wanted to run through some of these, and then Eric 0:29:17.080 --> 0:29:20.400 Spoelstra talked about Embiid's impact as well. I'll go to 0:29:20.520 --> 0:29:23.400 that and then we'll describe some of the atmosphere as well. 0:29:23.920 --> 0:29:27.840 I think Lauren has some thoughts on what it was 0:29:27.920 --> 0:29:30.520 like as we were in the building for Game three 0:29:30.680 --> 0:29:34.760 and Mark said team is so different with MBIID playing. 0:29:35.560 --> 0:29:37.920 He didn't play his best and still we get a win. 0:29:38.080 --> 0:29:44.200 I definitely think we can win this series. Dustin talks 0:29:44.200 --> 0:29:46.920 about well asked a question, is there anyway and beats 0:29:46.960 --> 0:29:49.520 toughness can be challenged by the national media any longer? 0:29:49.600 --> 0:29:53.760 Injury prone, injury prone, blah blah. Dustin says, don't challenge 0:29:53.840 --> 0:29:56.920 and be its toughness with that question, Brad, are we 0:29:57.040 --> 0:29:59.840 wrong for seeing mbiad as a superhero showing up to 0:30:00.120 --> 0:30:04.360 save the series? All he needs is a cape and 0:30:04.520 --> 0:30:07.520 that kind of keep that in your mind as we 0:30:07.600 --> 0:30:11.360 talk about m Bead and the atmosphere in the building, 0:30:11.440 --> 0:30:14.920 because it was very superhero like as the game was 0:30:15.000 --> 0:30:21.080 about to start. And then Genie said, early yesterday afternoon, 0:30:21.160 --> 0:30:23.480 I sent this to Winona so some six or space 0:30:23.520 --> 0:30:28.880 as listeners messaging one another. I think if Jojo good shot, 0:30:29.040 --> 0:30:32.520 I'm upset. I think if Jojo plays tonight. So this 0:30:32.640 --> 0:30:35.960 is from yesterday afternoon. Genie said, I think if Jojo 0:30:36.040 --> 0:30:38.960 plays tonight, even for ten minutes, his presence will be 0:30:39.040 --> 0:30:41.600 so inspiring and uplifting to the guys that it wouldn't 0:30:41.640 --> 0:30:44.440 surprise me if they blow out the heat. Well, ultimately 0:30:44.520 --> 0:30:47.720 a twenty point win, so that was a good prediction. 0:30:47.840 --> 0:30:51.200 He played well more than ten minutes. But Lauren, when 0:30:51.240 --> 0:30:55.280 I say the message from Brad about Brad said, are 0:30:55.360 --> 0:30:57.480 we wrong for seeing him beat as a superhero showing 0:30:57.560 --> 0:31:00.520 up to save the series? No cape for Joel Embiid, 0:31:00.880 --> 0:31:03.440 but he had the mask. And as the layup lines 0:31:03.520 --> 0:31:07.560 came to a close at the center, there were chants 0:31:08.160 --> 0:31:15.160 MVP chants before the game even started. Well, look, rightfully, 0:31:15.240 --> 0:31:17.120 I think there was a lot of concern all day 0:31:17.160 --> 0:31:19.360 long about whether or not Joel would in fact be 0:31:19.480 --> 0:31:21.440 ready to play in this game. He has not one, 0:31:21.600 --> 0:31:24.400 not two, but three serious injuries that people know of 0:31:24.640 --> 0:31:29.160 at this point, playing against some serious and look, Joel 0:31:29.240 --> 0:31:32.440 no stranger to playing through adversity, but this maybe some 0:31:32.920 --> 0:31:35.720 of the biggest adversity that he's faced in his career. 0:31:36.800 --> 0:31:40.200 Lots of concern, of course, concussions are no small matter, 0:31:40.400 --> 0:31:43.000 so lots of concern about whether or not he would 0:31:43.040 --> 0:31:45.920 be able to play a and if he was able 0:31:46.000 --> 0:31:47.880 to play, if he was able to be himself or not. 0:31:48.520 --> 0:31:50.760 And I think as soon as Joel took the floor 0:31:51.200 --> 0:31:55.520 during layup lines and the crowd was able to finally exhale, 0:31:55.760 --> 0:31:57.920 wondering if they would actually see him, if he would 0:31:57.920 --> 0:32:01.280 actually be able to overcome all the hurdles needed to 0:32:01.520 --> 0:32:06.320 get to that point, the massive exhale the immediate MVP chance. 0:32:06.680 --> 0:32:09.080 I'll be honest, it takes a lot for me. I've 0:32:09.080 --> 0:32:10.840 seen a lot of been around for a minute now, 0:32:11.000 --> 0:32:14.120 but takes a lot to give me chills. I had chills. 