WEBVTT - HEAT Series Preview and Additional Round 1 Takeaways 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:03.480 This podcast is part of the seventy Sixers podcast network 0:00:03.680 --> 0:00:12.600 search seventy Sixers Insiders wherever you get your podcasts. Day everybody, 0:00:13.240 --> 0:00:24.279 I'm seventy six heard all right, Good morning, everybody. Welcome 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:29.360 back to another Sixers playoff Twitter Spaces, presented by Bett Parks. 0:00:29.720 --> 0:00:32.960 I'm Lauren Rosen. Matt Murphy and Devon Gibbons are joining 0:00:32.960 --> 0:00:37.519 me momentarily to talk all things Eastern Conference semifinal matchup 0:00:37.880 --> 0:00:40.880 the Sixers and the Miami Heat will get started this 0:00:40.960 --> 0:00:44.120 evening in Miami. The vibes are high. They were high 0:00:44.120 --> 0:00:46.920 at practice yesterday, they're high this morning at shoot around. 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:48.960 If you hear ambient noise on my end, some ball 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:52.720 bouncing noise, perhaps I am in the backup house here 0:00:52.760 --> 0:00:55.440 at the arena. As the Sixers get their shoot around underway, 0:00:55.480 --> 0:00:59.600 the first of potentially many in this series, Matt and 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:01.520 Devon and I are going to answer any questions that 0:01:01.600 --> 0:01:04.319 you guys have, so send us Send us those in 0:01:04.400 --> 0:01:07.760 our dms. You can also comment on the Sixers latest tweet. 0:01:07.840 --> 0:01:09.840 We want to make sure that you guys get all 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:12.760 the content you're looking for in the next thirty minutes 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:15.840 or so, so, without further Ado I think I can 0:01:15.880 --> 0:01:19.680 welcome in my guest Matt Murphy, Devon Gibbons, Good morning. 0:01:19.959 --> 0:01:24.080 How are we feeling guys? Hey, guys, how's it going? Lauren? 0:01:24.160 --> 0:01:26.520 What's the vibe at shoot around? You're there, You're in 0:01:26.520 --> 0:01:30.440 the building. I believe media has concluded. So what is 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:34.400 the latest being said by the Sixers group? Matt? The 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:37.039 vibe is pretty similar to what it was yesterday and 0:01:37.080 --> 0:01:38.679 we can get it. Get it right out there. Off 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:41.920 the top, Joel Embiid not expected to be available for 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:45.319 the seventy Sixers, dealing with that orbital fracture and mild concussion. 0:01:45.440 --> 0:01:48.920 So the Sixers are adopting as they have all season long. 0:01:48.960 --> 0:01:51.440 By the way, a next man up mentality. We heard 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:54.600 George Ning talk about it yesterday at practice. This morning, 0:01:54.640 --> 0:01:57.400 Tyrese Maxie and Bball Paul addressed the media and gave 0:01:57.440 --> 0:02:00.320 similar thoughts. This is a team that's not counting itself out, 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:03.560 and all those players agree with one. James Harden, who 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:06.920 also spoke yesterday and is very ready for an opportunity 0:02:07.120 --> 0:02:09.560 like this one. He's a top seventy five player on 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:12.560 the NBA's Top seventy five list for a reason. He 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:15.720 has excelled in big moments. He was wonderful for the 0:02:15.760 --> 0:02:18.960 Sixers in Game six. And this is a big opportunity 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:20.840 for a guy like James Harden, one of the all 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:23.360 time greats, to step up big. This is why you 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:26.040 bring a guy like James Harden to the seventy sixers. 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:28.640 So this is a big, big time opportunity for the 0:02:28.680 --> 0:02:31.120 group as a whole, and they are not scared. This 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:33.240 is not a group that's feeling like they can't get 0:02:33.280 --> 0:02:37.840 the job done tonight in Miami. In game one, well, 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:40.880 hey guys, good morning, Glad to always be with you, 0:02:40.960 --> 0:02:44.639 and very excited about tonight looking forward, especially after hearing 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:47.280 at Lauren of how the team is feeling, how they're 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:50.440 feeling they come together even in the absence of Joel 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:53.480 and big tests in Miami against the number one see 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:56.240 but this is why you make a deal like you 0:02:56.360 --> 0:02:58.960 do around the trade deadline for someone like James Harden, 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:01.040 for him to step up he did in Game