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Speaker 1: Devon Gibbons and Matt Murphy are joining me now to
Speaker 1: discuss the Sixers first playoff victory and a big victory
Speaker 1: it was. They honestly could not have scripted it better
Speaker 1: if they tried. Huge performances across the board. Tyrese Maxie
Speaker 1: was the headliner, but awesome stuff from Tobias Harris, Joel Mbad,
Speaker 1: James Harden and the supporting cast. We're looking forward very
Speaker 1: much to diving in to some questions from you guys.
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Speaker 1: on the first part of the conversation. But I'll stop
Speaker 1: rambling there. I'll welcome in. Devon Givens Matt Murphy, Good afternoon, guys,
Speaker 1: Happy Sunday. I hope you've enjoyed some time with your
Speaker 1: families today, but let's talk about it Game one, Matt Murphy,
Speaker 1: what did you think? What's up? Miss Rosen? What's up?
Speaker 1: Devon Givens. Good to be back with everyone after a
Speaker 1: Sixers win in Game one of the first round against
Speaker 1: the Raptors, and what a win it was. The Tyrese
Speaker 1: Maxie Show drown contributions elsewhere, which we'll get into, but
Speaker 1: an unbelievable performance from the young Tyrese Maxie, finishing with
Speaker 1: thirty eight points. He wanted forty. He didn't quite get there,
Speaker 1: but he did everything else. And when we were last
Speaker 1: on doing this show, we talked about him. We talked
Speaker 1: about his confidence, we talked about how he's not afraid
Speaker 1: of these moments. But nobody Devon could have predicted the
Speaker 1: show that Tyrese Maxie put on in game one. No, no,
Speaker 1: we couldn't predict it the way that it played out,
Speaker 1: And thank you guys for having me as always an
Speaker 1: happy Sunday to everyone out there on this holiday. And yeah,
Speaker 1: the way that he put on the show on Saturday
Speaker 1: evening at the Center and the way he did it
Speaker 1: overall very efficient from the floor, knocking down his threes,
Speaker 1: the heat checking the third quarter because of how well
Speaker 1: he was playing, and going for that forty as well,
Speaker 1: which would have been a career high. As you mentioned,
Speaker 1: it was really good to see using this speed, as
Speaker 1: we talked about as we previewed the game, using just
Speaker 1: playing off of everyone else, and I will dive into
Speaker 1: everything overall, but the way he was playing the game,
Speaker 1: feeling off his teammates and just seeing everything on full display.
Speaker 1: We talked about it again, him not being afraid of
Speaker 1: the moment, going back to the Atlanta series in game
Speaker 1: six specifically, and that showed in a much bigger way
Speaker 1: even with him now on the SCAT and report as
Speaker 1: a starter, this is the part where we usually dive
Speaker 1: into the box score, so I'm going to do so.
Speaker 1: Thank you to everybody that's sending questions. Please continue to
Speaker 1: send them. We are going to cover it all. Matt Devon.
Speaker 1: I'm going to let you guys give us your key
Speaker 1: takeaways after I read the box score, and then we
Speaker 1: can dive straight into these questions. So as I read
Speaker 1: these stats, please tell us what stands out to you.
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Speaker 1: You guys know the drill. Let's talk about it. Round one,
Speaker 1: Game one, seventy six Ers Toronto Raptors. A lot of
Speaker 1: lead up to this game, a lot of chatter and
Speaker 1: ays surrounding this game. The Sixers blocked it all out
Speaker 1: and got the job done from start to finish. Last night.
Speaker 1: Tyrese Maxie the headliner, thirty eight points, four rebounds, two assists.
Speaker 1: Tyrese shot fourteen for twenty one from the field, five
Speaker 1: for eight from deep, five for five from the free
Speaker 1: throw line. James harden A twenty two point, fourteen assist
Speaker 1: double double plus five rebounds, a steel and a block.
Speaker 1: James shot four for seven from deep, six for seven
Speaker 1: from the line. Tobias Harris twenty six points, six rebounds,
Speaker 1: six assists, a steal, and a block. Tobias shot a
Speaker 1: very efficient for nine for fourteen from the field, three
Speaker 1: for five from deep, and five for six from the
Speaker 1: free throw line. And we cannot forget about the man
Speaker 1: in the middle making it all happen. Joel Embiid a
Speaker 1: nineteen point fifteen rebound double double plus five, four assists,
Speaker 1: rather and a block. Joel shot nine for eleven from
Speaker 1: the foul line. And we've talked about quite a bit.
Speaker 1: It was discussed postgame, it was discussed today at practice.
Speaker 1: A quieter night for Joel doesn't mean he wasn't dominant.
Speaker 1: So we're going to get into that a little bit
Speaker 1: more later. Shake Milton led the bench with ten points
Speaker 1: and two assists, George Niang eight points and a steal,
Speaker 1: and then some solid contributions from all those who joined
Speaker 1: the game. The rest of the guys who appeared in
Speaker 1: this one, Danny Greene, Paul Reid, Mattisse, Thyble for concorkmas
Speaker 1: Isaiah Joe, we can talk about any of them. To
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Speaker 1: But without further Ado Devon gives you mentioned Tyrese Maxie.
Speaker 1: But when we look at the rest of the starters
Speaker 1: and the rest of the supporting cast in this one,
Speaker 1: is there anything that surprised you about how the Sixers
Speaker 1: came out in Game one? Just how fast they were
Speaker 1: And they've been talking all week about making sure that
Speaker 1: things aren't stagging, that the ball is moving, that's where
Speaker 1: they're at their very best. And the way the ball moved,
Speaker 1: specifically in the first quarter putting up thirty five points,
Speaker 1: and the flow in which it seemed like they were
Speaker 1: getting it done. They had eight assists, aren't in the
Speaker 1: first quarter on their twelve field goals. So again, just
Speaker 1: sharing the basketball and trusting one another and following through
Speaker 1: with what the game plan was against that defense. The
Speaker 1: trap was coming from a lot of different ways, and
Speaker 1: being spoke about it earlier in the week, where the
Speaker 1: ball is in the air and the extra man is
Speaker 1: coming on the help and that's exactly what they did.
Speaker 1: And as a result, and again we'll get into players
Speaker 1: individually and how they did things. And you mentioned his
Speaker 1: impact despite not having a big statistical line against the
Speaker 1: Toronto Raptors, his attention out there and his awareness aware
Speaker 1: as teammates were when those double teams were coming was
Speaker 1: clearly on full display. And I just I figured for me,
Speaker 1: just following through the game plan understanding what they did
Speaker 1: the offensive rebounds, of course, and to also protect the
Speaker 1: basketball the way that they did, to allow themselves to
Speaker 1: keep those extra shots that are needed in any basketball game.
Speaker 1: While they only had two more field goal attempts and
Speaker 1: the Raptors did on Saturday, they were all very important
Speaker 1: and to still shoot at a very high percentage and
Speaker 1: also make your threes. That is what impressed me the
Speaker 1: most is that they got to They got back to
Speaker 1: Sixers basketball, which is sharing the basketball and trusting one
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Speaker 1: going to questions and comments throughout the show, and we're
Speaker 1: going to that next, but box score takeaways. As Lauren
Speaker 1: and Devon began to get into it a little bit,
Speaker 1: the one hundred and thirty one points in the twenty
Speaker 1: point wins a number that stands out from the team perspective.
