Speaker 1: You're listening to rewind, they'll listen back on press conferences,
Speaker 1: highlights and analysis from the seventy sixers previous game. It
Speaker 1: was supposed to be an early season at measuring test,
Speaker 1: but two of the better teams so far in the
Speaker 1: Eastern Conference, seventy Sixers. They brought yardsticks, and a bunch
Speaker 1: of them. They blew out the Miami Heat, not even
Speaker 1: close one thirteen eighty six. This one was a thoroughly
Speaker 1: dominant performance by the seventy Sixers as they win their
Speaker 1: fourth straight game to improve to eleven and five, six
Speaker 1: and oz down here at the Center on a night
Speaker 1: they celebrated their one hundredth consecutive sellout game in South
Speaker 1: Philadelphia and fittingly against his former team for the first time.
Speaker 1: Josh Richardson led the way with thirty two points, tying
Speaker 1: the second highest total of his career. Wow, the Sixers
Speaker 1: were that good tonight. And we've heard that phrase Championship
Speaker 1: aspirations used a lot surrounding this team going back to
Speaker 1: the start of training. Happened to the first couple of
Speaker 1: weeks the regular season, Well, this looked like an elite,
Speaker 1: a highly elite team. Tonight the seventy Sixers dominating both
Speaker 1: ends of the court. Offensively, they carved up Miami, which
Speaker 1: came into tonight's game with the second lowest defensive rating
Speaker 1: in the entire league. The Sixers shot fifty and a
Speaker 1: half percent from the field overall, fourteen of twenty nine
Speaker 1: from three. Their transition attack was tremendous. And if that's
Speaker 1: the case, what does that mean? Well the Sixers defense?
Speaker 1: If Miami was number two defensively, then where does that
Speaker 1: put the Sixers? They were awesome. Miami was shooting under
Speaker 1: thirty four percent going into the fourth quarter. They finished
Speaker 1: with just six three porters. Miami came in tonight the
Speaker 1: third best three point shooting team in the entire league.
Speaker 1: Sixers turned them over eighteen times for twenty four points.
Speaker 1: Off tournaments. All right, enough of me, We go now
Speaker 1: to Brett Brown defend. You get a chance to really
Speaker 1: have a special defensive night, and I felt like we
Speaker 1: did some of those things. Do you have a sense
Speaker 1: of how personal Ange was going to take that game
Speaker 1: coming in, because out on the floor it certainly seemed
Speaker 1: like that moment a lot to him. I agree with you,
Speaker 1: UM I did not you know I learned something tonight.
Speaker 1: Um It doesn't surprise me. But to the level that
Speaker 1: he displayed that h stood out. Um, he was very
Speaker 1: very good both sides of the ball tonight. As we're
Speaker 1: always talking about Josh's kind of versatility, like he could
Speaker 1: do a bunch of different things on the floor, tonight
Speaker 1: he was he was all about scoring for him tonight.
Speaker 1: I mean, how valuable that's true? Well, what would you
Speaker 1: see from him? You know? Both? I think that I
Speaker 1: saw just a two way guard. I thought somebody stalking
Speaker 1: people down rear view contest with the shots making people
Speaker 1: like have to chew up clock on just like full
Speaker 1: court entries, and he made it difficult all over the place.
Speaker 1: He was stalking, he was harassing, That's what I saw.
Speaker 1: And then you saw him score and I really think,
Speaker 1: you know, it was as fine a performance on both
Speaker 1: sides of the ball that should be reflected in how
Speaker 1: we judge him tonight. In my opinion, it's been a
Speaker 1: recurring theme, but Ben again defensively, seemed like he really
Speaker 1: disrupted everything they kind of wanted to do. Did you
Speaker 1: see that as well? I think I don't even know
Speaker 1: what the statute's going to read. What I what I
Speaker 1: do know is he Ben was elite again defensively, and
Speaker 1: I thought his performance guarding Jimmy was outstanding. You know,
Speaker 1: when Ben puts his mind to it and he sort
Speaker 1: of uncoils, and he's six foot ten and he's strong,
Speaker 1: and he's got a desire to guard like he has
Speaker 1: been guarding. I don't care who it is. Like that,
Speaker 1: that's a tough person to have on you. And I
Speaker 1: thought tonight what he should be remembered for is how
Speaker 1: tenacious and committed and constant he was Defensively. He was very,
Speaker 1: very good, no doubt about it. Ben Simmons plus thirty
Speaker 1: four in twenty six minutes. He only scored four points.
