Speaker 1: This is seventy Sixers. Rewind time now to listen back
Speaker 1: to postgame reaction from the team's most recent game. Seventy
Speaker 1: Sixers have enjoyed a great twenty eighteen in South Philadelphia
Speaker 1: and end of the home schedule on a very positive
Speaker 1: note tonight toppling the Toronto Raptors. You know, it just
Speaker 1: sounds good to say that, regardless of who or who
Speaker 1: was not out there for the Raps. Final score tonight
Speaker 1: one twenty six one O one, seventy Sixers are winners
Speaker 1: against their Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference rivals, and that
Speaker 1: means the Sixers are now within two and a half
Speaker 1: games of Toronto for the league, not only in the division,
Speaker 1: but also the conference standings as well. Ben Simmons was
Speaker 1: fantastic tonight, twenty six points, twelve rebounds, twenty second double
Speaker 1: double of the season, good for fourth best in the NBA.
Speaker 1: Twenty seven points eleven rebounds for Joel and b twenty
Speaker 1: two for JJ Reddick, a well rounded effort that the
Speaker 1: Sixers received. Also some good minutes from the bench. One
Speaker 1: twenty six one one the final. My name is Brian Selzer.
Speaker 1: Let's join in progress right now. Brett Brown and he
Speaker 1: went to Vegas and you know, played in the showcase,
Speaker 1: and we told that to him to go play basketball,
Speaker 1: with the endgame being we really do see you coming
Speaker 1: into especially the West coast trip and having a chance
Speaker 1: to play. Um. We came into it tonight when with
Speaker 1: Wilson Um injured and you know, Mike gets those two
Speaker 1: quick fouls that there was, he was going to be
Speaker 1: playing regardless of the quick follows, and so it happened sooner.
Speaker 1: It was calculated, It was pre planned that he was
Speaker 1: going to play, not to the volume of minutes that
Speaker 1: he did, but for all those reasons it played out
Speaker 1: like it did. Caired up with Joel Um. Was his
Speaker 1: responsibility tot Um some of that. Some of that. I
Speaker 1: think you saw him at a five, you saw him
Speaker 1: at a four. You know, thing changed a little bit
Speaker 1: when he's either at a four or five. I thought
Speaker 1: that that initially when he came in the game, you know,
Speaker 1: he made an impact going to bat balls out of here,
Speaker 1: he jumps twice. Well, he really does jump quick, and
Speaker 1: he can hit a floor and go back up if
Speaker 1: he misses the verse one. And I just think that
Speaker 1: his activity to riches point the versatility where you can
Speaker 1: play a five or a four. Was fantastic, and I
Speaker 1: thought he came in and did some great things to
Speaker 1: see from him during this trip that would keep him
Speaker 1: in the rotation after some of the things we just
Speaker 1: talked about. I feel like his ability to go block
Speaker 1: a shot at a rim is certainly helpful. I think
Speaker 1: that his ability when he's at a four to switch
Speaker 1: out on things gives him an out of the layer
Speaker 1: to play at a five or a four. He is
Speaker 1: a deer in open court. When you watch him run,
Speaker 1: he really can move. He gets up and down the court,
Speaker 1: and I just loved his energy. He's somebody that we've
Speaker 1: paid attention to for a while in relation to trying
Speaker 1: to get him on a court, and tonight he did
Speaker 1: a good job and we felt it was his time.
Speaker 1: Seventy Sixers head coach Brett Brown following the Sixers one
Speaker 1: twenty six one o one win over the Toronto Raptors.
Speaker 1: A lot of good things from the group for the
Speaker 1: seventy Sixers, led by the performance of three starters Ben Simmons,
Speaker 1: JJ Reddick and Joel Embiid, all of whom finished in
Speaker 1: the twenty point plus category twelve points, seven rebounds, seven assists,
Speaker 1: three steals for Jimmy Butler, and the bench really came
Speaker 1: up strong tonight, sixteen for a con cork Mose Jonah
Speaker 1: Bolden out standing with four points, nine rebounds, four block shots,
Speaker 1: just the third player on the team to reach four
Speaker 1: block shots in a single game this season. And this
Speaker 1: was the type of win. It doesn't I know, I
Speaker 1: get it. Some of the top guys weren't out there
Speaker 1: for the Raptors. No Kawhi Leonard, no Surgebaka, no Jonas valentunist,
Speaker 1: Kyle Lowry, he was six or sixteen tonight, didn't play
Speaker 1: last night in Toronto's win over Cleveland, But just a
Speaker 1: to get a win over the team named the Toronto Raptors.
