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Speaker 1: If you're in the Philadelphia area, it is not, in
Speaker 1: fact a beautiful morning, but it's a nice morning to
Speaker 1: sit inside, maybe rewatch Game three, reflect on the greatness
Speaker 1: that we were able to witness last night in South Philadelphia.
Speaker 1: Looking forward to getting into everything Game three with these guys.
Speaker 1: Matt Devon, good morning, A breath of fresh air to
Speaker 1: get that w It's a series. As Doc Rivers said
Speaker 1: at Thursday's practice, two one is as close as it
Speaker 1: can be after three games. The Sixers very much back
Speaker 1: in this one. Good morning to you both. What a
Speaker 1: Game three, the Sixers taking it against the heat ninety
Speaker 1: nine seventy nine. It's good to be back with everyone.
Speaker 1: Thanks for being here. Live if you're on Sixers spaces
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Speaker 1: with a twenty point win to pick up a win
Speaker 1: in the series against the top seeded Heat and Devon
Speaker 1: Gibbons held them under eighty points. Of course, we're going
Speaker 1: to talk about the stats in a minute in our
Speaker 1: box score segment. Joel Embiid was the major storyline throughout
Speaker 1: the day. Was he going to make his return to
Speaker 1: the lineup after not playing in the first two games. Well,
Speaker 1: he did. He had a double double, He made a
Speaker 1: huge impact on the defensive end, and as a team
Speaker 1: they held the Miami Heat to under eighty points in
Speaker 1: a playoff game. Well, good morning to you both the
Speaker 1: first absolutely just looking at what they did in totality
Speaker 1: last night, one game at a time, so as they
Speaker 1: are now back in this when picking up the one
Speaker 1: game two one, you hold serve as as Miami did
Speaker 1: on their home floor, and we're looking at two two
Speaker 1: and hopefully looking at the first road win on Tuesday
Speaker 1: in game five. But yes, defensively last night to hold
Speaker 1: an NBA team to seventy seven points as if this
Speaker 1: is a college basketball game. That's just great work by
Speaker 1: the seventy six. Is the defensive game plan, what Dan
Speaker 1: Burke and those guys had to set up to execute
Speaker 1: those things. And also the big difference, as you just mentioned,
Speaker 1: is just simply having the big fella, the MVP candidate,
Speaker 1: right back in there. And while he's the MVP candidate
Speaker 1: for a lot of the things that he does offensively,
Speaker 1: sometimes it does get loss of what it means to
Speaker 1: have him out there as a defensive presence, both in
Speaker 1: the paint and his ability to do the things that
Speaker 1: he does switching out or closing out on the perimeter
Speaker 1: to attack that shooter or just simply show that shooter
Speaker 1: with that length coming at them. So great defensive work
Speaker 1: last night. Great to see him back, and I'm sure,
Speaker 1: of course we'll get into all of that. I think
Speaker 1: we should go ahead and jump in right now. If
Speaker 1: you're new here, this is the part where we go
Speaker 1: through the stats, and luckily last night the Sixers gave
Speaker 1: us plenty to talk about. So as I run through
Speaker 1: the box score from Game three, anything that stands out
Speaker 1: to you, send us a tweet, send us a DM.
Speaker 1: You can tweet at us. You can comment on the
Speaker 1: Sixers tweet and comment on the Space tweet. You can
Speaker 1: send us a DM. Me Matt or Devon are ready
Speaker 1: to take your questions. So as I go through the
Speaker 1: box score, let us know where you'd like the conversation
Speaker 1: to head. First, we have some thoughts on where maybe
Speaker 1: it should go, but feel free to guide us along
Speaker 1: in this Saturday morning experience. So the box score four
Speaker 1: the seventy six ers, Matt said it holding the heat
Speaker 1: to just seventy nine points in an Eastern Conference semi
Speaker 1: final game. That perhaps the biggest stat that I'm going
Speaker 1: to read. But let's get into the individual performances. The
Speaker 1: Sixers saw four of their five starters finish in double figures.
Speaker 1: The fifth, though, had a pretty good game himself, Danny Green,
Speaker 1: Let's start there. He finished with a team high twenty
Speaker 1: one points and four rebounds. He shot seven for nine
Speaker 1: from the field. All seven of his field goals were
Speaker 1: three pointers. That ties his playoff career high. Tied with
Speaker 1: twenty one points as well was Tyrese Maxie, who was
Speaker 1: excellent in that second half. More on Tyrese's second half
Speaker 1: in a little bit, but twenty one points, two rebounds,
Speaker 1: six assists, two steals. Tyrese shot seven for eleven from
Speaker 1: the field, five for six from three point land, two
Speaker 1: for two from the free throw line. Joel Embiid in
Speaker 1: his return A very let's just call it brave double
Speaker 1: double from Joel Embiad last night. Eighteen points, eleven rebounds,
Speaker 1: an assist, a steal, and a block. He shot five
Speaker 1: for twelve from the field, eight for ten from the
Speaker 1: free throw line. But those stats do not even begin
Speaker 1: to tell the full story of what Joel Ebiad was
Speaker 1: able to do last night. More on this, I know
Speaker 1: I keep saying more on this in a little bit,
Speaker 1: but more on what Joel was able to do that
Speaker 1: really did transcend the stat sheet. We talk about a
Speaker 1: player's presence transcending the stat sheet a lot, but to me,
Speaker 1: Joel's qualitative statistics last night were the biggest ones of all.
Speaker 1: Let's go next to one. James Harden seventeen points, eight rebounds,
Speaker 1: six assists, in a block. He finished at a game
Speaker 1: high plus twenty seven and of course, the Sixers did
Speaker 1: end up winning this one by a twenty point margin,
Speaker 1: but it was closer throughout, So that plus twenty seven
Speaker 1: stood out to me when I was looking at the
Speaker 1: box score this morning. Who was four for eleven from
Speaker 1: the field, but eight for eight from the free throw line.
Speaker 1: And Tobias Harris. Yet another strong performance from Tobias who
Speaker 1: did ultimately foul out, but he was playing that strong,
Speaker 1: steady defense we've seen all series long, all playoffs long,
Speaker 1: really and got very close to a triple double. Nine points,
Speaker 1: ten rebounds, eight assists and two steals for Tobias Harris
Speaker 1: in thirty nine minutes of play on the bench, steady
Speaker 1: contributions throughout. Shake Milton Matistible each had four. George Niang
Speaker 1: hit a big three. Paul Reid backed up Joel Embiid
Speaker 1: finished out of plus twelve with two points, four rebounds,
Speaker 1: and an assist. Matt, I want to go to you first.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about Joel Embiid and the way that he
Speaker 1: was able to impact the game outside of that eighteen
Speaker 1: point eleven rebound double double. The thing that stood out
Speaker 1: to me most in his media availability was talking about
Speaker 1: the fact that the Sixers could use him as a decoy.