0:32:14.240 --> 0:32:16.520 It was really cool. It was really brave. I know, 0:32:16.680 --> 0:32:18.920 brave isn't not a word that we want to throw 0:32:19.000 --> 0:32:22.400 around lightly, but what Joel Embiid did last night was 0:32:22.480 --> 0:32:24.960 superhero like. And I don't have any problem saying that, 0:32:25.200 --> 0:32:27.960 especially after I listened to the way that his coach 0:32:28.080 --> 0:32:31.680 and his teammates discussed his return last night. Tyrese Maxie, 0:32:31.760 --> 0:32:35.480 of course a wonderful teammate, but also a wonderful friend, 0:32:35.560 --> 0:32:37.960 and he and Joel have developed a really special bond 0:32:38.080 --> 0:32:40.920 this season, a big brother a little brother type bond 0:32:41.000 --> 0:32:44.160 where they continue to challenge one another and work their 0:32:44.240 --> 0:32:46.760 hardest to make one another better on the court, but 0:32:46.840 --> 0:32:48.840 it was interesting to get a little window into what 0:32:48.960 --> 0:32:52.000 their relationship is like off the court. Yesterday, Tyrese said, 0:32:52.400 --> 0:32:55.080 despite the wind, despite the heroics, that he was most 0:32:55.120 --> 0:32:57.680 concerned about whether or not Joel was okay. He said 0:32:57.680 --> 0:32:58.840 that they were going to play, they were going to 0:32:58.920 --> 0:33:00.920 fight regardless of if he was able, but they were 0:33:01.040 --> 0:33:04.840 most concerned about whether Joel was okay, and for Tyrese 0:33:05.000 --> 0:33:07.120 to have that exhale that the crowd had when he 0:33:07.240 --> 0:33:10.320 realized that he'd be able to play alongside his brother 0:33:10.520 --> 0:33:13.040 was really really cool to listen to. And then I 0:33:13.120 --> 0:33:16.120 liked Tyrese's quote about when he figured out that Joel 0:33:16.200 --> 0:33:18.440 really was going to play last night. He said, I 0:33:18.560 --> 0:33:21.040 was so happy to see number twenty one hanging up 0:33:21.080 --> 0:33:23.680 in the locker room with his mask. Joel is a 0:33:23.760 --> 0:33:29.520 soldier man thumb mask, concussion, broken face, He's resilient. He's 0:33:29.560 --> 0:33:32.680 the MVP for a reason. It's a testimony to his 0:33:32.800 --> 0:33:35.239 will and his wanting to win. I think the way 0:33:35.280 --> 0:33:39.240 that Tyrese describes seeing Joel's jersey in his locker is 0:33:39.320 --> 0:33:41.640 probably the same experience that all the fans in the 0:33:41.680 --> 0:33:43.880 building and the fans watching at home around the world 0:33:44.000 --> 0:33:48.440 saw when Joel came out healthy enough to play, smiling 0:33:48.520 --> 0:33:51.880 and being himself, which was really really cool to see. 0:33:51.920 --> 0:33:54.680 And of course, Joel had a businessman like mentality last night. 0:33:54.760 --> 0:33:57.400 He knows that he didn't play up to his full potential. 0:33:57.480 --> 0:33:59.480 I really thought that the quote where he talked about 0:33:59.520 --> 0:34:01.640 the fact that his offensive game was tough because of 0:34:01.720 --> 0:34:04.560 the vision issues, but you don't really have to see 0:34:04.760 --> 0:34:08.279 to play defense. I thought was maybe the understatement of 0:34:08.360 --> 0:34:10.719 the century. I think I would have to see. But 0:34:10.840 --> 0:34:13.279 the fact that Joel can do it without his vision 0:34:13.360 --> 0:34:15.600 being fully there and do it at that high level, 0:34:15.920 --> 0:34:18.120 it's really remarkable. I think I'm still sort of processing 0:34:18.160 --> 0:34:19.480 what we were able to see last night, but I 0:34:19.560 --> 0:34:21.879 hope I articulated it well. For those of you who 0:34:21.920 --> 0:34:25.200 weren't able to be in the building, Devon, how did 0:34:25.280 --> 0:34:29.759 you feel watching those events unfold? Yeah, So, since I 0:34:29.880 --> 0:34:32.160 wasn't in the building last night, had to do everything 0:34:32.200 --> 0:34:35.839 from the studio, just monitoring it all as you all 0:34:35.920 --> 0:34:40.680 captured it, whether it was social media or via the