Speaker 1: In my opinion, that counts for something in bigger picture
Speaker 1: the Sixers. This is a real challenging stretch of the
Speaker 1: schedule coming up, not just the five consecutive road games
Speaker 1: that are on the horizon beginning on Tuesday, but after that.
Speaker 1: If you look at the January schedule, a lot of
Speaker 1: the elite teams and the NBA's are on it. For
Speaker 1: the Sixers, just to get some momentum going into an
Speaker 1: important time of the year, big for the Sixers, and
Speaker 1: they got a nice win tonight one twenty six one
Speaker 1: oh one. I believe Joel Embiid maybe at the podium.
Speaker 1: Nothing from Joel embid all right, So we will stay
Speaker 1: tuned and see if perhaps we can get him at
Speaker 1: some point in time. If not, we will hear from
Speaker 1: another man of great importance and stature in the seventy
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Speaker 1: seven six. Seventy six Ers Over the Raptors one twenty
Speaker 1: six two one oh one. A good note to end
Speaker 1: the two thousand eighteen home schedule one for the Sixers.
Speaker 1: Just think about how many outstanding moments there were here
Speaker 1: at the Center in South Philadelphia. You go back to
Speaker 1: last winner when the team really got things rolling, the
Speaker 1: lengthy winning streak, the postseason series against the Miami Heat,
Speaker 1: the promise that this year has begun with, and we
Speaker 1: wrap it up with a win over the Raptors tonight,
Speaker 1: bringing Tom again as time. Why don't we just start
Speaker 1: with how the team did at home this season? Thirty
Speaker 1: nine and five in regular season action going back to
Speaker 1: January one, and pretty amazing Jordan esque number here. Yeah, center, Wow,
Speaker 1: you put it that way that that's fantastic, right the
Speaker 1: way they finished last year the season and then obviously
Speaker 1: this year getting sixteen of nineteen here at the Center.
Speaker 1: That that's what you're looking for with a team that's
Speaker 1: looking for, you know, consistency and you know, sustained success.
Speaker 1: You know, one of the building blocks in that whole
Speaker 1: formula is a home court advantage and the sellout crowds
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia fans, Sixers fans specifically amazing and it shows
Speaker 1: and this team plays well here, you know, and tonight, boy,
Speaker 1: you know again a lot of other franchises refer to
Speaker 1: their top players as their core four. I think it's
Speaker 1: safe to say the Sixers have that and be Butler,
Speaker 1: Simmons and Reddick, who sometimes is not included in there,
Speaker 1: but he's been a tremendous player for the Sixers. And
Speaker 1: then you know, you get some role performers like TJ
Speaker 1: and work on Quarklas has really come on. Shamon has
Speaker 1: shown a lot, not specifically tonight. Tonight you got a
Speaker 1: nice standout performance by Jonah boldin a bit of a surprise,
Speaker 1: and it bodes well. But this will be a telling
Speaker 1: trip for the Sixers, certainly against these top teams with Boston, Utah, Portland,
Speaker 1: the Clippers, and then Phoenix has played a lot better
Speaker 1: as well. Tonight they were in a barn burner and lost.
Speaker 1: How about this score in three overtimes, Brian, look at
Speaker 1: that scoreboard. It says the seventh quarter it was one
Speaker 1: sixty four. Washington beat the Suns in three overtimes. So
Speaker 1: I think the board might be set up for hockey year.
Speaker 1: But so seven doesn't really apply to hoops, but what
Speaker 1: a score. So Phoenix has played better and that'll be
Speaker 1: the final game on the trip. It really amounts to
Speaker 1: an eight or nine to eight trip for the Sixers
Speaker 1: and a marquee game. I mean the Sixers playing in
Speaker 1: national television in Boston for the second time. They played
Speaker 1: the very first game of the season national TV and
Speaker 1: now you know on ABC on Tuesday on Christmas Day.
Speaker 1: The NBA's owned Christmas, if you will. From a programming standpoint,
Speaker 1: they do an outstanding job. And for the Sixers to
Speaker 1: be in that mix looks. We've traveled on Christmas Day
Speaker 1: for almost every year that I've been here and not
Speaker 1: a play on Christmas Day is pretty cool for the
Speaker 1: second straight year. Last year the Sixers were in New
Speaker 1: York and that'll be a great game. Boston's lost three
Speaker 1: in a row, but they had won eighth straight and
Speaker 1: certainly a very competitive, intense ball game coming up on
Speaker 1: Christmas time. I would say I need to correct myself,
Speaker 1: but Twitter has already done it for me. Incorrect on
Speaker 1: my part to say thirty nine and five, because of
Speaker 1: course there was the one designated home game ian London,
Speaker 1: so thirty nine and four here in south Field if
Speaker 1: he regardless, it's pretty pretty good. Let's talk about two Australians.