Speaker 1: What a talented decoy for the seventy sixers. He of
Speaker 1: course changes everything on both ends when he's able to
Speaker 1: be out there on the floor and did so in
Speaker 1: those thirty six minutes. Matt, what did you think about
Speaker 1: the Big Fellaw's return. Wait, Lauren, I don't get to
Speaker 1: pick my box score takeaway today. Well, of course you do,
Speaker 1: but we have to start with Joel Embid And if
Speaker 1: you don't want to, can oh, I'll kick it to
Speaker 1: Divan in a second, but I'll do I guess I
Speaker 1: will do my box score takeaway as we normally do.
Speaker 1: And when you say we have to start with Mbid,
Speaker 1: I mean we have to, like that is the number
Speaker 1: one story, but there were so many parts of the
Speaker 1: final stats that there's a lot of areas you could
Speaker 1: go and Joel did a lot that, like you said,
Speaker 1: transcended that box score. But maybe we can should we
Speaker 1: circle back, as we say in the corporate world, to
Speaker 1: some of the other players and what stood out to
Speaker 1: me on the box score and I'll just talk about Mbad.
Speaker 1: I think the matchup with bam Adebio, who had a
Speaker 1: couple of good games to start the series, that was
Speaker 1: in the spotlight and even on the national broadcast, they
Speaker 1: featured bam pregame as I was rewatching it after getting
Speaker 1: back from the game, and it was a lesser game
Speaker 1: from bam Adebayo and in large part due to Joel Embiid.
Speaker 1: I think the one thing is like anytime the heat
Speaker 1: drove sometimes they didn't go all the way in just
Speaker 1: because you know that Joel is down there, and that
Speaker 1: just changed so much for the Sixers. There was just
Speaker 1: a comfort level even on some of the switches and
Speaker 1: things like that. Guys just know they have that security
Speaker 1: layer with Joe LMB back there. Devon for you, what
Speaker 1: did you see with Joel and maybe his impact in
Speaker 1: the matchup against Bam, Like I just mentioned, I saw
Speaker 1: a lot Bam out of Bio twenty three points in
Speaker 1: the first three game on average, and he ends up
Speaker 1: with nine points on two for nine shooting, five of
Speaker 1: which came at the foul line for him. The other
Speaker 1: thing that stood out again was just something that I
Speaker 1: had noticed in the last game, in particular with the
Speaker 1: drop coverage for the Sixers. Defensively, they would drop on
Speaker 1: a few things in the paint DeAndre Jordan, Paul Ree
Speaker 1: and get easier shots to your point, Matt because they
Speaker 1: would pull up at the foul line at the elbow
Speaker 1: area and feel good about the shot that was there
Speaker 1: for them without maybe some resistance there. So I saw
Speaker 1: that defensively last night, where to which you just laid
Speaker 1: out that they were afraid to go in to Joel
Speaker 1: MB because of the presence that he does have in there.
Speaker 1: And it also showed in the box score because of
Speaker 1: the points in the paint. Low scoring game last night,
Speaker 1: so you can understand this, but points in the paint
Speaker 1: for both teams, we were twenty eight points and the
Speaker 1: sixers with the Joel EMB in there playing the thirty
Speaker 1: six plus minutes that he did play, he had a
Speaker 1: big reason for that. And you know that the numbers
Speaker 1: were different in games one and two with the points
Speaker 1: in the paint for the Miami Heat, So that was encouraging.
Speaker 1: And the other thing for me too, a typical staff
Speaker 1: line for Joel MB, as far as the box score goes,
Speaker 1: it is getting to the foul line and getting to
Speaker 1: the foul line ten times, making eight of them with
Speaker 1: that mask on, that's not an easy thing to do.
Speaker 1: So he got there, he made them, and that once
Speaker 1: again just puts the pressure on the defense to do
Speaker 1: what they need to do. To slow a player down,
Speaker 1: that player just happens to be him, and it gets
Speaker 1: teams in foul trouble, get you in the bonus early.
Speaker 1: I remember last night, I believe it was in the
Speaker 1: first quarter where the Sixers were in the bonus at
Speaker 1: right around the six minute mark because of again the
Speaker 1: aggression of the team overall, but also because they were
Speaker 1: fouling him on the floor as well. And the other
Speaker 1: one for me was the eleven rebounds. Now, Tobias Harris
Speaker 1: is Laura mentioned that a bit of an off night,
Speaker 1: but he did other things to contribute with the ten
Speaker 1: rebounds in the eight assists to go along with the
Speaker 1: nine points. But on a night in Game two on Wednesday,
Speaker 1: where furkon coorkmises, you're leading rebounder off the bench with
Speaker 1: six you need it Joel emb to collect those rebounds
Speaker 1: to give them a rebounding advantage like they did have
Speaker 1: last night with a total plus nine in the rebounding category. Sure,
Speaker 1: they did give up a few offensive rebounds and it
Speaker 1: always drives me crazy, but last night they did a
Speaker 1: much better job, and he and Tobias Harris had a
Speaker 1: lot to do it that on the glass. Hey, it's
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Speaker 1: Let's talk about Tyrese Maxi's second half. I'm seeing a
Speaker 1: lot of d ms about Tyrese. I want to find
Speaker 1: one so I can read it to everybody. But as
Speaker 1: we've mentioned at the beginning of this one, Tyree struggled
Speaker 1: in the first half, and of course he's gained enough
Speaker 1: respect that the heat couldn't cheat off of him, they
Speaker 1: couldn't ignore him. But he didn't score in that first half,
Speaker 1: finished with all twenty one points in the second. As
Speaker 1: Stacy said, way to go, Maxi to finish with twenty
Speaker 1: one points after zero in that first half. Annie wants
Speaker 1: to talk about the Maxie to Harden save said it
Speaker 1: was unbelievable. That might have been my favorite play, my
Speaker 1: favorite single play of the playoffs thus far. Tyrese talked
Speaker 1: about a post game and said that it was actually
Speaker 1: he felt responsible for nearing a turnover in that possession
Speaker 1: and as soon as he realized where the ball was headed,
Speaker 1: it was going to be a foot race, and Tyrese
Speaker 1: said he was not about to lose in a foot race,
Speaker 1: and lose he did not. If you haven't looked at
Speaker 1: that play, I actually posted it on my page this
Speaker 1: morning courtesy of the Sixers, so if you want to
Speaker 1: go click on my account, you can see the play
Speaker 1: that I'm talking about. But that for me not necessarily
Speaker 1: a momentum shifter, because the Sixers did feel largely in
Speaker 1: control throughout that one. But as soon as you saw
Speaker 1: Tyrese make that winning play, as he calls it, it
Speaker 1: felt like it was winning time for the seventy Sixers. Matt,
Speaker 1: I'll go to you first, your thoughts either on that
Speaker 1: play or on Tyrese Maxi's game or season as a whole.
