Speaker 1: You're listening to Rewind. They listen back on press conferences,
Speaker 1: highlights and analysis from the seventy sixers previous game and
Speaker 1: inspired performance by Ben Simmons and inspired victory for the
Speaker 1: Philadelphia seventy Sixers at Brooklyn this afternoon one seventeen, one eleven.
Speaker 1: I'm Brian Seltzer, and man, how things can change in
Speaker 1: the NBA, And quickly hear Brett Brown talk about that
Speaker 1: all the time, in bad times and in good rewind.
Speaker 1: The last Monday, the seventy Sixers had just gone winless
Speaker 1: on a two game trip that stopped at Dallas and Indiana.
Speaker 1: They had dropped six of their previous eight games. Joel
Speaker 1: Embiad's timetable for a turn was unknown and unclear, but
Speaker 1: here the seventy sixers are now a week later, having
Speaker 1: won four straight, including two in a row on the road.
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons, the Eastern Conference Player of the Week is
Speaker 1: named during the game today, is playing some of the
Speaker 1: best basketball of his career, and the seventy Sixers are
Speaker 1: headed north to Toronto, where on Wednesday night they'll have
Speaker 1: an opportunity to tie the Raptors for first place in
Speaker 1: the Atlantic Division and also third place in the Eastern Conference.
Speaker 1: All right, things looking and feeling pretty good? I mean,
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons was insane today, becoming the first player in
Speaker 1: NBA history of record to hit these minimums in a
Speaker 1: single game. Thirty four points, twelve rebounds, twelve assists, and
Speaker 1: five steals. He also had two block shots in over
Speaker 1: forty two minutes of action. He only missed two of
Speaker 1: his fourteen field goal attempts. He was ten of fourteen
Speaker 1: from the free throw line. That is an All Star
Speaker 1: And oh, by the way, by eleven fifty nine Eastern
Speaker 1: tonight your final opportunity to cast your vote for the
Speaker 1: All Star Game, So do it for Ben Simmons. His
Speaker 1: fifth straight personal high twenty point game, and this was
Speaker 1: fineage for him, one of the best games of his career,
Speaker 1: thirty four points, indeed, tying a career high. And then
Speaker 1: in crunch time, Al Horford continuing to come up with
Speaker 1: big plays. He had two huge blocks, also a major
Speaker 1: three pointer that gave the seventy sixers a five point
Speaker 1: lead one thirteen one away down the stretch. And that
Speaker 1: was the basket where you kind of you know, I
Speaker 1: beg your pardon fur con Quorkmas hitting that but al
Speaker 1: Horford hitting two field goals leading up to that, including
Speaker 1: a three, and that was the point of the game
Speaker 1: where the Sixers felt like they finally had this one
Speaker 1: in control. Today against the Nets, just a really good
Speaker 1: all around complete victory where we saw a lot of
Speaker 1: different people step up the defense of intensity. That was
Speaker 1: a theme the Sixers were looking to carry over on
Speaker 1: the road from home. We saw that against the Knicks
Speaker 1: on Saturday, again against Brooklyn this afternoon, and a really
Speaker 1: nice victory for the seventy sixers. Seventy sixers with the
Speaker 1: winner now twenty nine and sixteen. Brooklyn drops to eighteen
Speaker 1: and twenty four on the year. We'll go to Tom
Speaker 1: McGinnis now at Barclay Center. Tom, the Nets at various
Speaker 1: points of this game seemed like they were in control,
Speaker 1: but it was really when Brett Brown went to an
Speaker 1: unconventional lineup change late in the third quarter, bringing Ben
Speaker 1: Simmons for Al Horford, that things seem to turn around. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Ben was terrific and Britan, I don't know if you
Speaker 1: want to go to this, but Ben is actually speaking
Speaker 1: in the lock. Yeah, let's do it. Can get that,
Speaker 1: So here's Ben or anything like that. That's just you know,
Speaker 1: a guy's working hard, but just the way he's able
Speaker 1: to get the ball out, get his hands out there
Speaker 1: and make plays for us is huge. And he made
Speaker 1: a lot of game win he plays for us. What
Speaker 1: type of lift did Al Horford give you? Choose he was?
Speaker 1: He was a beast down low, especially defensively that block
Speaker 1: at the end, Um, it was major for us, and
Speaker 1: you know, everybody chipped in and it made plays to
Speaker 1: keep the energy going. Coach. Coach continues to use you
Speaker 1: at the five a little bit. What are you saying
Speaker 1: at out of there and we see him what kind
Speaker 1: of success he having offensively and defensively for you? Um?