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons, fantastic Key and up the Sixers fast break attack.
Speaker 1: Thirty three points on the break is season best. And
Speaker 1: then Joe Bolden getting some early run and not disappointing
Speaker 1: with four blocks. Now he really did and uh, you
Speaker 1: know again Wilson Chandler was out, so Mike Moscala starts
Speaker 1: and coach said they had intended to go to Bolden.
Speaker 1: And you know, like he's an intriguing player in that
Speaker 1: he has the size and his coach said he can
Speaker 1: really run the floor and now he blocks shots. He
Speaker 1: had three early in the game, and that's tremendous off
Speaker 1: the bench. Look, when when you're a young player, now
Speaker 1: again the formulas change a little bit because you got
Speaker 1: to be able to hit it open three. But if
Speaker 1: you can defend and rebound and set screens and do
Speaker 1: the little things, well that can you can play. And
Speaker 1: that that's what he did. I mean, he was a
Speaker 1: force out there at the defensive end, and he was active.
Speaker 1: He got those rebounds and then he does have the
Speaker 1: capability of making shots. So again, the Sixers a mere
Speaker 1: Johnson for whatever reason, has not had a you know,
Speaker 1: that's not that he hasn't instead, he just hasn't played
Speaker 1: that much. And so coach went with Jonah Bolden, and
Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see if he's able to play
Speaker 1: on the road. He had a, like I said, a
Speaker 1: little bit of a crack in his fibula earlier in
Speaker 1: the season. He had played prior to tonight, in the
Speaker 1: nineteen previous six Ers games, he'd only played three times,
Speaker 1: and tonight was his tenth overall appearance, and for him
Speaker 1: to get out there and the guts of the game
Speaker 1: and have an impact was really good. And then regarding Ben,
Speaker 1: he was dominant. I mean he has been dominant over
Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks, you know, like with two
Speaker 1: triple doubles. He could have had another one to night,
Speaker 1: but he has been a force down low and he's
Speaker 1: talking about running the floor. Simmons had that one breakout
Speaker 1: dunk where you know, it's extraordinary. He's seen an athlete
Speaker 1: like that, an athlete like that in the open court
Speaker 1: and he was amazing, and you got to keep hope
Speaker 1: he keeps it up because it's going to be important.
Speaker 1: Particularly Boston defended him really well in the playoffs last year,
Speaker 1: and he's got a show that he can play against
Speaker 1: those top teams and still dominate. The way he's been
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons twenty six points, twelve rebounds, eight assist to
Speaker 1: Oil and Be twenty seven and eleven. Jj Reddick with
Speaker 1: twenty two. We've talked a lot about the Boston Celtics.
Speaker 1: They're a little bit shorthanded themselves as well on the
Speaker 1: front court. Al Horfords miss seven games in a row,
Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised if he did play Tuesday. But Aaron
Speaker 1: Baines he was for anyone who watched. I mean, people
Speaker 1: will remember the corner three pointers and yeah that was big.
Speaker 1: But he was a body that the Celtics could throw one.
Speaker 1: I hate that honestly, Like, don't get me wrong, he
Speaker 1: was very effective. Let's not forget how the season ended, right, Well,
Speaker 1: went up against Aaron Baines and didn't score. So now Baines,
Speaker 1: the same thing with Valatunas. You just hate to see
Speaker 1: these guys go down. But yeah, Baines is a really
Speaker 1: good player for them, and he'll be back. I think
Speaker 1: he's expected to be out like a month for that matter.
Speaker 1: Same thing with Valatunas for Toronto. But yeah, and there
Speaker 1: their dynamic change a little bit. You knew it would,
Speaker 1: you didn't know how it would manifest itself, but the
Speaker 1: minutes that Rogier got, the time that Brown got, and
Speaker 1: now Jaylen Brown was really good last night with twenty
Speaker 1: one against Milwaukee, but they're not going to be the
Speaker 1: same and your role changes when your minutes go down.
