WEBVTT - Sixers Road Trip Check-In After 3-0 Start 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:03.360 This podcast is part of the seventy Sixers podcast network 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:09.400 search seventy Sixers Insiders wherever you get your podcasts day 0:00:09.480 --> 0:00:24.560 Everybody love Yeah, seventy sixers. All right, welcome everybody back 0:00:24.600 --> 0:00:29.720 to another post Sixers Win Space, post three Sixers Win 0:00:30.160 --> 0:00:33.320 Twitter Space, and seventy Sixers Insiders podcast. A reminder that 0:00:33.360 --> 0:00:35.080 if you leave early, you can always catch this on 0:00:35.120 --> 0:00:37.880 the seventy Sixers Insiders podcast piece, so please make sure 0:00:37.880 --> 0:00:41.680 you are following that wherever you get your podcasts. Matt Murphy, 0:00:42.320 --> 0:00:44.440 Space is after dark. How are we feeling on this 0:00:44.640 --> 0:00:48.800 fine Wednesday evening? Yeah, I mean it's after nine o'clock 0:00:48.960 --> 0:00:51.760 if people are listening, well, the people who are listening 0:00:51.800 --> 0:00:54.880 live where I am. It's after nine o'clock. But Lauren 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:57.760 is joining from Portland. The Sixers in the middle of 0:00:57.960 --> 0:01:00.880 a road trip that they've won the first three games 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:05.080 of Utah, the Lakers, then the Clippers, so we're speaking 0:01:05.319 --> 0:01:09.600 after this Clippers win. We will hear from Tobias Harris 0:01:10.000 --> 0:01:12.440 some of his postgame thoughts. I'm looking forward to hearing 0:01:12.440 --> 0:01:16.440 that talking about Tyrese Maxie as well as his own performance, 0:01:16.480 --> 0:01:20.000 because he was a standout from this Clippers game. Get 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:22.600 your messages into us by clicking on our icons. Get 0:01:22.600 --> 0:01:25.200 your tweets in by clicking the chat icon in the 0:01:25.200 --> 0:01:27.560 bottom right corner. We want to hear from you anything 0:01:27.560 --> 0:01:31.039 that stood out from the trip so far. The Sixers 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:34.080 over their last twenty games are sixteen and four, which 0:01:34.120 --> 0:01:39.120 is the best in the Eastern Conference. Matt, you mentioned it, 0:01:39.160 --> 0:01:41.240 but please get us your messages early so we can 0:01:41.280 --> 0:01:42.760 make sure that we cover everything you guys want to 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:45.000 hear about. So you can send us a DM. You 0:01:45.000 --> 0:01:47.319 can click on my icon or Matt's icon to send 0:01:47.480 --> 0:01:49.320 said DM, or you can look at that bottom right 0:01:49.360 --> 0:01:53.160 hand corner. The chat feature is also open, so let 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:55.320 us know what stood out to you on this trip 0:01:56.160 --> 0:01:58.080 as we move through. Matt, I'm gonna put you on 0:01:58.080 --> 0:01:59.720 the spot. Do you have a favorite of the three 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:08.239 wins thus far? Oh? I would say the clip well 0:02:08.240 --> 0:02:10.720 you said in the pre show Clippers was perhaps the 0:02:10.760 --> 0:02:15.320 most impressive. I'm gonna pick the Clippers game though ten point, 0:02:15.400 --> 0:02:18.960 when Paul George was back in the lineup, and when 0:02:19.000 --> 0:02:20.919 the Clippers seemed like they were going to make a 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:23.400 run or did make a run in the second half, 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:29.079 the Sixers answered the bell and got some clutch shooting 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:33.120 from the likes of Tyrese Maxie and George Niang, and 0:02:33.320 --> 0:02:36.120 clutch play from everybody. I mean that that pick and 0:02:36.200 --> 0:02:39.760 roll right now with Joel Embiid and James Harden, it's 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:43.200 been amazing to watch their connection just grow in their 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:46.320 time playing together. And it hasn't been that many games, 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:49.600 like everyone's been saying. So now that it's back and 0:02:49.760 --> 0:02:52.840 going again and the Sixers are rolling to this sixteen 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:55.399 and four stretch over the last twenty they're playing really 0:02:55.400 --> 0:02:57.960 good basketball. You could pick moments from any of the 0:02:58.040 --> 