Speaker 1: He just continues to be one of the best and
Speaker 1: perhaps most underrated storylines in this league. What he's been
Speaker 1: able to do this season and then night after night
Speaker 1: not be rattled by a tough first half and then
Speaker 1: make a huge impact in the second. What did you
Speaker 1: make of Tyrese's game? I loved that play so much,
Speaker 1: the chase down save and throwing it over his head.
Speaker 1: Forget the old coaching adage of don't save the ball
Speaker 1: under your own basket. He knew exactly what he was doing,
Speaker 1: throwing it down court almost to half court, pass some
Speaker 1: Heat players to a Sixers player and getting it down
Speaker 1: and eventually keeping the possession alive as a team and
Speaker 1: scoring with turning it right into the Joel the masked
Speaker 1: mbid and one jumper. What a play. I think that
Speaker 1: just says a lot about Tyrese Maxie. It says a
Speaker 1: lot about why the Sixers fans and NBA fans love
Speaker 1: him so much and his playing dial. So that's actually
Speaker 1: where I was going. I was craving the box score takeaways,
Speaker 1: and that was going to be my pick, was Tyrese's performance.
Speaker 1: I know Devon mentioned to Bias when we were coming
Speaker 1: off the box score and our friend Gina is listening
Speaker 1: and also mentioned Tobias saying, I'm here once again to
Speaker 1: give Tobias Harris as flowers for being an absolute force
Speaker 1: on offense and defense in both series so far. There
Speaker 1: was a few different places I was looking on the
Speaker 1: stat sheet and Danny Green's threes that we touched on
Speaker 1: at the top were one as well. I'm sure we'll
Speaker 1: get there, but for me, it was the Maxi scoring flurry.
Speaker 1: And when we say with a bunch of threes mixed in,
Speaker 1: when we say Tyrese Maxie did not score in the
Speaker 1: first half, he actually did not score in the first
Speaker 1: thirty three minutes of the game, so most of his
Speaker 1: scoring came at the very end of the third quarter
Speaker 1: and then throughout the fourth quarter as well. Whenona says
Speaker 1: max is a great example of don't stop till they
Speaker 1: drop no points in the first half, and still Maxie
Speaker 1: ends with twenty one points at the end of the game.
Speaker 1: I love the analytics on Maxie foot speed. That must
Speaker 1: have been part of the broadcast that I didn't see.
Speaker 1: But we know Tyrese Maxie is very fast. Eric Spoelster
Speaker 1: has talked about it during this series, how his speed
Speaker 1: is unique. We heard Matisse Thyble talk about how he
Speaker 1: doesn't have any answers for how to stop Tyrese Maxie,
Speaker 1: and he's not envious of the other teams having to
Speaker 1: figure out a way to force him left, force him right,
Speaker 1: stay square with him. It was really the Tyrese Maxi's
Speaker 1: show down the stretch, and I guess either of you
Speaker 1: can jump back in. But that was amazing to me
Speaker 1: that he didn't score in the first thirty three minutes
Speaker 1: of the game, and that was his third playoff game
Speaker 1: of this playoffs with at least five three pointers. It
Speaker 1: seems like when they're on their home court, he has
Speaker 1: a knack for knocking down clutch threes. Yo Brad says
Speaker 1: Maxie's energy was absolutely everything in the second half. I
Speaker 1: kept screaming for him to get going, and he did.
Speaker 1: He should have won Most Improved Player. I do agree
Speaker 1: with Yo Brad's secondary thought there, but absolutely incredible what
Speaker 1: Tyrese Maxie was able to do last night. And for me,
Speaker 1: it's the confidence that's something that has now been coming
Speaker 1: up almost every day in media availability, whether it's Doc
Speaker 1: Rivers or veterans like Tobias Harris and Danny Green, or
Speaker 1: fellow youngsters like Shake Milton and Matisse Thyble talking about
Speaker 1: Tyrese's confidence. He does not lack a single ounce of
Speaker 1: confidence needed to be a big time player in this league.
Speaker 1: We say it all the time, but he's just twenty
Speaker 1: one years old. It's only his second season in the NBA.
Speaker 1: He was given a very tall task, as we all
Speaker 1: remember at the very beginning of the season. He took
Speaker 1: it in stride. He grew quickly. Then he assimilated to
Speaker 1: playing alongside James Harden the second time this season that
Speaker 1: his role changed drastically, and he's handled it with that
Speaker 1: same poise, that same confidence, that same grace that we've
Speaker 1: become accustomed to when we talk about Tyree Smaxie. It's
Speaker 1: been an absolute privilege and pleasure to watch him grow
Speaker 1: into the player that he's become. And once again, just
Speaker 1: so happy to see him get his flowers on national
Speaker 1: television once again. Matt, I know you want to move
Speaker 1: into Danny greenland, so let's go ahead and do that. Well,
Speaker 1: let's tee up divan about Danny Green. I also have
Speaker 1: some stuff about Harden that I would like to get to.
Speaker 1: I didn't see a direct question about Green on my
Speaker 1: side of things, but there maybe there should be because
Speaker 1: Danny Green. I've got one. I've got one. Yes, So
Speaker 1: Breezy says what we were all thinking. Can Danny Green
Speaker 1: go for twenty plus points again? In all caps? Can
Speaker 1: this level of play be sustained? I like that question
Speaker 1: because Doc Rivers talked about it postgame. But Danny Green's
Speaker 1: veteran presence and confidence, Danny really struggled from deep in
Speaker 1: game two. It's been a quiet series for him thus far.
Speaker 1: Ahead of Game three, but at no point did any
Speaker 1: Sixers fan, any Sixer teammate, or any Sixer coach doubt
Speaker 1: that Danny would have any problems shooting at a high
Speaker 1: volume and making shots seeing them fall, not get rattled
Speaker 1: by a tough game to come in and be absolutely
Speaker 1: lights out in game three? Devon, what did you see
Speaker 1: from Danny Green? Obviously we should talk about how he
Speaker 1: looked on the court, but his presence. We've talked so
Speaker 1: much about what last season's playoffs might have been had
Speaker 1: he not gotten hurt in the second round. What did
Speaker 1: you make of what Danny was able to do and
Speaker 1: what's coming ahead for Danny Green. Shooting three for sixteen
Speaker 1: on the road is not ideal, and in that second game,
Speaker 1: one for ten, one to four, nine from beyond, and
Speaker 1: he has some really good looks. They talked about it postgame.
Speaker 1: He mentioned how he needed to be better, and oftentimes
Speaker 1: we talk about it. I'm just gonna repeat something that
Speaker 1: many people have already heard. Role players play better at home.
Speaker 1: And he got into a pretty good groove early on
Speaker 1: hitting it three point early and he had some good
Speaker 1: looks again this time they fell and it was really
Speaker 1: good to see that because they need it and they
Speaker 1: need that shooting. The shooting couldn't continue the way that
Speaker 1: it had played out in Miami, and with him knocking
Speaker 1: things down, he's the best shooter on the team, and
Speaker 1: with him being the best shooter on the team, he
Speaker 1: has to make his shots. And it was really good
Speaker 1: to see it with him be back, with them still
Speaker 1: finding him, passing him to basketball to despite his struggles.