six, 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:05.600 and now with the unfortunate status of Joel Embid right now, 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:08.720 James Harden to maybe flash back a little bit to 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:11.720 that type of player that we saw in Houston as 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:13.839 much as he can pull that out of his head 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:17.200 for this team tonight and see everyone else step up 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:19.080 in the moment as well. Let me be be some big 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:22.320 five minutes available Terres Maxie to Bias Hairs had a 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:25.160 tremendous series against the Raptors. Looking forward to see how 0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:28.440 it all now moves over to this round number two 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:31.720 against the Miami Heat. Before we get into questions and 0:03:31.840 --> 0:03:34.000 comments from the listeners, again, you can click on our 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:36.720 icons and send us a d M. I feel like 0:03:36.760 --> 0:03:40.839 we owe the podcast audience a little more color on 0:03:40.920 --> 0:03:44.400 the Raptors series. We were here live on spaces, so 0:03:44.440 --> 0:03:48.720 if you're exclusively Twitter spaces listener, we covered a lot 0:03:48.760 --> 0:03:54.560 of the Raptors series and closing thoughts there over the weekend. 0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:57.360 But I think we can go high level. Maybe in 0:03:57.400 --> 0:03:59.680 this space we usually talk about the box score from 0:03:59.680 --> 0:04:03.920 the Vias game and we're on after Sixers wins, but 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:06.840 in this case, not coming off a game the day before, 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:10.200 maybe we can audible and call this space a high 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:13.880 level takeaway from the Toronto series, just so we cover 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:17.760 that ground for the podcast listeners on the seventy Sixers 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:22.280 Insiders podcast. So maybe we can go around the horn 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:25.880 with what we talked about on Saturday and talk about 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:31.360 maybe our top takeaway or two from the Sixers beating 0:04:31.400 --> 0:04:34.599 the Raptors in the four five round one series before 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:37.640 we get into questions about the Heat Series Heat Game 0:04:37.680 --> 0:04:41.200 one all of that. Where would you go with that, Lauren? Yep, 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:43.279 no doubt about it. So listen. For those of you 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:45.520 that are here as Spaces listeners for the first time, 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:47.599 I had a couple first time listener dms, which we 0:04:47.640 --> 0:04:49.800 really appreciate. If you have to jump off early, this 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:51.880 will be available, as Matt mentioned, on the seventy Sixers 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:54.320 Insiders podcast speeds, so make sure you're following that wherever 0:04:54.400 --> 0:04:56.360 you get your podcasts or if you joined us late. 0:04:56.600 --> 0:04:58.960 The beginning of this show will be available on the 0:04:59.000 --> 0:05:01.360 seventy six Ers Insiders podcast feed. Those are also presented 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:03.560 by Bett Parks. As we go along in this playoff runs, 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:05.560 We're very much looking forward to having as many of 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:08.200 you with us as possible on Spaces, on the podcast, 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:10.200 or wherever we can meet you. Just let us know 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:12.280 because we love to do this with you. Guys. I'm 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:14.600 gonna go ahead and just give you some general stats 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:17.520 from round one. Joel Embiad obviously was the team's leading scorer, 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:21.600 leading rebounder in those first six games of this playoff series. 