Speaker 1: Sixers didn't need anything else from him, eight rebounds, seven assists,
Speaker 1: four steals, and he helped keep Jimmy Butler in check.
Speaker 1: Butler just four of thirteen from the field, eleven points,
Speaker 1: oh for two from three and a turnover minus thirty one.
Speaker 1: That was a game low, begs. Ben Simmons a big
Speaker 1: part of that seventy Sixers with a major win over
Speaker 1: the Miami Heat. Miami came in having won five consecutive games,
Speaker 1: while it's the seventy Sixers that managed to extend their
Speaker 1: winning streak tonight to a fourth consecutive game as they
Speaker 1: head to Toronto for a big matchup with the Raptors
Speaker 1: on Monday night. Tom McGinnis is standing by. We get
Speaker 1: to him next. Tom McGinnis got to call a very
Speaker 1: entertaining one tonight. Well that's at least if you're the
Speaker 1: radio man the old seventy Sixers time. It was clear
Speaker 1: early on the Sixers were keyed and dialed into this one.
Speaker 1: They raced out two and eleven to two lead. They
Speaker 1: were up by twenty points, twenty six to six with
Speaker 1: about five minutes to go in the first quarter. They
Speaker 1: didn't let up one bit. No, they didn't, and they
Speaker 1: had the jump and the energy, and they swung the
Speaker 1: ball of momentum decidedly in their favor from the very
Speaker 1: beginning and never let up. It's interesting we heard from
Speaker 1: James Dennis the third after the game saying that the
Speaker 1: Sixers apparently put together an edit or, in other words,
Speaker 1: a short video that showed them what the Philly edge,
Speaker 1: how they ought to play with the toughness, and that
Speaker 1: made a difference. They were amped up, and again, I
Speaker 1: think everybody had this game circled a little bit whether
Speaker 1: they would admit it or not. With all the things surrounding,
Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler returning and Josh against his old team, and
Speaker 1: then again two teams that were near the top of
Speaker 1: the East, Miami with an eleven three record, five wins
Speaker 1: in a row, they wanted to see how they measure
Speaker 1: up against the Sixers, and the Sixers dominated, and I
Speaker 1: think Miami they obviously headed off to night. It's a
Speaker 1: it's a back to back for both teams, but they
Speaker 1: came from Chicago and they didn't have the jump. This
Speaker 1: was by far there not their best game, but the Sixers,
Speaker 1: without question, it was their best game. So hey, four
Speaker 1: in a row for the Sixers, seven to oh at home,
Speaker 1: hundred straight sellouts over twenty one thousand fans on hand,
Speaker 1: and a dominant performance by the Sixers Tonight, Sixers in
Speaker 1: a Route one thirteen eighty six over Miami and tim
Speaker 1: For the Sixers, there's been a lot of talk about
Speaker 1: how things are going to fit and flow on the
Speaker 1: offensive end of the cord, but Brett Brown has been
Speaker 1: adamant and he's maintained that if the Sixers are going
Speaker 1: to get to where they want to be, this is
Speaker 1: going to be a defensive oriented program. Listen, the defense
Speaker 1: tonight was outstanding. I mean, they just clamped down Ben
Speaker 1: Simmons again setting the tone and I think at various
Speaker 1: points over this past week, in particular, if we zero
Speaker 1: in on Simmons, you you can see flashes of what
Speaker 1: Brett Brown has talked about in the past when he's
Speaker 1: included simmons name alongside references to defensive Player of the
Speaker 1: Year candidate. Well, certainly first team All Defense, that's for sure.
Speaker 1: And you know, I think you know that stat that
Speaker 1: you just prattled off in terms of Simmons four points
Speaker 1: but plus thirty something and he was all over Jimmy
Speaker 1: Butler and so and then Josh and Joel's protecting the
Speaker 1: back line and the size of the Sixers. You know,
Speaker 1: it put an imprint on the game. And that's right.
Speaker 1: I mean, because again there's not every single night you're
Speaker 1: not going to make fourteen threes. And you know, the
Speaker 1: Sixers have shot it well great for the last two games. Tonight,
Speaker 1: I think they ended up with twenty eight assists. They
Speaker 1: had thirty over the last two games coming into this one.
Speaker 1: But the defense is going to be the hallmark, and
Speaker 1: that's that's telling They really dominated this. They took the
Speaker 1: heat out of everything, I mean none and Duncan Robinson.