television, 0:34:40.719 --> 0:34:44.920 and obviously how it sounded on the air, and for 0:34:45.040 --> 0:34:47.600 the people who did not hear it on the radio side, 0:34:47.920 --> 0:34:52.279 Tom McGinnis allowed Matt Core to do his part and 0:34:52.400 --> 0:34:55.000 we listened on the radio, and you can just feel it. 0:34:55.080 --> 0:34:56.680 Having been in that building for so many of these 0:34:56.760 --> 0:35:01.399 big moments, hearing net last night is definitely big, knowing 0:35:01.719 --> 0:35:04.480 how much this town and sixty fans in general just 0:35:04.520 --> 0:35:07.799 simply love that guy and the fight, everything that he's 0:35:07.800 --> 0:35:10.279 going through. I mean, look, let's run it down, Lauren, Right, 0:35:11.239 --> 0:35:15.880 torn ligament, busted up face, and now he has to 0:35:16.000 --> 0:35:19.200 wear this mask. And oh, by the way, he's coming 0:35:19.239 --> 0:35:23.560 back from a concussion. So and you know, sixty plus 0:35:23.680 --> 0:35:25.680 games of a regular season where he's doing all his 0:35:25.800 --> 0:35:28.880 work against these big guys and taking a beating the 0:35:28.960 --> 0:35:31.120 way that he does, so we know his body is 0:35:31.200 --> 0:35:33.640 far from being one hundred percent. And he goes out 0:35:33.680 --> 0:35:36.359 there and he gives people a hope as the news 0:35:36.480 --> 0:35:39.880 just starts to trickle in throughout the entire day of 0:35:40.080 --> 0:35:45.080 him coming back. Son't didn't surprise me at all. The 0:35:45.160 --> 0:35:49.280 twenty one thousand plus in the building chanting the MVP 0:35:50.120 --> 0:35:53.320 right of what he is and all season long just 0:35:53.400 --> 0:35:55.239 feeling that way. Whether he won the award or not, 0:35:55.760 --> 0:35:58.080 that's how they feel about him. And the performance that 0:35:58.200 --> 0:36:01.880 he put together all season long to come back and 0:36:02.600 --> 0:36:05.759 play under these circumstances. That's that's not easy to do. That. 0:36:05.920 --> 0:36:09.120 I've never broken my face, but I'm sure I've been 0:36:09.200 --> 0:36:12.840 hitting my nose plenty of times playing basketball. It hurts, 0:36:13.200 --> 0:36:16.000 so imagine getting hit in your eye and having a 0:36:16.120 --> 0:36:19.560 fracture and then having to adjust to a mask, coming 0:36:19.640 --> 0:36:23.000 out there in a high pressure situation and still perform 0:36:23.080 --> 0:36:25.560 the way that he did that. The fans never let 0:36:25.920 --> 0:36:29.560 me down when it comes to how they treat their 0:36:29.680 --> 0:36:33.160 team and all of that. So just great to see it, 0:36:33.360 --> 0:36:34.840 Just great to see. I can't wait to see what 0:36:35.280 --> 0:36:39.480 tomorrow night now looks like. I saw what you saw, Devon, 0:36:39.680 --> 0:36:41.600 Glad to hear it that it hit the same for 0:36:41.719 --> 0:36:44.400 both of us regardless of where we were. Wanted to 0:36:44.440 --> 0:36:46.680 give a quick shout out. I've seen some comments about 0:36:46.680 --> 0:36:49.640 Tobias Harris game last night again, nine points, ten rebounds, 0:36:49.680 --> 0:36:53.520 eight assists too steals a quieter scoring night for Tobias, 0:36:53.680 --> 0:36:56.520 But we've talked a lot all playoffs long about who 0:36:56.600 --> 0:37:00.239 this team considers it's MVP. Thus far, the consistent see 0:37:00.280 --> 0:37:02.640 that Tobias Harris has brought on a nightly basis finding 0:37:02.680 --> 0:37:04.879 ways to impact the game and something he talks about, 0:37:05.120 --> 0:37:07.439 finding ways to impact the game regardless of what's working 0:37:07.480 --> 0:37:10.000 for him or what's working for others, and do whatever 0:37:10.080 --> 0:37:13.000 it takes to help the team win. Tobias did that again. 