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:25.080 Joel finished the series averaging twenty six point two points 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:28.120 and eleven point three rebounds per game. But there were 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:31.520 other really big time contributors from whom we have seen 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:34.960 bigger contributions this season when Joel has been unavailable. So 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:37.760 let's look at the top three contributors outside of Joel 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:40.640 Embiid in that first series. And as I go through these, 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:42.880 if you guys have questions, thoughts, anything to add, remember 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:45.320 to keep sending us those dms in those comments. Appreciate 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:46.480 the ones that we have. We're going to get to 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:48.440 a few of them in just a second. But Tyrese 0:05:48.440 --> 0:05:50.960 Maxie was the second leading scorer in Round one. He played, 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:53.320 He played and started in all six games, twenty one 0:05:53.400 --> 0:05:56.880 point three points per game, four point seven rebounds per game, 0:05:56.920 --> 0:05:59.239 four point eight assists per game. That's the second highest 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:02.159 assisting total on the team, second only to James Harden, 0:06:02.279 --> 0:06:04.359 who led the team in assists in Round one with 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:08.559 ten point two assists per game. He averaged nineteen point 0:06:08.680 --> 0:06:12.479 ten assist double double in that first series, but also 0:06:12.560 --> 0:06:15.960 averaged five rebounds and one point two blocks, plus a 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:19.760 steel per game. Tobias Harris, who Doc Rivers following Game 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:22.760 six said might have been the MVP of that first 0:06:22.800 --> 0:06:25.919 round series due to how solid and consistent he was 0:06:26.000 --> 0:06:29.680 across all six performances to Bias average seventeen point eight 0:06:29.720 --> 0:06:32.960 points per game. He averaged nine point five rebounds per game. 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:35.920 A sneaky good rebounding series from Tobias Harris in Round 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:39.719 one two point eight assists per game, point seven steals 0:06:39.720 --> 0:06:41.479 per game, and one point two blocks per games. So 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:43.720 between the three of them, a lot of productivity. They 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:46.320 each had huge nights on different nights as well, so 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:48.520 more opportunities for the three of them of course. And 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:50.960 then Nat I know, we'll dive into the bench as well, 0:06:51.000 --> 0:06:53.960 but George Niang showed some great run, Danny Green was 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:57.160 phenomenal in the starting lineup in Round one. Expect to 0:06:57.200 --> 0:06:59.359 see a lot more Matisse Thybal in this series. Expect 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:01.880 to continue seeing guys like Shake Milton, and then of 0:07:01.960 --> 0:07:04.120 course we haven't even talked about Beball Paul yet, and 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:06.800 that's going to be a huge area of focus for 0:07:06.920 --> 0:07:10.200 this team as they dive into that backup center availability 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:12.840 the bigs that have stayed ready, that's a topic that 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:15.040 we actually haven't touched yet, and I'll touch really quickly. 0:07:15.840 --> 0:07:19.520 DeAndre Jordan addressed media. Paul Reid has addressed media. We 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:21.880 haven't heard from Paul Millsap for Charles Bassie lately, but 0:07:21.960 --> 0:07:25.200 both of them also expected to be available in this series, 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:27.240 and Doc Rivers said it's all about just making sure 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:30.280 we can put all the minutes together, give Miami as 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:33.840 many different looks as possible, and be creative with that group. 0:07:34.040 --> 0:07:37.040 DeAndre talked about the fact that this is why you 0:07:37.080 --> 0:07:39.480 stay ready in the NBA. He didn't see much run, 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:41.720 he hardly saw any in Round one, but he's the 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:44.520 ultimate pro. He's been ready, He's stayed ready, as has 0:07:44.520 --> 0:07:46.920 Paul Millsap, and Doc Rivers credited all four of them. 