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. Well,
Speaker 1: that was certainly less than ideal for the seventy Sixers.
Speaker 1: Tonight one, sixteen ninety five the final score Sixers go
Speaker 1: down to Ted Garden in Boston, denied their first regular
Speaker 1: season series sweep of the Boston Celtics since two thousand
Speaker 1: and two thousand and one. I'm Brian Seltzer and from
Speaker 1: the earliest stages of the game not particularly close. The
Speaker 1: Sixers yes, got the deficit to eight points at the
Speaker 1: half fifty nine to fifty one, but Boston behind the
Speaker 1: likes of Jason Tatum early, especially in the first quarter
Speaker 1: when he went for eleven of his twenty five points,
Speaker 1: and Jellen Brown right after the half in the third
Speaker 1: quarter when he went for eleven of his own in
Speaker 1: the period in route two, finishing with a game best
Speaker 1: thirty two points. No answer was what the seventy Sixers
Speaker 1: had for the Boston Celtics to night Boston, approving to
Speaker 1: thirty three and fifteen all, the seventy Sixers dropped to
Speaker 1: Owen two. On their current four game road trip against
Speaker 1: some really key Eastern Conference opponents. The Sixers now thirty
Speaker 1: one and nineteen on the year. The Sixers entered tonight
Speaker 1: in sixth place in the East, while the Boston Celtics
Speaker 1: were in third place. But at this point in time,
Speaker 1: the Sixers are currently despite winning the four game season
Speaker 1: series between the teams three games to one, the Sixers
Speaker 1: notably are four back in the lost column of the
Speaker 1: Boston Celtics and three full games behind Boston in the
Speaker 1: Eastern Conference standing. So yes, some ways to go, but
Speaker 1: it is hard not to think in terms of lasting
Speaker 1: impressionate tones and terms based on what we saw tonight.
Speaker 1: Boston didn't have one of its all stars, and Kemba
Speaker 1: Walker didn't have a key backup center in Ennis Cantor,
Speaker 1: who at various points of his career has played Joel
Speaker 1: Embiide well. But they came out and had total control
Speaker 1: against the Sixers, outscore them thirty two to nineteen in
Speaker 1: the first quarter for seven turnovers for the Sixers in
Speaker 1: the first period. The Sixers committed seven turnovers against six
Speaker 1: made field goals in the first Now to their credit,
Speaker 1: in the second quarter, they came back scored thirty two
Speaker 1: points showed some signs of life and increased defensive energy.
Speaker 1: But in the third quarter of the Celtics held the
Speaker 1: Sixers to sixteen points. It was Boston's defense that was
Speaker 1: so supercharged. It seemed like they were just exerting so
Speaker 1: much more pressure. They were so much more lively at
Speaker 1: the beginning of the game, coming down with every key
Speaker 1: reband and the Sixers they missed some quality shots. But
Speaker 1: you know, I guess you wonder do you let it
Speaker 1: affect you on the opposite end or does it filter
Speaker 1: into opposite parts of your game? Who knows? The Sixers
Speaker 1: shoot thirty seven percent for the night, seven for thirty
Speaker 1: three from three point territory, and Boston outscores the Sixers
Speaker 1: seventeen to six on points off turnovers, and not unrelated,
Speaker 1: twenty three to ten in terms of fast break points.
Speaker 1: Jayalen Brown and Jason Tatum, Who I thought, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: ask Tom about this. I thought the Sixers did an
Speaker 1: excellent job on them, the two of those wings the
Speaker 1: first three meetings of the season, and while that wasn't
Speaker 1: the sole factor that tipped the scales in the seventy
Speaker 1: Sixers favor in the first three matchups of the year,
Speaker 1: it was definitely a big part of it. You just
Speaker 1: look back those first three games and Tatum and Brown
Speaker 1: didn't look nearly like the type of players they are
Speaker 1: on a regular game in game out basis. Well tonight
Speaker 1: they shorted Brown again went for thirty two. Jason Tatum
Speaker 1: went for twenty five. Marcus Smart filling in for Kemba
Speaker 1: Walker at the starting point guard spot, very efficient sixteen points,
Speaker 1: four rebounds, four assists. Off the bench, brad Wanamaker out
Speaker 1: of Roman Catholic fifteen points. That was a season high
Speaker 1: for him. Shemy Ojola played pretty aggressive as well, and
Speaker 1: while the stats won't really show it, for Daniel Tye
Speaker 1: at center, certainly much smaller and undersized than Joel Embiid,
Speaker 1: he had a great game working on Joel and bid
Speaker 1: was held to just eleven points. He was one for
Speaker 1: eleven from the field, oh for four from three point territory,
Speaker 1: nine for nine from the free throw line, five rebounds
Speaker 1: and assist four turnovers, all of which came early on
Speaker 1: in the first quarter. Ben Simmons twenty three points, nine
Speaker 1: rebounds and five assists, thirteen for four con Corkmas ten
Speaker 1: for Tobias Harris, Shake Milton and the start tonight. He
Speaker 1: went three for eight from the field, had a couple
Speaker 1: nice defensive place he had three steals, finished with eleven
Speaker 1: points in the game. Al Horford nine points, nine rebounds,
Speaker 1: four assists, one for six from outside the ark. So
Speaker 1: once again the seventy six Ers, they struggle on the road.