Speaker 1: I mean it's tough for any big to really garden
Speaker 1: me when I'm going at him. Um, And that's not
Speaker 1: not going to any big. That's just I'm just pretty fast.
Speaker 1: And then get to the rim and then you got
Speaker 1: a guy like how comes out who has great touch,
Speaker 1: great basketball IQ and he's able to find me and
Speaker 1: just make the right play and make good reads off
Speaker 1: that pick Ben Simmons from outside well in the dress
Speaker 1: room and I thought, Brian, that was the big play
Speaker 1: for the Sixers that that kind of gave Ben. You know,
Speaker 1: he was already having an outstanding game, but that's when
Speaker 1: he kind of kicked it into into overdrive dominating when
Speaker 1: he started to play that five spot, when he was
Speaker 1: in that pick and roll action with Netto, because Netto
Speaker 1: was feeding him and Ben was just dugging the ball
Speaker 1: left and right, and that, you know, just bootles of confidence.
Speaker 1: That one play where the young Claxton tried to foul
Speaker 1: Ben and Simmons didn't even get knocked down. I mean
Speaker 1: that that was That's a lot right there, So that's
Speaker 1: part of it. I thought that really kind of jump
Speaker 1: started him even more, if you will. When he was
Speaker 1: playing like that in the third thirty four twelve twelve
Speaker 1: and five steals for Ben Simmons, nineteen points for al
Speaker 1: Horford to go with six rebounds, two assists in two
Speaker 1: block shots for the Sixers, they pick up their second
Speaker 1: straight road victory. Tom. I know that we get the
Speaker 1: opportunity to kind of view this through a very hyper
Speaker 1: sensitive microscope. We see every seventy Sixers game, just about
Speaker 1: every single play on the year. So when you look
Speaker 1: at Ben Simmons, Matisse Styble, I mean, I'm trying not
Speaker 1: to overreact, but as a tandem. I mean, the two
Speaker 1: of them are just tenacious. If you're an imposing team's
Speaker 1: driver and you go in there and Ben Simmons and
Speaker 1: Motifs are surrounding you and putting their hands in there,
Speaker 1: reaching out with their length, I mean, that's a that's
Speaker 1: a tough situation to navigate. And we saw that late
Speaker 1: in the game again today where they together and individually
Speaker 1: came up with some huge defensive stops. Absolutely and really
Speaker 1: like stops, but like because of what you're talking about
Speaker 1: with their length, just a deflection where a couple of
Speaker 1: times it went off Din with his leg and the
Speaker 1: ball that went out of bounce, so it's not like
Speaker 1: the stop that you think of in the truest sense,
Speaker 1: or they just locked up a guy and forced to miss.
Speaker 1: It came in a number of ways, and you know,
Speaker 1: it's funny. I used to say about different defenses by
Speaker 1: way of example, when Tom Thibodeau was the Bulls coach
Speaker 1: and their defense was just so taunt like every dribble,
Speaker 1: every pass was contested. You barely you had a fight
Speaker 1: for every square inch out there on the court. Well,
Speaker 1: to your point, with Ben and Matist, that's what it's like.
Speaker 1: I mean there, they're right there and it's just so difficult,
Speaker 1: and they're leaving off one man and helping and you
Speaker 1: know it, And that's that's just for a team to
Speaker 1: be able to to maintain possession, let alone try to
Speaker 1: execute what they're out there trying to implement. So that's great.
Speaker 1: And then obviously when Joel's out there, you got a premier,
Speaker 1: premier rim protector. And you know, to Ben's point about Horford,
Speaker 1: he had that block on Jared Allen that was telling.
Speaker 1: Not only did he block it without falling, you know,
Speaker 1: it went off of Allan's shoulder, and that was another
Speaker 1: player where the Sixers got the ball. So the defense
Speaker 1: was terrific. I mean, they gave up one hundred and
Speaker 1: eleven points, but only twenty in the fourth and they
Speaker 1: really throttled Brooklyn with how they guarded down the stretch.
