WEBVTT - Rewind vs. Boston Celtics - 1/9/20 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:03.400 You're listening to rewind, they'll listen back on press conferences, 0:00:03.480 --> 0:00:08.000 highlights and analysis from the seventy sixers previous game. A 0:00:08.200 --> 0:00:11.520 most impressive shorthanded victory for the seventy Sixers one to 0:00:11.680 --> 0:00:14.400 nine ninety eight over the Boston Celtics for the first 0:00:14.400 --> 0:00:18.239 time since two thirteen fourteen to seventy Sixers clinch a 0:00:18.360 --> 0:00:21.560 regular season series victory over their arch rivals. They've also 0:00:21.560 --> 0:00:23.560 won four in a row versus Boston in the regular 0:00:23.600 --> 0:00:26.480 season for the first time since two thousand and two 0:00:26.520 --> 0:00:29.160 thousand and two. I'm Brian Seltzer right now. We had 0:00:29.200 --> 0:00:33.559 two the postgame press conference podium and Burrett Brown, you know, 0:00:33.560 --> 0:00:36.960 with that may be able to be cashed in at 0:00:37.000 --> 0:00:39.720 some point, if at all, But we in our eyes 0:00:39.840 --> 0:00:42.240 in January like this was kind of a unique game. 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:45.440 And I think Josh Richardson in the absence of Joe 0:00:45.600 --> 0:00:48.320 l Embiide and we have a chance here at home, 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:50.400 which we what are we seventeen and two? Here at 0:00:50.440 --> 0:00:53.880 home now eighteen and two? We wanted to keep that 0:00:53.960 --> 0:00:56.600 momentum going. I think Josh drove that he was a 0:00:56.720 --> 0:00:59.440 bell ring and tonight and I thought it started with 0:00:59.600 --> 0:01:03.960 just his mindset, his mentality as much as whatever statistics 0:01:04.080 --> 0:01:07.679 came out of that attitude. A lot of trouble with 0:01:07.880 --> 0:01:09.760 in the past, as you mentioned, you're out three and 0:01:09.760 --> 0:01:12.760 all against them, this year being different ways with different people. 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:18.560 What do you think has changing? Um, I don't know, 0:01:19.120 --> 0:01:21.880 you know, I don't I don't know. It's like they're 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:23.959 roster has changed. Our roster has changed. I don't know, 0:01:24.080 --> 0:01:27.160 like maybe we could should just start there. I do 0:01:27.240 --> 0:01:30.920 feel like I do feel like we're starting to not 0:01:31.000 --> 0:01:33.800 just against Boston. I don't want to over play this. 0:01:33.920 --> 0:01:36.720 I just feel like we're starting to get an idea 0:01:37.440 --> 0:01:41.720 of the first question. I'm just more purposeful, like offense 0:01:41.800 --> 0:01:46.120 taking an unusual sort of you know, physical skill set 0:01:46.200 --> 0:01:49.720 team and learning how to best place it. I thought 0:01:49.840 --> 0:01:53.560 al horfid tonight both sides of the ball, you know, 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:58.520 gave us life and toughness and offensive rebounding. And I 0:01:58.640 --> 0:02:01.320 just think that this year is evolution. Tim is born 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:03.440 out of that, Like what's starting to feel stuff and 0:02:03.440 --> 0:02:07.120 get more familiar in relation to what's the difference with Boston, 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:11.280 I don't know, it's like that that's part of the league. 0:02:11.760 --> 0:02:14.280 I think Ben. You put Ben in and started setting 0:02:14.280 --> 0:02:16.600 corn as a backup center. He was all over the 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:19.120 place in the paint. Yeah, And in terms of attacking, 0:02:19.440 --> 0:02:21.680 what was kind of your thought process with that small 0:02:21.720 --> 0:02:23.040 ball out for him et center and what did you 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:24.840 think over all the way to like I mean, I've 0:02:24.840 --> 0:02:27.720 always been curious, you know, I've always been curious of 0:02:27.760 --> 0:02:30.400 what that could look like. And he's we we've seen 0:02:30.520 --> 0:02:34.000 over the past, you know what, three weeks I have 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:36.480 put him in a lot of screening action, like as 0:02:36.520 --> 0:02:39.800 the screener, and you can see he's a dynamic roller. 