0:37:13.120 --> 0:37:15.880 Joel was the leading rebounder on the night with eleven, 0:37:15.960 --> 0:37:19.439 but Tobias had ten boards last night, playing aggressively, doing 0:37:19.520 --> 0:37:21.640 what's worked for him early in the series, so the 0:37:21.680 --> 0:37:25.360 first time he was in single figures, I believe let 0:37:25.440 --> 0:37:28.759 me look, yeah, in this entire playoff run, so nine 0:37:28.800 --> 0:37:31.600 points his lowest scoring total, but of course that comes 0:37:31.719 --> 0:37:35.640 when Joel Embiide comes back and when Tyrese Maxie exploded 0:37:35.880 --> 0:37:39.040 in that second half. So just impressed with the way 0:37:39.080 --> 0:37:41.719 that Tobias has continued to impact the game every night. 0:37:41.840 --> 0:37:44.120 Like that he took five threes even though he only 0:37:44.160 --> 0:37:46.280 made one. He's been shooting at a higher clip throughout 0:37:46.320 --> 0:37:49.520 the playoffs and becoming that three point especially a catch 0:37:49.600 --> 0:37:52.759 and shoot threat that teams really have to account for 0:37:52.960 --> 0:37:55.440 in a way that maybe they didn't quite do in 0:37:55.600 --> 0:37:58.319 the regular season. I like what Winona had to say 0:37:58.320 --> 0:38:01.239 about Tobias. He was focused on those rebounds because we 0:38:01.320 --> 0:38:05.360 had suffered in those areas. True enough, Matt, where do 0:38:05.440 --> 0:38:07.560 you want to go to wrap this one up? This 0:38:07.880 --> 0:38:12.600 is the look ahead question, and I'm curious what you 0:38:12.760 --> 0:38:17.160 both think it comes from. Breezy. I think he is 0:38:17.200 --> 0:38:20.640 a game changer, meaning embiid in Game four, can the 0:38:20.719 --> 0:38:23.759 Sixers be even more dominant and can that energy be 0:38:23.880 --> 0:38:27.600 carried into South Beach four Game five to pull off 0:38:27.640 --> 0:38:30.759 a win so I guess feel free to this is 0:38:31.000 --> 0:38:33.600 me ad limbing here, feel free either of you to 0:38:34.320 --> 0:38:37.839 give any thoughts about the series moving forward coming off 0:38:38.000 --> 0:38:41.120 the twenty point win for the Sixers in Game three, 0:38:41.239 --> 0:38:45.880 Thanks Breezy. I mean, look, game three was extremely important 0:38:46.000 --> 0:38:49.120 because there's a huge difference between being down three zero 0:38:49.239 --> 0:38:52.239 and being down to one in a series. That being said, 0:38:52.320 --> 0:38:55.480 there's almost a bigger difference between being down three one 0:38:55.680 --> 0:38:58.879 and being tied two two. So to me, this game four, 0:38:59.600 --> 0:39:02.000 I don't know if it's as important as Game three was, 0:39:02.080 --> 0:39:05.960 but it's certainly almost as important, if not equally important. 0:39:06.239 --> 0:39:08.359 Good to know that the Sixers have forced another trip 0:39:08.520 --> 0:39:10.200 to South Beach, but they want to force it right 0:39:10.239 --> 0:39:13.759 back to South Philadelphia as well. So very much looking 0:39:13.760 --> 0:39:15.200 forward to seeing what the Sixers are able to do 0:39:15.360 --> 0:39:18.640 on Sunday. You would hope that this day in between 0:39:18.719 --> 0:39:22.359 games will be helpful, helpful for Joelmbid. You wish, of course, 0:39:22.440 --> 0:39:24.719 that the Sixers could have a little bit more of 0:39:24.760 --> 0:39:27.320 a break at some point in this series. Really interesting 0:39:27.360 --> 0:39:29.080 to see the way that the schedule fell. And I'm 0:39:29.080 --> 0:39:31.600 not going into any conspiracies here, let me be very clear, 0:39:31.840 --> 0:39:35.080 but the Sixers do only have one day off between 0:39:35.239 --> 0:39:38.680 each game Games one through six, while we've watched two 0:39:38.760 --> 0:39:42.040 other series in these playoffs get a three day break. 