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Speaker 1: Gibbons and the Philadelphia seventy Sixers wrap up their preseason
Speaker 1: with a record of two and oh after taking down
Speaker 1: the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis, as the Sixers win one thirteen,
Speaker 1: one oh seven on the road season. The preseason now
Speaker 1: done and we set our sights for December twenty third,
Speaker 1: next Wednesday, as the Philadelphia seventy Sixers kick off their
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one campaign. Nice win for them because they
Speaker 1: were down quite a bit at the half, and the
Speaker 1: Philadelphia seventy Sixers found a way to bounce back while
Speaker 1: they were down at the half fifty nine fifty one,
Speaker 1: a dominant second quarter by Domatis Sabonis with twelve points
Speaker 1: in the quarter, and the Sixers surged in the third
Speaker 1: where arguably their best quarter, hanging third three points on
Speaker 1: the Indiana paces closing things out. Some very nice things
Speaker 1: to see from the bench overall. Dwight Howard starting in
Speaker 1: place of Jowell, and by a nice overall team win,
Speaker 1: a nice overall team effort, and a feel good despite
Speaker 1: the fact that it's just a preseason. Basketball is back,
Speaker 1: and I'm sure the players, the coaches, everyone involved feels
Speaker 1: much better. And it always feels better when you walk
Speaker 1: away with the victory and get your season started next
Speaker 1: Wednesday at home. Ryan Seltzer joining us here live from
Speaker 1: the Center. B Seltz once again, Man, good to be
Speaker 1: back with you. And it doesn't hurt to close out
Speaker 1: the preseason with yet another win. No, I think that
Speaker 1: you touched upon a great point, this idea of feel
Speaker 1: good stuff, Like there was so much feel good I mean,
Speaker 1: you can speak to this too, and I'm sure you
Speaker 1: heard it from college. There was so much feel good
Speaker 1: energy so round of the Sixers starting in October when
Speaker 1: they hired Doc Rivers, and then a few weeks later
Speaker 1: after they landed Daryl Morey, and then they made some
Speaker 1: moves on Draft night and brought in some other guys,
Speaker 1: and there's all this positive momentum going into the start
Speaker 1: of training camp. Everything that was coming out of the
Speaker 1: seventy six or training Complex and Camden before the game
Speaker 1: started seemed like things removing the right direction, And for me,
Speaker 1: the biggest thing you wanted to walk away from after
Speaker 1: this two game, four day preseason schedule was to have
Speaker 1: the feel good vibe still around, and I think that's
Speaker 1: definitely the case. We know that it wouldn't make any sense,
Speaker 1: especially in this particular preseason, to read into results win
Speaker 1: or lose too much of exhibition games. But I think
Speaker 1: you can look up and down the roster, individual players,
Speaker 1: whether they were turning veterans, did things to reaffirm the
Speaker 1: promise you see in them, or newcomers and younger guys
Speaker 1: to show you something new or instill more confidence in
Speaker 1: what you've seen from them. I think it was a
Speaker 1: feel good two games for the Sixers. There is a
Speaker 1: ton of work to do, no question. I think that's
Speaker 1: going to be a continuing storyline for a couple of weeks,
Speaker 1: if not maybe a month for all teams across the
Speaker 1: league once the season begins. But for me, Divan, I
Speaker 1: started the week feeling good about the team. I leave
Speaker 1: the week feeling pretty good about the team, as do
Speaker 1: I and the guys that I was curious to see him,
Speaker 1: very anxious, to be quite honest with you when the
Speaker 1: deal was made, as you talked about with Daryl Morey
Speaker 1: and Elton Brand bringing in some reinforcements and in the
Speaker 1: case of Dwight Howard starting in place of Joel Embiid,
Speaker 1: who was out tonight with an illness non COVID related,
Speaker 1: as you pointed out, and he was perfect from the
Speaker 1: field tonight, a perfect seven of seven from the field,
Speaker 1: gathering four rebounds. He did have five turnovers in sixteen
Speaker 1: minutes and eleven seconds, but the energy that we saw
Speaker 1: in game one carried over to game number two. Very
Speaker 1: active on the boards overall, three offensive rebounds in the game.