Speaker 1: No matter the struggles, you still have to pass him
Speaker 1: the basketball. He's lined up in the corner, sizing up
Speaker 1: the shot, on the wing, wherever he is out there,
Speaker 1: he is still a threat and they have to find
Speaker 1: him on the floor, run him off that line if
Speaker 1: they if they can, and it didn't matter last night
Speaker 1: seven for nine twenty one points to ask the question
Speaker 1: that you know answered the question that was thrown out there.
Speaker 1: I didn't see that coming last night. I didn't maybe two,
Speaker 1: maybe three, possibly four. I didn't expect seven, but it
Speaker 1: was a welcome sight to see him knock those shots
Speaker 1: down once again. They do need it going forward. I
Speaker 1: don't again expect it to be seven for nine in
Speaker 1: the game's upcoming, but I do expect him to settle
Speaker 1: in feel much better after you see one, two, three
Speaker 1: go down. He had seven go down, and on an
Speaker 1: off day, getting back in there one more time, knowing
Speaker 1: those rooms, knowing the spots on the floor, knowing what
Speaker 1: he likes, it was encouraging to see it. And defensively,
Speaker 1: he always makes a play or two to help out
Speaker 1: where he rotates the right way, where he gets his
Speaker 1: hand in there and knocks the ball loose. Defensively as well,
Speaker 1: that would lead to maybe Maxie picking the ball up
Speaker 1: and streaking up the floor for an opportunity. On the
Speaker 1: other end, it was really important to get that from
Speaker 1: Danny Green last night in thirty three plus minutes. They
Speaker 1: needed it badly, and let's see it now. If he
Speaker 1: can carry over to the next game on Sunday, I
Speaker 1: feel like we have a lot more joelmbad talk to
Speaker 1: get to, given just the magnitude of his return last night.
Speaker 1: So if you have a thought or a question about
Speaker 1: Joel embiid, please click on our avatars, send us a
Speaker 1: DM send us a tweet, and we'll certainly get to
Speaker 1: those to to keep the Danny Green discussion going. Just
Speaker 1: with an added quote here, I really liked what Danny
Speaker 1: said here postgame on how it felt to see some
Speaker 1: shots fall after games one and two quote, it felt
Speaker 1: good to be able to help my team and do
Speaker 1: my job. That's it. I'm not in any way, shape
Speaker 1: or form satisfied. We are not taking any deep breaths
Speaker 1: or exhaling. We know we have to win another game,
Speaker 1: so we have to stay locked in and focused, taking
Speaker 1: it one game at a time. Hopefully we can keep
Speaker 1: that momentum and have another decent shooting night on Sunday.
Speaker 1: I would say that Danny Green's Game three shooting performance
Speaker 1: was better than decent at seven for nine from three,
Speaker 1: But I like that mindset. It is similar to what
Speaker 1: we all just heard Devon Given say earlier at the
Speaker 1: start of the show. Devon somebody asked about James Harden's game.
Speaker 1: It was Kyle saying, what did you think of Harden's
Speaker 1: game last night? So what do you think in Brufest
Speaker 1: on the Danny Green Part one more time, Matt, just
Speaker 1: the experience that Lauren talked about that he has. He's
Speaker 1: been there, He's won three titles, He's had some really
Speaker 1: deep runs for many years in the postseason. So no
Speaker 1: matter how old he is, he's been there. He knows
Speaker 1: what to expect in these types of games, and he
Speaker 1: knows what his role is. So it was good to
Speaker 1: hear him say just that that that was something that
Speaker 1: he was unacceptable for the type of shooter that he
Speaker 1: is and what they needed. So glad to see that
Speaker 1: he was able to knock it down pointed out last
Speaker 1: night and hope to look to continue. But as far
Speaker 1: as James Harden goes seventeen points, eight boards, six assists,
Speaker 1: and the one that stands out of the seven turnovers.
Speaker 1: As the point guard possessions in the postseason are very valuable,
Speaker 1: they're meaningful, and the six has had nineteen turnovers overall,
Speaker 1: he had seven, and once again that's something that you
Speaker 1: would like to see toned down just because you want
Speaker 1: to make sure you have an opportunity to shoot the basketball,
Speaker 1: whether it's a miss or not. You want the extra possession.
Speaker 1: You don't want to give them an opportunity to move
Speaker 1: down the floor, gets some easy transition buckets, but seventeen
Speaker 1: points four James Harden four of eleven for his points
Speaker 1: last night, one for seven from beyond getting it going
Speaker 1: early again with the nine points in the first half,
Speaker 1: it seems like he tries to score early with the
Speaker 1: passing the setting up of his teammates, but also then
Speaker 1: later on really get into facilitat or mode as the
Speaker 1: game goes along. So I'm still monitoring that trying to
Speaker 1: get a sense of what he's thinking out there, how
Speaker 1: he's trying to go about the game, and what he's
Speaker 1: really trying to do with the first half, in the
Speaker 1: second half or ever. It's just something that he just
Speaker 1: simply sees from the defense that allows him to do
Speaker 1: what he did. Because then Maxie goes off, you don't
Speaker 1: need Harden to score the way that he did in
Speaker 1: the second half because the ball is now in Tyree's
Speaker 1: Maxi's hands. So the nine points in the first quarter
Speaker 1: much needed, especially with the low scoring that it was
Speaker 1: twenty one seventeen. He looked good. He was attacking early
Speaker 1: and it got into facilitated mode once again later on.
Speaker 1: I would still like to see if he can for
Speaker 1: the amount of time that he is still attack as
Speaker 1: a scorer, and his IQ is so unique he will
Speaker 1: find his teammates and give them extra chances to shoot
Speaker 1: the basketball. So I would like to see more scoring
Speaker 1: as as I'm greedy on that one, I know, but
Speaker 1: it kind of helps me out when I hear Doc
Speaker 1: Rivers say and joelbe say that they want him to
Speaker 1: be himself as well and potentially put up a few
Speaker 1: more points. So decent game has to cut down on turnovers,
Speaker 1: and I know that's a point of emphasis for him
Speaker 1: and them coming into Sunday's game at home. Yeah, James
Speaker 1: Harden not at all happy with his care of the
Speaker 1: ball last night, but still did a lot of great things.
Speaker 1: And I appreciate someone who holds themselves at themselves accountable,
Speaker 1: and James Harden has certainly done that in each and
Speaker 1: every day of his career as a sixer thus far.
Speaker 1: I want to go to Data, which is an awesome name,
Speaker 1: not a question, but Thibal is a defensive nightmare. For
Speaker 1: Hero and Embiid is a defensive nightmare for Ada Bio.