Speaker 1: Maxi's thirty eight points, of course, that stands out limiting
Speaker 1: themselves the Sixers, that is, to four total turnovers against
Speaker 1: a team that turns opposing teams over so much in
Speaker 1: the Raptors, super impressive showing. James Harden well Joel Embiad
Speaker 1: first zero turnovers for MBAD, and he talked a little
Speaker 1: bit about that post game about how he's not sure
Speaker 1: if he's ever had zero turnovers in his career against
Speaker 1: the Raptors, and I had to go a few years
Speaker 1: back to even find it. But it was in game
Speaker 1: one of the last time these two teams met in
Speaker 1: the playoffs, when he had a zero turnover game, but
Speaker 1: it wasn't his best game and they lost. Just so
Speaker 1: happens that he had another zero turnover game in a
Speaker 1: strong Sixers win this time around, and James Harden with
Speaker 1: the fourteen assists, only had one turnover and to tie
Speaker 1: it in with Maxie as he starred on the night
Speaker 1: Harden's fourteen assists. My favorite, and I think the favorite
Speaker 1: of many, was the full court bounce pass from Harden
Speaker 1: to Maxie. It was electric, amazing pass, amazing finish by
Speaker 1: Tyrese Maxie on the reverse part of his twenty one
Speaker 1: point third quarter. But a great pass and a really
Speaker 1: good job by the Sixers to value the basketball in
Speaker 1: a playoff setting that went a long way towards them
Speaker 1: winning the game. And that was maybe my favorite play
Speaker 1: at the game. The Harden pass to Maxie. It was otherworldly.
Speaker 1: It was one of the better passes I've ever seen
Speaker 1: covering this game, and at just the perfect time. We've
Speaker 1: talked about Tyrese quite a bit already, we will talk
Speaker 1: about him more. I wanted to echo something to Van,
Speaker 1: said coach Doc Rivers after the game said pace was
Speaker 1: a huge factor. As I said before the game, pace
Speaker 1: is vital for us because I think the team is
Speaker 1: the team is small, and the bigger team has more pace,
Speaker 1: that bigger team becomes more powerful. I thought we did
Speaker 1: that tonight, and we rebounded the ball, which was big.
Speaker 1: We talked a little bit about what the key factors
Speaker 1: in this series would be rebounding, of course one of them.
Speaker 1: The Sixers ended up taking a thirty nine and thirty
Speaker 1: six rebounding advantage. It was a little bit steeper at halftime,
Speaker 1: but I like what you said, Matt. The turnovers were
Speaker 1: absolutely huge. The Sixers limit themselves to just three while
Speaker 1: the Raptors had eight. I want to go ahead and
Speaker 1: dive straight into questions, and I'm going to go ahead
Speaker 1: and take the first one that comes from Remy and
Speaker 1: I really appreciate as always folks that are listening internationally,
Speaker 1: So if you're not from around the Philadelphia area, let
Speaker 1: us know where you are from and where you're listening from.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much for tuning in folks like Remy,
Speaker 1: who says Hi, Lauren, Matt, and Devon. I stayed up
Speaker 1: until three am to watch the game here in France.
Speaker 1: Zero regrets a simple question, how were the vibes between
Speaker 1: the players following the game and today at practice? Thank you?
Speaker 1: I just got home from Sixers practice. They had a
Speaker 1: film session and some media availability afterwards. If you want
Speaker 1: to know how the vibes were at Sixers practice, I
Speaker 1: think all I need to tell you was that Joel
Speaker 1: closed down practice by singing some opera vibing to some
Speaker 1: classical tunes, and he is a man of the arts.
Speaker 1: He is a refined gentleman, and we saw that today
Speaker 1: the vibes were extremely high. Joel, of course joking around
Speaker 1: with his teammates, getting a little bit of flak for
Speaker 1: his musical choice. The vibes really all seasons, though, have
Speaker 1: been great, and I want to ask you guys about that.
Speaker 1: I should add that the guys are taking this extremely seriously.
Speaker 1: Last night, I sort of tried to bait Tyrese Maxie
Speaker 1: into talking about his incredible performance, and he wasn't super
Speaker 1: willing to do so, considering that the task ahead is
Speaker 1: still really big and this could still be a very
Speaker 1: challenging series. Danny Green said this morning that the series
Speaker 1: doesn't actually start until someone steals and away games. So
Speaker 1: the Sixers held it down the way they were supposed
Speaker 1: to last night. But they are very much taking on
Speaker 1: a businessman's mentality into the rest of the series, at
Speaker 1: least from what I have seen so far. That being set,
Speaker 1: I'm seeing some other questions. Chris and Sean, both new
Speaker 1: to Sixers Twitter spaces, both new to maybe Sixer's fandom.
Speaker 1: I don't want to assume, but the vibes are something
Speaker 1: we've talked about all season long. So, Matt Devon, I
Speaker 1: don't know if you guys have any specific memories of
Speaker 1: opportunities for team building. We talk a ton about it
Speaker 1: with Joel and Bead and Tyrese Maxie. Now we've talked
Speaker 1: about it with Tyrese Maxie and James Harden. Matt, I
Speaker 1: know you saw a couple things in game last night
Speaker 1: that you really liked communication wise. So when you think
Speaker 1: about what stands out in terms of chemistry and how
Speaker 1: this team is building within itself outside of maybe singing
Speaker 1: opera together, what have you seen, Matt this season that
Speaker 1: stands out for folks that might be a little newer
Speaker 1: to the Sixers family. I put, first of all, I
Speaker 1: put the Joel singing and dancing video in the space here,
Speaker 1: so if you're listening to this live on Twitter, you
Speaker 1: can check that out as we go. If you're listening
Speaker 1: to the podcast version, I guess that would be in
Speaker 1: the future and we're in the past right now, which
Speaker 1: is that's wild, But seventy six Ers Insiders podcast feed
Speaker 1: and you can check it out on Twitter on Lauren's
Speaker 1: Twitter at Lauren m Rose and the MBAD video that
Speaker 1: is incredible content from practice and film, post practice, post
Speaker 1: film the day after this game. One win. But to
Speaker 1: the question about the vibes and building them all season
Speaker 1: long and how they looked last night, one of our
Speaker 1: favorite things to talk about was George Niang celebrating his
Speaker 1: threes and his maid threes with the three fingers to
Speaker 1: the head, smacking his head celebration, and Tyrese Maxie did it,
Speaker 1: and Niang on the bench at the time, saw it
Speaker 1: and was very looked to be very excited about Tyrese
Speaker 1: doing the celebration, And I think that's a great example
Speaker 1: of the rhythm that they were in, how good they
Speaker 1: were feeling out their play, and when you play such
Speaker 1: a clean basketball game and you stick to your scouting
Speaker 1: report and you execute so very well and you get
Speaker 1: a flat out phenomenal performance from a young rising star
Speaker 1: in Tyrese Maxie, you could look everywhere on the court
Speaker 1: at any one time and see some cool reactions and
Speaker 1: the chemistry on full display, including on the Maxie deep
Speaker 1: heat check three shake, Milton skipping down the sideline just
Speaker 1: excited about seeing that shot go down and Maxie was
Speaker 1: in such a flow, such a rhythm that it was
Speaker 1: cool to see. But for me, the one that stood
Speaker 1: out was Maxie doing the Niang celebration in Niang appreciating it,
Speaker 1: but also Tyrese when he was on the sidelines returning
Speaker 1: the favor. So George hit one from beyond late and
Speaker 1: Maxi hit the gritty on the sidelines. So there was
Speaker 1: a lot. There was a lot to take in and
Speaker 1: it was awesome. Worth noting that James Harden also in
Speaker 1: on the George Niang celebration and for those that haven't
Speaker 1: seen it, you should watch for it. George is going
Speaker 1: to hit more threes down the stretch. In this playoff run.