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:49.840 Charles Bassie of course coming back from an injury, but 0:07:49.960 --> 0:07:52.160 Doc credited all four of them for their ability to 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:54.320 stay ready and the different looks that they can offer 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:57.480 against a team like the Miami Heat. You cannot replace 0:07:57.600 --> 0:07:59.640 an MVP candidate, but those guys are going to do 0:07:59.640 --> 0:08:01.840 their best to try so. I think I just ran 0:08:01.880 --> 0:08:05.200 through the entirety of the rotation and if I missed anybody, 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:08.760 if I missed anybody, it's an accident. But Matt, when 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:11.640 I run through all of that, what jumps off immediately 0:08:11.640 --> 0:08:13.160 to you? And then and then devon what will you 0:08:13.200 --> 0:08:15.120 be looking at sort of reflecting on what happened in 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:17.720 round one and moving forward into round two. Well, you 0:08:17.800 --> 0:08:21.679 finished with the bench and rewinding back to Game six 0:08:21.720 --> 0:08:26.000 and when we gathered for Sixers spaces after the Game 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:29.680 six win to advance to this Miami series. Honest sent 0:08:29.840 --> 0:08:34.040 in a note on Friday saying Danny Green was immense 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:37.920 all Caps in the first half of Game six, so 0:08:37.960 --> 0:08:40.800 I wanted to circle back to that one. And I 0:08:40.840 --> 0:08:44.440 did get a question from Kevin about Paul Reid's time 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:46.959 with the Bluecoats, which I would like to touch on 0:08:47.360 --> 0:08:50.880 in a few minutes as we fully shift gears into 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:55.000 this Miami Heat series. I think my top takeaway from 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:58.720 the Raptor series would be how well the Sixers shot 0:08:58.760 --> 0:09:01.240 the ball. They finished the series two hundred and twenty 0:09:01.280 --> 0:09:04.080 nine for four hundred and sixty nine, better known as 0:09:04.120 --> 0:09:06.840 about forty nine percent, a little less than forty nine 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:09.920 percent over the course of the series, fifty percent or 0:09:10.000 --> 0:09:14.040 greater in four of the six games. And individuals that 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:17.360 you spoke about and Bead shot it over fifty percent, 0:09:17.360 --> 0:09:19.840 as you would expect, but Tobias Harris was fifty two 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:22.680 percent from the field in the series and Tyrese Maxie 0:09:22.760 --> 0:09:25.360 was fifty one percent from the field, and they both 0:09:25.360 --> 0:09:27.680 shot it really well from three point range two. So 0:09:27.720 --> 0:09:30.000 I think it would just be the quality of looks 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:33.200 and the amount that they knocked down to build that 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:36.680 momentum heading into round two. What about you, Devon, what 0:09:36.679 --> 0:09:41.040 are you thinking? I'll stay with go with the individual 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:45.800 and talk about Tobias Harris with his overall solid production 0:09:45.880 --> 0:09:48.960 with the point total Eddie average in the rebounds as well, 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:52.080 were second on a team behind him beat and rebounding 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:54.240 because he was so key in helping out on the 0:09:54.280 --> 0:09:58.000 glass and not only because of how he showed in 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:00.319 what he did, but then also we talked about in 0:10:00.400 --> 0:10:04.160 previous spaces was his defensive play and the effort that 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:07.560 he gave on that end and arguably his best defensive 0:10:07.559 --> 0:10:10.240 performance that we've seen in the Sixers uniform. Doc Rivers 0:10:10.280 --> 0:10:12.520 spoke about how this is probably the best two way 0:10:12.520 --> 0:10:15.160 play that he's seen from Harris, even dating back to 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:18.160 his Clipper days. So it's very encouraging because of what 0:10:18.200 --> 0:10:21.000 we're about to walk into tonight with the Miami Heat 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:25.080 beginning this second round series with multiple players again who 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:27.320 are versatile, who can do a lot of different things, 0:10:27.440 --> 0:10:30.760 and Tobias Harris has to dig in as that defender 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:32.920 on the perimeter and continue to do that. He also 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:34.880 has to help out on the glass with the absence 0:10:35.200 --> 0:10:38.760 of Joel Embiid and scoring. So all three facets of 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:40.960 the game that we saw of his game that we 0:10:41.000 --> 0:10:44.000 saw in that Raptor series will now have to translate again, 0:10:44.360 --> 0:10:46.199 not only because of the confidence level that he has, 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:49.360 but now out of necessity with Joel Embiid absent and 0:10:49.440 --> 0:10:51.839 knowing that he can score the ball, rebound the ball, 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:54.600 and showing us that he can defend. The other part 0:10:54.640 --> 0:10:56.720 of it was as we talked about it on Saturday 0:10:56.760 --> 0:11:00.440 after they clinched these series, which was James Harden setting 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:02.079 that tone the way that he did with the ten 0:11:02.120 --> 0:11:05.280 points and five assistant the first quarter, and as a result, 0:11:05.720 --> 0:11:08.160 now again in the absence of Joel Embiid, he has 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:10.200 to take his game to a different level just a 0:11:10.200 --> 0:11:12.160 little bit, still be a facilitator, but now he has 0:11:12.200 --> 0:11:14.760 to score the ball again, and he was very aggressive. 