Speaker 1: We can win this series in six I like the confidence,
Speaker 1: but I want to talk more about that defense. Matisse
Speaker 1: Thybal did a really good job last night defensively. James
Speaker 1: Harden Doc Rivers both said that he got back to
Speaker 1: the place where they need him to be moving forward,
Speaker 1: extremely active, quick and engaged. But but Joel Embiid was
Speaker 1: to me the difference maker. Joel Embiad the reason that
Speaker 1: the Sixers were able to hold the Miami Heat to
Speaker 1: under eighty points in a playoff game. An absolute, honestly
Speaker 1: master class from Joel Embiade defensively last night. He was
Speaker 1: open about the fact that he wasn't feeling at full strength.
Speaker 1: But if you watch highlights and Matt and I I
Speaker 1: know both rewatch the game last night because we were
Speaker 1: so excited about what we saw live, but watching it
Speaker 1: on TV, you can see different things right, and just
Speaker 1: the way that Joel's presence impact what the other team
Speaker 1: is willing to do in the paint or unwilling to
Speaker 1: do in the paint in this case was really fascinating
Speaker 1: to watch. After watching games one and two, watching the
Speaker 1: Heat get what they wanted at the rim, get into
Speaker 1: the paint. Attack the Sixers backups, who again did a
Speaker 1: really strong job and did their best in those first
Speaker 1: two games. But the way they were unwilling to take
Speaker 1: some of the same risks or make some of the
Speaker 1: same lunges that they were making in games one and
Speaker 1: two really stood out to me. And the reason they
Speaker 1: were unwilling to do so was Joel Embiid's presence in
Speaker 1: the paint. At least that's what I saw. Devon. I
Speaker 1: want to go to you first. What did you make
Speaker 1: of the defensive impact that Joel's simple, Yeah, just the
Speaker 1: fact that again he's there. So when you're looking at
Speaker 1: setting and screen up at the top on a perimeter,
Speaker 1: pulling the big man away from the basket to open
Speaker 1: up an opportunity potentially for a driving situation or a
Speaker 1: pull up shot, or someone else committing to defense and
Speaker 1: sliding over and now you have an extra pass for
Speaker 1: a better shot. He cuts a lot of that off
Speaker 1: because he's so agile on the perimeter, able to defend
Speaker 1: guards and not necessarily stop him. That's not his job.
Speaker 1: His job is to hold him off when he hedges
Speaker 1: out and make sure that he pushes there, so they're
Speaker 1: not into their sets as easily as we may have
Speaker 1: seen in the first two games. And he simply does that.
Speaker 1: And then when you get into the painted area and
Speaker 1: you see that big fella right there, you think twice
Speaker 1: about how you want to shoot the basketball. A drive
Speaker 1: to the basket with a layup before now turns into
Speaker 1: maybe a running floater that you didn't expect that you
Speaker 1: would have to put up there because he is there.
Speaker 1: So that's what he does. And the block shot lead
Speaker 1: that was a big block shot that he had, and
Speaker 1: only having the one doesn't tell the story of what
Speaker 1: the stat line would have you to believe with his
Speaker 1: defensive presence. So that's what he does, and he makes
Speaker 1: it easier for other people on a perimeter to buyas
Speaker 1: however's continuing to play well. Danny Green once again and Matisse,
Speaker 1: Tyble and Winona had sent a message to me and
Speaker 1: asking would you agree that Matisse looked a little more
Speaker 1: like himself. He did, he looked a little more like himself.
Speaker 1: I didn't think he was himself, but a little more
Speaker 1: like himself. And I think that that will start to
Speaker 1: pick back up as he's playing more minutes and out
Speaker 1: there on the floor, and it doesn't hurt to have
Speaker 1: Joel and be out there, and not only with all
Speaker 1: those other things that he did up. We pointed it
Speaker 1: out early, the two for nine that Bam Auto Bio
Speaker 1: had yesterday, that was just something that I didn't expect.
Speaker 1: I thought he was still maybe get into double digits,
Speaker 1: mid double digits, because in Bat was getting himself back
Speaker 1: in after missing eight days seven days. But Joel Embe
Speaker 1: did his part defensively and that's why he's often talked
Speaker 1: about as an all MBA defensive center. Got some more
Speaker 1: Embiid thoughts from the listeners. Thanks everyone for being here.
Speaker 1: These messages came in from a few people, so just
Speaker 1: wanted to run through some of these, and then Eric
Speaker 1: Spoelstra talked about Embiid's impact as well. I'll go to
Speaker 1: that and then we'll describe some of the atmosphere as well.
Speaker 1: I think Lauren has some thoughts on what it was
Speaker 1: like as we were in the building for Game three
Speaker 1: and Mark said team is so different with MBIID playing.
Speaker 1: He didn't play his best and still we get a win.
Speaker 1: I definitely think we can win this series. Dustin talks
Speaker 1: about well asked a question, is there anyway and beats
Speaker 1: toughness can be challenged by the national media any longer?
Speaker 1: Injury prone, injury prone, blah blah. Dustin says, don't challenge
Speaker 1: and be its toughness with that question, Brad, are we
Speaker 1: wrong for seeing mbiad as a superhero showing up to
Speaker 1: save the series? All he needs is a cape and
Speaker 1: that kind of keep that in your mind as we
Speaker 1: talk about m Bead and the atmosphere in the building,
Speaker 1: because it was very superhero like as the game was
Speaker 1: about to start. And then Genie said, early yesterday afternoon,
Speaker 1: I sent this to Winona so some six or space
Speaker 1: as listeners messaging one another. I think if Jojo good shot,
Speaker 1: I'm upset. I think if Jojo plays tonight. So this
Speaker 1: is from yesterday afternoon. Genie said, I think if Jojo
Speaker 1: plays tonight, even for ten minutes, his presence will be
Speaker 1: so inspiring and uplifting to the guys that it wouldn't
Speaker 1: surprise me if they blow out the heat. Well, ultimately
Speaker 1: a twenty point win, so that was a good prediction.
Speaker 1: He played well more than ten minutes. But Lauren, when
Speaker 1: I say the message from Brad about Brad said, are
Speaker 1: we wrong for seeing him beat as a superhero showing
Speaker 1: up to save the series? No cape for Joel Embiid,
Speaker 1: but he had the mask. And as the layup lines
Speaker 1: came to a close at the center, there were chants
Speaker 1: MVP chants before the game even started. Well, look, rightfully,
Speaker 1: I think there was a lot of concern all day
Speaker 1: long about whether or not Joel would in fact be
Speaker 1: ready to play in this game. He has not one,
Speaker 1: not two, but three serious injuries that people know of
Speaker 1: at this point, playing against some serious and look, Joel
Speaker 1: no stranger to playing through adversity, but this maybe some
Speaker 1: of the biggest adversity that he's faced in his career.
Speaker 1: Lots of concern, of course, concussions are no small matter,
Speaker 1: so lots of concern about whether or not he would
Speaker 1: be able to play a and if he was able
Speaker 1: to play, if he was able to be himself or not.