Speaker 1: He smacks himself in the head so hard after every three.
Speaker 1: I can't imagine that that's necessarily healthy for him, but
Speaker 1: it gets him hyped up and apparently it gets his
Speaker 1: teammates hyped up as well. Another chemistry piece I wanted
Speaker 1: to shout out. The Sixers, of course, had four full
Speaker 1: practice days plus a shoot around heading into this game,
Speaker 1: so five consecutive opportunities to get some run in together.
Speaker 1: Continue building chemistry, which has been a huge theme since
Speaker 1: the acquisition. Of James Harden and on one of the
Speaker 1: practice days, Thurst Day, if I'm not mistaken, things got
Speaker 1: a little bit heated. Joel Embiid talked about it immediately
Speaker 1: following practice. He said he locked to Bias Harris up
Speaker 1: to Bias, got really frustrated and that we the media
Speaker 1: should ask to buyas how that went down and to Bias.
Speaker 1: Then last night described exactly that practice, and he said,
Speaker 1: it's the best thing that this team can have is
Speaker 1: to be really competitive with one another, to be pushing
Speaker 1: each other. He said at the end of that practice
Speaker 1: they were ready to kill one another jokingly, of course,
Speaker 1: but that everything transferred over into the team group chat.
Speaker 1: They were still fighting about that practice afterwards. So to me,
Speaker 1: that just shows how much this group cares about figuring
Speaker 1: out how to play together and then figuring out how
Speaker 1: to get better. And that's what this week has been
Speaker 1: all about. Devon, I don't know if you have any
Speaker 1: favorite chemistry moments or anything you've been watching for encourt
Speaker 1: or off court chemistry, but what have you seen from
Speaker 1: this group? I have a few f you don't mind,
Speaker 1: I'll run through them quickly. To the terrorist Maxie, he
Speaker 1: checked part two possessions, in particular, when he was hot
Speaker 1: in the third quarter and he passed the basketball at shake,
Speaker 1: Milton gave him the ball back, and that was because
Speaker 1: it's just the cardinal rule of if you're hot, you
Speaker 1: keep feeding that guy, and you keep finding that guy
Speaker 1: and shaking. Milton was in the moment just like the
Speaker 1: fans were in witnessing that performance that he put on
Speaker 1: in a third quarter. He also had a mismatch where
Speaker 1: he felt like he'd use his speed, but instead he
Speaker 1: decided to shoot the three pointers and he made them.
Speaker 1: So that was one for me and just a recognition
Speaker 1: of the team. He made an understanding what was what
Speaker 1: was the show and what was more important as well
Speaker 1: in that moment. Number two was another subtle thing for
Speaker 1: me watching Joelanbad for his entire career, he always on
Speaker 1: free throws. If he's not at the free throw line
Speaker 1: or certainly on the blocks for a spot as a rebounder,
Speaker 1: he always goes back to the other end. And for
Speaker 1: me and him, I've always noticed that he goes back
Speaker 1: and very rarely does he acknowledge it. Where we all
Speaker 1: see it his teammate at the foul line or a
Speaker 1: good play and he's starting now to with Tobias Hairs specifically,
Speaker 1: I saw they point and they acknowledge each other after
Speaker 1: the maid free throw, the first one before the second
Speaker 1: one is attempted. So that's something small for me as well.
Speaker 1: And off the floor, Lauren, I gotta pour you in
Speaker 1: on this one because of the podcast the Big Niang Theory,
Speaker 1: which is George Niang being able to have these really
Speaker 1: interesting conversations and have some fun with his teammates as
Speaker 1: a new person here in the city and with this
Speaker 1: organization and with these players that he didn't know much about,
Speaker 1: and to your point, as you always laid out, the
Speaker 1: goal is to get to know his teammates better. He
Speaker 1: has done that and he shared that with everyone else.
Speaker 1: So for me, that is a team building thing that
Speaker 1: I feel like is important for this basketball team. And
Speaker 1: it was also important during the time where the saga
Speaker 1: was going on early on before the trade was executed,
Speaker 1: and needed to make sure that something good was going on,
Speaker 1: something good was positive happening, And I think that that
Speaker 1: was something for me that has helped out the season.
Speaker 1: I did not pay Devon Givens to advertise the Big
Speaker 1: Niang Theory on this podcast, just now, but I appreciate it.
Speaker 1: If you are new to the Sixers community, that would
Speaker 1: actually be a great place to start. George Niang is
Speaker 1: a talented basketball player and an even more talented, in
Speaker 1: my opinion, podcaster. He's absolutely excellent. His podcast is The
Speaker 1: Big Niang Theory with George Niang. He graciously lets me
Speaker 1: tag along and have conversations with some of his teammates
Speaker 1: to get to know each other better on and off
Speaker 1: the floor. The most recent episode features the person who
Speaker 1: our Next Question is about. But in case you need
Speaker 1: more incentive to listen, we so far have episodes with
Speaker 1: and Matt tell me if I'm missing anybody but fur
Speaker 1: concorkmas Tyrese, Maxie, Matise, Thiable Shake, Milton, Joel Embiid and
Speaker 1: most recently, Tobias Harris. If you're a big fan, if
Speaker 1: you're a small fan, if you're new to the family, listen,
Speaker 1: get to know these guys. There's so much to love
Speaker 1: about this Sixer's team, and it's been an absolute pleasure
Speaker 1: to do that with George. And I think you're right, Davon.
Speaker 1: I think it's helped in creating chemistry. And I also
Speaker 1: think that the podcast not necessarily helping greet the chemistry,
Speaker 1: but a testimony to the chemistry that they've developed, that
Speaker 1: they want to have deep conversations with each other, that
Speaker 1: George's teammates want to participate in this podcast to support
Speaker 1: him in something that he enjoys doing. It's been really cool.
Speaker 1: So follow the Big Niang theory wherever you get your podcasts.
Speaker 1: The most recent episode features Tobias Harris. It happens to
Speaker 1: be my favorite episode that we've done so far. I
Speaker 1: love all of them, but this one really pushed me
Speaker 1: to think a little bit differently and I really appreciated
Speaker 1: that from Tobias. It showed exactly why he's been the
Speaker 1: leader of this team all season long and before this
Speaker 1: season even started. And Kelsey says, Tobias was on fire
Speaker 1: last night, looking aggressive and looking happy out there. I
Speaker 1: saw what you saw, Kelsey. Thanks for the note devon
Speaker 1: what stood out to you about Tobias's performance last night?