0:39:42.280 --> 0:39:44.520 So I just think that that's interesting and a little 0:39:44.560 --> 0:39:48.800 bit unfortunate luckwise for the seventy Sixers, for Joelmbid specifically 0:39:48.840 --> 0:39:50.600 to not have a little bit more time to get back. 0:39:50.680 --> 0:39:53.840 But that being said, perhaps a shorter turnaround good for 0:39:54.000 --> 0:39:57.480 the team that built momentum last night. So I don't 0:39:57.520 --> 0:39:59.759 want to necessarily say that the days off are going 0:39:59.760 --> 0:40:01.920 to play that large of a role, but because this 0:40:02.200 --> 0:40:05.840 series is having is happening in such quick succession, hopefully 0:40:05.880 --> 0:40:08.400 a good opportunity for the Sixers to capitalize on the 0:40:08.520 --> 0:40:11.799 momentum they built at home. And really, even this thing up, 0:40:12.760 --> 0:40:14.400 we talk about it all the time, but the series 0:40:14.440 --> 0:40:16.680 doesn't really start until the home team loses, and the 0:40:16.760 --> 0:40:19.680 home team has not lost yet, so hopefully the Sixers 0:40:19.719 --> 0:40:22.040 will be able to continue that trend in game four 0:40:22.160 --> 0:40:26.480 tomorrow night, and then maybe change that trend in game five. 0:40:26.520 --> 0:40:28.320 But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Devon Gibbons, what 0:40:28.400 --> 0:40:32.960 are you looking for in game four? Well, just to 0:40:33.080 --> 0:40:36.120 follow up quickly off of which you both just talked about, 0:40:36.480 --> 0:40:39.719 yesterday was as much as close to a must win 0:40:39.840 --> 0:40:44.279 situation as you could get without it being one, and 0:40:44.640 --> 0:40:47.280 they did it so that I liked how they stepped 0:40:47.360 --> 0:40:49.680 up to it, because as we saw in round one, 0:40:50.680 --> 0:40:53.719 to go down three nothing, it's really difficult for a 0:40:53.800 --> 0:40:56.239 team to come back, and what Toronto battled as best 0:40:56.280 --> 0:40:59.160 as they could. The Sixers were just in a better situation, 0:40:59.280 --> 0:41:02.680 in a better spot to take that win. But for 0:41:02.800 --> 0:41:05.200 Game four, I want to see a few things continue. 0:41:05.760 --> 0:41:07.959 One thing that we didn't talk about was the fast 0:41:08.000 --> 0:41:10.239 break points, which was nineteen to six to six. Has 0:41:10.239 --> 0:41:13.000 had that advantage last night, and I would hope that 0:41:13.280 --> 0:41:15.239 they're able to keep that going. Get out and get 0:41:15.320 --> 0:41:18.239 some easy transition buckets. Even with duel Embiid, who is 0:41:18.280 --> 0:41:20.440 a force in the half court and makes things so 0:41:20.560 --> 0:41:23.239 much easier for you to run your actions, you still 0:41:23.280 --> 0:41:25.640 need to get out in transition and get some easier 0:41:25.680 --> 0:41:27.680 buckets where it's not so hard, and a lot of 0:41:27.760 --> 0:41:31.279 that is just simply defense and rebounding. So for me, 0:41:31.880 --> 0:41:35.480 in game number four, I would like to see them 0:41:36.800 --> 0:41:39.919 turn the ball over less. The nineteen really does hurt, 0:41:40.160 --> 0:41:42.479 and even in a win, and they had nineteen points 0:41:42.560 --> 0:41:46.200 to Miami. He did off of those nineteen turnovers protective basketball. 0:41:46.200 --> 0:41:49.160 I can't stress it enough. They're too valuable. They put 0:41:49.239 --> 0:41:52.880 those possessions in the postseason are too valuable. Nineteen cannot 0:41:52.920 --> 0:41:55.080 happen in the game, and seven cannot happen from your 0:41:55.120 --> 0:41:57.360 point guard. So I would like to see that change 0:41:57.719 --> 0:42:01.080 in game number four. Continue to rebound and get on 0:42:01.160 --> 0:42:04.919 the glass, not letting out possessions where the Miami Heat 0:42:05.160 --> 0:42:08.480 get three offensive rebounds and one trip down the floor. 0:42:08.560 --> 0:42:11.799 That can be deflating. Your shoulders start to drop when 0:42:12.000 --> 0:42:14.600 something like that happens. When you're out there on the floor, 0:42:14.680 --> 0:42:17.040 you feel like you're battling for the twenty four seconds 0:42:17.120 --> 0:42:19.920 and they beat you to the fifty fifty ball. And 0:42:20.360 --> 0:42:22.759 we saw that a few times last night, where that's 0:42:22.800 --> 0:42:24.879 how they were able to come back and get back 0:42:24.920 --> 0:42:27.839 into the game and close it Miami as much as 0:42:27.920 --> 0:42:30.799 one point after being down by fourteen and the third quarter. 