0:11:14.800 --> 0:11:17.199 His only miss was a layup that we typically see 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:21.560 James harden Meek, So that game also not only close 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:23.160 out that series, but it gave us a little bit 0:11:23.160 --> 0:11:25.920 of a template of what we could see from those 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:32.480 players in particular heading into this series. 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We've 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:07.559 gotten some great ones this morning and they are very 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:10.360 much appreciated. As always, if you want to send a question, 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:13.200 you can send a DM to either myself, Matt or Devon. 0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:15.360 You can also comment on the Sixers latest tweet. But 0:12:15.360 --> 0:12:17.880 there has been a lot of great questions so far, 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:21.400 and I think maybe we should actually start here. John asks, 0:12:21.440 --> 0:12:24.040 even though all of the ESPN analysts say Miami is 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:26.040 going to win the series, what are your thoughts and 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:27.480 what do you think the Sixers have to do to 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:29.800 get it done. It's a great question, and I'm just 0:12:29.840 --> 0:12:31.600 going to go ahead and take a page out of 0:12:31.600 --> 0:12:33.880 their book. This is not a team that feels that 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:36.520 they can't win this series. This is a confident team 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:38.800 that has shown by the way that they can beat 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:41.680 this Miami team even when shorthanded. We'll talk about that 0:12:41.720 --> 0:12:44.000 in a second, but this is a team that knows 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:46.040 that different guys have been able to step up on 0:12:46.080 --> 0:12:49.120 different nights all season long. They played a healthy stretch 0:12:49.120 --> 0:12:52.200 without Joel embid Well when Joel was not healthy earlier 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:55.480 in the season, but still was able to cobble together wins. 0:12:55.520 --> 0:12:58.160 And that was pre James Harden. That was before this 0:12:58.200 --> 0:13:00.880 team had jelled to the extent that they now. So 0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:02.840 to me, I'll take a page out of their book. 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:06.080 I'll ride their confidence as long as we need to. 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:09.280 And look, the series doesn't start until the away team 0:13:09.320 --> 0:13:12.280 steals a game, right, That's that's something you hear over 0:13:12.320 --> 0:13:14.400 and over and over again during the playoffs. Danny Green 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:17.400 said it last series after Game three. So when you 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:20.199 look at the opportunity that the Sixers have tonight Monday 0:13:20.320 --> 0:13:23.760 in Miami and Wednesday in Miami as well, get one 0:13:23.800 --> 0:13:25.679 of those, maybe get both of them. And this is 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:28.640 an entirely different series from what you're reading on the internet. 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:30.960 And of course I'm biased. I love this team, I 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:33.000 cover this team. I believe in this team. But from 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:36.080 what I've seen, there's lots of reason to believe in 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:38.520 this team and what they're able to do. So very 0:13:38.559 --> 0:13:40.680 much looking forward to seeing who among that group, like 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:43.960 we've talked about to Bias, Harris, Tyrese, Maxe, James Harden, one, 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:45.679 if not all of them are going to have to 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:48.640 emerge in order to get a win on the road 0:13:48.679 --> 0:13:51.840 in the playoffs. But I have heavy faith that either 0:13:52.120 --> 0:13:54.200 or any of those guys could do it, perhaps on 0:13:54.240 --> 0:13:56.960 the same night. So to me, I have the