Speaker 1: We heard so much about their three point abilities and
Speaker 1: that was a non factor here tonight. A real solid
Speaker 1: effort at that end of the floor defensively for the Sixers.
Speaker 1: Seventy Sixers win their fourth straight one thirteen eighty six
Speaker 1: led by as much as forty one points and they
Speaker 1: never trailed in tonight's game one bit against the Miami
Speaker 1: Heat and Tom we have seen over the course of
Speaker 1: this winning streak the Sixers getting nice boost from the bench,
Speaker 1: whether it's a Quark mos or James Nis the third
Speaker 1: or Mike Scott. This game was about the starting five
Speaker 1: for the seventy Sixers. It was at full strength. Everyone
Speaker 1: was out there. With Josh Richardson returning, he was terrific
Speaker 1: and you could see how the pieces all fit together
Speaker 1: at an optimal level tonight, no doubt about it. And
Speaker 1: they went into and beat and yet he passed out
Speaker 1: of the trap. And then when the game at halftime
Speaker 1: again the Sixers led by twenty, but Joel comes out
Speaker 1: and gets two open looks for three and nailed it.
Speaker 1: And then Josh Richardson had a three in there and
Speaker 1: if there was Normally, you know the NBA, it's a
Speaker 1: long game, forty eight minutes, Typically there is a run,
Speaker 1: and that's kind of what you had the sense at halftime, Well,
Speaker 1: they're gonna make a run, and my point was, you
Speaker 1: know when and how long will it never happen? And
Speaker 1: that's I think in large part due to the fact
Speaker 1: that the Sixers knocked down those threes and that was
Speaker 1: a twelve old run going back to the late second,
Speaker 1: and that blew the game wide open. But the three
Speaker 1: point shooting was brilliant, and as you say, Brian, the
Speaker 1: starters were probably the best we've seen them. And now hopefully,
Speaker 1: knock on wood and health willing, if you will, that
Speaker 1: the Sixers are able to play them and get into
Speaker 1: some groove. And Brett Brown was talking about time talent
Speaker 1: or time Trump's talent, but they have talent, and hopefully
Speaker 1: they're going to get some time and some continuity together
Speaker 1: and we'll see it all blend where the Sixers, you know,
Speaker 1: start to get into this home schedule a little bit
Speaker 1: more as they just did, and start to rack up
Speaker 1: multiple winning streaks. They've already won five in a row
Speaker 1: and here they've won four in a row and a
Speaker 1: big matchup obviously with a huge division rival in Toronto
Speaker 1: on Monday. Yeah, and then you got Indian looming a
Speaker 1: week from tonight. So some good tests upcoming for the
Speaker 1: seventy sixers as they look to get on a further role.
Speaker 1: Tom talk to you in Toronto. Thank you, good night, Brian.
Speaker 1: Seventy six Xers one thirteen Miami Heat eighty six. We'll
Speaker 1: here's some highlights from Tom's game call that's coming up.
Speaker 1: Seventy Sixers and the Miami Heat meeting for the first
Speaker 1: time this season. Familiar faces abound, Josh Richardson with the
Speaker 1: seventy Sixers, Jimmy Butler with the Miami Heats. How that
Speaker 1: all play out against two of the better teams in
Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference decidedly in one team's favor and that
Speaker 1: team was one called your seventy sixers. They got it
Speaker 1: rolling early on and never looked back. And now here's
Speaker 1: Joel with a reverse jam on Meyer's LETTERD. What a
Speaker 1: play by and beat timeout Miami, a windmill reversed by
Speaker 1: a beat and the crowd loves it. Nine in a
Speaker 1: row and an electric atmosphere here in Philadelphia eleven to
Speaker 1: two seventy Sixers lead. That margin would only grow larger
Speaker 1: as the first quarter went along. Druggage rebounds, throws it
Speaker 1: the better, Simmons, Sixers on the move, Simmons against hero
Speaker 1: Tell left corner thiball three bout in the year matis
Speaker 1: fibll trifecta and the Sixers are leading Miami by twenty
Speaker 1: points another dish by Simmons. It was an outrageous start
Speaker 1: for the seventy Sixers, their lead to his twenty eight
Speaker 1: thirteen going into the second quarter. In that second quarter,
Speaker 1: they only expanded upon the good that they built at
Speaker 1: the beginning of the game. Tobias Harris getting into the act,
Speaker 1: clock winding down, Sixers lead by thirteen, Harris for three
Speaker 1: Kyles direct out top Tobias Harris with his first tray
Speaker 1: in the game, knocking down that tray over two Miami defenders.