0:03:01.680 three games, but maybe it's since he bias, my pick 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:05.400 is the Clippers game. Closing games has been a theme 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:07.600 thus far on this trip. The team set out with 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:10.359 the mission of getting to know one another better on 0:03:10.400 --> 0:03:13.440 and off the court. They've certainly done both. Matt, you 0:03:13.480 --> 0:03:18.120 mentioned Joel and well rather you mentioned Tyrese's abilities last 0:03:18.200 --> 0:03:21.120 night in the fourth quarter. I would rather have Joel 0:03:21.200 --> 0:03:22.920 talk about it than have me talk about it, So 0:03:23.040 --> 0:03:26.919 Joel said, I like how we're closing games today. These 0:03:26.919 --> 0:03:29.440 guys coming off the bench. Tyrese Maxie, he really took 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:31.280 over in the start of the fourth quarter, and by 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:32.799 the time we had to come in. We just had 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:35.360 to finish the job. And finish the job they did 0:03:35.440 --> 0:03:39.520 last night. Let's dive into some stats from that victory. 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:44.320 The Sixers take a one twenty to one ten victory 0:03:44.440 --> 0:03:47.240 over the LA Clippers last night. Joel Embid led the 0:03:47.240 --> 0:03:50.280 way once again, forty one points, nine rebounds, three assists, 0:03:50.280 --> 0:03:52.920 and two blocks. Those forty one points came in just 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:56.000 thirty three minutes of play. He shot twelve for twenty 0:03:56.000 --> 0:03:59.440 two overall, fifteen to eighteen from the foul line. Tobias 0:03:59.440 --> 0:04:02.960 Harris twenty points, six rebounds, six assists, ties a career 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:06.960 high five steals. He shot very efficiently eight for twelve 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:09.160 from the field, two for four from three point range. 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:11.920 And then the third and final double figure scorer last 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:14.200 night was none other than Tyrese Maxie. Off the bench 0:04:14.240 --> 0:04:17.000 for the second consecutive game. He finished with twenty two points, 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:20.280 two rebounds, two assists, and a steal. He shot seven 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:23.240 for twelve. He shot three for five from deep, all 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:25.440 three of those coming in that early fourth quarter that 0:04:25.520 --> 0:04:28.800 probably my favorite little stretch of the trip thus far, 0:04:29.200 --> 0:04:31.800 and finished at a game high plus twenty three. And 0:04:31.800 --> 0:04:33.840 that's not to say that there weren't other key contributors. 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:38.000 George Niang added nine points six apiece for PJ. Tucker 0:04:38.040 --> 0:04:41.240 and James Hardened. James shared a team high nine assists. 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:44.320 But Matt, it was a really well rounded victory. You 0:04:44.360 --> 0:04:47.320 mentioned it. The Sixers got off to a very strong start, 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:49.720 took a thirty four to twenty seven lead out of 0:04:49.760 --> 0:04:52.839 the first quarter, but the Clippers crept back in in 0:04:52.920 --> 0:04:55.159 the third. They took a ten point advantage in the 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:58.359 third quarter to set the stage for Tyrese Maxie to 0:04:58.360 --> 0:05:01.120 do what he does with est heat up quickly, score 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:03.200 three quick three pointers, and yeah, that was That was 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:05.920 definitely my favorite moment of the trip so far. But Matt, 0:05:05.920 --> 0:05:08.159 what stood out to you as I went through those stats, 0:05:08.920 --> 0:05:12.320 I'm seeing some messages come in. People are finding out 0:05:12.360 --> 0:05:14.960 about this space that we're doing at a different time 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:17.599 than we normally do. That's late for some people, that's 0:05:17.960 --> 0:05:21.400 early for other people, depending where you're listening in the world. 