Speaker 1: Wow Wow, Wow, wow wow ninety seven seventy eight over
Speaker 1: who the San Antonio Spurs in San Antonio for the
Speaker 1: seventy Sixers. That is not a misprint. That is not
Speaker 1: a misannouncement or mispronunciation of anything. The seventy Sixers roll
Speaker 1: past Brett Brown's old team, knocking him off by nineteen
Speaker 1: points in a game that you could certainly make the
Speaker 1: case was not even that close. Brian Seltzer with you
Speaker 1: from Sixers dot com. We are expecting to hear from
Speaker 1: the head coach, Brett Brown, back in San Antonio for
Speaker 1: the fifth time since leaving the Spurs bench back in
Speaker 1: twenty thirteen, guiding the Sixers to just their second win
Speaker 1: against the Spurs since nineteen eighty six, the largest road
Speaker 1: victory for the Sixers in San Antonio in franchise history,
Speaker 1: and fittingly for a guy in Brett Brown who has
Speaker 1: preached nothing but defense and development over the course of
Speaker 1: the last four plus seasons. That's how the Sixers got
Speaker 1: it done tonight. They jumped out to a twenty to
Speaker 1: nine lead, They led by nineteen at the half, They
Speaker 1: went up by twenty five midway through the third quarter,
Speaker 1: all while stifling the Spurs. Did the Spurs miss some
Speaker 1: open shots early? Yes to the sixers credit they pounced
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons, Joel Embiid, Dario Schartz, Timo Taylor, while Cabrough
Speaker 1: all fantastic. Let's get to Brett Brown right now. After
Speaker 1: the ninety seven seventy eight win. You know, if you
Speaker 1: cannot turn it over, you know they get out an
Speaker 1: open court. There are a lot of threes generated through
Speaker 1: the turnover and just generally, you know, trying not to
Speaker 1: put them in the bonus until as late as possible.
Speaker 1: I thought that guys were really good at that. After
Speaker 1: all the years of struggling against the Spurs, How did
Speaker 1: you guys do what you did this season against them?
Speaker 1: I think we played good defense. So I think our
Speaker 1: first half defense was excellent. I think that when they
Speaker 1: started to make a mini run, and I felt like
Speaker 1: they did it twice in the second half, we responded
Speaker 1: primarily through like the turnova stuff in the foul stuff.
Speaker 1: We a little you know, mini meltdown in the third
Speaker 1: period with some crazy turnovers, but buying large. I thought
Speaker 1: our defense was the thing that stood out most to me.
Speaker 1: Can't you just talk about the balance. It was like,
Speaker 1: you know, there wasn't one guy who just I mean,
Speaker 1: they all had a pretty good games. But you know
Speaker 1: what I mean, it was like a balance today. I
Speaker 1: mean it was. And I thought our bench, you know,
Speaker 1: was good. I thought that just enough, the bench was
Speaker 1: really good. I think that the the single turnover really
Speaker 1: which was late off the bench. You know, Larry had
Speaker 1: had a late turnover. We were solid from that perspective.
Speaker 1: Um you look at the numbers. You know, Ben was
Speaker 1: what ten for eleven from the field and at times
Speaker 1: was just dominant. And I thought Joe had a good game.
Speaker 1: I thought Joe had a solid game, and so did
Speaker 1: the starting five. It's hard, like you say, to annoy anybody.
Speaker 1: I think it was a fantastic team effort. We stayed
Speaker 1: focused throughout all forty eight minutes and did an excellent
Speaker 1: job of defending them this first quarter of the season
Speaker 1: low of any points. What was that game? Play? One instant?
Speaker 1: A nice game. I mean, we have the luxury without
Speaker 1: length that we switch a lot, and you know, can
Speaker 1: you guard the first dribble? Because when you switch, you're
Speaker 1: at times disadvantage with guys that can play downhill. And
Speaker 1: I thought that our guys really played lower and slid,
Speaker 1: slid their feet and showed their hands, and we kept
Speaker 1: the game in front of us. We really did a
Speaker 1: good job of not getting beat on the first dribble.
