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. A
Speaker 1: strong second half from the seventy sixers proves to be
Speaker 1: the difference at Madison Square Garden one to one ninety
Speaker 1: five the Sixers winners over the next I'm Brian Seltzer
Speaker 1: and this is Brett Brown. Certainly helps the square board.
Speaker 1: And when you have somebody as dominant as Joel embiid Is,
Speaker 1: you know you post him. We've experienced a lot of doubles.
Speaker 1: We've been trying to work on our post basing a lot.
Speaker 1: I think tonight we reap the benefit of a lot
Speaker 1: of that effort that the guys have put in. But James,
Speaker 1: especially at the end of stuff like that, was recognized.
Speaker 1: You guys have had a lot of close games down
Speaker 1: the stretch and specifically tonight. Defensively, and with Ben Simmons
Speaker 1: coming up with some big plays there, what did you
Speaker 1: think of the defense? I mean, Ben is whatever Ben
Speaker 1: wants to be. Defensively, you know, we're trying to help
Speaker 1: him grow his offensive game. I think he's making strides defensively.
Speaker 1: It's it's his effort has been exceptional, and he's just
Speaker 1: so physical and such an athlete that you take those
Speaker 1: qualities and you go put it into an NBA game
Speaker 1: and let's let him start guarding some of the best players,
Speaker 1: and he just shines. As I said, I'll say it again,
Speaker 1: I think we have to look at him as an
Speaker 1: All League defensive player. That's my goal for him, and
Speaker 1: lately he sure has delivered. I thought Noavell came in
Speaker 1: and just gave us a balance. I thought his his
Speaker 1: um presence at the rim was excellent. We've seen it
Speaker 1: with the G League team before, and I thought he
Speaker 1: was excellent. Was a different player in the second half,
Speaker 1: which changed with him offensively. Um, I don't know. I
Speaker 1: think that he was trying to put his thumb front
Speaker 1: on the game for the most part throughout, but it
Speaker 1: is true, and I thought he had a pretty solid
Speaker 1: game throughout the game. Probably the second half was more recognized.
Speaker 1: But I think that he just was very rest of
Speaker 1: trying to play downhill body body ball stuff, physicality stuff.
Speaker 1: I thought he didn't back off from and we needed
Speaker 1: all of that from both James and Tobias tonight. Two
Speaker 1: key figures in the seventy Sixers win one one ninety
Speaker 1: five over the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.
Speaker 1: Throw at Joel embiid in that mix as well. In
Speaker 1: the seventy Sixers figured out enough to get the job done.
Speaker 1: They outscored the New York Knicks sixty two to forty
Speaker 1: four in the second half. The third quarter was critical
Speaker 1: the Sixers. They had a really rough first half, shot poorly,
Speaker 1: the defense at times was not together. But Tobias Harris
Speaker 1: I thought, really set the tone in the opening minute
Speaker 1: of play in that second half, comes out makes a
Speaker 1: driving score at the basket, then quickly knocks down a
Speaker 1: three pointer after the seventy Sixers got a stop, and
Speaker 1: that seemed to get the Sixers on their way. James
Speaker 1: Ennis the third with some really timely three point shooting
Speaker 1: in the second half to give the seventy Sixers a
Speaker 1: shot in the arm. And it's the third with twenty points,
Speaker 1: his first twenty point game in over two years. Joel
Speaker 1: Embi throughout getting the foul line. He was thirteen or
Speaker 1: fifteen from the stripe, seventy Sixers thirty two of forty
Speaker 1: from the line overall. Compare that to the Knicks performance
Speaker 1: at the free throw line, where they were a mere
Speaker 1: nineteen of thirty three. Tobias Harris finishes with nineteen points.
Speaker 1: Norvelle Pell, who he heard his name referenced in the
Speaker 1: postgame press conference in his NBA debut, three points, two rebounds,
Speaker 1: but really the four block shots for Norvelle Pell, including
Speaker 1: two in the same defensive stand in possession for the
Speaker 1: seventy Sixers. He was a key factor and helping change
Speaker 1: the energy for the Sixers in the second half against
Speaker 1: the Knicks. Two matchups at a four in the books
Speaker 1: against New York this season, Sixers, they really had to
Speaker 1: fight in each one. They won by five points at
Speaker 1: the Center back November the twentieth, Just last week, Grinding
Speaker 1: went out against the New York Knicks tonight at the Garden.
Speaker 1: But the most important thing is the seventy Sixers. They
Speaker 1: win for the sixth time in their last seven games
Speaker 1: and put a good display of might and strength on
Speaker 1: the floor at the Garden to topple the Knicks. I'm
Speaker 1: Brian Seltzer. Tom McGinnis had the call in this one tonight. Tom,
Speaker 1: When did you start to think the Sixers had control
Speaker 1: of this game and they were in a good position
Speaker 1: to make that comeback push well in control wouldn't be
Speaker 1: exactly how it phased it, but the threes by James
Speaker 1: Ennis that propelled them right back into the thicket things.