0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:25.960 So hello to everybody who's sending tweets and messages. Send 0:05:26.040 --> 0:05:28.720 us your thoughts on the Clippers game or the Lakers 0:05:28.720 --> 0:05:31.440 in jazz and we'll read some of those out and 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:34.839 answer some questions as well. My box score. Takeaway from 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:37.719 what you just read in the win over the Clippers, 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:40.359 which gets the six Ers to twenty eight and sixteen 0:05:40.760 --> 0:05:44.520 currently as of Wednesday, January eighteenth, third in the East, 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:47.240 only a half game back of the Bucks. Boston is 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:50.520 first at thirty three and twelve. My takeaway was the 0:05:50.560 --> 0:05:53.279 three point shooting of the guys. I mentioned a moment 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:57.680 Ago Maxi and Niang because they were six for nine 0:05:58.120 --> 0:06:01.560 combined from three and they were all late in the game. 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:05.000 Maxi was three for four from beyond the arc in 0:06:05.040 --> 0:06:09.240 the fourth quarter and George Niang had two big threes 0:06:09.360 --> 0:06:11.640 in the middle of the third and another one for 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:14.679 good measure in the fourth. So I'm picking those two 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:17.640 when it comes to looking at the box score, particularly 0:06:17.680 --> 0:06:21.159 the three point field goal column, because they were six 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:23.520 for nine and they were all clutch. What about you? 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:26.320 Quick quick shout out to Jordan who says two am 0:06:26.320 --> 0:06:28.160 in the UK and I'm listening to this space. It's 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:29.960 worth it. I watched the win against La at five 0:06:30.000 --> 0:06:33.039 am yesterday. It was too or it is too fun. 0:06:33.080 --> 0:06:35.640 It's a fun time. Great to hear that Jordan is 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:39.920 listening international internationally. We love hearing from international listeners. On spaces. 0:06:39.920 --> 0:06:41.400 I know some of you guys can't always see the 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:43.520 games themselves, so we try to be as descriptive as 0:06:43.640 --> 0:06:47.320 we can on this auditory only media. But we love 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:50.000 hearing where you guys are from. Please continue to let 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:52.839 us know. Matt, I'm going to actually let Tobias Harris 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:55.440 answer your question for me. It was a really well 0:06:55.560 --> 0:06:58.599 rounded victory. Cool to see Tyrese adjusting so well to 0:06:58.680 --> 0:07:01.159 what's being asked of him these days. Cool to see 0:07:01.200 --> 0:07:04.400 Tobias Harris continue to grow. Um. And so when Tobias 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:06.159 came to the mic last night, I asked him about 0:07:06.240 --> 0:07:09.320 those two topics. So take a listen. Here is Tobias 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:14.120 Harris ain't going out there because he's still gonna play. 0:07:17.400 --> 0:07:20.160 He's doing a hell of a job with it just 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:24.160 so and embracing it and staying ready. I mean, after 0:07:24.200 --> 0:07:28.400 the game, I told George, I was like, we might 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:30.040 not win that game if he doesn't go on that 0:07:30.120 --> 0:07:35.440 stretch there, um early in the fourth quarter, hitting three 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:38.280 threes in a rogue into the three to align. Um. 