Speaker 1: As always not thinking, just playing and doing what he
Speaker 1: does and once he got it going early the back
Speaker 1: door saw the one back Door played earlier on in
Speaker 1: the game, the communication between he and his teammates to
Speaker 1: get an easy bucket at the room knocking down his
Speaker 1: three pointers, aggressively going to the basket, six free throw
Speaker 1: attempts for him as well, and he was very active
Speaker 1: in helping out overall. As he mentioned on Tuesday, the
Speaker 1: first opportunity we had to be at practice, he mentioned,
Speaker 1: like we all have about the glass, getting on the
Speaker 1: glass and helping out on the rebounding side so they
Speaker 1: don't have a bunch of off into rebounds. Well, he
Speaker 1: was battling and he had one offensive rebound that led
Speaker 1: to another bucket. I believe it was either Danny Green
Speaker 1: three or Matista with three. I don't remember exactly, but
Speaker 1: he had an offensive rebound that led to a bucket
Speaker 1: for the team, and I believe that was the Matissa
Speaker 1: one Devon And I feel like that was such I mean,
Speaker 1: the offensive rebound plus the three from someone that you're
Speaker 1: not relying heavily on for three. Yes, that was honestly
Speaker 1: a really good look into how things were going for
Speaker 1: the Sixers last night. So I loved that. Sure, yeah, yeah, sorry,
Speaker 1: yeah no. And he just helped out all around. And
Speaker 1: when you also look at it, he had a block
Speaker 1: out in the steel. Maybe not known for his defense,
Speaker 1: but I thought he did as good as his job
Speaker 1: as he could when he was defending Pascal Siakam, which
Speaker 1: he's honestly had a little trouble from time to time
Speaker 1: defending him. Thought he played him well. And Siakam is
Speaker 1: going to get his twenty plus. He's one of the
Speaker 1: best player on the team, if not the best, and
Speaker 1: he's gonna get his. But I thought that Tobias hair
Speaker 1: is efficiently not thinking as doctor Rivers always talks about
Speaker 1: just trusting it himself to take the shots when they
Speaker 1: are there, and to have the confidence to see whoever
Speaker 1: was across from them and drive to the basket put
Speaker 1: the ball on the floor. So those things stood out
Speaker 1: for me. With Harris on Saturday, our friend Winona chimed
Speaker 1: in about Tobias, saying Tobias is a deep thinker. Tobias
Speaker 1: is manifesting his understanding of his role on this team. Earlier,
Speaker 1: Winona said how many records did Maxie break or make
Speaker 1: last night? The answer to that is a few, I
Speaker 1: would suggest if everyone's not already following at sixers stats,
Speaker 1: there's a number of good sixer stats from last night's
Speaker 1: game on there, including a bunch about Maxi. The most
Speaker 1: recent one before we started recording this is the one
Speaker 1: that comes from stat Head and Basketball Reference that Tyrese
Speaker 1: is the youngest player in NBA history to score thirty
Speaker 1: five plus points with zero turnovers in a playoff game.
Speaker 1: That is a really cool list to look at on
Speaker 1: the Sixers stats tweets, and also Mary asked about Scottie
Speaker 1: Barnes updates. Tough to see such a strong player injured.
Speaker 1: I'm going to use this space to tie a G
Speaker 1: League reference in, But first Nick Nurse did in their
Speaker 1: media session on Sunday say that Barnes, in addition to
Speaker 1: Thaddys Young and Gary Trent Junior, are probably doubtful for
Speaker 1: Game two as of Sunday morning, but more updates there
Speaker 1: to come. Trent Junior is apparently a non COVID illness
Speaker 1: and Young left Game one with a sprained thumb while
Speaker 1: Barnes had the ankle situation. That was a tough replay
Speaker 1: to watch. But I use that Nick Nurse tie in
Speaker 1: to the G League real quick because I wanted to
Speaker 1: quickly congratulate. I'm not going to take too much time here.
Speaker 1: The Bluecoats on a really good season. They did fall
Speaker 1: short the other day. The last time we folk, I
Speaker 1: ted up Game two of the G League Finals, so
Speaker 1: the Bluecoat season is over. They were the mid season
Speaker 1: Showcase Cup Tournament champs, but they fall in the NBA
Speaker 1: G League Finals to the Rio Grand Valley Vipers. And
Speaker 1: here's where it comes in. The Vipers won their fourth
Speaker 1: title in their previous three. The coaches were Joseph Blair,
Speaker 1: a former Sixers assistant coach a few years ago, current
Speaker 1: Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch, and current Toronto Raptors
Speaker 1: head coach Nick Nurse. Those were the coaches of the
Speaker 1: Rio Grand Valley Vipers when they won their first three
Speaker 1: G League titles, and devon adjustments is what everyone says.
Speaker 1: Everyone's been praising Nick Nurse leading into the playoffs, and
Speaker 1: they did win the championship a few years ago, and
Speaker 1: he's known as a tactician. Everyone's talking about how he
Speaker 1: probably stayed up all night getting ready for Game two.
Speaker 1: But my thing is the Sixers executed perfectly. And I
Speaker 1: don't know if you feel the same way about maybe,
Speaker 1: like expectations of the Raptors adjustments feel a little bit overhyped,
Speaker 1: but there's only so much you can do, and if
Speaker 1: the Sixers execute their game plan, it's going to be
Speaker 1: tough for the Raptors to bounce back. But what what
Speaker 1: would the adjustments, the areas of adjustments be you think
Speaker 1: for Toronto. Well, I think part of it also too
Speaker 1: is looking at how Maxie just had it going and
Speaker 1: seeing now how they'll they'll try to defend him and
Speaker 1: slow him down. I think that's one of the main things,
Speaker 1: the things that they'll talk about. Joel and b will
Speaker 1: still be a part of the obviously the game plan
Speaker 1: as the focal point, but figuring out how to slow
Speaker 1: down Tyrese Maxie will be first and foremost of my
Speaker 1: opinion on the board for Nick Nurse and his coaching
Speaker 1: staff to see what they can do to limit his
Speaker 1: impact on the game, and it may not be thirty
Speaker 1: eight points, but it could be something else. And just
Speaker 1: to be ready for m B to have that explosive
Speaker 1: game that many people expect, and also to now try
Speaker 1: to get out and get in the open floor and
Speaker 1: try to once again figure out how to get on
Speaker 1: the glass and get those offensive rebounds or get the
Speaker 1: rebounds in general, and just push it in transition because
Speaker 1: they weren't as strong in transition and that's how they
Speaker 1: want to play. They want to play up tempo and
Speaker 1: use their speed against any defense. And if they look
Speaker 1: at the Sixers, they want to make Joel and b
Speaker 1: run So I think those would be a couple of
Speaker 1: those adjustments that they will try to make in order
Speaker 1: to get in beat on the move in the open floor,
Speaker 1: maybe tire him out a little bit, and the adjustment
Speaker 1: once again for Tyrese Maxie to not have the same
Speaker 1: type of impact. Credit of course to Doc Rivers for
Speaker 1: his adjustments. Last night. The Sixers ran out a slightly
Speaker 1: different but consistent starting lineup that we've seen this season,
Speaker 1: with Danny Green starting in place at Matisse Tibel Paul
Speaker 1: Reid also seeing some questions about Paul Reid getting the
Speaker 1: backup center minutes last night, and it was cool to
Speaker 1: hear Joel Abiad talk about Paul Reid after the game
Speaker 1: last night, talking about how hard he works, how he's active,
Speaker 1: grabbing steals, having some blocks, having some big moments last night.
Speaker 1: Doc Rivers talk last week, of course about playing smaller
Speaker 1: backup fives against smaller backup fives, Hence Paul Reid last night,
Speaker 1: Matt Murphy, you watched Paul Reid's career so closely, Annie
Speaker 1: asked about Paul Reid. I believe what were your thoughts
Speaker 1: about Paul Reid in last night's Game one performance and
Speaker 1: in really his first meaningful playoff minutes as an NBA player.