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:42.639 He can go get lobs, he can catch pocket passes, 0:02:42.720 --> 0:02:45.639 he can find you know, people in corners, and so 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:48.000 in that world if you just sort of like zoom into, 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:51.080 he's been a screen set up. If you put shooters 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:52.639 around him and give somebody to can runt a pick 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:54.560 and roll, well let's call him the five in its 0:02:54.600 --> 0:02:57.520 true in that environment, he was I thought were I 0:02:57.520 --> 0:02:59.720 thought he was. He was good. I don't know what 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:02.600 the umbas beer out. I thought he was good. But 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:05.640 it's something we've just tried. I thought Norvelle coming in, 0:03:06.240 --> 0:03:09.520 you know, really gave us that thing that I'm talking 0:03:09.560 --> 0:03:11.840 about with screening rolling. And I thought we even missed 0:03:11.880 --> 0:03:14.680 him a few times as Jay Rich was playing cross 0:03:14.800 --> 0:03:17.440 back game. But I have wanted to try Ben at five. 0:03:17.560 --> 0:03:20.640 We did, and uh, I suspect you'll see it again. 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:23.720 Talk about that. And we were talking about the theme 0:03:23.800 --> 0:03:26.519 before the game. The guys were saying next man up, like, 0:03:26.720 --> 0:03:28.919 you know, we know Joel's down, but it's all about 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:32.320 next man up, you talk about collectively the center spot 0:03:32.360 --> 0:03:35.040 where Norvelle played a great game. Al had a good game. 0:03:35.440 --> 0:03:39.920 You know, Ben gave us some buckets exactly, but you know, 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:42.440 it just seemed like at that five position, you know, 0:03:42.520 --> 0:03:46.440 you position at the final position, you guys, you know 0:03:46.680 --> 0:03:49.760 they played well. I think they did, and we had 0:03:49.800 --> 0:03:53.320 to you know, you got Joe. We just we just 0:03:53.520 --> 0:03:57.760 did a post game sort of bell ringing ceremony and 0:03:57.800 --> 0:04:01.040 I look over one of the players shoulders and I 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:04.320 can see Elton's holding Joel on FaceTime. And so we 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:07.240 were able from New York to include him, which is 0:04:07.240 --> 0:04:10.320 always a good thing. And when you're missing Joel, you 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:13.520 better have some people, you know, do what Novelle did. 0:04:13.560 --> 0:04:16.560 And Ben in his limited minutes and Al horfed, you know, 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:20.880 was was huge all over the place. And it's true, 0:04:20.920 --> 0:04:22.880 it was a next man up. We had to find 0:04:23.560 --> 0:04:30.760 something to take that massive void that Joel left seventy 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:33.240 Sixers get the win of the Boston Celtics one O 0:04:33.400 --> 0:04:36.559 nine ninety eight. How about that anecdote from Brett Brown 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:39.760 that was awesome that Elton Brand had Joel Embiid on 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:42.680 FaceTime in the locker room for the postgame bell ringing. 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:46.359 How cool is that the reason why Joel Embiid was 0:04:46.360 --> 0:04:49.200 on FaceTime and not there in person. If you missed 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:51.040 the news before the game, Joel Embiid is going to 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:54.320 undergo surgery on his left hand tomorrow. The seventy Sixers 0:04:54.360 --> 0:04:56.880 will have an update in a week to two weeks time. 0:04:56.920 --> 0:04:59.559 They announced that before the game, about forty five minutes 0:04:59.560 --> 0:05:02.800 before off, and then immediately right out of the gate, 0:05:03.160 --> 0:05:07.360 Josh Richardson, as Brett Brown articulated, provided a terrific spark. 0:05:07.400 --> 0:05:10.279 He scored thirteen of his twenty nine points in tonight's 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:14.960 opening quarter. Fourteen of his final sixteen came in the 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:18.599 fourth quarter, including the sixers first six to begin the fourth. 0:05:18.640 --> 0:05:21.760 He was so huge in helping the seventy Sixers get 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:24.599 by the Boston Celtics tonight. But how about this in 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:27.479 a game they were shorthanded, a game in which pregame 0:05:27.520 --> 0:05:31.560 there was an understandable vibe of uncertainty. Yeah, the players 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:33.680 are talking about next man up, but you know, no 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:37.239 one really knew or even at this moment quite frankly 0:05:37.320 --> 0:05:39.839 knows the extent of what Joel's injury is going to be. 