Speaker 1: And I think as soon as Joel took the floor
Speaker 1: during layup lines and the crowd was able to finally exhale,
Speaker 1: wondering if they would actually see him, if he would
Speaker 1: actually be able to overcome all the hurdles needed to
Speaker 1: get to that point, the massive exhale the immediate MVP chance.
Speaker 1: I'll be honest, it takes a lot for me. I've
Speaker 1: seen a lot of been around for a minute now,
Speaker 1: but takes a lot to give me chills. I had chills.
Speaker 1: It was really cool. It was really brave. I know,
Speaker 1: brave isn't not a word that we want to throw
Speaker 1: around lightly, but what Joel Embiid did last night was
Speaker 1: superhero like. And I don't have any problem saying that,
Speaker 1: especially after I listened to the way that his coach
Speaker 1: and his teammates discussed his return last night. Tyrese Maxie,
Speaker 1: of course a wonderful teammate, but also a wonderful friend,
Speaker 1: and he and Joel have developed a really special bond
Speaker 1: this season, a big brother a little brother type bond
Speaker 1: where they continue to challenge one another and work their
Speaker 1: hardest to make one another better on the court, but
Speaker 1: it was interesting to get a little window into what
Speaker 1: their relationship is like off the court. Yesterday, Tyrese said,
Speaker 1: despite the wind, despite the heroics, that he was most
Speaker 1: concerned about whether or not Joel was okay. He said
Speaker 1: that they were going to play, they were going to
Speaker 1: fight regardless of if he was able, but they were
Speaker 1: most concerned about whether Joel was okay, and for Tyrese
Speaker 1: to have that exhale that the crowd had when he
Speaker 1: realized that he'd be able to play alongside his brother
Speaker 1: was really really cool to listen to. And then I
Speaker 1: liked Tyrese's quote about when he figured out that Joel
Speaker 1: really was going to play last night. He said, I
Speaker 1: was so happy to see number twenty one hanging up
Speaker 1: in the locker room with his mask. Joel is a
Speaker 1: soldier man thumb mask, concussion, broken face, He's resilient. He's
Speaker 1: the MVP for a reason. It's a testimony to his
Speaker 1: will and his wanting to win. I think the way
Speaker 1: that Tyrese describes seeing Joel's jersey in his locker is
Speaker 1: probably the same experience that all the fans in the
Speaker 1: building and the fans watching at home around the world
Speaker 1: saw when Joel came out healthy enough to play, smiling
Speaker 1: and being himself, which was really really cool to see.
Speaker 1: And of course, Joel had a businessman like mentality last night.
Speaker 1: He knows that he didn't play up to his full potential.
Speaker 1: I really thought that the quote where he talked about
Speaker 1: the fact that his offensive game was tough because of
Speaker 1: the vision issues, but you don't really have to see
Speaker 1: to play defense. I thought was maybe the understatement of
Speaker 1: the century. I think I would have to see. But
Speaker 1: the fact that Joel can do it without his vision
Speaker 1: being fully there and do it at that high level,
Speaker 1: it's really remarkable. I think I'm still sort of processing
Speaker 1: what we were able to see last night, but I
Speaker 1: hope I articulated it well. For those of you who
Speaker 1: weren't able to be in the building, Devon, how did
Speaker 1: you feel watching those events unfold? Yeah, So, since I
Speaker 1: wasn't in the building last night, had to do everything
Speaker 1: from the studio, just monitoring it all as you all
Speaker 1: captured it, whether it was social media or via the television,
Speaker 1: and obviously how it sounded on the air, and for
Speaker 1: the people who did not hear it on the radio side,
Speaker 1: Tom McGinnis allowed Matt Core to do his part and
Speaker 1: we listened on the radio, and you can just feel it.
Speaker 1: Having been in that building for so many of these
Speaker 1: big moments, hearing net last night is definitely big, knowing
Speaker 1: how much this town and sixty fans in general just
Speaker 1: simply love that guy and the fight, everything that he's
Speaker 1: going through. I mean, look, let's run it down, Lauren, Right,
Speaker 1: torn ligament, busted up face, and now he has to
Speaker 1: wear this mask. And oh, by the way, he's coming
Speaker 1: back from a concussion. So and you know, sixty plus
Speaker 1: games of a regular season where he's doing all his
Speaker 1: work against these big guys and taking a beating the
Speaker 1: way that he does, so we know his body is
Speaker 1: far from being one hundred percent. And he goes out
Speaker 1: there and he gives people a hope as the news
Speaker 1: just starts to trickle in throughout the entire day of
Speaker 1: him coming back. Son't didn't surprise me at all. The
Speaker 1: twenty one thousand plus in the building chanting the MVP
Speaker 1: right of what he is and all season long just
Speaker 1: feeling that way. Whether he won the award or not,
Speaker 1: that's how they feel about him. And the performance that
Speaker 1: he put together all season long to come back and
Speaker 1: play under these circumstances. That's that's not easy to do. That.
Speaker 1: I've never broken my face, but I'm sure I've been
Speaker 1: hitting my nose plenty of times playing basketball. It hurts,
Speaker 1: so imagine getting hit in your eye and having a
Speaker 1: fracture and then having to adjust to a mask, coming
Speaker 1: out there in a high pressure situation and still perform
Speaker 1: the way that he did that. The fans never let
Speaker 1: me down when it comes to how they treat their
Speaker 1: team and all of that. So just great to see it,
Speaker 1: Just great to see. I can't wait to see what
Speaker 1: tomorrow night now looks like. I saw what you saw, Devon,
Speaker 1: Glad to hear it that it hit the same for
Speaker 1: both of us regardless of where we were. Wanted to
Speaker 1: give a quick shout out. I've seen some comments about
Speaker 1: Tobias Harris game last night again, nine points, ten rebounds,
Speaker 1: eight assists too steals a quieter scoring night for Tobias,
Speaker 1: But we've talked a lot all playoffs long about who
Speaker 1: this team considers it's MVP. Thus far, the consistent see
Speaker 1: that Tobias Harris has brought on a nightly basis finding
Speaker 1: ways to impact the game and something he talks about,
Speaker 1: finding ways to impact the game regardless of what's working
Speaker 1: for him or what's working for others, and do whatever
Speaker 1: it takes to help the team win. Tobias did that again.
Speaker 1: Joel was the leading rebounder on the night with eleven,
Speaker 1: but Tobias had ten boards last night, playing aggressively, doing
Speaker 1: what's worked for him early in the series, so the
Speaker 1: first time he was in single figures, I believe let
Speaker 1: me look, yeah, in this entire playoff run, so nine
Speaker 1: points his lowest scoring total, but of course that comes
Speaker 1: when Joel Embiide comes back and when Tyrese Maxie exploded
Speaker 1: in that second half. So just impressed with the way
Speaker 1: that Tobias has continued to impact the game every night.