Speaker 1: And I think that the defensive league because we have
Speaker 1: that type of length that if you can do that
Speaker 1: and keep the game in front of you, you really
Speaker 1: get a chance to be an E leage defensive team.
Speaker 1: And when you have Joel and be behind you, it
Speaker 1: even gives you a greater chance. Yeah. No, and so
Speaker 1: all that equaled, like that type of low number that
Speaker 1: they scored. How did rebounding factor into all of it?
Speaker 1: You finish, got to finish the play, you know, that
Speaker 1: is the the end of the Creb cycle. You know,
Speaker 1: like you do whatever you do, you got to do
Speaker 1: to get back and do whatever you gotta do a
Speaker 1: defensive possession, but you got to finish it and then
Speaker 1: the cycle starts again. Sorry, everybody's excited to us. Well,
Speaker 1: if only the postgame press conference could have gone as
Speaker 1: smoothly as the seventy sixers performance tonight. Honey, you let
Speaker 1: the head coach give an explanation to a question. Come on,
Speaker 1: because the rebounding was huge in this game. The Sixers
Speaker 1: totally dominant on the glass plus fourteen plus seven on
Speaker 1: the offensive boards, one part of a big win in
Speaker 1: San Antonio tonight. Ben Simmons twenty one, five and seven,
Speaker 1: Joel Embiid eighteen and fourteen to go with three assists,
Speaker 1: charch with fifteen. The Sixers suffocating defensively against the San
Speaker 1: Antonio Spurs. They finished three to twenty four from outside
Speaker 1: the arc and just shot forty percent overall at eight
Speaker 1: and T center. With the seventy Sixers win for the
Speaker 1: second time and just also for the third time overall
Speaker 1: going back to nineteen eighty six. Seventy Sixers now are
Speaker 1: twenty four and twenty one on the season. A big
Speaker 1: win in Texas tonight. We'll get into it more with
Speaker 1: Tom McGinnis on the other side. It's a postgame showing
Speaker 1: the Sixers rat Network seventy Sixers top with the San
Speaker 1: Antonio Spurs tonight at eighteen T Center ninety seven to
Speaker 1: seventy eight. Tom McGinnis had the call of this one tonight. Tom.
Speaker 1: It seemed to start with a great collective defensive effort
Speaker 1: and Ben Simmons just going right at the Spurs. They
Speaker 1: had no answer for him this evening. Absolutely and the
Speaker 1: fact that he went ten of eleven is absolutely remarkable.
Speaker 1: But as I said, the Sixers, not only they were switching,
Speaker 1: as Coach Brown alluded to, but they seem to have
Speaker 1: everything covered like they were cutting guys off the baseline.
Speaker 1: If a guy got into the lane, there were two
Speaker 1: defenders there. They had deflections and tips and runouts. And
Speaker 1: the rebound advantage was fifteen I guess, yeah, fifteen fifty
Speaker 1: for the Sixers, thirty five for the Spurs. And that's
Speaker 1: what Coach Brown said. That's how it ends. You can
Speaker 1: do a good job defensively, but you gotta punctuated with
Speaker 1: a stop. Here comes coach back out onto the floor.
Speaker 1: I think he's going to visit with a number of
Speaker 1: folks that he knew here, in fact, some of his friends,
Speaker 1: one of his sons, Sam's friends. I believe he's got
Speaker 1: a man new Jenoble jersey for me. He just handed
Speaker 1: to him, nice touch, and he's you can just tell
Speaker 1: he's very happy. He was much contained and professional as
Speaker 1: he always is in that press conference. But you know
Speaker 1: he has to be really excited and to be able
Speaker 1: to get on that plane and be with his coaches
Speaker 1: and his team as he flies to Oklahoma here with
Speaker 1: arguably the best victory since he's become the Sixers coach.
Speaker 1: Wouldn't you agree, Brian? You know what that was the
Speaker 1: one of the leadens on the Sixers dot com postgame article.