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:42.720 He is your top player. And the Sixers come out, 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:47.440 they have a great determined attitude about themselves. Late in 0:05:47.480 --> 0:05:49.400 the game, their offense. How about this for a test. 0:05:49.440 --> 0:05:51.280 You up against the fourth best defense in the league, 0:05:51.279 --> 0:05:55.640 in the Boston Celtics, and your offense is being tasked 0:05:55.680 --> 0:05:59.200 with executing and hey, recent weeks, I think everyone's seen 0:05:59.560 --> 0:06:03.120 that the has been going through some things. Sixers get 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:06.240 their looks, they execute on them, and the defense was 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:10.880 stout and crunch time. Ben Simmons great second half, closed strong. 0:06:10.960 --> 0:06:14.200 He had that really important defensive play, a steal with 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:17.320 about three minutes to go that ultimately led to Josh 0:06:17.400 --> 0:06:19.320 Richardson going to the line back. They're the way to 0:06:19.360 --> 0:06:22.120 put the Sixers up by seven to Simmons, finishing with 0:06:22.200 --> 0:06:26.960 nineteen points, nine rebounds, three assists, and a steal. Seventeen 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:30.000 for al Horford, he also had eight boards and six assists. 0:06:30.360 --> 0:06:33.159 Horford with a key late jumper on the baseline. He 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:36.680 also had a big stop on Marcus Smart. Tobias Harris 0:06:36.720 --> 0:06:38.960 picked it up gave the Sixers a lift in the 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:41.760 third quarter. He finished with sixteen points. You know the 0:06:41.800 --> 0:06:45.080 bench for the guys who were in there, they had moments, 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:50.360 especially fur Concorkmas Norvelle Pell outstanding. They gave him two blocks, 0:06:50.440 --> 0:06:54.120 I had him for three six points, four rebounds. Seventy 0:06:54.120 --> 0:06:57.080 sixers a race of fifteen point deficit in the first 0:06:57.120 --> 0:06:59.680 half and go on to win it by eleven, which 0:06:59.760 --> 0:07:04.040 ended being their largest lead at any point in the night. 0:07:04.480 --> 0:07:07.039 Josh Richardson leading the way with twenty nine points. The 0:07:07.040 --> 0:07:10.840 seventy Sixers clamped down on the Celtics wings. Jalen Brown 0:07:10.880 --> 0:07:14.440 and Jason Tatum combined to go just six for twenty 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:18.520 five from the field and three for nine from outside 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:22.720 the ark. Pretty minimal effect from those two. Kemba Walker 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:25.280 at twenty six. Marcus Smart he was a problem. He 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:27.800 had twenty four off the bench. But the seventy Sixers 0:07:27.840 --> 0:07:30.640 outscore the Celtics thirty two, eighteen and the fourth quarter 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:33.520 and overall in the second half they outscore the Celtics 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:36.360 by eighteen to win this one one o nine to 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:39.440 ninety eight. Seventy six Ers have won two in a row. 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:42.520 They are now twenty five and fourteen, Boston is twenty 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:44.560 five and eleven, and the seventy Sixers have closed within 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:46.640 a game and a half of the Atlantic Division lead. 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:47.880 Let's see if we can hear a little bit of 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:55.400 Ben Simmons postgame, specifically defensively. Yeah, I think he had 0:07:55.400 --> 0:07:58.440 one of his better defensive games tonight, coming up a 0:07:58.480 --> 0:08:01.080 little bit more and being effect with his hands and 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:04.160 getting in there. You know, every I think everybody played 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:06.080 a huge role tonight. You know, obviously that's why we 0:08:06.080 --> 0:08:09.040 got to win. But I'll definitely, you know, played a 0:08:09.040 --> 0:08:12.840 great game. Ben Simmons with some postgame thoughts on the 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:15.640 seventy Sixers win of the Boston Celtics tonight, one nine 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:18.160 ninety eight. We're bringing Tom McGinnis right now. You know, Tom, 0:08:18.200 --> 0:08:20.040 I probably should not be in the business or get 0:08:20.080 --> 0:08:22.760 into the business of ranking wins or anything like that. 