Speaker 1: And this is exactly what you want to see from
Speaker 1: your backup center when Joel Embiid is unavailable, right And
Speaker 1: I think holistically just coming out right out of the
Speaker 1: gates and helping the Sixers off to a strong start
Speaker 1: and perhaps reassuring again, I don't think anyone would be
Speaker 1: nervous in a preseason game, but in the you know,
Speaker 1: more holistic sense, like letting everyone know, like, hey, Joe's
Speaker 1: not here to night, but I got you. You know,
Speaker 1: I'm an eight time All Star, three time Defensive Player
Speaker 1: of the Year. I'm still in shape. I can run
Speaker 1: the floor, I can protect the rim. If you get
Speaker 1: one to me by the basket, I'm not gonna miss.
Speaker 1: I don't know, Divine, you tell me, am, I overreacting.
Speaker 1: I don't really think this could end up being like
Speaker 1: such a great move. I know that there might be
Speaker 1: more significant moves in terms of how the team had
Speaker 1: to come together this offseason, like adding shooters like Danny
Speaker 1: Green and Seth Curry and was a backup center of
Speaker 1: the top priority. Probably not. But if you look at this,
Speaker 1: I think that like the value they got for Dwight
Speaker 1: and what he still might have left in the tack,
Speaker 1: and if he's the same type of Dwight as he
Speaker 1: was with the Lakers on their title run, I think
Speaker 1: this could be a really really helpful move. Nah. I
Speaker 1: agree with you, man, And to your point, you know
Speaker 1: you're trying to calm yourself down a little bit because
Speaker 1: of all the good things that you've seen, but no
Speaker 1: seeing him win with the Los Angeles Lakers at the
Speaker 1: eight time All Stars. You talked about Defensive Player of
Speaker 1: the Year multiple times, future Hall of Famer, all of
Speaker 1: the accolades that he has, and he comes in and
Speaker 1: he takes the contract on a one year deal, and
Speaker 1: he knows what his role is going to be, and
Speaker 1: he comes in to start the season at least, and
Speaker 1: he looks very good, looks very comfortable with the team,
Speaker 1: with his role right now, and you hope that only
Speaker 1: carries over to the regular season because it's so important
Speaker 1: to have that voice, the energy, the energetic personality that
Speaker 1: he has and how it connects with his teammates. I
Speaker 1: would agree with that. And I also think another theme
Speaker 1: divine that I'm taking away from tonight. For me, in
Speaker 1: these two games, it was more important to see certain
Speaker 1: guys that aren't at the top of the rotation do
Speaker 1: things that they can feel good about to get them
Speaker 1: ready for the regular season. I mean, listen, guys like
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons, Jowell, Embi, Tobias Harris, Danny Greene, Seth Curry
Speaker 1: to an extent, Well, these are guys who have been
Speaker 1: around and while they might not have won at the
Speaker 1: highest of levels, you have a really good idea of
Speaker 1: what they're going to be able to give you. But
Speaker 1: to see someone like Furkon have a good finish tonight,
Speaker 1: Mike Scott, Shake Milton, who might be the next in
Speaker 1: what's been a great line of backup guards that have
Speaker 1: played under Doc Rivers. I mean those three guys, especially
Speaker 1: Shake Furkon, Mike Scott, throw in Tyrese Maxie, because he
Speaker 1: didn't look like he was overwhelmed by playing at this
Speaker 1: level at this speed. I'm really excited about what I
Speaker 1: saw from some of the reserves. Absolutely. Brian Seltzer joining
Speaker 1: us from the center as the Sixers win their second
Speaker 1: game of the preseason, their final tune up before they
Speaker 1: started the regular season next Wednesday, the twenty third against
Speaker 1: the Wizards one thirteen, one oh seven. And you mentioned
Speaker 1: all the names, and it's great to seem actually to
Speaker 1: your point, as you said during the broadcast, Mike Scott,
Speaker 1: it's good to see him back out there knocking down shots.
Speaker 1: But just the overall view of this team as we
Speaker 1: again get ready for the start of the season on
Speaker 1: Wednesday of the twenty third, and where they are right now.
Speaker 1: You talk about how we feel, how the listeners and
Speaker 1: the fans feel about this basketball team right now, but
Speaker 1: from afar, since we're not in there as much and
Speaker 1: you are a little bit more, of course, it seems
Speaker 1: like the team just likes one another. All we keep
Speaker 1: hearing is they seem to like each other, They're playing well,
Speaker 1: they having fun, The gym was energetic and all of that.