Speaker 1: I think he did a solid job. And you know
Speaker 1: coming into the playoffs that it's not going to be
Speaker 1: the twenty minutes that he got in a couple of
Speaker 1: games down the stretch at the very end of the
Speaker 1: regular season. Those minutes they're reduced because your starters are
Speaker 1: going to play more, and when Joel Embiat is off
Speaker 1: the floor, you want someone who can hold the fort,
Speaker 1: and I thought Paul Reid had an encouraging start to
Speaker 1: the postseason in helping to hold the fort when he
Speaker 1: was on the court, played eleven minut split his free throws,
Speaker 1: but made another shot to finish with three points. Did
Speaker 1: have four fouls, but you know, if you're playing ten
Speaker 1: eleven minutes, it really doesn't matter. His aggressiveness resulted in
Speaker 1: a block and a steel as well, And that's what
Speaker 1: I talked about a couple spaces ago a couple of
Speaker 1: podcasts to go. Is his prowess, his rebounding prowess, His
Speaker 1: positioning is very good, his length is good and he
Speaker 1: knows where to put his body to give himself a
Speaker 1: chance at grabbing some boards. Had three rebounds in the
Speaker 1: eleven minutes, and I think his motor in such a
Speaker 1: short stint here and there is going to help this team.
Speaker 1: And just a quick example before I turn it back
Speaker 1: to you guys, is I had the chance to be
Speaker 1: on the Detroit trip towards the end of the regular season,
Speaker 1: and that was a game that the Sixers lost, but
Speaker 1: Paul Reid got in maybe with a minute left, maybe
Speaker 1: with thirty seconds left, and as Detroit was dribbling out
Speaker 1: the clock on what was a big win for them
Speaker 1: at the time, Paul Reid was trying to rip the
Speaker 1: basketball away from whoever had it for the Pistons. As
Speaker 1: the clock was winding down. Paul had his hands on
Speaker 1: the ball trying to rip it away with three two
Speaker 1: one second left in a regular season game at the
Speaker 1: very end of the season. And I think that's a
Speaker 1: great example of how he plays the game and how
Speaker 1: he sees the game. We talked about adjustments. Ab vie Berger,
Speaker 1: Thanks for your question about adjustments. Slvn K says, if
Speaker 1: James averages fourteen plus assists, they'll win this series in
Speaker 1: five or fewer. James Harden last night, we haven't talked
Speaker 1: about him a ton. We talked about that crazy cross
Speaker 1: court up ahead assist to Tyrese Maxie, one of my
Speaker 1: favorite players of this season. James has said that he
Speaker 1: doesn't feel pressure necessarily going into these games, going into
Speaker 1: this playoffs his first run as a seventy sixer, but
Speaker 1: he's also talked about wanting to be considered one of
Speaker 1: the best players to ever play this game and win's
Speaker 1: life last night show exactly why he is a top
Speaker 1: seven player in the history of the NBA. Let's not
Speaker 1: forget about how strong he was, how much he made
Speaker 1: his presence known, how much he helped find the hot hand.
Speaker 1: He talked about that post game, saying that when someone
Speaker 1: like Tyrese is cooking the way that Tyrese was cooking,
Speaker 1: his priority becomes making sure that Tyrese gets exactly what
Speaker 1: he wants. Finding Tyrese in all the right spots. Fourteen assists,
Speaker 1: that's a game high, and that's going to be so
Speaker 1: key for this team down the stretched devon your thoughts
Speaker 1: on James Harden last night, He exists assist at this point,
Speaker 1: seeing him over the course of the twenty plus games
Speaker 1: he's played with the Sixers, that's to be expected. He's
Speaker 1: always looking for his teammates and they make the shots.
Speaker 1: Doctor Rivers talks about it all the time. We know,
Speaker 1: and it's great to have the point guard doing that.
Speaker 1: But I wanted to highlight the fact that he was
Speaker 1: four for seven from beyond and it was really good
Speaker 1: to see that, considering that he struggled a bit since
Speaker 1: arriving here from deep on those shots and were a
Speaker 1: couple of stepbacks, and there were also just a few
Speaker 1: that were just sent to him in the open passing
Speaker 1: area where he was able to knock down the shot.
Speaker 1: And as we've seen and as we've talked about both
Speaker 1: seeing it this week, him staying late at practice, being
Speaker 1: the last one to leave because he's working on the
Speaker 1: catch and shoot shooting. So that's something that hopefully continues
Speaker 1: to improve as the season goes along. And that was
Speaker 1: one of the things that really got to me was that.
Speaker 1: And also when he was going to the rim and
Speaker 1: get converting his layoups, a few of them I thought
Speaker 1: he was fouled on, but it's playoff basketball, that's whatever.
Speaker 1: But he was looking for the layout, he was going
Speaker 1: for the shot and not worried about being fouled first.
Speaker 1: He's always had that in his career where he had
Speaker 1: the luxury of doing so. Now he's playing through it
Speaker 1: and hopefully the foul call is there for him after that.
Speaker 1: And then in fact, he played the most minutes in
Speaker 1: the game forty minutes in eight seconds, one turnover, one steal.
Speaker 1: The only turnover that he had was the late miscommunication
Speaker 1: between he and Tobias Harris as the game was winding
Speaker 1: down before they exited the game. So I thought he
Speaker 1: played a really good overall game. The floor game was phenomenal,
Speaker 1: the shooting was on display, and it's something that as
Speaker 1: a high level player that he talked about his first
Speaker 1: time that we had a chance to speak to him
Speaker 1: and his press conference. This is what high level players do.
Speaker 1: They figure out and make their adjustments as well, and
Speaker 1: I thought that he, based on the moment, made that
Speaker 1: adjustment of being at that extra shooter as well the
Speaker 1: extra scorer in general, because that's what the Sixers needed,
Speaker 1: especially with him being not having a big statistical eating
Speaker 1: Hardens pressor Lauren real quick, you're gonna like this. Swan
Speaker 1: Harden's pressor quote. For me, I'm not fast at all,
Speaker 1: he meaning Tyrese Maxie is so fast. I've been trying
Speaker 1: to do a better job getting the ball and advancing
Speaker 1: the ball and pushing our pace just a little bit
Speaker 1: more with the advanced passing. We did a good job
Speaker 1: something we talked about as far as rebounding the basketball.
Speaker 1: We did a great job today. And he's running. You've
Speaker 1: got to reward him. He's a great finisher. He makes
Speaker 1: the right plays, so just try to keep him going.
Speaker 1: That's Harden talking about the past to Maxi, and he
Speaker 1: first of all, for me, I'm not fast at all,
Speaker 1: he said, which was which was quite funny for sure.
Speaker 1: And another funny moment when James talked about the fact
Speaker 1: that it was his thirteenth playoff appearance this year, Tyres
Speaker 1: looked at him and said, wow, you're old. In a
Speaker 1: loving way of course, And then I thought about the
Speaker 1: fact that if this is James Harden's thirteenth playoff appearance,
Speaker 1: Tyres Maxie was eight years old the first time that
Speaker 1: James Harden played in a playoffs. Now to see the
Speaker 1: partnership between the two, it's so cool the way that
Speaker 1: different generations of the NBA overlap. We saw a ton
Speaker 1: of that around the league yesterday. It's just such a
Speaker 1: fun time to be an NBA fan and a fun
Speaker 1: time to be a Sixers fan. Winona, a loyal listener,
Speaker 1: adds that Danny Green is invaluable to this team. I
Speaker 1: thought the way that the Raptors left Danny Green open
Speaker 1: early was a really interesting choice. Danny, of course, didn't
Speaker 1: have his biggest shooting night last night, not at all.