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:41.920 You know, so like for him and the development of 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:45.920 his game is just to understand, like you know, obviously, 0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:51.320 everybody in the whole NBA, every team and everybody knows 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:53.680 he's a starter player. I mean, you know he's a 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:57.840 start player in the NBA. UM. But for him, it's 0:07:57.880 --> 0:08:02.840 just understanding that, you know, in this situation, no balance 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:05.200 is key and and just showing what he can do, 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:09.080 um and going out there because he's still gonna play 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:12.240 start of minutes for our group. UM, and he's so 0:08:12.560 --> 0:08:17.800 um you know, just uh full of life and everything 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:20.520 that he does. So he's always gonna have a positive 0:08:20.520 --> 0:08:23.600 attitude and continue to be great and whatever role that 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:26.200 he's in. And you saw that tonight just by what 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:28.880 he was capable and able to do out there for 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:32.280 us as a whole group. I mean, you know, that 0:08:32.440 --> 0:08:37.680 stretch was huge, and he's gonna embrace that. And you 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:40.640 know Doctor said as well, like we're gonna have different 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:44.320 lineups and you know, sometimes he's gonna come up the bend, 0:08:44.360 --> 0:08:46.480 sometimes he's gonna start. So he just has to embrace 0:08:46.640 --> 0:08:49.280 all those types of roles right now. That's all You're 0:08:49.280 --> 0:08:56.000 gonna help his career in the long end, the long run. 0:08:57.640 --> 0:09:01.280 Where do you see that yourself? Oh, definitely on the 0:09:01.320 --> 0:09:03.880 defensive end, just being able to go out there and 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:08.520 you know, guard some of the best guys in the league. Um. 0:09:08.559 --> 0:09:10.880 You know that took a lot of time to develop 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:14.319 and and really get better at on that side of 0:09:15.120 --> 0:09:18.920 the floor. UM. And then overall just just having patience 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:23.480 and uh you know weathering obviously, you know. Uh, when 0:09:23.559 --> 0:09:25.920 he had me here, it was, like I said after 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:29.800 the game, this was a place for me that, UM, 0:09:29.840 --> 0:09:31.800 I was able to blossom into the player that I 0:09:31.920 --> 0:09:35.080 was and get a great opportunity and I always embraced that, 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:39.120 um and extremely thankful for that. UM. And then this 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:42.240 all this, you know, playing here also taught me highs 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:45.880 and lows of the NBA of uh, you know, through 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:49.040 through a whole season and just embracing that as well. 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:53.400 So UM, those are key areas that I think I've 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:57.240 had the biggest growth and for myself personally. That was 0:09:57.280 --> 0:10:00.040 Tobias Harris last night after the win over here his 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:03.920 former team, he discussed his own growth. Defensively, he discussed 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:06.640 what Tyrese Maxie has been able to do for this team. 0:10:06.679 --> 0:10:10.240 Always a pleasure to hear from, Tobias. Mark says on 0:10:10.320 --> 0:10:13.120 the topic of Tyres Maxie, amazing to see that young 0:10:13.160 --> 0:10:16.880 man embracing his role. Sounds like something Tobias would say, actually, Mark, 0:10:17.480 --> 0:10:20.160 but indeed great to see him embracing what's being asked 0:10:20.200 --> 0:10:22.000 of him currently. Doc Rivers, of course an and to 0:10:22.040 --> 0:10:24.720 those that are that are new here, Tyrese Maxie's come 0:10:24.720 --> 0:10:27.120 off the bench for the last two games after the 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:29.959 first one that was against the Lakers. Doc Rivers suggested 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:32.679 that there will be more lineups unveiled in the coming 0:10:32.679 --> 0:10:35.040 of days and weeks as well as a team figures 0:10:35.040 --> 0:10:37.319 out the best way to win against the best opponents 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:40.040 and that or rather the best way to win against 0:10:40.160 --> 0:10:42.960 various opponents and Matt it's a it's a testament to 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:45.079 their depth, it's a testament to the amount of options 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:47.240 that they have. In so far it's worked out pretty well, 0:10:47.360 --> 0:10:50.520 especially when you have unselfish players like Tyrese. So what 0:10:50.520 --> 0:10:54.160 have you seen right? Tyrese was the topic of a 0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:58.880 question from Sally and then our friend Winona is here. 