0:42:31.120 --> 0:42:34.640 So rebounding again continuing for me, and you need the 0:42:34.680 --> 0:42:38.080 shooting to just continue to fall. It was good to 0:42:38.120 --> 0:42:40.200 see it last night the way that it did. I 0:42:40.239 --> 0:42:42.160 would say that a few others. I hope they're able 0:42:42.200 --> 0:42:44.840 to knock down a few more shots, George Niang along 0:42:44.920 --> 0:42:47.800 with Danny Green continuing to shoot the basketball, and it 0:42:47.880 --> 0:42:49.960 starters to just continue to play the way that they 0:42:50.040 --> 0:42:52.640 play aggressive early for Tais Maxie, I know I'm running 0:42:52.640 --> 0:42:55.200 down the entire game playing like Doc Rivers and this 0:42:55.320 --> 0:42:59.719 is the white board. But I just I just see 0:42:59.760 --> 0:43:02.040 so any good things from them, and saw so many 0:43:02.080 --> 0:43:05.120 good things from them last night despite only scoring ninety 0:43:05.200 --> 0:43:08.200 nine points, but defensively they were so strong. I hope 0:43:08.239 --> 0:43:10.360 that they're able to keep that up. You give yourself 0:43:10.440 --> 0:43:12.600 a better chance of winning how you want to win 0:43:12.719 --> 0:43:15.759 when you don't turn the ball over, and that's really 0:43:15.880 --> 0:43:18.399 key for me. Yeah, Devon, you bring up a couple 0:43:18.440 --> 0:43:19.880 things that I want to highlight if I'm a Sixers 0:43:19.920 --> 0:43:21.480 fan and I'm looking down the pike at the rest 0:43:21.520 --> 0:43:23.560 of this series. The Sixers beat the Miami Heat by 0:43:23.600 --> 0:43:26.759 twenty points. They did not play anywhere close to their 0:43:26.840 --> 0:43:29.600 best basketball, So to me, I'd almost be more concerned 0:43:29.600 --> 0:43:32.320 if they had played a perfect game and won, because 0:43:32.360 --> 0:43:34.920 you know that that's how thin the margin of error is, 0:43:35.000 --> 0:43:37.600 and realistically the margin of error will be smaller. The 0:43:37.719 --> 0:43:40.719 Heat will react, they will CounterPunch. In Game four, I 0:43:40.840 --> 0:43:43.520 have no doubt about that. But when you nearly double 0:43:43.560 --> 0:43:47.320 your opponents turnovers and you still win by twenty points, 0:43:47.760 --> 0:43:51.080 and you see all of your top scorers traditionally I'm 0:43:51.120 --> 0:43:54.399 talking James Harden for for eleven, Joel Ebad five for twelve, 0:43:54.480 --> 0:43:57.680 to Bias Harris four for thirteen, shoot at that low 0:43:57.800 --> 0:44:00.640 efficiency level, much lower than what we're used to seeing 0:44:00.680 --> 0:44:03.320 from any of that group, and you're still able to 0:44:03.400 --> 0:44:06.399 win by twenty points. It means that there's still more 0:44:06.520 --> 0:44:09.439 for this team to unlock. There's plenty of them, there's 0:44:09.480 --> 0:44:12.760 plenty for them to look at in today's film session, 0:44:12.880 --> 0:44:15.680 at tomorrow's shoot around, and they will be motivated because 0:44:15.719 --> 0:44:18.040 they know that there's more that they can do. So 0:44:18.120 --> 0:44:19.840 I wanted to make sure we highlighted the fact that 0:44:19.920 --> 0:44:22.959 this was a great win, but not necessarily a great 0:44:23.000 --> 0:44:25.160 performance from this group. They can do more, and they 0:44:25.239 --> 0:44:27.440 know that they can, so looking forward to seeing them 0:44:27.520 --> 0:44:29.520 try to tap into that. Matt, what are you looking 0:44:29.600 --> 0:44:34.480 for as this series continues and really gets underway. Well, 0:44:34.520 --> 0:44:37.560 I'm gonna go off of the shooting and let our 0:44:37.600 --> 0:44:41.320 listeners their comments do some of the talking here. T 0:44:41.560 --> 0:44:45.560 Will sent us a couple notes. It was all about 0:44:45.680 --> 0:44:47.960 Danny Green. If he doesn't hit those shots, the game 0:44:48.080 --> 0:44:51.319 is much tighter, much more tighter. The Sixers need Green 0:44:51.360 --> 0:44:53.680 and Niang to go off in a game together right now, 0:44:53.760 --> 0:44:57.040 So Devan sort of just touched on that. Mark asked 0:44:57.040 --> 0:45:01.000 about the shooting, how much home court advantage impacted that, 0:45:01.520 --> 0:45:04.279 and Ken the Sixers have