Speaker 1: I believe it was tied at eighty at one point
Speaker 1: and then not really until you know, six and seven
Speaker 1: in a two possession game in the final minute or so. Really, Ben,
Speaker 1: that's when you felt like the Sixers were gonna win
Speaker 1: the game. That's that's what I said. Now, the Sixers
Speaker 1: are gonna win. That was with seventy seconds ago. But again,
Speaker 1: you know, to close it out, you just you have
Speaker 1: to wait and see. But I felt like the third quarter,
Speaker 1: with Tobias able to get going offensively thirteen points for
Speaker 1: him in the second half and Ennis making those three threes,
Speaker 1: that was crucial for the Sixers. And that's what Brett
Speaker 1: Brown was saying to the swing swing and that is
Speaker 1: where Joel passes out of the post, finds a guy
Speaker 1: on the perimeter on the near side, strong side where
Speaker 1: he is. Then the ball goes to the top and
Speaker 1: then it goes all the way to the far side.
Speaker 1: So and b doesn't get statistically credit with an assist,
Speaker 1: but that's the right play and that's if the Sixers
Speaker 1: can If you can punish that double team, then then
Speaker 1: you know teams are going to have to start measuring
Speaker 1: should they double, and then if they don't, then and
Speaker 1: Ban goes to town on one of their centers. So
Speaker 1: that that was a key aspect. That's how you play
Speaker 1: the game. If they're gonna double, you gotta make them pay.
Speaker 1: You gotta get that odd man advantage, the three on
Speaker 1: twos and four on threes, that type of thing. And
Speaker 1: the Sixers were able to do that with the perimeter
Speaker 1: with Ennis knocking down those shots. Sixers one on one
Speaker 1: ninety five winners at the Garden tonight, now two and
Speaker 1: o on the season against the New York Knicks. Time,
Speaker 1: did you get the vibe that when Joel subbed in
Speaker 1: for his second into the night, that's when the Sixers
Speaker 1: are like, all right, we're really gonna just try and
Speaker 1: overpower the Knicks on the inside. Because early on, Joel,
Speaker 1: like the rest of his teammates, kind of had an
Speaker 1: up and down start to the game in terms of
Speaker 1: his shooting. We saw a lot of jump shots, the
Speaker 1: fadeaways around the elbows, a couple three point attempts, but
Speaker 1: then it seemed like he scored the final six points
Speaker 1: of the first quarter, not all on field goals, he
Speaker 1: was able to get to the free throw line. And
Speaker 1: when I saw that, at least for me, I was like,
Speaker 1: all right, he's clearly a guy that the Knicks don't
Speaker 1: have an answer for, and hopefully, over time the hope
Speaker 1: is that that would win out. Yeah. Absolutely, and you
Speaker 1: go to you got to ride your best player and
Speaker 1: continue to go to him. And New York was using
Speaker 1: Robinson in different players portous and like that, but they
Speaker 1: don't really have somebody that can man for man match
Speaker 1: up with him beat And you know, you asked about
Speaker 1: Joel's performance, and you know, help me out here. But
Speaker 1: the last time Al Horford, it's only the second time
Speaker 1: that I can think of, right that Horford has sat
Speaker 1: out as part of this load management. He came into
Speaker 1: the season saying that I really haven't done that well.
Speaker 1: If I'm not mistaken, I believe it was maybe the
Speaker 1: Orlando game where Joel did not play in that next game,
Speaker 1: And so we don't know what his status is for
Speaker 1: tomorrow night. But if it holds like the theorem that
Speaker 1: it has been in the past, I don't know if
Speaker 1: it's a theorem, but you know what I mean. So
Speaker 1: maybe he thought I am going all out tonight because
Speaker 1: he already knows. And again this is speculation on my
Speaker 1: part that Big Ala will be back in the game
Speaker 1: and that he will be resting in this back to
Speaker 1: back scenario. But he certainly played like that in terms
Speaker 1: of going all out, and the Sixers needed it for sure,
Speaker 1: Sixers one on one to ninety five over the New
Speaker 1: York Knicks. And I will spend this final moment tom
Speaker 1: as far as this segment goes, just putting the spotlight
Speaker 1: on a guy who never I don't want to say,
Speaker 1: seems to want to embrace it. That's probably not the
Speaker 1: right way to put it. But you know, James Annis
Speaker 1: a very mild mannered, mellow guy, but you know when
Speaker 1: he's out there, and we saw this last year in
Speaker 1: the playoffs two, like there's like a pop to him,
Speaker 1: a lightning in the bottle factor. And he was three
Speaker 1: for four from the outside, only missed one of his
Speaker 1: five shots overall, twenty points for the seventy six Ers,
Speaker 1: got to the line for a nine for nine effort
Speaker 1: from the stripe. He was great, absolutely, and you know,
Speaker 1: the game has become in some ways very specialized. So
Speaker 1: you know what's his strength corner threes and he made
Speaker 1: a couple on the wing too, and so you know,
Speaker 1: and you're right, like some of these guys from californiare
Speaker 1: California cool, but that does not diminish the fact that
Speaker 1: they're they're ready to go out there and do whatever
Speaker 1: it takes to win. And I think that would qualify
Speaker 1: He's in a spot in his career where he's been
Speaker 1: around a little bit with Memphis and Miami, with Houston,
Speaker 1: as you say, hasn't at twenty in two years, and
Speaker 1: now they don't win this game without him, that's for sure.