Speaker 1: That's a recurring theme. They're nineteen seventeen and away games.
Speaker 1: And another thing is their three point shooting is extremely
Speaker 1: different on the road than it is at home. And
Speaker 1: that boardsself out again tonight we go to TD Garden
Speaker 1: right now. Tom McGinnis had the call. Tom. It seemed
Speaker 1: like the Celtics came out with a mindset that was
Speaker 1: at an extremely different level tonight and that carried them
Speaker 1: to the first quarter and kind of set the tone
Speaker 1: for the rest of the game. Yeah, you could tell
Speaker 1: the way that Tatum was attacking, the way that Jalen
Speaker 1: Brown had bounced, and you know, Smart always plays with
Speaker 1: a swagger and a toughness and a grit, and that
Speaker 1: was on display. And they just they took it to
Speaker 1: the Sixers. I mean to me, it's a very disheartening
Speaker 1: loss for the Sixers. They got handled big time tonight
Speaker 1: in Boston. A couple of things on that. I mean,
Speaker 1: maybe just to dovetail off that it kind of like,
Speaker 1: I'm not going to say you overlooked the first three
Speaker 1: games in the season, but this is like that lasting
Speaker 1: impression factor. It's like che and that just doesn't feel
Speaker 1: good to see a game go down like that. No,
Speaker 1: Like I said, you know, you could say the Sixers
Speaker 1: won the season series and you know the tiebreaker, but
Speaker 1: right now it doesn't appear that the teams are gonna
Speaker 1: be tied, you know, like that's that's all well and good.
Speaker 1: And I just again, the Sixers beat them, but two
Speaker 1: of those games, Boston had played the night before, and
Speaker 1: tonight they were fresh, and the Sixers were fresh, you know,
Speaker 1: other than they didn't have Josh Richardson, but they didn't
Speaker 1: have Kemba Walker, and the Sixers just didn't put up
Speaker 1: enough fight. And again, the pendulum of momentum swings early
Speaker 1: on and in these games, and it swung heavily in
Speaker 1: favor of Boston and they never let up and just
Speaker 1: kept pursuing. And they had a number of players who
Speaker 1: outplayed the Sixers, including as you mentioned, Brad Wanamaker, and
Speaker 1: so yeah, I mean Tatum was driving. I thought Ben
Speaker 1: showed fight, Ben showed that he wasn't going to go away,
Speaker 1: and he continues to play extremely well. And you know,
Speaker 1: you had some decent performances at times from firk On
Speaker 1: in the second there to bias, but to bias, you know,
Speaker 1: and all had a decent night, but you know you
Speaker 1: expect more from Harrison Warford and uh, you know, just
Speaker 1: to you know tonight, like I said, like you said, Brian,
Speaker 1: after that Atlantic, Hey, the Sixers might win the next
Speaker 1: three road games and okay, well not not tonight. So
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, Like you know that that's
Speaker 1: the hope coming in, but you gotta do it, you
Speaker 1: gotta execute, you gotta make it happen. And this was
Speaker 1: not the night where the Sixers did any of that.
Speaker 1: Seventy Sixers lose to the Boston Celtics one, sixteen ninety five.
Speaker 1: And I don't know how you feel, Tim, but it's
Speaker 1: just the stark contrast between how the Sixers were able
Speaker 1: to keep the wings of the Celtics in check Tatum
Speaker 1: and Brown the first three games and tonight, man, they
Speaker 1: had their way. Yeah, no doubt about it. I mean
Speaker 1: it's almost like Brown was proving he should have been
Speaker 1: an All Star, and Tatum was proving why he is
Speaker 1: an All Star. You know, I mean, people look these guys,
Speaker 1: these professional athletes, they look for the little less edge.
Speaker 1: You can find one little thing, and if that's that's
Speaker 1: what motivates them, you know, you almost have to find different.
Speaker 1: These guys played eighty two regular season games sometimes, you know,
Speaker 1: fifteen twenty playoff games. You gotta motivate, you gotta self motivate.
Speaker 1: There's the new Rockney, newt Rockney's not coming through that door. Brown,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. And these guys do it.