Speaker 1: And now you know, like HB. Brown was saying last night,
Speaker 1: for Boston, if Brown gets in there and he's not
Speaker 1: a consistent outside shooter, well then Brad Stevens has got
Speaker 1: other guys to go to. So but again, like you know,
Speaker 1: I hate to keep going back to this, but like
Speaker 1: with Toronto where the Sixers have not won in thirteen games,
Speaker 1: at some point you got to go into Boston and
Speaker 1: established that you can win there, not not just for
Speaker 1: for the outside, but for yourselves, because you know, Boston
Speaker 1: was able to play in the playoffs last year without
Speaker 1: even winning on the road. They lost in Milwaukee all
Speaker 1: three times they came here, and they did well here,
Speaker 1: I mean without winning on the road, but without you know,
Speaker 1: they had the home court advantage. So again, these are
Speaker 1: all big games and no matter who's playing, you can
Speaker 1: only play who's out there. And the Sixers are playing
Speaker 1: well and hopefully they can get on the road. They
Speaker 1: at some point, if if having a home court, you know,
Speaker 1: dominant record is part of the formula. Well so is
Speaker 1: getting you know, nineteen twenty twenty one road wins, and
Speaker 1: so far the Sixers are three games under here on
Speaker 1: the road, and uh but it's been great here and
Speaker 1: they're playing well and they're going out together. They've they've
Speaker 1: got a great chemistry and fight amongst themselves in terms
Speaker 1: of the spirit, I mean the fight that they play with,
Speaker 1: and so it'll be interesting to see against top flight
Speaker 1: competition going out west. Tom mc guinness, enjoy your time
Speaker 1: with your family over the next couple of days. We
Speaker 1: will talk to you on Christmas Day at TD Garden.
Speaker 1: All right, thank you, bry Good night. One twenty six
Speaker 1: one one seventy six Ers beat the Toronto Raptors at home.
Speaker 1: Important conference wind moved to within two and a half
Speaker 1: games the Raptors for the top spot in the Eastern
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Speaker 1: Seventy six ers making one last appearance in South Philadelphia
Speaker 1: in the two thousand eighteen calendar year, and the draw
Speaker 1: their Atlantic Division nemesis, the Toronto Raptors, which had foiled
Speaker 1: them big time in the first two meetings of the year.
Speaker 1: Brian Selta, with you down here at the center, let
Speaker 1: us go through now the highlights called by the one
Speaker 1: or only Tom McGinnis. So the Raptors shorthanded tonight. No
Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard, no Sergibacca, no Jonas Valentunis. Seventy six ers,
Speaker 1: No Wilson Chandler, seventy six ers, Yes, Ben Simmons, Golan
Speaker 1: Wright is coming to the game. His shots no good
Speaker 1: rebound gregman Roe but blocked by a bed. What a
Speaker 1: play by Joe. Here's McConnell races it down the court,
Speaker 1: goes inside. Here's an a duncan by and be great
Speaker 1: play by McConnell. Reddick actually hand a hand on that
Speaker 1: play and Joel and b with the jam Ben Simmons
Speaker 1: got the seventy sixers started. As you heard right there,
Speaker 1: Joel and bad T two ay sequence to ignite the
Speaker 1: seventy Sixers actually trailed by a point thirty twenty nine
Speaker 1: to a Toronto team that played last night. Toronto went
Speaker 1: up five early on in the second for the Sixers.
Speaker 1: They were live on the three ball to get back
Speaker 1: into it, DJ cross courds Skip Reddick steps into an
Speaker 1: open three out of transition and good Sixers with their
Speaker 1: thirteenth fast breakpoint. JJ Reddick gets the team's first three
Speaker 1: great cross chords skip by McConnell's sixth straight by the
Speaker 1: Sixers that made it thirty nine thirty eight seventy Sixers.
Speaker 1: We will detail a little bit later just how good
Speaker 1: the seventy sixers transition game was. Ben Simmons about that man.
Speaker 1: He gave the Sixers a nice spurts to force a
Speaker 1: time lowry off the screen by Siaka Boston on the
Speaker 1: pull up and Butler pulls it out of min area,
Speaker 1: goes to Ben Simmons on a drive and down the
Speaker 1: nade with the right hand. Jaff Nobody's faster than Simmons
Speaker 1: in the open court. Ben Simmons with a chap. Shortly
Speaker 1: after that, Joel Embiid returned to the court and help
Speaker 1: the Sixers to a solid sixty five fifty nine lead
Speaker 1: at the break. You just felt like momentum was on
Speaker 1: the seventy sixers side, and they really set the tone
Speaker 1: early on in the third quarter. Siaka from deep no good,
Speaker 1: Simmons almost daring him to shoot the three. Pascal siakam
Speaker 1: for five. Well on a pass by Simmons to j. J.
Speaker 1: Reddick Man, he snapped it off from mid court eighteen
Speaker 1: to four run for the seventy Sixers to open things up.
Speaker 1: In the third quarter. Toronto responded and they were kind
Speaker 1: of nipping at the seventy sixers heels, but after three
Speaker 1: quarters of play it was ninety four seventy nine Sixers.