Speaker 1: But leaving a guy like Danny Green open makes you
Speaker 1: extremely vulnerable when you think about the fact that just
Speaker 1: last week, when the Sixers and Raptors faced each other
Speaker 1: and Danny Green in the starting lineup, he scored six
Speaker 1: out of his seven three point attempts. So to me,
Speaker 1: if I'm the Raptors and I just saw that happen,
Speaker 1: I don't feel great leaving a guy like Danny Green open. Matt,
Speaker 1: I'm not sure what you thought about Danny's performance specifically,
Speaker 1: but I wanted to open up the conversation picking up
Speaker 1: where Winona left off about the supporting cast last night.
Speaker 1: Absolutely massive. We've talked about it, Tyrese, Maxie, Tobias Harris,
Speaker 1: Joel Embiid, James Harden, in any order. They were stupendous
Speaker 1: for lack of better word, last night. But what did
Speaker 1: you think who stood out among that supporting cast? Matt
Speaker 1: devon your thoughts, it's a good question, and I think
Speaker 1: when it comes to Danny Green, he would be a
Speaker 1: big time bounce back candidate for game two. I don't
Speaker 1: see him not making a couple, maybe one or two
Speaker 1: or more or more, because it seems like part of
Speaker 1: Toronto's game plan. And if they get creative defensively, I
Speaker 1: think the looks are certainly or more creative. I think
Speaker 1: the looks are certainly going to be had for the
Speaker 1: Sixers Wings, and there's no way around it. When you
Speaker 1: get to game three and four, Matisse Thyble won't be
Speaker 1: part of the rotation. So Divon when we have this
Speaker 1: conversation about depth and bench players, that raises the question
Speaker 1: of do the Sixers you would expect Green to continue starting,
Speaker 1: but then do they go one player shorter in those games?
Speaker 1: And I don't want to get too far ahead pass
Speaker 1: game two and you rely just on George Niang and
Speaker 1: Shake Milton and Paul Reid for the backup center minutes,
Speaker 1: or do some of the other Wings get an opportunity
Speaker 1: on the road, I think isn't a question. Maybe I'm
Speaker 1: getting too far ahead, and that's a question for our
Speaker 1: next spaces, But I think Green would be a bounce
Speaker 1: back candidate for Game two because it seems like the
Speaker 1: looks are going to be there for those types of players.
Speaker 1: Sure Toronto knew was better, but I guess with all
Speaker 1: due respect, they went with, all right, let's if Danny
Speaker 1: hits the shots. Danny hits the shots, but we can't
Speaker 1: allow the others to really, you know, dictate how things
Speaker 1: are going to go with the other four starters. And
Speaker 1: it worked. It didn't backfire on them on Saturday, but
Speaker 1: to your point, it very well could on Monday and
Speaker 1: game number two and even beyond. And as far as
Speaker 1: going a little bit deeper into the bench, I think
Speaker 1: it's more of a in the moment thing that that
Speaker 1: doctor Rivers and the coaching staff will look at it.
Speaker 1: Because if you're looking at Niang, Milton and Read coming
Speaker 1: off the bench, I would imagine that for Concork, mis
Speaker 1: if need be, would get a call, but of course
Speaker 1: with very strict orders or a game plan of going
Speaker 1: out there and just playing his game and not trying
Speaker 1: to do anything outside of himself, and that's also a
Speaker 1: minute thing. I'd also be curious to see how they
Speaker 1: use Paul Read, whether it just be the the five
Speaker 1: minutes or maybe some four minutes as well, depending on
Speaker 1: certain certain matchups that are out there. So I looked
Speaker 1: to that and those would be the adjustments that have
Speaker 1: to be made once they are in that particular spot.
Speaker 1: So far, you know, you just wear about game two,
Speaker 1: as you mentioned, but if when they are going to
Speaker 1: be without Matis Styble it there's a very good chance,
Speaker 1: based on how it happens, that you might have to
Speaker 1: go a little bit with for concorkmises a few extra minutes.
Speaker 1: And just to answer to follow up with Lawrence question
Speaker 1: as well, was who else stood out of the supporting cast?
Speaker 1: That was Milton for me. Early on, he had the
Speaker 1: minutes in the first half, and he didn't have a
Speaker 1: really good showing, and he hit a three pointer in
Speaker 1: the first quarter. I'm part of me three free throws
Speaker 1: in first quarter, but then he missed another shot I
Speaker 1: believe it was in the second he had a layup opportunity,
Speaker 1: and after he missed a layoup, which he typically does
Speaker 1: left hand on the right side, so it's not really traditional,
Speaker 1: but he makes those shots and max he was called
Speaker 1: back in. Doc Rivers pulled shake Milton out and he
Speaker 1: went to the bench, and I watched him goes to
Speaker 1: the bench, and he was frustrated with himself and slapped
Speaker 1: his hands really hard as he went and sat down
Speaker 1: on the bench, and I was wondering when we would
Speaker 1: see him a him. But he had seven points in
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, and I know the game was pretty
Speaker 1: much out of hand, but not just his point production,
Speaker 1: but also, as I mentioned earlier, the recognition of Maxie
Speaker 1: having the high hand finding him there, but also being
Speaker 1: that extra ball handler and still being able to do
Speaker 1: the things that he needed to because he did make
Speaker 1: a three pointer, a big one in the fourth quarter
Speaker 1: as the Sixers were on their run. So Milton stood
Speaker 1: out to me as the season progresses, starting with Game
Speaker 1: two on Monday, He's the one of the supporting casts
Speaker 1: outside of the starting five that stood out to me. Matt,
Speaker 1: I'm not sure what else you have in your DMS,
Speaker 1: But as we start to wrap this one up, curious
Speaker 1: if we want to talk deeper into the supporting cast
Speaker 1: more Maxie. I mean, we could talked about Tyrese Maxie
Speaker 1: for days. I liked last night's media availability. Did we
Speaker 1: read Nick Nurse's comments on Tyrese Maxie, Matt Murphy, We
Speaker 1: have not. I have a few Nick Nurse quotes, and
Speaker 1: I'm sure this is one about you take it away? Yeah,
Speaker 1: you go go ahead, Well get us started with Nurse
Speaker 1: talking about Maxie because I think my stuff is not
Speaker 1: directly about Tyrese, no problem. So what I've loved seeing
Speaker 1: is sort of how opposing coaches have prepared for Tyrese
Speaker 1: Maxie all season long, and the way that they've credited
Speaker 1: him for the way that he's grown. Remember Dwayne Casey
Speaker 1: when the Pistons were in town. Recently, coaches across the league,
Speaker 1: including Nick Nurse, have been really, really vocal about the
Speaker 1: way that Tyrese Maxie has grown this season. He talked
Speaker 1: about Tyrese's looks last night. He said, I thought we
Speaker 1: did some stuff. I thought we did a lot of
Speaker 1: that stuff in the first half. That was just on us.