Speaker 1: So it's great to also feel like there's just a
Speaker 1: different energy to this team as we get ready for
Speaker 1: this campaign. I would agree with that. And I think
Speaker 1: for anyone out there who's ever played on a team
Speaker 1: at any level or been a part of a team
Speaker 1: in the sense of like you've got a team at
Speaker 1: your place of employment, that sort of thing, like you
Speaker 1: can tell when you've got a group of people that
Speaker 1: you like and that you know that the tools and
Speaker 1: the pieces are there now right away. You might not
Speaker 1: be able to, like crush your project or your power
Speaker 1: point presentation. You might need some time to figure it
Speaker 1: out together and know how to play to everyone's strengths.
Speaker 1: And I think that there are teams out there that
Speaker 1: might not have it all in the beginning, but at
Speaker 1: some point along the way find their stride, click and
Speaker 1: get into a groove. And I think that right now,
Speaker 1: why shouldn't the seventy sixers think like that. I think
Speaker 1: they have enough talent to be a factor right off
Speaker 1: the bat and have enough out to cover up some
Speaker 1: of the adjustments and acclamations that a team would typically
Speaker 1: go through in the early stages of the season, especially
Speaker 1: this year where like after Christmas, the Sixers essentially are
Speaker 1: playing every other day literally for the better part of
Speaker 1: six weeks. But I'm with you, Divine. I think the
Speaker 1: pieces are there. I don't think it's a finished product yet,
Speaker 1: but I again, I'm going back to how we started it.
Speaker 1: I feel like you can see a vision for how
Speaker 1: the rosters being built. I'm really more curious to see
Speaker 1: the vision for how the team is going to play
Speaker 1: once they can start putting in more of their stuff.
Speaker 1: And I think it's complete. I think it's the makings
Speaker 1: of a complete team. I'll say that I agree with you,
Speaker 1: and I look forward to seeing what's next for this team.
Speaker 1: And what's next is December twenty three, so as we
Speaker 1: get ready for that game, so its just a quick
Speaker 1: preview of Russell Westbrook changes things now that he's in Washington,
Speaker 1: just from a bird's eye view of seeing what they've
Speaker 1: done before we let you go, and just a quick
Speaker 1: thought on that game as we start the season off
Speaker 1: next Wednesday. Listen, I don't care about Russell Westbrook, I
Speaker 1: don't care about Bradley Beale. They have Davis burttons and
Speaker 1: crushes the sections right. It doesn't matter. It could be
Speaker 1: when it was at San Antonio or Washington. He crushes them.
Speaker 1: So as long as they can get a body on
Speaker 1: Davis Burton's I feel great about next Wednesday Night. But
Speaker 1: it'll be fun. I mean, it's um listen. I think
Speaker 1: everyone is trying to do the best they can. That
Speaker 1: goes with the NBA, the seventy six ers, get a
Speaker 1: product out there, at least get the teams back into
Speaker 1: arenas to provide some sense of normalcy. Everyone wishes the
Speaker 1: fans could be here. It's going to be a bummer
Speaker 1: not having them. But I still hope that the energy
Speaker 1: of an opening Night will transfer through the speakers of
Speaker 1: your car, radio, your air pods, your TV screen, and
Speaker 1: that the fans will be able to enjoy next Wednesday
Speaker 1: Night as this really anticipated new season with a lot
Speaker 1: of change gets underway. As always well said Brian Celtz.
Speaker 1: It enjoy the rest of the weekend. Man. We'll talk
Speaker 1: to you next Wednesday, and make sure you check them
Speaker 1: out on the pods, all the pods, everything that are
Speaker 1: out there right now. Check them out. Brian Seltz, who's
Speaker 1: the best great job man filling in photomic Guinness and
Speaker 1: we'll hear you next week. Check in with you next
Speaker 1: week for the start of the regular season. Thank you, dude,
Speaker 1: you got it. Man six is two and oh as
Speaker 1: they close out the preseason with a road victory in
Speaker 1: Indianapolis one thirteen, one oh seven over the Indiana Pacers.