a good shooting game in Miami. Well, 0:45:04.360 --> 0:45:07.719 it seems like that tide is starting to turn after 0:45:07.920 --> 0:45:11.879 Game three, and I thought Doc Rivers talking about Danny 0:45:11.920 --> 0:45:14.920 Green since he was such a big part of the 0:45:15.040 --> 0:45:17.880 good shooting night. The one thing that Doc said that 0:45:17.960 --> 0:45:20.760 I thought was hilarious was he's never going too fast 0:45:20.920 --> 0:45:23.719 because he can't, and then he started laughing. So he's 0:45:23.719 --> 0:45:28.120 actually just a very calm force for us. But always 0:45:28.160 --> 0:45:32.880 after a big win there's some more lighthearted stuff and Doc, 0:45:33.520 --> 0:45:37.200 obviously Danny's a huge veteran presence and his game was amazing, 0:45:37.560 --> 0:45:40.160 but I thought him Doc taking kind of a shot 0:45:40.200 --> 0:45:45.839 at him was pretty funny. My last thing, probably underrated 0:45:45.920 --> 0:45:48.480 by most you guys, thought since the Bluecoat season was over, 0:45:48.520 --> 0:45:51.399 I wouldn't sneak something in, But news flash, I'm going 0:45:51.560 --> 0:45:54.239 to and it is the matchup at the end of 0:45:54.280 --> 0:45:58.320 the game. When Haywood high Smith was guarding Shake Milton. 0:45:58.480 --> 0:46:01.440 That was a big moment, I thought for any fans 0:46:01.480 --> 0:46:04.879 of the Blue Coats, because those guys as rookies, those 0:46:04.920 --> 0:46:06.680 were two of the first guys that I had the 0:46:06.760 --> 0:46:09.800 chance to work with in the twenty eighteen nineteen season, 0:46:10.000 --> 0:46:12.680 and heywoo, Highsmith now on the heat. Shake Milton of 0:46:12.719 --> 0:46:16.080 course in the Sixers group, and they were playing against 0:46:16.120 --> 0:46:17.840 each other, and they came in the league and played 0:46:17.920 --> 0:46:20.719 most of that twenty eighteen nineteen season as teammates with 0:46:20.800 --> 0:46:22.959 the Blue Coats and with the Sixers. They actually played 0:46:23.040 --> 0:46:25.080 in a G League an NBA game in the same day, 0:46:25.200 --> 0:46:28.520 both at the Center, which was historic. So I had 0:46:28.600 --> 0:46:30.359 to get that in before we get out of here. 0:46:30.400 --> 0:46:31.960 You might have thought I couldn't get a G League 0:46:32.000 --> 0:46:36.440 reference in, but I proved you wrong. I would never 0:46:36.560 --> 0:46:39.000 underestimate your ability to work the G League in as 0:46:39.120 --> 0:46:42.520 you should. Lots of G League success stories across this roster. 0:46:42.600 --> 0:46:45.040 We didn't talk a ton about Paul Reid, but count 0:46:45.200 --> 0:46:48.480 him among those guys as well. Good to see him 0:46:48.520 --> 0:46:52.040 continuing to grow, continuing to build confidence, and continuing to 0:46:52.160 --> 0:46:57.600 back up the MVP. Joel finishes with eighteen points and 0:46:57.680 --> 0:47:00.640 eleven rebounds in his return, he as there is still 0:47:00.719 --> 0:47:02.920 so much more that he is able to do. That 0:47:03.040 --> 0:47:06.600 was a sentiment that rang true across this roster. After 0:47:06.960 --> 0:47:09.719 the game, Matt devon, I am so looking forward to 0:47:09.840 --> 0:47:12.839 doing more of these with you guys as the playoffs continue. 0:47:13.320 --> 0:47:15.560 As always, this has been a post Sixers win Twitter 0:47:15.640 --> 0:47:18.399 space presented by bet Parks. If you joined us late 0:47:18.480 --> 0:47:20.640 and you want to hear the beginning, you can find 0:47:20.920 --> 0:47:24.759 this recording on the seventy Sixers Insiders podcast feed. Make 0:47:24.800 --> 0:47:28.319 sure you are following that wherever you get your podcasts. 