Speaker 1: It's it's the signature win. And not just because it
Speaker 1: came in San Antonio at least, this is my view
Speaker 1: on it. It's because of the way the win happened.
Speaker 1: I mean, what have we heard Brett Brown talk about
Speaker 1: since day one? It's been about defense building This around
Speaker 1: defense and the development of really prime young talent, and
Speaker 1: all that came together tonight against the Spurs team that
Speaker 1: of course you got a respect but with some guys
Speaker 1: getting a little bit older, and you just you know,
Speaker 1: you think what this could lead to and perhaps what
Speaker 1: this could represent maybe if things work out in the
Speaker 1: Sixers favored down the road, well absolutely, and you know
Speaker 1: you're trying to build on this. This will be something
Speaker 1: that you remember, just as some of those tough losses
Speaker 1: that will remember that where games slipped away for the Sixers.
Speaker 1: They're all part of this season, but they're playing at
Speaker 1: a higher level than they have at any other point,
Speaker 1: certainly in the Brett Brown here as well, they have
Speaker 1: better players and now to win ten out of thirteen.
Speaker 1: And to me, like if you listen to that press
Speaker 1: conference and you passed through his language in vocabulary, Brett
Speaker 1: Brown used the phrase many run by the Spurs or
Speaker 1: many meltdown by the sixers, And in the past, let's
Speaker 1: be honest, there have been some huge meltdowns and some
Speaker 1: huge runs by the opposition. So that's the whole thing.
Speaker 1: Like teams are going to score, but their runs are
Speaker 1: like four in a row or six in a row,
Speaker 1: and that's nothing compared to fourteen oh runs where you
Speaker 1: know they're right back where the opposition has taken the lead.
Speaker 1: But no, no question about it. And coach doesn't really
Speaker 1: talk about it that much, but he did after the
Speaker 1: Chicago game, and that is they had to go through
Speaker 1: a lot of pain over these last four seasons and
Speaker 1: now they're they're gaining some of the pleasure with the
Speaker 1: bright talent and the you know, the unbelievable abilities of
Speaker 1: Simmons and beat and don't count out Dario. He's been
Speaker 1: so good in all of this that Timo tama Wawa
Speaker 1: was stepped in. It was just an incredible victory keyed
Speaker 1: by the defense, but just an overall tremendous performance and
Speaker 1: an awesome win for the Sixers in San Antonio with
Speaker 1: a rock and postgame concert taking place as the backdrop.
Speaker 1: It was in San Antonio. I'm gonna ask you one
Speaker 1: more time before we wrap this up. Ninety seven seventy
Speaker 1: eight Sixers win at the Spurs. Maybe not ask you something,
Speaker 1: just gonna put something out there and we'll have you respond.
Speaker 1: I mean, the Sixers, they've gone on this really nice
Speaker 1: stretch towards the end of this month. That's now ten
Speaker 1: out of their last thirteen, but especially this week. They've
Speaker 1: been doing it without JJ Reddick, without Jared Bayliss there
Speaker 1: t J McConnell missed a game. Yet the defense, that's right,
Speaker 1: of course, Yeah, absolutely false too, And I mean the
Speaker 1: defense has been what it's been, and they've been knocking
Speaker 1: down three pointers pretty consistently too, without question. And one
Speaker 1: thing on the flip side of this is that Luawa
Speaker 1: was playing and the way he played an he had
Speaker 1: a couple of threes and he did okay, but he
Speaker 1: had some fouls put the Memphis game and the game
Speaker 1: against Milwaukee. I mean, what we've always said about other
Speaker 1: teams when they play their younger players that they fill
Speaker 1: in like the San Antonio's team, it really bolsters that
Speaker 1: person's confidence and helps the overall team. Like let's say
Speaker 1: down the stretcher if the Sixers get into the playoffs
Speaker 1: in playoff games where Luah knows and has the confidence
Speaker 1: that he can deliver whether he's a starter or coming
Speaker 1: off the bench, and it's really the whole essence of team.