Speaker 1: Like that he took five threes even though he only
Speaker 1: made one. He's been shooting at a higher clip throughout
Speaker 1: the playoffs and becoming that three point especially a catch
Speaker 1: and shoot threat that teams really have to account for
Speaker 1: in a way that maybe they didn't quite do in
Speaker 1: the regular season. I like what Winona had to say
Speaker 1: about Tobias. He was focused on those rebounds because we
Speaker 1: had suffered in those areas. True enough, Matt, where do
Speaker 1: you want to go to wrap this one up? This
Speaker 1: is the look ahead question, and I'm curious what you
Speaker 1: both think it comes from. Breezy. I think he is
Speaker 1: a game changer, meaning embiid in Game four, can the
Speaker 1: Sixers be even more dominant and can that energy be
Speaker 1: carried into South Beach four Game five to pull off
Speaker 1: a win so I guess feel free to this is
Speaker 1: me ad limbing here, feel free either of you to
Speaker 1: give any thoughts about the series moving forward coming off
Speaker 1: the twenty point win for the Sixers in Game three,
Speaker 1: Thanks Breezy. I mean, look, game three was extremely important
Speaker 1: because there's a huge difference between being down three zero
Speaker 1: and being down to one in a series. That being said,
Speaker 1: there's almost a bigger difference between being down three one
Speaker 1: and being tied two two. So to me, this game four,
Speaker 1: I don't know if it's as important as Game three was,
Speaker 1: but it's certainly almost as important, if not equally important.
Speaker 1: Good to know that the Sixers have forced another trip
Speaker 1: to South Beach, but they want to force it right
Speaker 1: back to South Philadelphia as well. So very much looking
Speaker 1: forward to seeing what the Sixers are able to do
Speaker 1: on Sunday. You would hope that this day in between
Speaker 1: games will be helpful, helpful for Joelmbid. You wish, of course,
Speaker 1: that the Sixers could have a little bit more of
Speaker 1: a break at some point in this series. Really interesting
Speaker 1: to see the way that the schedule fell. And I'm
Speaker 1: not going into any conspiracies here, let me be very clear,
Speaker 1: but the Sixers do only have one day off between
Speaker 1: each game Games one through six, while we've watched two
Speaker 1: other series in these playoffs get a three day break.
Speaker 1: So I just think that that's interesting and a little
Speaker 1: bit unfortunate luckwise for the seventy Sixers, for Joelmbid specifically
Speaker 1: to not have a little bit more time to get back.
Speaker 1: But that being said, perhaps a shorter turnaround good for
Speaker 1: the team that built momentum last night. So I don't
Speaker 1: want to necessarily say that the days off are going
Speaker 1: to play that large of a role, but because this
Speaker 1: series is having is happening in such quick succession, hopefully
Speaker 1: a good opportunity for the Sixers to capitalize on the
Speaker 1: momentum they built at home. And really, even this thing up,
Speaker 1: we talk about it all the time, but the series
Speaker 1: doesn't really start until the home team loses, and the
Speaker 1: home team has not lost yet, so hopefully the Sixers
Speaker 1: will be able to continue that trend in game four
Speaker 1: tomorrow night, and then maybe change that trend in game five.
Speaker 1: But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Devon Gibbons, what
Speaker 1: are you looking for in game four? Well, just to
Speaker 1: follow up quickly off of which you both just talked about,
Speaker 1: yesterday was as much as close to a must win
Speaker 1: situation as you could get without it being one, and
Speaker 1: they did it so that I liked how they stepped
Speaker 1: up to it, because as we saw in round one,
Speaker 1: to go down three nothing, it's really difficult for a
Speaker 1: team to come back, and what Toronto battled as best
Speaker 1: as they could. The Sixers were just in a better situation,
Speaker 1: in a better spot to take that win. But for
Speaker 1: Game four, I want to see a few things continue.
Speaker 1: One thing that we didn't talk about was the fast
Speaker 1: break points, which was nineteen to six to six. Has
Speaker 1: had that advantage last night, and I would hope that
Speaker 1: they're able to keep that going. Get out and get
Speaker 1: some easy transition buckets. Even with duel Embiid, who is
Speaker 1: a force in the half court and makes things so
Speaker 1: much easier for you to run your actions, you still
Speaker 1: need to get out in transition and get some easier
Speaker 1: buckets where it's not so hard, and a lot of
Speaker 1: that is just simply defense and rebounding. So for me,
Speaker 1: in game number four, I would like to see them
Speaker 1: turn the ball over less. The nineteen really does hurt,
Speaker 1: and even in a win, and they had nineteen points
Speaker 1: to Miami. He did off of those nineteen turnovers protective basketball.
Speaker 1: I can't stress it enough. They're too valuable. They put
Speaker 1: those possessions in the postseason are too valuable. Nineteen cannot
Speaker 1: happen in the game, and seven cannot happen from your
Speaker 1: point guard. So I would like to see that change
Speaker 1: in game number four. Continue to rebound and get on
Speaker 1: the glass, not letting out possessions where the Miami Heat
Speaker 1: get three offensive rebounds and one trip down the floor.
Speaker 1: That can be deflating. Your shoulders start to drop when
Speaker 1: something like that happens. When you're out there on the floor,
Speaker 1: you feel like you're battling for the twenty four seconds
Speaker 1: and they beat you to the fifty fifty ball. And
Speaker 1: we saw that a few times last night, where that's
Speaker 1: how they were able to come back and get back
Speaker 1: into the game and close it Miami as much as
Speaker 1: one point after being down by fourteen and the third quarter.