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:02.480 Winona met Citizen said, Tyrese is true to his word, 0:11:03.080 --> 0:11:07.760 we not me and it shows every night, with a 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:12.640 bunch of exclamation points that Winona sent as well. Yeah, 0:11:12.679 --> 0:11:15.079 so I think like it's definitely something that people are 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:18.400 interested to see how it plays out, and something Tyrese 0:11:18.480 --> 0:11:23.240 said postgame was about how you can see the game develop. 0:11:24.440 --> 0:11:26.800 Obviously he plays in the first half and all that, 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:29.280 and like he's gonna get his minutes, which has been 0:11:29.280 --> 0:11:32.760 a common refrain from he and his teammates, but in 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:35.840 the end his minutes will look similar. But when he's 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:39.120 on the bench kind of watching what the defense is doing, 0:11:39.240 --> 0:11:41.840 and you saw it payoff late. So he was really 0:11:41.880 --> 0:11:45.680 taking advantage of the drop coverage Moses Brown of the 0:11:45.720 --> 0:11:49.360 Clippers and hitting threes over it. And I think that 0:11:49.400 --> 0:11:53.680 directly relates to watching the defense, what their coverages look 0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:56.520 like and being ready to go in pivotal moments of 0:11:56.600 --> 0:12:01.320 the game. And you heard it from Tobias talking with 0:12:01.320 --> 0:12:03.520 George Niang about how they don't know if they win 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:06.040 that game against the Clippers and keep this winning streak 0:12:06.080 --> 0:12:09.760 going on the road without those buckets from Tyrese Maxie. 0:12:09.800 --> 0:12:13.440 And it's something that Kawhi Leonard called out as well. 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:17.280 Kawhi Leonard of the losing Clippers called out Tyrese Maxi's 0:12:18.040 --> 0:12:21.000 important buckets in the fourth quarter the beginning of the 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:23.680 fourth Yeah, really cool to hear from one of the 0:12:23.720 --> 0:12:26.280 all time greats. I'm going to try to actually find 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:28.360 that quote really quickly. I'll read it to you guys. 0:12:29.200 --> 0:12:35.280 Kawhi Leonard on playing against the seventy six ers. Kawhi said, 0:12:35.320 --> 0:12:37.240 I know in the fourth quarter, Tyrese Maxie really got 0:12:37.240 --> 0:12:39.120 away from us. He hit about three threes in a row, 0:12:39.200 --> 0:12:40.800 got to the paint, got fouled. He did a really 0:12:40.800 --> 0:12:42.960 good job of starting that fourth quarter for them. That 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:46.240 Kawhi Leonard on Tyrese Maxie. Let's also Matt just because 0:12:46.520 --> 0:12:48.800 he could speak for himself in this situation. Let's hear 0:12:48.960 --> 0:13:03.160 from Tyrese Maxie postgame talking about the adjustments that he's made. Um, yeah, 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:05.760 I just shoot, we just trying to make a run. 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:09.960 I think now into this different role, I'll look at 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:12.480 how the game's going, like when I go in so 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:14.000 I can see like the kind of flow the game. 0:13:14.440 --> 0:13:17.360 And as soon as like they started coming back on 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:20.040 a little run, I was telling like the bench mob me, 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:22.600 George shake, it's gonna be a big stint from us 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:24.800 at the third quarter. It's gonna be very important that 0:13:24.800 --> 0:13:27.319 we go out here and you know, trying to try 0:13:27.360 --> 0:13:29.480 to build this lead or get the lead back and answer. 