Speaker 1: Andy Sixers over the nets by the score of one
Speaker 1: seventeen to one to eleven at Barclays Center. It's on
Speaker 1: to Toronto on Wednesday. Should be a great matchup of
Speaker 1: course between those two teams, but also given some of
Speaker 1: the stakes that are now in play, and why don't
Speaker 1: we leave it on this note, Tom Ben Simmons Eastern
Speaker 1: Conference Player of the Week. We spoke kind of microcosmically,
Speaker 1: if that's even a word, about his role getting the
Speaker 1: Sixers turned around today. But just what have you seen
Speaker 1: from him lately? He's playing for everything that is said
Speaker 1: about him. He's playing at such an impactful level for
Speaker 1: this team right now. Oh really, And somebody who's asking
Speaker 1: coach questions that you know they have like a the
Speaker 1: interrogation is such that it's kind of a slight with
Speaker 1: Ben with the way the questions asked, and he's like jeez,
Speaker 1: And then coach goes speaking of overdrive, goes into overdrive, saying, yeah,
Speaker 1: sometimes I think you guys are reading it wrong. And
Speaker 1: how about that? You know, like the guy was dominant,
Speaker 1: just took over the game, and you just see a swagger,
Speaker 1: and honestly, I think he plays a little bit different.
Speaker 1: He's got more on his plate without Jewel, and it's
Speaker 1: just it's totally his team. And I don't this probably
Speaker 1: shouldn't come from me, but it's just evident how much
Speaker 1: more confident and how he's able to play out there.
Speaker 1: He just totally takes over. Uh. And it's just you know,
Speaker 1: you saw that earlier in the year and one of
Speaker 1: the games that Joel missed, that that unbelievable game that
Speaker 1: that Ben had. I believe he had a triple double
Speaker 1: in that game to the Cleveland game. And it's just
Speaker 1: a different, different, you know, role for him. Like again, like,
Speaker 1: if if it beats playing Ben Simmons, isn't playing the five,
Speaker 1: They're going to that because that options there a because
Speaker 1: he can do it because he's so big and as
Speaker 1: he says, he's a lot faster than the bigger players.
Speaker 1: But if it beats out there, you're not You're not
Speaker 1: doing that with with Joel and beat in the game.
Speaker 1: So it just he impacts the game so many ways.
Speaker 1: But again, he loves defense and that that to see
Speaker 1: from one of your leaders, that's infectious across the board
Speaker 1: and just attacking. You. Look at the field goals in
Speaker 1: this game, I think to your point, he only made
Speaker 1: miss two and then he missed two free to early,
Speaker 1: So that tells me he made close to double digit
Speaker 1: free throws in a row to close out the game.
Speaker 1: And that's certainly an area that has been maybe a
Speaker 1: concern just statistically throughout the course of his brief career.
Speaker 1: But he just was so impressive and it's fun to watch.
Speaker 1: Like I said, you know, let's let's not forget the
Speaker 1: talents of these players are what we're all. That's what
Speaker 1: everything's built their own. And he's so talented and to
Speaker 1: watch that to be it's like a treat to be
Speaker 1: able to watch a guy that skilled and do what
Speaker 1: he did, and he was he was by far the
Speaker 1: best player out there today. Send the man in Chicago
Speaker 1: for the All Star Game. Final day to vote today
Speaker 1: until eleven fifty nine Eastern. Tom will talk again on Wednesday.
Speaker 1: Seventy six Ers and the Raptors at Scotia Bank Arena. Okay, thanks,
Speaker 1: good night, Bran. Seventy Sixers and the Brooklyn Nets matched
Speaker 1: up for the second time in less than a week.
Speaker 1: The seventy sixers are going to duplicate the result from
Speaker 1: the first meeting, which was a win last Wednesday night
Speaker 1: at the Center. Sixers early on today got a quick start,
Speaker 1: thanks too in part to buy Harris. Brooklyn comes out
Speaker 1: in his zone two three zone. That's changed their fourth
Speaker 1: possession all of a sudden their play zone, but they
Speaker 1: don't guard hear us out top and he makes them
Speaker 1: pay with a three from outfront. Good job by the Sixers.
Speaker 1: Tive I'm on the friar wing back out front at
Speaker 1: Tobias Harris now with his second three seventy six was
Speaker 1: let at that point ten to five. They trailed by
Speaker 1: three twenty nine. I big a part in thirty two
Speaker 1: to twenty nine after one quarter of play. In the
Speaker 1: second the Sixers we're facing an uphill climb. Ben Simmons
Speaker 1: was responsible for trying to pull them back closer and
Speaker 1: Simmons on the drives exactly around one man. It gets
Speaker 1: the right hand lamp. What a play Jock Richardson jumping
Speaker 1: back and forth, not unlike what Joel would be did
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago. At that point, the seventy
Speaker 1: Sixers trailed fifty eight to fifty three. They were down
Speaker 1: by four sixty eight sixty four heading into the half.