Speaker 1: It was some encouraging stuff for the team as they
Speaker 1: took it into the fourth quarter and Ben Simmons helped
Speaker 1: put the Raptors away. Here's Ben with a slam and
Speaker 1: as six as just picking the Raptors apart. Ben Simmons
Speaker 1: from Jimmy Butler. Jimmy with his six assists, twenty point game.
Speaker 1: It was one oh seven to eighty seven at that
Speaker 1: point in time, as the seventy Sixers they would go
Speaker 1: on to in the end Coast passed the Toronto Raptors
Speaker 1: by the final of one twenty six to one oh one.
Speaker 1: Some final notes from the final stat sheet. Sixers ended
Speaker 1: up shooting fifty four percent from the field, the Raptors
Speaker 1: under thirty nine percent. The Sixers didn't have to rely
Speaker 1: on the three ball a lot, just eight three pointers
Speaker 1: for the Sixers ten for Toronto. Sixers did do work
Speaker 1: from the foul line twenty six to thirty five. The
Speaker 1: Raptors were seventeen of nineteen. The Sixers were plus twelve
Speaker 1: on the glass against the Raptors tonight, and they committed
Speaker 1: thirteen turnovers to Toronto's fifteen. But fast break offense mentioned
Speaker 1: then alluded to that a little bit ago. The Sixers
Speaker 1: with thirty three fast break points that was a season
Speaker 1: high for them that helped them overcome twenty eight fast
Speaker 1: break points from the Toronto Raptors. But Ben Simmons was
Speaker 1: such a huge part in leading the break for the
Speaker 1: seventy Sixers, getting their transition game going throughout the entire night.
Speaker 1: Simmons twenty six points a season high for him, twelve
Speaker 1: rebounds his twenty second double double, eight assists for the
Speaker 1: reigning rookie of the year against just one turnover plus seventeen.
Speaker 1: He was eleven and thirteen from the field twenty seven,
Speaker 1: a game high for Joel Embid, ten to fifteen from
Speaker 1: the floor, seven and nine from the line. He had
Speaker 1: eleven rebounds his NBA best twenty eighth double double of
Speaker 1: the year. JJ Reddick was plus twenty six. Scored twenty
Speaker 1: two points, four of five from outside the arcs, having
Speaker 1: twelve overall and five assists for JJ Reddick twelve points
Speaker 1: for Jimmy Butler in twenty eight minutes four of ten,
Speaker 1: seven rebounds, seven assists, three steals and a block shot.
Speaker 1: The bench had a nice night for the Sixers. Fur
Speaker 1: Con Cork Mods with sixteen points. Jonah Bolden with four
Speaker 1: points but nine rebounds and four block shots. He was
Speaker 1: a great secondary rim protector in terms of a secondary
Speaker 1: rim protecting option for the seventy Sixers off the bench
Speaker 1: when Joel Embid took a seat. T J McConnell seven assists,
Speaker 1: no turnover, six points. Good stuff from the seventy sixers reserve.
Speaker 1: Cord tonight. With the win, the Sixers are now one
Speaker 1: and two on the season. Against the Toronto Raptors, they
Speaker 1: are twenty two and twelve overall. Twenty five and ten
Speaker 1: is the Raptors record. In the seventy Sixers moving to
Speaker 1: third place and are just two and a half games
Speaker 1: in Toronto heading into a Christmas Day date with the
Speaker 1: Boston Celtics. You know, Boston was riding high for a while.
Speaker 1: They had won eight straight games, seemed like they were
Speaker 1: getting things headed in the right direction. But now they've
Speaker 1: actually dropped three straight. There on fifth place currently in
Speaker 1: the standings in the Eastern Conference, but one game back
Speaker 1: in the lost column of the seventy six Ers. So
Speaker 1: round two between the Sixers and the Celtics, five o'clock
Speaker 1: game on Tuesday, Christmas Day from td Garden. Pregame coverage
Speaker 1: on some of our Sixers radio network affiliates beginning at
Speaker 1: four fifty. We look forward to talking to you at
Speaker 1: that point in time. Big thanks to everyone involved in
Speaker 1: tonight's broadcast back at the studio, Pat Egan and Carolamoli.
Speaker 1: Marty Dickerson here on site now for the radio voice
Speaker 1: the seventy six Ers, Tom McGinnis, Brian Seltzer saying so
Speaker 1: long for now one final time. The final score was
Speaker 1: the seventy Sixers over the Toronto Raptors, one twenty six
Speaker 1: to one oh one. Have a great rest or Saturday
Speaker 1: night and a start to your Christmas Day on Tuesday.
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