Speaker 1: So rebounding again continuing for me, and you need the
Speaker 1: shooting to just continue to fall. It was good to
Speaker 1: see it last night the way that it did. I
Speaker 1: would say that a few others. I hope they're able
Speaker 1: to knock down a few more shots, George Niang along
Speaker 1: with Danny Green continuing to shoot the basketball, and it
Speaker 1: starters to just continue to play the way that they
Speaker 1: play aggressive early for Tais Maxie, I know I'm running
Speaker 1: down the entire game playing like Doc Rivers and this
Speaker 1: is the white board. But I just I just see
Speaker 1: so any good things from them, and saw so many
Speaker 1: good things from them last night despite only scoring ninety
Speaker 1: nine points, but defensively they were so strong. I hope
Speaker 1: that they're able to keep that up. You give yourself
Speaker 1: a better chance of winning how you want to win
Speaker 1: when you don't turn the ball over, and that's really
Speaker 1: key for me. Yeah, Devon, you bring up a couple
Speaker 1: things that I want to highlight if I'm a Sixers
Speaker 1: fan and I'm looking down the pike at the rest
Speaker 1: of this series. The Sixers beat the Miami Heat by
Speaker 1: twenty points. They did not play anywhere close to their
Speaker 1: best basketball, So to me, I'd almost be more concerned
Speaker 1: if they had played a perfect game and won, because
Speaker 1: you know that that's how thin the margin of error is,
Speaker 1: and realistically the margin of error will be smaller. The
Speaker 1: Heat will react, they will CounterPunch. In Game four, I
Speaker 1: have no doubt about that. But when you nearly double
Speaker 1: your opponents turnovers and you still win by twenty points,
Speaker 1: and you see all of your top scorers traditionally I'm
Speaker 1: talking James Harden for for eleven, Joel Ebad five for twelve,
Speaker 1: to Bias Harris four for thirteen, shoot at that low
Speaker 1: efficiency level, much lower than what we're used to seeing
Speaker 1: from any of that group, and you're still able to
Speaker 1: win by twenty points. It means that there's still more
Speaker 1: for this team to unlock. There's plenty of them, there's
Speaker 1: plenty for them to look at in today's film session,
Speaker 1: at tomorrow's shoot around, and they will be motivated because
Speaker 1: they know that there's more that they can do. So
Speaker 1: I wanted to make sure we highlighted the fact that
Speaker 1: this was a great win, but not necessarily a great
Speaker 1: performance from this group. They can do more, and they
Speaker 1: know that they can, so looking forward to seeing them
Speaker 1: try to tap into that. Matt, what are you looking
Speaker 1: for as this series continues and really gets underway. Well,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go off of the shooting and let our
Speaker 1: listeners their comments do some of the talking here. T
Speaker 1: Will sent us a couple notes. It was all about
Speaker 1: Danny Green. If he doesn't hit those shots, the game
Speaker 1: is much tighter, much more tighter. The Sixers need Green
Speaker 1: and Niang to go off in a game together right now,
Speaker 1: So Devan sort of just touched on that. Mark asked
Speaker 1: about the shooting, how much home court advantage impacted that,
Speaker 1: and Ken the Sixers have a good shooting game in Miami. Well,
Speaker 1: it seems like that tide is starting to turn after
Speaker 1: Game three, and I thought Doc Rivers talking about Danny
Speaker 1: Green since he was such a big part of the
Speaker 1: good shooting night. The one thing that Doc said that
Speaker 1: I thought was hilarious was he's never going too fast
Speaker 1: because he can't, and then he started laughing. So he's
Speaker 1: actually just a very calm force for us. But always
Speaker 1: after a big win there's some more lighthearted stuff and Doc,
Speaker 1: obviously Danny's a huge veteran presence and his game was amazing,
Speaker 1: but I thought him Doc taking kind of a shot
Speaker 1: at him was pretty funny. My last thing, probably underrated
Speaker 1: by most you guys, thought since the Bluecoat season was over,
Speaker 1: I wouldn't sneak something in, But news flash, I'm going
Speaker 1: to and it is the matchup at the end of
Speaker 1: the game. When Haywood high Smith was guarding Shake Milton.
Speaker 1: That was a big moment, I thought for any fans
Speaker 1: of the Blue Coats, because those guys as rookies, those
Speaker 1: were two of the first guys that I had the
Speaker 1: chance to work with in the twenty eighteen nineteen season,
Speaker 1: and heywoo, Highsmith now on the heat. Shake Milton of
Speaker 1: course in the Sixers group, and they were playing against
Speaker 1: each other, and they came in the league and played
Speaker 1: most of that twenty eighteen nineteen season as teammates with
Speaker 1: the Blue Coats and with the Sixers. They actually played
Speaker 1: in a G League an NBA game in the same day,
Speaker 1: both at the Center, which was historic. So I had
Speaker 1: to get that in before we get out of here.
Speaker 1: You might have thought I couldn't get a G League
Speaker 1: reference in, but I proved you wrong. I would never
Speaker 1: underestimate your ability to work the G League in as
Speaker 1: you should. Lots of G League success stories across this roster.
Speaker 1: We didn't talk a ton about Paul Reid, but count
Speaker 1: him among those guys as well. Good to see him
Speaker 1: continuing to grow, continuing to build confidence, and continuing to
Speaker 1: back up the MVP. Joel finishes with eighteen points and
Speaker 1: eleven rebounds in his return, he as there is still
Speaker 1: so much more that he is able to do. That
Speaker 1: was a sentiment that rang true across this roster. After
Speaker 1: the game, Matt devon, I am so looking forward to
Speaker 1: doing more of these with you guys as the playoffs continue.
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Speaker 1: to come, but that, of course, is George's podcast where
Speaker 1: he has in depth conversations with his teammates in an
Speaker 1: attempt to get to know them a little bit better
Speaker 1: on and off the floor. And we hope that you
Speaker 1: guys enjoy those episodes as much as I've enjoyed recording them.
Speaker 1: So send us your feedback when you listen there, Send
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Speaker 1: this with you, guys. Matt Devon final thoughts from you.
Speaker 1: I will let you, guys shut it down. Mother's Day
Speaker 1: game game four, So happy Mother's Day to all the
Speaker 1: mothers out there and Sixers looking to even up the
Speaker 1: series eight pm Eastern on Sunday. If you're listening to
Speaker 1: the podcast before that game has happened, tune in on
Speaker 1: TNT and on the radio side ninety seven five the
Speaker 1: Fanatic divon you got us covered alongside Tom McGinnis. Can't
Speaker 1: wait to tune in to you guys as the series
Speaker 1: continues on their home court. The Sixers have a chance
Speaker 1: to tie the series up, so that coverage is going
Speaker 1: to be must listen to close out the weekend. I
Speaker 1: appreciate that, Yes, we will have that for you right
Speaker 1: before tiptime and happy Mother's Day yet to all the
Speaker 1: moms out there, and after you have your good meal,
Speaker 1: to get that nice food in early, make sure you
Speaker 1: sit back and listen and watch the game and see
Speaker 1: the Sixers tie this thing up on Sunday night and
Speaker 1: six offense. Just be in the building early like you
Speaker 1: always are. Make sure you put on a show so
Speaker 1: this squad can even things up and head back to
Speaker 1: Miami on Tuesday night. Devon, thank you for reminding me.
Speaker 1: That's something that I'll actually close this one with. I've
Speaker 1: been at all three games. I've been at all three
Speaker 1: games in this series, and there was a distinct difference
Speaker 1: in atmosphere in Game three from what we saw in
Speaker 1: games one and two. Louder earlier, louder for longer, more
Speaker 1: engaged doesn't come as a huge surprise. But seeing those
Speaker 1: games back to back and seeing what the Philly crowd
Speaker 1: was able to do last night, let's keep that same
Speaker 1: energy up for Game four. Thanks to everybody who was there,
Speaker 1: Thanks to everybody who's here, Thanks to everybody that participates
Speaker 1: and sends us questions. You can do so anytime between
Speaker 1: now and then the end of the game tomorrow night. Afterwards,
Speaker 1: hopefully after a victory, and we will get to as
Speaker 1: many of them as we can when we are with
Speaker 1: you next time on a post six Ers win Twitter
Speaker 1: space presented by Bett Parks. Thank you, Matt, thank you Devon,
Speaker 1: thank you everybody, and we will talk to you next time.
Speaker 1: Thanks everyone, Thank you all appreciate it.