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:25.400 I mean, obviously Christmas Day against the Bucks was great, 0:08:25.440 --> 0:08:28.120 but as far as like bigger symbolism and how this 0:08:28.120 --> 0:08:31.040 one happened, I mean, tonight was absolutely an awesome performance 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:33.240 by the team, no doubt about it. And you're right 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:35.160 day one game at a time there, Brian. But it 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:37.120 is a huge victory, no doubt about it. That it 0:08:37.160 --> 0:08:39.760 comes against Boston or ahead of you in the standings, 0:08:40.240 --> 0:08:42.520 and like you know, we've emphasized and you don't want 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:44.240 to make too much of it, but it is in 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:47.559 fact a series victory over them, and that the Sixers 0:08:47.600 --> 0:08:49.600 have now won three of the four with the one 0:08:49.640 --> 0:08:52.960 game remaining in Boston. But just to circle back to 0:08:53.040 --> 0:08:56.120 Ben Simmons and hearing that he had an edge tonight, 0:08:56.320 --> 0:08:58.080 I thought he really did that. You know, you could 0:08:58.080 --> 0:08:59.800 see it a couple of times where he stood over 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:02.920 Ham a walker, and I thought he was very aggressive. 0:09:02.960 --> 0:09:04.720 That jump hook he made at the end that was 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:07.640 part of the exclamation point, if you will, if the 0:09:07.679 --> 0:09:11.079 Sixers making sure they won this game was really big. 0:09:11.120 --> 0:09:14.160 And a couple of the plays he made, like I said, 0:09:14.200 --> 0:09:16.480 you know, you gotta remember, this is an athletic stage 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:19.800 where we're looking at it's empty now, but he covered 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:22.120 the floor and roamed back to make a steal and 0:09:22.160 --> 0:09:25.040 you're just like, WHOA. You just have to sit back 0:09:25.360 --> 0:09:29.640 and watch it in amazement. The athletic feet and prowess 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:32.679 that he put on display. Just an incredible game. And 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:35.840 again you had tremendous performances from the likes of Horford, 0:09:35.880 --> 0:09:39.520 obviously Josh Richardson. He came out and the Sixers were 0:09:39.520 --> 0:09:41.520 eight of ten out of the gate. They were shooting 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:44.320 eighty five percent from the field, and then they hit 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:46.600 a tailspin toward the end that he opening quote, Boston 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:48.960 went on a sixteen to four run. And the only 0:09:49.000 --> 0:09:52.040 thing you're thinking, and Boston was hot with Walker getting thirteen, 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:54.800 is that again this part about they played last night, 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:57.160 and you know, the back to backs are part of it. 0:09:57.240 --> 0:09:59.520 Coaches will poop poo it a little bit, but it matters. 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:02.880 They st but they weren't nearly as hot down the stretch. 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:05.080 And again, it's not like they flew cross country. They 0:10:05.080 --> 0:10:07.040 came down from Boston. It's an hour flight. But they 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:09.560 played last night. You get to bed later. It's just 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:12.320 it throws you off your routine. It's it's a part, 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:14.679 it's a factor of life in the NBA, but it's 0:10:14.720 --> 0:10:17.360 clearly more difficult in winning a night number two, whereas 0:10:17.360 --> 0:10:19.800 the Sixers were arrested and they play with the energy 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:22.440 in the fight and they you did it. You mentioned 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:24.679 it was a special victory, and it sure is anytime 0:10:24.679 --> 0:10:28.600 you beat the Celtics one the final score seventy six 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:32.000 Ers over the seas. Norville Pell time. I you know, 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:34.720 there were great performances by some regulars, but I'm I'm 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:37.240 going to our guy, Norvelle. He was awesome tonight and 0:10:37.280 --> 0:10:39.560 he's like, hey, here's a chance for someone to step 0:10:39.640 --> 0:10:41.360 up in his Brett likes to say, raise their hand 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:43.920 for an opportunity. I mean, these could be back up 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:47.400 two minutes. I'm sorry, backup five minutes for Norvelle Pell right, 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:50.800 And just to carry over on that point, Brett Brown, 0:10:50.920 --> 0:10:53.080 you know you're talking about raise your hand. It's you know, 0:10:53.160 --> 0:10:55.319 the front part of that equation is the gym will 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:58.160 speak to him and that is you know, during training camp. 0:10:58.160 --> 0:11:00.360 But it's a season went him along and Ville is 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:02.160 a different player than he was when he was signed 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:04.000 by the Blue Coats five years ago. He's gotten a 0:11:04.040 --> 0:11:07.640 lot of experience. He's also played overseas overseas during this time. 