Speaker 1: We just weren't We weren't connected defensively making the right
Speaker 1: reads on some of that stuff. It was too many
Speaker 1: wide open looks. We're going to be moving around a
Speaker 1: lot usually sprinting out there too, a shooter, and he
Speaker 1: got a lot of those uncontested. He kept finding everything.
Speaker 1: He found transition, he found kick out threes, he found
Speaker 1: little pick and roll plays, heading downhill pretty fast. We
Speaker 1: just didn't catch up with him very well tonight. If
Speaker 1: you can't catch up with Tyrese, Maxie, you're not alone.
Speaker 1: He's one of the fastest guys in the league, particularly
Speaker 1: when he gets out on the break. We saw that
Speaker 1: last night. Cool to see other teams and coaches and
Speaker 1: players around the league. I'm thinking about Jimmy Butler, who's
Speaker 1: playing right now if you're not watching, Miami is up
Speaker 1: eighty six to fifty eight against the Hawks currently in
Speaker 1: Miami in their Game one. But Jimmy Butler earlier this
Speaker 1: season said that Tyrese has sort of become notorious in
Speaker 1: this league for his work ethic. Jimmy and Tyrese have
Speaker 1: never played together, but for Jimmy Butler, who is also
Speaker 1: notorious for his work ethic, to know that Tyrese has
Speaker 1: that similar vibe about him, that's a really really cool endorsement.
Speaker 1: And now you're seeing it all around. Really great to
Speaker 1: see Tyrese shine on a national stage once again last
Speaker 1: night or an international stage. Rather, when you consider the opponent,
Speaker 1: Matt what else did Nick Nurse have to stay postgame? Yeah?
Speaker 1: On MAXI real quick. They just shot it so well
Speaker 1: as a team, Maxie five for eight from three. If
Speaker 1: he has that dimension, it's really hard to not only
Speaker 1: stay in front of him, but close out on him.
Speaker 1: And his game is just so multidimensional. And he's only
Speaker 1: in his second season and the leaps that he's made
Speaker 1: are so tremendous and so helpful to this Sixers team.
Speaker 1: So over back to the Raptors press conference on their
Speaker 1: side of things after, I think the question was about
Speaker 1: rebounding and how the Sixers held their own on the glass.
Speaker 1: And it's a team that, in addition to forcing turnovers,
Speaker 1: a big talking point coming into the series was about
Speaker 1: how well they attacked the glass on the offensive end,
Speaker 1: really on both sides of the floor, and the Sixers
Speaker 1: were able to do a good job. And if the
Speaker 1: question was about rebounding, Nick Nurse kind of got more
Speaker 1: general with it and heading into a Game two that
Speaker 1: is also going to be played at home for the Sixers,
Speaker 1: I think what he had to say is helpful because
Speaker 1: the crowd was into it and the Sixers need that
Speaker 1: home court advantage. Again, Nick Nurse said, quote again, I
Speaker 1: think their energy was tremendous. They had their guys ready
Speaker 1: to go, their home crowd, their bench guys all came
Speaker 1: in with tremendous energy. They just played with great intensity
Speaker 1: and speed and physicality that we didn't match. And Devon
Speaker 1: was just talking about Shake Milton. He's one of the
Speaker 1: guys that came in with that energy. George Niang usually
Speaker 1: has it always and especially during a playoff atmosphere, and
Speaker 1: I can't agree more with that. I think that the
Speaker 1: crowd played their role. Devon challenge them before Game one
Speaker 1: and there's not a lot that you can point to
Speaker 1: that didn't go perfectly or as planned for the Sixers.
Speaker 1: And now it's on the Raptors to try to get
Speaker 1: back in here in Game two. But it's another home
Speaker 1: game that sets up for the Sixers to execute their
Speaker 1: game plan and have the home crowd behind them. So
Speaker 1: that's that's a great thing to have the home court.
Speaker 1: In the four or five game, they were ready. We
Speaker 1: talked about it, and Game one they came out ready
Speaker 1: and the Sixers gave them every reason to stay in
Speaker 1: it and to be excited the way that they were.
Speaker 1: The intensity was there, as you mentioned, it was matched
Speaker 1: by the players as well, and they came out and
Speaker 1: just simply executed with what they needed to do. And
Speaker 1: I did have one guys before we get ready to
Speaker 1: step away, which was from window Ona and she mentioned
Speaker 1: the bench and would you agree that the bench was
Speaker 1: effective last night, Matt, And you just mentioned it that
Speaker 1: the Nick nurse talking about how the bench just simply
Speaker 1: came out, ready to go, ready to perform and to
Speaker 1: keep keep everything going that had already been started by
Speaker 1: the starting five, and they did just that, and it
Speaker 1: was great to see that. It was great to see
Speaker 1: the energy. I always loved these playoff games when we're
Speaker 1: in the center they do the fans do a fantastic
Speaker 1: job of what they're doing in supporting their team, their players,
Speaker 1: and everything had happened, and it was also a scene.
Speaker 1: Darc Rivers was really calm yesterday and a lot of
Speaker 1: times we see him up and moving about and he was,
Speaker 1: but he seemed really calm in the game on Saturday
Speaker 1: as well. So I'm curious to see the adjustments to
Speaker 1: game two, see how things go. Unfortunate that the players
Speaker 1: are doubtful on the Toronto side, but as basketball as
Speaker 1: a playoff, things happen and you just have to play
Speaker 1: through it, Lauren. Jeff just asked us a question to
Speaker 1: all of us, actually, but I'm going to throw it
Speaker 1: your way. Thanks for listening, Jeff. Can we attribute the
Speaker 1: resurgence of Tobias Harris to the Harden pickup? Is he
Speaker 1: just getting more open looks? Are also benefiting from the
Speaker 1: spotlight shifting away from him? Curious if your conversation with
Speaker 1: Tobias on the Big Niang Theory, which everyone should download
Speaker 1: if you haven't already. George's podcast just featured Tobias as
Speaker 1: a guest. Yours and George's podcast Anything that shed some
Speaker 1: light on his mindset posts Harden trade. Well, he's talked
Speaker 1: about it quite a bit when it comes to adapting
Speaker 1: to his new role with James Harden in the fold
Speaker 1: and I'm going to try to find the quote, but
Speaker 1: Tobias has said that his entire career he's had to
Speaker 1: learn to adapt, and last night he was able to
Speaker 1: put on display all of the work that he's put
Speaker 1: in since the trade deadline. He struggled in that first
Speaker 1: week or so alongside James Harden, finding his role, figuring
Speaker 1: out where exactly he could be most effective for this team,
Speaker 1: and we saw it in the weeks that followed. Much
Speaker 1: of it is on the catch and shoot, much of
Speaker 1: it is on defense, and last night was a culmination
Speaker 1: of sort of all the work that Tobias has put
Speaker 1: in in different situations in his career, understanding now how
Speaker 1: to adapt in this perhaps the most marquee situation in
Speaker 1: his career, and it's just been really cool to see
Speaker 1: the way that he's jelled and flowed. He's learned to
Speaker 1: do so with Joe LMB that is a process they've
Speaker 1: both discussed. He's been he's been rather Tyrese Maxi's primary
Speaker 1: mentor since Tyrese joined the seventy sixers, and now we're
Speaker 1: watching him play alongside one of the best offensive players
Speaker 1: to ever do it in a way that also works
Speaker 1: for him. So to me, it's just further proof that
Speaker 1: when Tobias Harris says he knows how to adapt, he's
Speaker 1: learned how to adapt and he's comfortable doing so. He
Speaker 1: means it. Because it was shown on a national stage
Speaker 1: last night. Really cool to see Tobias someone who works
Speaker 1: so hard. That's something we talked a lot about on
Speaker 1: the Big Knee, a theory trusting your work and being
Speaker 1: committed to your work is something that was on full
Speaker 1: display last night with Tobias Harris, and if you want
Speaker 1: to hear more about him, yes, that episode was awesome,
Speaker 1: really cool to get inside his head and learn how
Speaker 1: he's able to adapt at such a high level. A
Speaker 1: few people brought up fouls. I know we're about to
Speaker 1: wrap things up, and I think Devon you might have
Speaker 1: touched on some of this earlier, but Teddy just said
Speaker 1: that they missed most of this space, So if you did,
Speaker 1: this will be up as a podcast on the seventy
Speaker 1: Sixers Insiders Fee afterward. But can you please bring to
Speaker 1: light the foul issues from yesterday? A lot of Raptors
Speaker 1: fans are claiming we were playing dirty. Any thoughts? And
Speaker 1: then Genie also said earlier, I think Fred van Vleet
Speaker 1: getting fouls early and eventually fouling out helped the Sixers tremendously.