confidence 0:13:57.120 --> 0:14:00.840 in one of that group emerging either tonight or Wednesday 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:03.000 or both. And if you get great performances out of 0:14:03.040 --> 0:14:04.800 all three of them, this is a team that's going 0:14:04.880 --> 0:14:07.640 to be tough to be independently of what's going on 0:14:07.679 --> 0:14:09.960 in that backup center rotation. So those are the reasons 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:12.960 why I feel some confidence and some reason to be 0:14:13.000 --> 0:14:15.680 excited about what's to come for this team. But that 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:17.720 sort of high level Matt Devona, I'm not sure if 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:20.120 you guys want to dive little nitty gritty or if 0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:23.280 you guys disagree with me, let me know now I agree, 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:25.560 And I think that's been the focus of so many 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:30.360 people's conversations, is stealing one on the road, And I 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:33.800 think the question then becomes what is the most important 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:38.440 thing in the effort to do that right Devon, So like, 0:14:38.880 --> 0:14:41.600 how can they get this done? And if people aren't 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:44.680 listening to this on time, then Game one might already 0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:46.200 be in the books if you're not live with us 0:14:46.240 --> 0:14:50.280 on Twitter. But we know that the Heat aren't perfectly 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:55.160 healthy themselves. Their injury report is a lot longer now, 0:14:55.200 --> 0:14:58.040 a lot of those guys have played in recent games, 0:14:58.080 --> 0:15:01.320 but we do know heading into Game one that Kyle 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:05.800 Lowry is out with a left hamstring strains. So everyone's 0:15:05.840 --> 0:15:09.160 talking about stealing a game on the road out of 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:12.400 the first two, Devon, But the question really is what's 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:15.960 the most important thing for them, the Sixers to do that. 0:15:17.040 --> 0:15:20.720 For me, number one thing is to value the basketball. 0:15:20.920 --> 0:15:23.640 They cannot turn the basketball over at a higher rate 0:15:23.640 --> 0:15:25.880 and allow Miami to get out in the open floor 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:30.600 and get easy buckets, or to have ten to twelve 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:34.560 more field goal attempts than they do. So valuing the 0:15:34.600 --> 0:15:38.160 basketball is important, as we know, we've seen it over 0:15:38.200 --> 0:15:39.960 the course of the season. We saw then in Toronto 0:15:40.040 --> 0:15:43.080 rapped season. That's one thing they have to do. Defending 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:46.320 and transition. They have two against. Slow down the Miami 0:15:46.400 --> 0:15:48.640 heat and transition. While they're not a big transition team, 0:15:48.680 --> 0:15:51.320 you don't want to give them those opportunities and closing 0:15:51.360 --> 0:15:53.480 out on the three point line because they have some 0:15:53.640 --> 0:15:57.040 really really good guys, especially coming off the bench with 0:15:57.240 --> 0:16:00.640 Duncan Robinson and Tyler Hero arguably the six May of 0:16:00.640 --> 0:16:03.640 the year. You have to make sure that you defensively 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:07.640 locate those shooters and not allow them to get loose 0:16:07.720 --> 0:16:10.240 behind the three point line. And hey, when we're talking 0:16:10.280 --> 0:16:13.360 about the Sixers, we also have to include gay Vincent. 0:16:13.480 --> 0:16:16.440 For whatever reason, gay Vincent turns into Kyle Lowry when 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:19.560 he pleas the seventy sixers, and you have to focus 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:24.040 on him as well, so valuing the basketball and defensively 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:26.480 doing their part and closing out on those shooters and 0:16:26.520 --> 0:16:29.680 limiting their transition opportunities, and then on the other and 0:16:29.760 --> 0:16:32.400 you just have to simply execute. Doc Rivers talks about 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:35.360 it all the time. They have to execute their plays, 0:16:35.400 --> 0:16:38.120 their sets that they run, and make sure that they 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:41.960 get a quality shot with their looks, especially knowing that 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:45.320 the coaching staff has to change things a bit because 0:16:45.840 --> 0:16:48.600 Joel Embid is not going to be there, so curiously 0:16:48.600 --> 0:16:50.760 see how they do it, how they decided to run 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:53.080 the offense. It was encouraging also to see them beat 0:16:53.160 --> 0:16:55.880 Miami in the last game in March, so something for 0:16:56.040 --> 0:16:59.600 them to go off of the with Kyle Lowry out 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:01.560 who was in that game. He bamed out of Bio 0:17:01.640 --> 0:17:04.920 Jimmy Butler all scoring twenty plus in that game. They 0:17:05.040 --> 0:17:09.359 found something too in attacking Tyler. Hero you find him again, 0:17:09.560 --> 0:17:13.680 search him, find him, exploit that matchup and get those buckets. 