Speaker 1: They the slightest little thing. And you know, I don't know,
Speaker 1: I just that's how they played. Those two players that
Speaker 1: were speaking of Brown and Tatum and they're good. Oh,
Speaker 1: by the way, they're good. And uh again they're ten
Speaker 1: and oh when they both scored twenty and more, well
Speaker 1: they had thirty two and twenty five. Well, Tom, no
Speaker 1: need to belabor this one anymore. Tonight, We're gonna let
Speaker 1: you off the hook earlier. You can start making whatever
Speaker 1: efforts are necessary to find your way into Super Bowl
Speaker 1: fifty four tomorrow when the team is in Miami. Oh,
Speaker 1: I wish, but that's a hey, Monday night. I mean,
Speaker 1: this is another huge one, and this is one where
Speaker 1: it's like, all right, you're trying to get something on
Speaker 1: this road trip, but also avoid losing the four game
Speaker 1: season series to the Miami Heat. Right, you could even
Speaker 1: at two games apiece, and uh, you know, no, the Sixers,
Speaker 1: you know, they beat Miami in the first game, and
Speaker 1: then the second game they should have won, they lost
Speaker 1: one to eight, one to four. That was when you know,
Speaker 1: Miami played a lot of zone defense. So yeah, no,
Speaker 1: it's it's not going to be easy. Boston just went
Speaker 1: down there in one, you know, pretty good game the
Speaker 1: other night. I believe that was Tuesday night. So but
Speaker 1: those young guys have really done well. It's an incredible
Speaker 1: Duncan Robinson and Kendrick Nunn and Tyler Hero and of
Speaker 1: course Bam now in All Star and like Miami just
Speaker 1: the rebirth is you know, Drogage head thirty two in
Speaker 1: their game the other night against Boston. But and Jimmy
Speaker 1: Butler's playing at a level that he's obviously playing better
Speaker 1: than he did a year ago. And I would argue
Speaker 1: two years he's always been a good player, but he's
Speaker 1: almost been like reinvigorated. So it's in a difficult ball
Speaker 1: game down there in South Florida on Monday. Already time.
Speaker 1: We'll speak to you at that point in time. All right,
Speaker 1: good night. Thanks. The Sixers lose one sixteen to ninety
Speaker 1: five to Boston Celtics in the four game a regular
Speaker 1: season series finale between the long time rivals. Looking over
Speaker 1: the final box score, seventy Sixers shot just under thirty
Speaker 1: seven percent from the field. They were seven of thirty
Speaker 1: three from outside the arc. If you do the quick math,
Speaker 1: that is just under twenty one and a half percent.
Speaker 1: Boston shot forty seven and a half percent from the floor,
Speaker 1: eight of thirty from outside the arc. Boston got to
Speaker 1: the line forty one times. Speaking to its level of aggressiveness,
Speaker 1: they shot seventy eight percent from the stripe. Seventy six
Speaker 1: Ers made twenty six of thirty one free throws. Sixers
Speaker 1: did win the rebounding battle by five. However, the seventy sixers,
Speaker 1: you know, obviously they were missing shots. There were more
Speaker 1: rebounds to be had. Turnovers were an issue, especially at
Speaker 1: the outside of the game. The seventy Sixers committed seven
Speaker 1: in the first quarter. They only made six baskets in
Speaker 1: the first quarter, Sixers out scored seventeen to six in
Speaker 1: points off turnovers in twenty three to ten on the break.
Speaker 1: Jaylen Brown and Jason Tatum or the difference makers. Certainly Tatum.
Speaker 1: You know Jaylen Brown will have the bigger night. Thirty
Speaker 1: two points. That was a game high. But it was
Speaker 1: Jason Tatum in the early going who could do no wrong.
Speaker 1: In the first quarter. He scored eleven points in about
Speaker 1: seven minutes on the way to twenty five for the game.
Speaker 1: Markus Smart, filling in for the injured Kemba Walker finished
Speaker 1: with sixteen points, and brad Wanamaker out of Roman Catholic
Speaker 1: with two dunks in the game and route to fifteen
Speaker 1: points a season high fourteen for fir Con Quirk Miles
Speaker 1: off the bench. Tough night for Dwell and Batis won
Speaker 1: for eleven h for four from three, nine for nine
Speaker 1: from the free throw line with five rebounds. He finished
Speaker 1: eleven points. Tobias Harris had ten, Al Horford with nine,
Speaker 1: Shake Milton making the start his fourth in row with eleven,
Speaker 1: and as I said, fur con Cork Miles with fourteen
Speaker 1: off the bench. Seventy six Ers now thirty one to nineteen.
Speaker 1: The Boston Celtics improved to thirty three and fifteen, So yes,
Speaker 1: they're four games in front of the seventy Sixers in
Speaker 1: the lost column, three games in front in the standings.
Speaker 1: Sixers will have two more games to go on this
Speaker 1: road trip. They're actually gonna come back to Philadelphia after
Speaker 1: the game in Miami on Monday Night against the thirty
Speaker 1: three and fifteen Heat. Really important for the seventy Sixers.
Speaker 1: They trail the Miami Heat by three games and the standings,
Speaker 1: and they are down two games to one in the
Speaker 1: regular season series. And the seventy Sixers have the Milwaukee
Speaker 1: Bucks on Thursday before hosting Jamorant and the Memphis Grizzlies
Speaker 1: on Friday, and a tough back to back. You've been
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