0:13:29.480 --> 0:13:44.080 We went out there and did. Yeah, we've been We've 0:13:44.120 --> 0:13:46.640 been friends for a long time. First for a long time, 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:48.920 and I think what really helps that chemistry is we 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:51.480 really want to see each other succeed and we want 0:13:51.480 --> 0:13:53.959 to see the team succeed. So because of that, we're 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:56.199 able to play off each other. We're able to the 0:13:56.200 --> 0:13:58.920 first one another, but still both of us being aggressive 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:04.520 at the same time. That is Tyrese Maxie discussing his 0:14:04.559 --> 0:14:06.480 adjustments that he's made over the last few games, those 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:08.400 big threes in the fourth quarter, and his relationship with 0:14:08.400 --> 0:14:11.400 Shake Milton Matt. I know we've talked about Shake Milton 0:14:11.520 --> 0:14:14.079 quite a bit in recent weeks and months, but playing 0:14:14.120 --> 0:14:16.880 alongside Tyrese a little more a look that could be 0:14:17.000 --> 0:14:20.800 really exciting for this team moving forward. Shake's beIN pretty 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:26.280 efficient with his shooting. Obviously, the minutes aren't as heavy 0:14:26.400 --> 0:14:29.640 as they were when the team was a little shorthanded, 0:14:29.640 --> 0:14:32.320 and he really really stepped up. But they call him 0:14:32.320 --> 0:14:38.040 the microwave. He took the Sixers microphone around campus on 0:14:38.080 --> 0:14:41.720 the road and was interviewing some people, including tyres So 0:14:41.760 --> 0:14:44.560 they have the chemistry on the court and they have 0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:47.400 the chemistry off the court as well. I've got to 0:14:47.480 --> 0:14:51.560 drop that video in obviously there to it. Well, yeah, 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:53.040 just play it here and then we'll drop it in 0:14:53.040 --> 0:14:55.240 towards the Yeah, I'm sure everyone's seen him right now, 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:57.680 but I just pulled it up. But let's let's hear 0:14:57.720 --> 0:15:00.880 from Shake, who who yesterday after shoot around to ask 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:03.200 for my microphone and did some big things with it. 0:15:03.280 --> 0:15:06.320 He did a great job. So here he is talking 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:09.320 to Tyrese before. Of course they ended up playing really 0:15:09.320 --> 0:15:12.000 well together in the hours that would follow. This is 0:15:12.040 --> 0:15:14.560 Shake Milton from seventy six or TV, and we're about 0:15:14.560 --> 0:15:18.920 to interview some guys follow me? Can I interview? So 0:15:18.960 --> 0:15:22.800 how important is it to be around a group of 0:15:22.840 --> 0:15:25.240 guys was such a good team chemistry? How does that 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:28.920 play into winning? You know, Shaking Bank, I think it's 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:32.760 extremely important because one thing with this group is everybody 0:15:32.800 --> 0:15:36.320 cares for each other, and everybody's extremely competitive with each other, 0:15:36.400 --> 0:15:38.320 and then with the other team as well. You have 0:15:38.400 --> 0:15:41.400 a way in this ability to get extremely hot, extremely 0:15:41.440 --> 0:15:44.600 fast and you score in bunches. Where do you attribute 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:47.560 that ability to? So this is one of guy that 0:15:47.600 --> 0:15:51.040 they called him Microwave. So in my rookie year I 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:53.320 did a lot of like watching, not a lot of 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:56.200 playing and he did the same thing, and I remember 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:59.280 him telling me my time will come, and now that 0:15:59.640 --> 0:16:01.440 every time, how am I going? Those little scoring birds? 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:04.120 I see him every time tapping for me and encouraging me. 