Speaker 1: And let's get to the audio highlights of this preseason contest.
Speaker 1: As the Philadelphia seventy sixers got off to a pretty
Speaker 1: good start in the first quarter. As we look at
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons with a nice rebound into Dwight Howard for
Speaker 1: the finish off the inbound Saponis for three top of
Speaker 1: the arcs short off the front rim rebound Shippons, long
Speaker 1: outlook down for Howard and stride Hammers at home with
Speaker 1: the right handed dunk, early action from Dwight Howard getting involved,
Speaker 1: He's got six points eleven to six seventy six Ers
Speaker 1: three into the first quarter. Great kick out to the
Speaker 1: big man running the floor, and how cool is that
Speaker 1: to have a big man who's so athletic and so
Speaker 1: fluid able to get up the floor so quickly, finishing
Speaker 1: that one with the dunk once again eleven six at
Speaker 1: that point for con Corkmas, who had himself nice night
Speaker 1: in the second game of the preseason, knocking down one
Speaker 1: of his few triples. Simmons pushes it up the floor
Speaker 1: to Milton. Milton down to the near right corner. Corkmas
Speaker 1: hits again from the outside, and he shoots the seventy
Speaker 1: six ers in front, twenty four to twenty two, two
Speaker 1: fifteen to go in the first corner. Sixers answering out
Speaker 1: of that time out a quick little run the tune
Speaker 1: of six straight on Corkms three back to back three
Speaker 1: pointers four fur con cork Mos, as you just heard
Speaker 1: from Brian Seltzer, that being the second to make it
Speaker 1: twenty four twenty two, and Mike Scott also finding his
Speaker 1: stroke as well during the preseason. A nice thing to
Speaker 1: see so far. But it did not count as he
Speaker 1: knocked he took a shot, knocked it down thirty one
Speaker 1: twenty eight. The score would have been at the end
Speaker 1: of one, but unfortunately it did not count. But we'll
Speaker 1: get to him later because it did not stop at
Speaker 1: that point. Dwight Howard with eight points two boards in
Speaker 1: the quarter, perfect four to four from the field, twenty
Speaker 1: eight all after one tyrese Maxie. We heard some of
Speaker 1: the things and we saw some of the things that
Speaker 1: were fun to witness from the rookie from Kentuck for
Speaker 1: the seventy sixes. He keeps it going in the second quarter.
Speaker 1: Here for the seventy six Quark miles off to Maxie.
Speaker 1: Guarded by McConnell. Maxie drives right down the left side
Speaker 1: of lane, switch his hands on the dribble and gets
Speaker 1: the right hand runner to go thirty to twenty eight,
Speaker 1: seventy seconds into the second quarter. Tough basket on a
Speaker 1: determined move by Maxie, indeed very tough, put his body
Speaker 1: into the defender, made sure that he had enough room
Speaker 1: to get the shot off. It trickled in for the
Speaker 1: basket thirty two thirty At that point after the bucket,
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons started to get it going in the second quarter.
Speaker 1: Here he is with the strong finish, I mean at
Speaker 1: fifty left in the first half. Simmons glides down the
Speaker 1: floor the other way and he lays it in himself.
Speaker 1: A quick basket for the sixers. How do you stop that?
Speaker 1: Fifty five forty eight strong and aggressive by putting the
Speaker 1: pressure on the defense. Very soft touch to lay it
Speaker 1: in fifty five forty eight Indiana at that point. They
Speaker 1: finished with a fifty nine fifty one advantage after two
Speaker 1: going into the locker room. Jillmadas Sabona's dominant with twelve
Speaker 1: points in the quarter, finishing the game with eighteen point
Speaker 1: me finished the in the quarter with eighteen and nine
Speaker 1: boards at the half to leave all in both categories.
Speaker 1: Third quarter, though not to be left out of it,
Speaker 1: Dwight Howard. Once again you get the big Man, Demons
Speaker 1: and Bonus doing some nice things. Dwight Howard continues his
Speaker 1: nice play in the third. Dwight Howard with his fourth rebound.
Speaker 1: There's the aforementioned stop. Now need a score. Simmons to Howard.
Speaker 1: Howard cuts in hard right handed slam, time out pacers,
Speaker 1: breakdown by India and Superman put on the cape and
Speaker 1: flew through the gap to stuff at home for a jam.