0:47:28.560 --> 0:47:31.600 These post win shows are also presented by bet Parks 0:47:31.640 --> 0:47:34.560 over on the seventy Sixers Insiders podcast feed. If you 0:47:34.680 --> 0:47:37.240 haven't listened to The Big Niang Theory with George Niang 0:47:37.320 --> 0:47:39.120 and you're looking for some Sixers content to fill your 0:47:39.200 --> 0:47:41.640 rainy day in Philadelphia or hopefully a sunny day elsewhere 0:47:41.680 --> 0:47:44.000 around the world, make sure you listen to The Big 0:47:44.080 --> 0:47:46.600 Niang Theory with George Niang. He taught he has talked 0:47:46.960 --> 0:47:51.000 now to pretty much everybody on this roster, that at 0:47:51.080 --> 0:47:55.160 least the guys that performed heavily last night. More episodes 0:47:55.200 --> 0:47:57.040 to come, but that, of course, is George's podcast where 0:47:57.040 --> 0:47:59.359 he has in depth conversations with his teammates in an 0:47:59.360 --> 0:48:01.239 attempt to get to know them a little bit better 0:48:01.360 --> 0:48:03.640 on and off the floor. And we hope that you 0:48:03.719 --> 0:48:07.200 guys enjoy those episodes as much as I've enjoyed recording them. 0:48:07.320 --> 0:48:09.640 So send us your feedback when you listen there, Send 0:48:09.719 --> 0:48:11.640 us your feedback when you listen here. We love doing 0:48:11.719 --> 0:48:15.400 this with you, guys. Matt Devon final thoughts from you. 0:48:15.680 --> 0:48:18.239 I will let you, guys shut it down. Mother's Day 0:48:18.320 --> 0:48:21.640 game game four, So happy Mother's Day to all the 0:48:21.760 --> 0:48:24.680 mothers out there and Sixers looking to even up the 0:48:24.880 --> 0:48:28.920 series eight pm Eastern on Sunday. If you're listening to 0:48:29.040 --> 0:48:31.440 the podcast before that game has happened, tune in on 0:48:32.040 --> 0:48:34.960 TNT and on the radio side ninety seven five the 0:48:35.120 --> 0:48:39.120 Fanatic divon you got us covered alongside Tom McGinnis. Can't 0:48:39.160 --> 0:48:41.400 wait to tune in to you guys as the series 0:48:41.760 --> 0:48:44.480 continues on their home court. The Sixers have a chance 0:48:44.520 --> 0:48:47.480 to tie the series up, so that coverage is going 0:48:47.560 --> 0:48:53.360 to be must listen to close out the weekend. I 0:48:53.440 --> 0:48:56.520 appreciate that, Yes, we will have that for you right 0:48:56.600 --> 0:49:00.560 before tiptime and happy Mother's Day yet to all the 0:49:00.680 --> 0:49:04.680 moms out there, and after you have your good meal, 0:49:05.440 --> 0:49:07.920 to get that nice food in early, make sure you 0:49:08.000 --> 0:49:11.879 sit back and listen and watch the game and see 0:49:11.920 --> 0:49:15.360 the Sixers tie this thing up on Sunday night and 0:49:16.280 --> 0:49:18.680 six offense. Just be in the building early like you 0:49:18.800 --> 0:49:21.680 always are. Make sure you put on a show so 0:49:22.160 --> 0:49:24.719 this squad can even things up and head back to 0:49:24.880 --> 0:49:30.080 Miami on Tuesday night. Devon, thank you for reminding me. 0:49:30.320 --> 0:49:32.759 That's something that I'll actually close this one with. I've 0:49:32.800 --> 0:49:34.680 been at all three games. I've been at all three 0:49:34.719 --> 0:49:38.680 games in this series, and there was a distinct difference 0:49:38.880 --> 0:49:41.840 in atmosphere in Game three from what we saw in 0:49:42.000 --> 0:49:46.399 games one and two. Louder earlier, louder for longer, more 0:49:46.560 --> 0:49:50.520 engaged doesn't come as a huge surprise. But seeing those 0:49:50.600 --> 0:49:52.479 games back to back and seeing what the Philly crowd 0:49:52.600 --> 0:49:55.320 was able to do last night, let's keep that same 0:49:55.760 --> 0:49:58.960 energy up for Game four. Thanks to everybody who was there, 0:49:59.239 --> 0:50:02.360 Thanks to everybody who's here, Thanks to everybody that participates 0:50:02.400 --> 0:50:05.280 and sends us questions. You can do so anytime between 0:50:05.400 --> 0:50:08.319 now and then the end of the game tomorrow night. Afterwards, 0:50:08.360 --> 0:50:10.719 hopefully after a victory, and we will get to as 0:50:10.760 --> 0:50:12.400 many of them as we can when we are with 0:50:12.480 --> 0:50:14.480 you next time on a post six Ers win Twitter 0:50:14.560 --> 0:50:16.960 space presented by Bett Parks. Thank you, Matt, thank you Devon, 0:50:17.040 --> 0:50:19.239 thank you everybody, and we will talk to you next time. 0:50:19.320 --> 0:50:22.480 Thanks everyone, Thank you all appreciate it.