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:10.080 And you know when you when you looked at that 0:11:10.200 --> 0:11:13.199 DAAs in, I guess it was July when the Sixers 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:16.400 signed all these players, and up there was Kyle O'Quinn, 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:18.640 and you know, you would have thought he would have 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:21.080 been the guy and the natural guy to be to 0:11:21.240 --> 0:11:24.040 be the third big backup and in this situation, to 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:26.400 be the first big off the bench wall. To your point, 0:11:26.440 --> 0:11:29.559 it's Norvelle pell and that's why he was a tremendous 0:11:29.640 --> 0:11:33.200 job of blocking shots. He's quick off the floor, he's 0:11:33.200 --> 0:11:36.319 obviously got great hand eye coordination. Not an easy skill set, 0:11:36.720 --> 0:11:40.280 but rim protection is something every team looks for. And 0:11:40.320 --> 0:11:42.160 then oh, by the way, when you can throw it 0:11:42.240 --> 0:11:44.760 up to him and dunk it, he did a terrific job. 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:47.800 The rest of it is, you know, guarding your position 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:52.240 and screening and rebounding and you know, and running the floor, 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:55.280 and he was. He was really good in that backup role. Tonight, 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:59.240 seventy six ers over the Celtics one nine clinched a 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:02.640 regular season series versus Boston for the first time since 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:06.280 twenty thirteen fourteen, and this amazing time. It's something that 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:08.839 you know, we've been around Brett Brown since that year, 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:10.640 for the last seven years, and you pick up and 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:13.360 kind of internalize certain sayings of his but it's like, 0:12:13.720 --> 0:12:16.040 you know, what a week, what a difference a week 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:18.880 can make in the NBA. And this time last week 0:12:19.400 --> 0:12:22.240 the seventy Sixers were in No Not so Great Land, 0:12:22.320 --> 0:12:24.559 and right now it's a totally different outlook. You're within 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:27.000 a game and a half of the division lead, right 0:12:27.040 --> 0:12:29.640 and you look back to all these you think about 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:31.200 the competition. Now you go on the road, and you 0:12:31.240 --> 0:12:34.679 play Dallas right in Dallas, and you play Indiana where 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:37.760 you just lost so and then you consider Miami Orlando 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:39.959 has given the Sixers problems. That was a road game, 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:43.760 and then obviously Milwaukee and Boston so and there, and 0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:46.920 again there's no easy games in the NBA. But this 0:12:46.960 --> 0:12:50.000 has been a particularly tough stretch for the Sixers. But 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:53.079 to your point, dropping four games in a row, and 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:54.839 you know a stretch where they had had a three 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:57.839 game losing street even before that. And now you come 0:12:57.840 --> 0:13:00.280 back and beat a really hot Oklahoma team and would 0:13:00.320 --> 0:13:02.439 argue the hottest team in the league up until that 0:13:02.480 --> 0:13:05.319 game on Monday, and a huge victory here and now 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:06.760 you got to go out and back it up on 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:08.600 the road and try to get a victory. And again 0:13:08.640 --> 0:13:11.280 the Sixers have to navigate, this time without embad. They 0:13:11.320 --> 0:13:13.319 did it tonight and now they have to find a 0:13:13.360 --> 0:13:15.480 way over the next couple of weeks and whatever it 0:13:15.480 --> 0:13:18.600 turns out to be after Joel has surgery. But as 0:13:18.640 --> 0:13:20.200 you said, that was a really neat thing to hear 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:22.559 that Elton Brand was facetiming Joel as he awaits that 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:26.079 surgery tomorrow in New York. And that's that's that's part 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:28.360 of culture. That's what the Sixers are building here where 0:13:28.640 --> 0:13:31.760 everybody's in. I mean, that's got to be a difficult scenario. 