Speaker 1: I don't know, I mean, like when it goes the
Speaker 1: Sixers way, obviously, like the Raptors losing the game. Some
Speaker 1: of their comments post game were subtly towards the officiating
Speaker 1: in this game, free throw wise had ended up being
Speaker 1: thirty four for the Sixers twenty three for the Raptors,
Speaker 1: But divine any final thoughts on that. I do think
Speaker 1: Genie's point is well taken about Van Vleet picking up
Speaker 1: the early fouls because he said as much that he
Speaker 1: wasn't able to play as aggressively, and maybe that impacts
Speaker 1: their approach against Tyrese Maxie because if he's able to
Speaker 1: play a little bit more aggressive against Maxie. I don't
Speaker 1: think that they were going to slow him down that
Speaker 1: much last night because he was in such a zone.
Speaker 1: But he did pick up a few quickly and then
Speaker 1: later fouled out. Like Jeanie said, yes, he simply could
Speaker 1: not get into a rhythm after he picked up those
Speaker 1: two fouls in the first what fifty six seconds of
Speaker 1: the game, and Tyrese Maxie attacked him immediately and he
Speaker 1: gave up a layup to Maxie because he had to
Speaker 1: back off. So I'd expect him to be much better
Speaker 1: in game number two as far as that goes. The
Speaker 1: thing that bothers me about sometimes listening to what others
Speaker 1: have to say outside of the area when it comes
Speaker 1: to their fan base is just watching the game. And
Speaker 1: my thing is always if the call was going your way,
Speaker 1: of course for your player wouldn't be an issue. And
Speaker 1: Joel Embiad is a big individual. He gets fouled a lot.
Speaker 1: I don't think the officials get together pre season and
Speaker 1: say Joel Embiad is a big individual, let's call every foul. No,
Speaker 1: he earns those foul calls because of how big he
Speaker 1: is and what he's doing to be able to use
Speaker 1: this strenth and all and the skill to get to
Speaker 1: the spots and get those opportunities. So it's always tough
Speaker 1: for me because look, all NBA stars and let's just
Speaker 1: call this right now, Joel embi is a superstar. Superstars
Speaker 1: get calls, but he also works hard to get those calls,
Speaker 1: and that's just because of how talented and how good
Speaker 1: he is. Toronto Raptors have a player in Pascal Siakam
Speaker 1: that gets free drills as well. Scotty Barnes had nine
Speaker 1: yesterday before he left the game. And this is a
Speaker 1: young rookie who is just active and finding his way
Speaker 1: into foul situations because of how talented he is. And
Speaker 1: sometimes you just have to, you know, foul based on
Speaker 1: how things are going, so we'll see how the officiating going.
Speaker 1: Nick Nurse says some things as well, and the officials
Speaker 1: get I'm sure he got their attention and for game
Speaker 1: number two, so we'll see how it all changes, if
Speaker 1: at all. But Joel Embe is gonna be Joel and
Speaker 1: b James Harden is gonna be James Harden. They're gonna
Speaker 1: have their opportunities. Just enjoy the game. If it was
Speaker 1: happening on your team side, I don't think it would
Speaker 1: be a problem. Enjoy the game. Indeed, Game two tomorrow
Speaker 1: night in South Philadelphia. Once again, as Danny Greene said today,
Speaker 1: it's their job to protect home court. Series gets interesting
Speaker 1: and when a team steals a game, so hopefully for
Speaker 1: the Sixers they will take care of home court tomorrow
Speaker 1: night and then go and steal a game in Toronto
Speaker 1: for Games three and four later this week. Matt Devon
Speaker 1: and I will be with you through it all. If
Speaker 1: you guys think of any questions as we go along
Speaker 1: or in game, you can message us as well so
Speaker 1: we can all jump off the top of the show
Speaker 1: with your questions. But as always thinks everybody that participated,
Speaker 1: if we didn't get to you today. We will try
Speaker 1: to get to you after the next six Ers win,
Speaker 1: which we hope will be on Monday night in South Philadelphia.
Speaker 1: Matt Murphy, Devon Gibbons. I appreciate you being here. I
Speaker 1: love doing these with you guys. We appreciate all the
Speaker 1: fans who joined us today for this post six Ers
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Speaker 1: joined us late. This will be available on the seventy
Speaker 1: six Insiders podcast feed, which you can follow wherever you
Speaker 1: get your podcast. Matt Devon, I'll let you guys fight
Speaker 1: it out for the last word, but that's it for me.
Speaker 1: Thanks as always, guys for listening. I don't have too
Speaker 1: many last words. I just wanted to say thanks to
Speaker 1: everyone who's with us really looking forward to the rest
Speaker 1: of the playoffs and jumping on here after games and
Speaker 1: putting them out as podcasts and all that. And I
Speaker 1: I like the approach from the Sixers, Tyrese and Danny
Speaker 1: and everyone talking about game two because that's the right
Speaker 1: mindset to have, even coming off what was basically a
Speaker 1: perfect Game one. It's all about Game two now. Thanks
Speaker 1: to everybody out there for listening to these as always,
Speaker 1: and I'll just play off of that the game plan.
Speaker 1: As you mentioned a few things that we didn't talk about,
Speaker 1: which I hope translate to game number two as well.
Speaker 1: The fast break points the Sixers were a plus nineteen
Speaker 1: twenty nine to ten. They were twelve fourteen with their
Speaker 1: chances the Raptors four for four. They like to get
Speaker 1: out in the open floor. The Sixers defense did not
Speaker 1: allow that once Saturday. And also second chance points. When
Speaker 1: we spoke about the offensive rebounds ten to seven six Ers,
Speaker 1: it was six for twelve or seventeen points to the
Speaker 1: Raptors three for seven for seven. That's part of the
Speaker 1: game plan that was discussed. They executed it perfectly and
Speaker 1: everything may not go the same way in game two, three, four,
Speaker 1: or five. However, it was something that we needed to
Speaker 1: see happen. It happened, and it happened in a big way.
Speaker 1: I hope it keeps going for game number two. Devon, Matt,
Speaker 1: thank you so much. We'll do this again soon, see
Speaker 1: you guys later. Thank you. Thanks everyone,