Speaker 1: Great recognition by Ben Simmons to get the ball to
Speaker 1: Dwight Howard for that dunk. Seventy to sixty one at
Speaker 1: that point. Dwight Howard seven of seven from the field
Speaker 1: overall for his fourteen points on the evening, as Shake
Speaker 1: Milton as Brian Seltz had just talked about his great
Speaker 1: play continue leading score for the game tonight for the Sixes.
Speaker 1: Tonight off the bench, Shake Milton with the bucket and
Speaker 1: the foul. Harris guarded by the undersized Aaron Holliday. Harris
Speaker 1: chuck pass left corner of Milt Milton right hand, tear drop,
Speaker 1: love it pump and the bucket as well. Like the
Speaker 1: move from Shake, adding something new and nifty to his arsenal.
Speaker 1: And then he also draws contact, makes the basket. We'll
Speaker 1: go to the line. Get he looks very comfortable, nice floater,
Speaker 1: nice little tear drop there, knocking it down. Shake Milton
Speaker 1: with the and one eighties seventy five. Tony Bradley off
Speaker 1: the bench, No Joel and b Dwight Howard steps in
Speaker 1: the starting role or are you back up? Big Tony
Speaker 1: Bradley with a nice put back plus the foul shot
Speaker 1: clock at eight Milton deep on the left side beneath
Speaker 1: the timeline. Bradley sets the pick Milton down the right
Speaker 1: satellite runner rattles off. Bradley put back good and the
Speaker 1: foul put the Sixers in front and put that man,
Speaker 1: Tony Bradley Junior on the line. Absolutely eighty one eighty
Speaker 1: seventy six is at that point, and they go into
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter with a one point advantage eighty four
Speaker 1: eighty three, hanging thirty three points on the Pacers in
Speaker 1: the quarter, led by Milton's nine seth Curry with a
Speaker 1: and they paced it and had it going on for
Speaker 1: the seventy sixers to start off the fourth quarter. Mike
Speaker 1: Scott once again, as we mentioned, had a very nice
Speaker 1: night from the perimeter Sixers with the ball front court left.
Speaker 1: Scott got it more pure at that time from the
Speaker 1: left corner and he gives out a little bark in
Speaker 1: a fist pump, putting the seventy Sixers up eighty seven,
Speaker 1: eighty three, eleven thirty five to go in the game,
Speaker 1: and Mike Scott has shot the seventy sixers in front
Speaker 1: all on threes four for six from the outside. Nice
Speaker 1: to see that from the veteran getting it going early
Speaker 1: in the preseason. Hopefully that carries over to the regular
Speaker 1: season starting with Washington next week. Shake Milton once again
Speaker 1: from deep shake down the right side of lane, no
Speaker 1: book look past the Scott fading shot on the right baseline.
Speaker 1: Noe Bradley taps it out and it goes to cork
Speaker 1: mose fresh fourteen for the Sixers. Milton all alone pump
Speaker 1: takes left corner and he hits for three. Shake Milton
Speaker 1: smooth fifteen points behind his second three nine to eighty six.
Speaker 1: It got it going and finally fur Con cork mose
Speaker 1: once again knocking it down from deep. They really had
Speaker 1: it going on tonight. Shake Milton brings it up, defended
Speaker 1: by mittrue Long at the top of the key, swings
Speaker 1: it right wing the cork mos hoist for three. Annie
Speaker 1: hits fur con cork mos cans another triple, and the
Speaker 1: seventy sixers, just like that suddenly have their biggest lead
Speaker 1: at ten ninety six eighty six up ten. Tyrese Maxie
Speaker 1: and company close things down at the Varian. Nice bucket
Speaker 1: from Tyrese Maxie to really close things out with about
Speaker 1: fifty seconds to go to give the seventy sixers a
Speaker 1: comfortable advantage. As they pick up to victory one thirteen
Speaker 1: one oh seven, they pause, We get things going. The
Speaker 1: real thing starts next Wednesday at the Center, five days
Speaker 1: away on the twenty third, hosting Russell Westbrook, Bradley Beal
Speaker 1: and the Washington Wizzards. You've been listening to Rewind. Look
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