0:13:31.920 --> 0:13:33.880 You have to feel for Embid here he is once 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:37.040 again having surgery and not with the team as they 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:39.200 take on their arch rivals. He so much wants to 0:13:39.200 --> 0:13:40.800 be out there, so your heart has to go out 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:43.400 to him. But we're nice job there by eb keeping 0:13:43.440 --> 0:13:46.679 the Joel Ebid in the mix. Certainly be thinking of 0:13:46.720 --> 0:13:49.360 Joel Embiad with that surgery up coming tomorrow and update 0:13:49.360 --> 0:13:51.679 on him in a week or two. But an inspiring 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:53.880 performance by the seventy six Ers tonight they beat the 0:13:53.880 --> 0:13:56.360 Celtics one, nine ninety eight. Tom Thank you very much. 0:13:57.280 --> 0:14:00.040 Seventy Sixers wrapping up a brief two game homes and 0:14:00.200 --> 0:14:03.160 tonight against the Boston Celtics. They were looking for a 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:06.920 season series win over their arch nemesis, and also looking 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:09.640 to set a positive tone in light of the news 0:14:09.640 --> 0:14:12.000 that Joel Embiide will be out for at least one 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:14.920 to two weeks following surgery on his left hand, which 0:14:14.960 --> 0:14:17.680 is coming up tomorrow. The seventy Sixers got off to 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:21.120 a really aggressive start, led by Ben Simmons and Josh Richardson. 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:23.440 In quarter number one, Harris with it at the file, 0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:25.760 live back up to Ben Simmons in the lane. Simmons 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:28.200 adjusted puts it up in the right hand. So the 0:14:28.240 --> 0:14:30.480 answer is will he be able to get down low 0:14:30.520 --> 0:14:33.680 an attack. So far, so good for Simmons. Three field 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:36.680 goals and they've all been right at the room. Seventy 0:14:36.720 --> 0:14:39.840 Sixers took a seventeen sixteen lead, but after a quarter 0:14:39.920 --> 0:14:42.560 was the Boston Celtics which finished strong. They went up 0:14:42.560 --> 0:14:44.440 thirty five to twenty six, so that man, it was 0:14:44.440 --> 0:14:46.600 an uphill battle for pretty much the rest of the 0:14:46.600 --> 0:14:49.160 first half of the Sixers. James Ennis the third made 0:14:49.160 --> 0:14:51.160 things a little bit tighter in the second quarter. Al 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:53.920 Horford in the lane, He's doubled. Kick out Ennis wide open, 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:57.240 jatte three ball, got it. It's good. James Ennis with 0:14:57.400 --> 0:15:00.400 his first field goal of the game, or with his 0:15:00.480 --> 0:15:04.840 third assists Sixers fifth, three and now seven straight by Philadelphia, 0:15:05.160 --> 0:15:07.800 and they cut it to eighth and moments later and 0:15:07.880 --> 0:15:09.520 it's the third hit another three to make it a 0:15:09.560 --> 0:15:12.440 three point game, fifty one to forty eight. The Boston 0:15:12.480 --> 0:15:15.520 Celtics would score the final four points of the first half. 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:17.640 They took a fifty five forty eight lead into the 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:20.680 locker room. Tobias Harris had sixteen points in the game. 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:23.560 He was really productive in the third. Harris has it 0:15:23.800 --> 0:15:25.920 Harris online on Tice again. He went for the jam, 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:28.840 didn't get the dupe, but he put it in. Tobias 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:32.520 Harris goes right at Tice. How the Sixers have taken 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:35.680 a day at eleven oh run and they're feeling it 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:39.040 here at Philadelphia on their feet with a sellout crowd. 0:15:39.280 --> 0:15:41.920 Celtics took time out. Seventy Sixers let at that point 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:45.160 fifty nine to fifty seven. A man named Norvelle Pell, 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:48.360 two way player for the seventy Sixers, was great tonight. 