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:06.040 And sometimes in a game when me feeding me was 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:09.520 a good look, Matt the irony that Shake would tell 0:16:09.720 --> 0:16:12.280 Tyrese how great he is scoring in bunches, and then 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:14.360 later on that evening he would go on to do 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:16.920 exactly that in a very pivotal moment for the Sixers 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:20.480 in that game, a great vibes moment for the whole team. 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:22.280 That video. If you haven't seen it yet, maybe when 0:16:22.280 --> 0:16:24.560 you log off this space or finish listening to this podcast, 0:16:24.600 --> 0:16:26.520 you can check it out on the Sixers feed. I 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:30.000 put some of the photos into the space here for 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:34.200 our live listeners on Twitter. You can see Shake Milton 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:38.480 looking comfortable with the microphone. I know that I credit 0:16:38.920 --> 0:16:41.440 George Niang and his humor a lot of the time, 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:44.200 but my favorite part was him talking to the dog, 0:16:44.480 --> 0:16:49.360 the husky and interviewing a husky on camera, which the 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:53.240 husky correctly picked that the Sixers would beat the Clippers 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:57.160 later on. The vibes were absolutely immaculate, and of course 0:16:57.200 --> 0:16:58.520 when you've won a couple of games in a row, 0:16:58.520 --> 0:17:00.760 you're in the California Sunshine. You can expect that they 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:02.960 did the same thing last year. So hopefully next season 0:17:03.240 --> 0:17:05.680 in LA we can expect some more wholesome content from 0:17:05.680 --> 0:17:08.720 this group as well. Matt, Should we look ahead to 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:12.720 the games ahead before we start to wind down? We 0:17:12.880 --> 0:17:18.879 shall so. I mentioned Portland being next, Obviously that's where 0:17:18.920 --> 0:17:21.080 you are coming to us from right now, and then 0:17:21.359 --> 0:17:28.240 Sacramento Portland is a Thursday night game, depending when you're 0:17:28.280 --> 0:17:31.000 listening to this right now, could be game day, could 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:33.760 not be Game Day ten pm Eastern on NBC Sports 0:17:33.760 --> 0:17:37.200 Philadelphia Plus and on the radio side ninety seven five 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:41.720 The Fanatic, same thing on Saturday, same start time, same 0:17:41.760 --> 0:17:45.919 places to watch and listen against the Sacramento Kings. And 0:17:46.560 --> 0:17:50.200 what in your research, Lauren, did you uncover about the 0:17:50.240 --> 0:17:54.200 Portland Trailblazers at present? They had a really hot start 0:17:54.240 --> 0:17:57.560 to the season, but not so much lately. Even though 0:17:57.640 --> 0:18:02.000 Damian Lillard's offense is back at high level, he's been humming. 0:18:02.080 --> 0:18:04.440 Tomorrow night and matchup between two of the NBA's top 0:18:04.520 --> 0:18:08.720 ten scorers, currently Joel Embiid second overall in scoring, behind 0:18:08.800 --> 0:18:12.080 only Luca Dombad, of course, averaging thirty three point six 0:18:12.160 --> 0:18:15.320 points per game Done averaging thirty three point eight, so 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:19.160 a narrow margin there, and Damian Lillard averaging twenty nine 0:18:19.200 --> 0:18:22.080 point three points per game this season. The six time 0:18:22.160 --> 0:18:24.960 All Star is the eighth highest scorer in the league 0:18:24.960 --> 0:18:28.920 at present. Matt, you said it, the Blazers have struggled 0:18:28.920 --> 0:18:31.360 a little bit lately, three and seven in their last ten. 0:18:31.400 --> 0:18:33.160 But of course, when you have a scorer that can 0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:36.560 score the way that Damian Lillard is able to, you 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:38.320 could always end up in a little bit of trouble, 0:18:38.440 --> 0:18:41.800 especially on the road, especially if you if you're caught 0:18:41.800 --> 0:18:44.119 slipping after you're rolling. But this is a team that's 0:18:44.200 --> 0:18:46.879 really been humming lately, so I certainly like the Sixers 0:18:46.960 --> 0:18:48.960 chances tomorrow morning. I will add that the Sixers have 0:18:49.000 --> 0:18:52.119 a clean injury report for tomorrow night, so knockwood, of course, 0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:54.399 but good to see the team that has struggled so 0:18:54.520 --> 0:18:57.359 much with injuries this season thus far being able to 0:18:57.359 --> 0:18:59.760 play with any options and any combinations and lineups that 0:18:59.800 --> 0:19:02.680 they want to after having to adjust so many times. 