Speaker 1: You know, like you said, they're missing key performers and
Speaker 1: primeter players in Bayliss and Reddick, but they're getting it
Speaker 1: done now. Justin Anderson is back and he played well.
Speaker 1: He had two clutch plays and you know he's a
Speaker 1: very good athlete. He had some plays at the rim.
Speaker 1: And Cub didn't have his greatest game here tonight. He
Speaker 1: had seven points, but again he still brings it defensively.
Speaker 1: And you're having two and three guys with big games
Speaker 1: and then multiple solid performances up and down the line,
Speaker 1: all with everybody contributing defensively. A long ways to go
Speaker 1: for the seventy Sixers in this season, but as you
Speaker 1: talk about, a lot tom Plane rides after wins like
Speaker 1: this certainly enjoyable. So go have an enjoyable rest of
Speaker 1: the evening in a big back Brian good night from
Speaker 1: San Antonio. A great win for the seventy Sixers in
Speaker 1: the Alamos City ninety seven seventy eight were following the
Speaker 1: Sixers win. Tom McGinnis had a chance to catch up
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Speaker 1: they walked back to their dressing room San Antonio with
Speaker 1: a season those seventy eight points back on December thirty
Speaker 1: if they had seventy nine against Detroit. Great win for
Speaker 1: the Sixers, arguably the best of the year, and it's
Speaker 1: now twenty four and twenty one for the Sixers on
Speaker 1: the year. As I mentioned San Antonio thirty two and
Speaker 1: nineteen and by far one of the best defensive performances
Speaker 1: of the Sixers the season. Dario had fifteen points, Tim
Speaker 1: and Taylor wild Caberreo two threes, ten points, Justin Anderson
Speaker 1: had twelve, Robert Covington seven, t J five points, four
Speaker 1: assists and three rebounds. As the Sixers prevail ninety seven
Speaker 1: to seventy eight. Low scoring fourth quarter. San Antonio outscored
Speaker 1: the Sixers in the final frame seventeen to sixteen. And
Speaker 1: now we're with us. Who's there with us outside the
Speaker 1: Sixers locker room? Hello? Hello, Hi, who's this Simmons Ben,
Speaker 1: It's Tom. Congratulations, great win, start to finish, dominance. You
Speaker 1: must be really happy with the way this one win. Oh, definitely.
Speaker 1: I think we played really well listening to instructions and
Speaker 1: I followed through and played great defense. You were again
Speaker 1: very assertive from the very jump. With the first basket
Speaker 1: of the game, you had that runout jam and you
Speaker 1: just I don't know if it was the size against
Speaker 1: Murray or whatever, but you really were embolded the night
Speaker 1: against the Spurs. Definitely, I think you know, I'm a
Speaker 1: good friend of Jontay so Toy's mind going against him,
Speaker 1: and he's a great young player, a lot of talent.
Speaker 1: But I love competing against the team who's coached very
Speaker 1: well by Pop. And how about your defense. You had
Speaker 1: thirteen points for them in the first quarter, a season
Speaker 1: low seventy eight for the game. Lloyd Pearce and you're
Speaker 1: coaching staff and you guys have to be really tickled
Speaker 1: with how you played at that end. Definitely, I think
Speaker 1: we had a great scouting report. Everyone listened, great attention
Speaker 1: on the court, and we definitely followed through with the
Speaker 1: instructions that were given. At the risk of overstating the obviously,
Speaker 1: then we'll let you go after this. But do you
Speaker 1: feel this momentum You've not won ten of your last
Speaker 1: thirteen games, best stretched other season for your team. Definitely,
Speaker 1: I think we're getting a lot better. You know, we
Speaker 1: have a lot of improvement that we knew to make,
Speaker 1: but we're going in the right direction. Ben, congratulations, Thanks,
Speaker 1: Thank you. Ben Simmons from just outside the Sixers locker
Speaker 1: room twenty one point seven assist, five rebounds. How about this,
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons in thirty four minutes went ten of eleven
Speaker 1: from the field. Sixers win ninety seven, seventy eight