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:50.320 Off the bench. He was the second big man up 0:15:50.400 --> 0:15:53.720 essentially behind Al Horford. He was punishing the rim at 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:56.480 both ends the court, sevens throws, away, but at sevens 0:15:56.480 --> 0:15:59.360 with a remarkable comeback, he picks it off and now 0:15:59.360 --> 0:16:02.520 he races down the court. Sevens. Don't look past Hell 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:06.680 catch us in left hand layout, Norvel Pell. He puts 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:09.960 it up and then we are watching athletic feats here 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:13.560 on this plane surface that are incredible. Northville Pell made 0:16:13.560 --> 0:16:16.000 it seventy seven seventy four. The Celtics would still lead 0:16:16.080 --> 0:16:18.800 eighty to seventy seven going into the fourth quarter. Josh 0:16:18.880 --> 0:16:21.480 Richardson scored the first six points of the fourth for 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:23.920 the Sixers. Side out for the Sixers, and now Grant 0:16:23.920 --> 0:16:26.320 Williams is trying to three quarter. Al Horford wants it. 0:16:26.360 --> 0:16:28.120 He taps it back to richards and Richards down on 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:30.800 a drive. Patty jabs it and that's what led to 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:35.640 the basket. They were preoccupied with Horford for con Corkmas 0:16:35.720 --> 0:16:37.560 the Big Three midway through the fourth to kip the 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:40.960 seventy sixers in front. Late game offense for the Sixers 0:16:41.040 --> 0:16:44.320 was really good to Bias Harris, the pivotal jumper batist 0:16:44.320 --> 0:16:47.600 Stible found Ben Simmons inside for a score and then 0:16:47.640 --> 0:16:50.640 with time winding down, Al Horford helped put his former 0:16:50.640 --> 0:16:53.480 team away. Final dail right here. If the Sixers could 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:56.160 score inside. Petter Horford, he has us back to the basket. 0:16:56.240 --> 0:16:59.000 He spins by the shoot. Jawn Stuff shoots it out, tights, 0:16:59.000 --> 0:17:02.880 it's up and good. Al Harford strikes baseline right one 0:17:02.960 --> 0:17:06.040 oh five ninety four sees looking at what could be 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:08.760 the third straight laws just a little bit farther back 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:11.679 on that very same baseline where another fellow whose name 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:13.679 we won't mention, had a very big shot against the 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:17.280 Boston Celtics last March. Only fitting that a man named 0:17:17.320 --> 0:17:21.040 Josh Richardson put the kaffer on this one. Richardson's gonna 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:23.240 get the ball and the Sixers are gonna big Boston. 0:17:23.400 --> 0:17:27.000 But two hands laf my Josh Richardson. Fittingly enough, he 0:17:27.200 --> 0:17:30.640 has twenty nine points and the Sixers are leading one 0:17:30.680 --> 0:17:33.560 O nine ninety eight. YEP, A great night down here 0:17:33.600 --> 0:17:36.200 at the Center. Seventy Sixers win it one nine ninety 0:17:36.200 --> 0:17:38.480 eight in front of a sellout crowd of twenty thousand, 0:17:38.560 --> 0:17:42.000 eight hundred twenty two. That's a good turn out. Josh 0:17:42.080 --> 0:17:45.200 Richardson with a team high twenty nine. He also had 0:17:45.600 --> 0:17:49.879 three rebounds and seven assists. Ben Simmons with nineteen points 0:17:49.960 --> 0:17:53.040 nine rebounds three times, seventeen points for al Horford to 0:17:53.080 --> 0:17:55.639 go with eight boards, six assists, sixteen points, seven rebounds, 0:17:55.640 --> 0:17:59.200 three assists, two steals for Tobias Harris off the bench, 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:02.240 nine for fir Con Quorkmas and six apiece for James 0:18:02.359 --> 0:18:05.959 Ennis the third and Norvelle pell Nice to see him. 0:18:05.960 --> 0:18:09.040 Matis Steibelback didn't hit a shot, he did have five rebounds, 0:18:09.040 --> 0:18:12.159 two assists and a steal. In tonight's game, he was 0:18:12.200 --> 0:18:16.240 plus seven in just under nineteen minutes. Seventy Sixers got 0:18:16.280 --> 0:18:18.119 to the free throw line a little bit more frequently 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:20.760 than Boston. That was important. They also had a great 0:18:20.880 --> 0:18:23.760 rebounding second half to finish the game, plus ten on 0:18:23.800 --> 0:18:26.640 the glass. They outscored the Celtics fifty to thirty eight 0:18:26.640 --> 0:18:29.879 in the paint and nineteen to seven on fast break points. 0:18:30.040 --> 0:18:33.000 You've been listening to rewind. Look out for fresh episodes 0:18:33.040 --> 0:18:35.600 the day after every seventy Sixers game this season.