Speaker 1: In the third quarter of the Sixers rolled with a
Speaker 1: different lineup as Ben Simmons started to play a little
Speaker 1: bit more time at center to end the third period
Speaker 1: of play for the final three minutes and change for
Speaker 1: that Tobias Harris was one of the guys who helped
Speaker 1: light a spark for the Sixers to the corner. Josh
Speaker 1: Richardson for three, no good rebound. Ben Simmons back out
Speaker 1: to Tobias He's open, sidesteps to run by and nails
Speaker 1: it on a three point field goal as Jared Allen
Speaker 1: flew by. So the Sixers get it three and they
Speaker 1: forced Brooklyn into a timeout that cut the seventy six
Speaker 1: or deficit to six seventy nine seventy three. Ben Simmons
Speaker 1: showing how he could flex some muscle at the end
Speaker 1: of the third and Laverne and Thybill knocks it away
Speaker 1: to steal. Simmons had a hand out of it as well,
Speaker 1: detto with a bowl howl with an outside left forty
Speaker 1: seconds to go in the third, Brooklyn by five. Howell
Speaker 1: on the move against Claxton Stop slobs at Simmons with
Speaker 1: a one hand tap for two. Ben Simmons is dominating
Speaker 1: this late section here. Up the third quarter, seventy Sixers
Speaker 1: got one more basket to make it a ninety game.
Speaker 1: They were down by just a point going into the fourth.
Speaker 1: The Sixers kept on rolling their defense, clamping down and
Speaker 1: late in the game it was Al Horford Hill put
Speaker 1: this thing away. Ben Simmons with it, drive it, Benny,
Speaker 1: I'll top ol Hartford for three. It's good. Hal Harford
Speaker 1: notches a triple and the Sixers go up by four.
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons with his twelfth assist one O eight, one
Speaker 1: oh four. The seventy Sixers leading at that standpoint of
Speaker 1: the game, and they would turn to a guy who's
Speaker 1: been really sharp from outside the ark to help ra
Speaker 1: at this one. Al Horford into Ben back out the
Speaker 1: cork Bos in the corner. Josh cork Boss has it,
Speaker 1: shoots at three bowl it's good for God. Cork Boss
Speaker 1: back to three and the Sixers by five. They moved
Speaker 1: it around the perimeter. He struggled this afternoon, but for
Speaker 1: the third straight game he comes up large one thirteen,
Speaker 1: one o eight. At that point in the seventy Sixers
Speaker 1: would hang on for a six point win. One is
Speaker 1: seventeen to one e eleven. Looking at some of the
Speaker 1: final notes from the final statuet, the seventy Sixers shot
Speaker 1: forty four and a half percent collectively Brooklyn forty eight
Speaker 1: percent to seventy sixers had thirteen threes for Brooklyn. The
Speaker 1: Sixers on the glass were out rebounded by four. That
Speaker 1: was an area where when Brooklyn got up by as
Speaker 1: much as twelve in this game, they really had a
Speaker 1: lot of success, but the seventy sixers, they were huge
Speaker 1: on the defensive end. As I said, only thirteen turnovers
Speaker 1: committed by the Sixers twenty two was how many they
Speaker 1: forced on the Brooklyn Nets. Ben Simmons virtuous, Virtuo is stick, virtuostick, whatever,
Speaker 1: he was, virtuous something like that. Thirty four points, twelve rebounds,
Speaker 1: twelve assists, five steals for Ben Simmons in just under
Speaker 1: forty three minutes of play. Al Horford another big game
Speaker 1: for him, nineteen points, six rebounds, two assists. Say what
Speaker 1: you want. Al Horford has come up with some really
Speaker 1: clutch plays over the course of this four game winning
Speaker 1: streak for the Sixers. Tobias Harris was five of seventeen
Speaker 1: from the field, fifteen points for him to go with
Speaker 1: six rebounds and fifteen points for Josh Richardson ten for
Speaker 1: fur Con Corkmas twenty two for Spencer Dinwodi to lead
Speaker 1: the Brooklyn Net seventy six Ers win their fourth straight
Speaker 1: second in a row on the road. They are now
Speaker 1: twenty nine and sixteen and they will take on the
Speaker 1: division leading third place in the Eastern Conference Toronto Raptors
Speaker 1: on Wednesday night. That should be a great game. The
Speaker 1: seventy Sixers trail by just a game and the standing
Speaker 1: so hey. Should they make it five in a row
Speaker 1: on the s winning streak, they will force a tie
Speaker 1: for first in the division and third in the East.
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