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:19.480 The other thing about a panel of experts all picking 0:17:19.560 --> 0:17:25.440 against you is that sometimes that can a service bulletin 0:17:25.520 --> 0:17:28.160 board material. But after the fact, if the series goes 0:17:28.240 --> 0:17:31.520 the way the Sixers want it to, go. Some funny 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:33.960 posts can come out of that on social media as well. 0:17:34.000 --> 0:17:36.800 We've seen that time and time before, when all of 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:40.399 the analysts are picking against a certain team and the 0:17:40.440 --> 0:17:42.600 other team's logo is up there or the other team's 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:46.560 name is up there across the board. That's not always 0:17:46.680 --> 0:17:49.080 a good thing. So just something for everyone to keep 0:17:49.320 --> 0:17:51.960 in the back of their mind. Not the players, They've 0:17:51.960 --> 0:17:54.040 got plenty to focus on, but as a fan base, 0:17:54.160 --> 0:17:57.359 when it's nineteen nothing on a certain site in favor 0:17:57.400 --> 0:18:00.360 of the heat, that's something that won't go. Oh wait, 0:18:00.359 --> 0:18:04.560 it won't be erased from the internet as the series progresses, 0:18:04.600 --> 0:18:06.960 But I know we want to keep the questions rolling. 0:18:07.040 --> 0:18:10.200 Is it beball Paul time yet? Lauren? I would say so, 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:14.520 Matt Murphy, thank you so much for that segue. Chris says, Chris, 0:18:14.560 --> 0:18:17.560 by the way, whose handle is at Phillyball? I like that. 0:18:17.560 --> 0:18:20.280 That's almost as good as the handle of the question 0:18:20.520 --> 0:18:24.040 he asks about at Beeball Paul. Chris says, do you 0:18:24.080 --> 0:18:26.359 think Paul Reid is ready to step up? Also? Could 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:28.959 Charles Bassie get playing time in this series? Do you 0:18:29.040 --> 0:18:31.639 think it's a great question? Doc Rivers has indicated, Like 0:18:31.680 --> 0:18:33.360 I said, earlier that there's a chance at all four 0:18:33.440 --> 0:18:36.400 of the of the bigs in that backup rotation could 0:18:36.400 --> 0:18:39.040 get some time, and that of course includes Paul Reid, 0:18:39.119 --> 0:18:42.080 who played the primary backup role in Round one, but 0:18:42.119 --> 0:18:45.199 plus DeAndre Jordan, Paul Millsap, and Charles Bassie who has 0:18:45.240 --> 0:18:47.879 been recovering and returning from injury over these last a 0:18:47.880 --> 0:18:50.600 few days. But Matt Murphy is sort of our resident 0:18:50.680 --> 0:18:54.000 Beeball Paul expert. He's been with Beeball Paul from day 0:18:54.040 --> 0:18:57.400 one and nobody knows his game quite like Matt does. So, Matt, 0:18:57.440 --> 0:18:59.920 what do you like about about this opportunity for Paul, 0:19:00.080 --> 0:19:03.680 A the challenge ahead for Paul b and then sort 0:19:03.680 --> 0:19:06.199 of how he could match up with the bigs on 0:19:06.240 --> 0:19:09.159 the other end of the floor in this one. Well, 0:19:09.280 --> 0:19:11.560 a couple of things we know about Paul. Well, the 0:19:11.880 --> 0:19:16.160 top thing is that he has a supreme confidence and 0:19:16.560 --> 0:19:19.359 he is not going to be afraid of the moment. 0:19:19.840 --> 0:19:21.960 And he's not a rookie, so he's had some time 0:19:22.000 --> 0:19:25.560 to kind of feel out the professional game and get 0:19:25.600 --> 0:19:27.720 some reps under his belt. He didn't come into the 0:19:27.800 --> 0:19:31.439 league as the perfect player ready to fill Joel Embiid's 0:19:31.560 --> 0:19:34.920 shoes in a situation like this, no one could could 0:19:34.960 --> 0:19:36.560 do that, and that's not what they're asking. But I 0:19:36.600 --> 0:19:40.560 think the way that he believes in himself is important 0:19:40.600 --> 0:19:42.880 because the stage might not be too big for him, 0:19:42.920 --> 0:19:46.000 and his minutes are in all likelihood going to go 0:19:46.080 --> 0:19:49.760 up again if we're if you're getting us after game one, 0:19:50.119 --> 0:19:54.320 we'll know a lot more about how Paul's impact might 0:19:54.359 --> 0:19:56.280 go in this series, how many minutes he played, and 0:19:56.359 --> 0:19:59.680 all of that. But recording this prior to game one, 0:20:00.160 --> 0:20:02.880 I think the confidence is the first thing. I think 0:20:02.880 --> 0:20:06.880 the shooting is another. If you exclusively have watched Paul 0:20:06.920 --> 0:20:09.920 Reid play on the Sixers, he hasn't taken as many 0:20:09.960 --> 0:20:12.879 threes or made as many threes in less minutes. On 0:20:12.920 --> 0:20:15.000 the Blue Coats, he was taking about four a game. 0:20:15.200 --> 0:20:17.280