0:19:02.680 --> 0:19:05.480 Tobias actually talked about it last night, Matt. They discussed 0:19:05.480 --> 0:19:08.920 the way that the question was about how the team 0:19:08.960 --> 0:19:11.199 was adjusting to having Tarres come off the bench and 0:19:11.240 --> 0:19:14.160 perhaps will adjust again as they work with the other 0:19:14.240 --> 0:19:16.240 lineups that Doc Rivers has sort of teased in the 0:19:16.320 --> 0:19:18.720 last few over the course of the last few games, 0:19:18.720 --> 0:19:20.440 and Tobias said he doesn't think it's going to be 0:19:20.480 --> 0:19:23.600 a huge issue because of how many lineups this team 0:19:23.640 --> 0:19:25.879 has already played with this season and found ways to win. 0:19:25.920 --> 0:19:28.679 A reminder that Tobias, who almost never gets hurt, has 0:19:28.720 --> 0:19:30.360 missed a little bit of time this year, and then 0:19:30.359 --> 0:19:33.119 of course Joel and b James Harden and Terres Maxie 0:19:33.119 --> 0:19:37.000 in that order, have missed quite a considerable amount of time, 0:19:37.000 --> 0:19:39.159 and this team has still found ways to win. So 0:19:39.240 --> 0:19:41.000 now a cool opportunity for the team to figure out 0:19:41.040 --> 0:19:43.680 how to win with their full complement of players. As 0:19:43.720 --> 0:19:47.520 for the Portland Trailblazers, use of Nurkitch and Gary Payton 0:19:47.560 --> 0:19:50.320 the second are both probable. Justice Winslow is out, but 0:19:50.440 --> 0:19:52.800 that rounds out the injury report for tomorrow night as 0:19:52.880 --> 0:19:55.680 of this evening, Matt, we will keep everyone posted, of course, 0:19:55.720 --> 0:19:59.400 as lineups, etc. Change and adapt, but I am looking 0:19:59.440 --> 0:20:03.919 forward to tomorrow night's game looking forward to hopefully seeing 0:20:03.960 --> 0:20:07.000 the Sixers thwart the Sacramento Kings in lighting the Beam 0:20:07.040 --> 0:20:11.600 on Saturday, and then heading back to Philadelphia. As we speak, 0:20:11.680 --> 0:20:14.480 Luca don Chich is playing. I feel like we owe 0:20:14.560 --> 0:20:17.640 Joel Embiid some love. You mentioned the league leaders there 0:20:18.080 --> 0:20:21.160 in that conversation about Lillard and the Blazers and how 0:20:21.240 --> 0:20:24.320 Joel ranks right with Luca near the top of the 0:20:24.400 --> 0:20:28.639 league in scoring, of course the reigning scoring champ, but 0:20:28.800 --> 0:20:33.280 Embiid just making this all look regular being such a 0:20:33.320 --> 0:20:37.240 big part of these wins for the Sixers and that 0:20:37.280 --> 0:20:40.520 combination with Harden. I didn't really get into Utah and 0:20:40.600 --> 0:20:43.840 the Lakers wins that much because we went through the 0:20:43.880 --> 0:20:47.399 stats from the Clippers game specifically, but the way that 0:20:47.480 --> 0:20:51.440 Joel Embiid and James Harden have been playing and Beads scoring, 0:20:51.480 --> 0:20:54.520 it's like every night it's at least thirty or thirty five, 0:20:54.800 --> 0:20:57.960 and it's been increasing over the last three all the 0:20:57.960 --> 0:21:02.040 way up to the forty one. So I just wanted 0:21:02.119 --> 0:21:04.800 to talk about that for a second because I did 0:21:04.840 --> 0:21:08.000 see a question early on from Philly News and it 0:21:08.040 --> 0:21:10.520 was a simple question, do you think Embiid's going to 0:21:10.560 --> 0:21:15.240 win the MVP, and yes, I'll just say yes, why not. 0:21:15.359 --> 0:21:20.120 There's a lot of season left. Joel Embiid my MVP pick, 0:21:21.359 --> 0:21:23.760 I'm with it. I have no problem with that pick whatsoever. 0:21:23.880 --> 0:21:26.840 His fifth consecutive thirty plus point outing and Tyrese Maxie 0:21:26.880 --> 0:21:31.000 talked about it last night. The idea that we as 0:21:31.160 --> 0:21:34.280 as a broader Sixers fan base and Joel Embiid fan 0:21:34.320 --> 0:21:38.000 base that includes us, it includes Tyrese is used, is 0:21:38.080 --> 0:21:39.880 used to what he's able to do and can take 0:21:39.920 --> 0:21:42.720 for granted what he is able to do, and everybody 0:21:42.720 --> 0:21:45.680 has to stop, look around and really appreciate the greatness 0:21:45.680 --> 0:21:48.919 that we're witnessing with Joel Embiid every night again forty 0:21:48.960 --> 0:21:51.840 one and nine last night. It feels like it looks 0:21:51.840 --> 0:21:54.000