Speaker 1: Strong game from Tobias Harris that made it forty to
Speaker 1: twenty four. But Josh Richardson, he was the star of
Speaker 1: the show tonight. Shot clock has nine on it, Josh
Speaker 1: Richardson of the ball. Richardson off the screen by and
Speaker 1: beat comes up shooting for three and a ten, knocking
Speaker 1: it down with Duncan Robinson in his wink and the
Speaker 1: Sixers by twenty fifty five. Thirty five would be how
Speaker 1: it stood at the break, the Sixers leading by twenty
Speaker 1: points and a half of the second time this season
Speaker 1: more Josh Richardson in the third against his old squad
Speaker 1: blob the Josh Richardson. He comes down, he goes back up,
Speaker 1: and Eric's Polster calls time out up top the Bias
Speaker 1: Harris to download Josh Richardson. And these Sixers have scored
Speaker 1: twelve in a row and they're up by thirty points
Speaker 1: on the Miami Heat Wow. Sixty five to thirty five
Speaker 1: was the score at that point. The Sixers led ninety
Speaker 1: two fifty nine going into the fourth, and Josh Richardson
Speaker 1: would also push this game to a game high margin
Speaker 1: of forty one points in the fourth by the shoot
Speaker 1: Richardson for three, and he's done in a game, great
Speaker 1: movement of the basketball to Josh Richardson knocking down the three.
Speaker 1: He's got ten field goals, six of which are three pointers,
Speaker 1: eight straight by the Sixers, and it's a forty one
Speaker 1: point game. And if you didn't know the route was
Speaker 1: on at that point, perhaps it was when Joel Embiid
Speaker 1: made that circus lay up with the shot clock winding
Speaker 1: down as the game was beginning to go in to
Speaker 1: its final stages. Maybe that was the sign as the
Speaker 1: Sixers all over the Miami Heat Tonight one, thirteen eighty six.
Speaker 1: The Sixers shot fifteen and a half percent from the field,
Speaker 1: fourteen of twenty nine from outside the arc, fifteen to
Speaker 1: seventeen from the line. They outrebounded Miami by six They
Speaker 1: outscored the Heat sixteen to seven on fast breaks and
Speaker 1: the defense though from the seventy Sixers that was the
Speaker 1: story collectively in my opinion of tonight's game. Let's not
Speaker 1: even look at the final stats. We should look at
Speaker 1: where things were through three quarters before the reserves from
Speaker 1: both teams came in. The Sixers allowed Miami just nineteen
Speaker 1: field goals through three quarters. At that point, the Heat
Speaker 1: were shooting under thirty four percent. They were just five
Speaker 1: of seventeen from outside the arc. This from Miami team
Speaker 1: that came into tonight's game third in the NBA shooting
Speaker 1: just under forty from three on the season. The Sixers
Speaker 1: also turned Miami over eighteen times, converted those turnovers into
Speaker 1: twenty four points, thirty two points for Josh Richardson, five
Speaker 1: off his career high. He was eleven and fifteen overall,
Speaker 1: six of seven from outside the arc, twenty three for
Speaker 1: Joel and b to go with eleven rebounds, nineteen for
Speaker 1: Tobias Harris plus eight boards for him, sixteen for Al Horford.
Speaker 1: Horford with six boards, four points for Ben Simmons, but
Speaker 1: eight rebounds, seven assists, four steals plus thirty four in
Speaker 1: twenty six minutes. To night was all about the will
Speaker 1: that the seventy sixers talented starting five was able to impose.
Speaker 1: Six Ers have won four straight there, now eleven and five,
Speaker 1: they end Miami's five game winning streak. The Heat dropped
Speaker 1: to eleven and four. Up next for the seventy Sixers
Speaker 1: the Toronto Raptors on Monday night from Scotia Bank Arena.
Speaker 1: The Sixers back at the scene of the crime. They
Speaker 1: are currently a half game behind the Toronto Raptors. That
Speaker 1: game is at seven thirty on Monday one final time.
Speaker 1: The final score the seventy six Ers one thirteen, the
Speaker 1: Miami Heat to eighty six. You've been listening to rewind
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