Speaker 1: And his ability to to guard, as Brett Brown was
Speaker 1: saying post game, he was good on both sides of
Speaker 1: the ball. And just to go back, Brian, you were
Speaker 1: talking about him beat and win this and about him
Speaker 1: beat well, he had a huge defensive play against RJ.
Speaker 1: Barrett on a driving play before Barrett started that where
Speaker 1: he got the ball and crunched situations for them. It
Speaker 1: was on a driving play prior to that, say, give
Speaker 1: or take three or four minutes ago. That was an
Speaker 1: emphatic and really crucial block for the Sixers. And then
Speaker 1: a little bit later, say six or seven possessions after that,
Speaker 1: and bad got the ball and completed an and one
Speaker 1: basket and for the three point play. And that was
Speaker 1: huge right there for the Sixers at different times in
Speaker 1: the late stages of the game, but key components of
Speaker 1: the Sixers victory and holding off the Knicks tonight, all right,
Speaker 1: the Sixers get it done, one one ninety five at
Speaker 1: the garden time. We'll talk to you at the center tomorrow.
Speaker 1: All right, good night, Brian. Thanks. Seventy sixers get thirty
Speaker 1: one points from their bench. A huge reason why the
Speaker 1: twenty points that came from James Ennis the third He
Speaker 1: was awesome. Joel Embiid overpowering, helping the seventy Sixers overmatch
Speaker 1: the Knicks in the second half. Joe with twenty seven
Speaker 1: points seventeen rebounds, both those numbers game high totals nineteen four.
Speaker 1: Tobias Harris, who came out of the locker room with
Speaker 1: some real determination about him that appeared to get the
Speaker 1: Sixers going. Ben Simmons finishes with fifteen points, five rebounds,
Speaker 1: eight assists. He also had a huge steal that resulted
Speaker 1: in a runout dunk to put the seventy Sixers up
Speaker 1: by seven with just a few moments remaining in regulation
Speaker 1: that at that point you started to feel better about
Speaker 1: where the game tonight stood seventy sixers at Madison Square
Speaker 1: Garden to start a weekend back to back. I'm Brian
Speaker 1: Seltzer's second match between the seventy sixers and the Knickerbockers.
Speaker 1: Here's how it sounded, courtesy of the one only Tom McGinnis.
Speaker 1: The Sixers they get off to a little bit of
Speaker 1: a bumpy start. The Knicks came out strong, the Sixers.
Speaker 1: They were playing catchup early on. It's twenty three to
Speaker 1: nine sixers. Ball Hell has it three thirty five to
Speaker 1: go back out to Purk for three of the shot
Speaker 1: clock buzzer and it's a burkuzzer. Sixers needed that something,
Speaker 1: anything to keep pace with the Knicks early on. That
Speaker 1: made a twenty three to twelve seven. Sixers, though trailed
Speaker 1: thirty one to eighteen after a quarter, but one encouraging
Speaker 1: sign was in Bad scored the final six points of
Speaker 1: the period for the seventy sixers, and he did so
Speaker 1: not by taking jump shots, which we saw a lot
Speaker 1: of early on. He was starting to get inside and
Speaker 1: either score at the rim or get to the free
Speaker 1: throw line. So more on that as the game continued.
Speaker 1: As the Sixers battle up hill in the second quarter,
Speaker 1: Joel and Bead is back in the game. Sixers go
Speaker 1: down to Simmons five minutes to go in the second quarter.
Speaker 1: Ben dribbles into the lane, passes to Joel and a
Speaker 1: Bead lays it up and end. Now that was a
Speaker 1: thing of beauty that made the six Ers deposit forty
Speaker 1: three to thirty five. They trailed by twelve, fifty one
Speaker 1: thirty nine an intermission. They were down by as many
Speaker 1: as sixteen points in that second quarter. All right, third quarter,
Speaker 1: Tobias Harris, he sets the tone in a huge way,
Speaker 1: comes out, drives the basket for a score, knocks down
Speaker 1: a three pointer. Ben Simmons then started to pick it up.
Speaker 1: Sixers trailed by eight. Here's Tobias hoop, here would help?
Speaker 1: They all help, right, Here's Tobias into the naight off
Speaker 1: balance leader front rib and off nope and Joe. He
Speaker 1: rips it away from Taj Gipson in effects he says touch,
Speaker 1: give me the rock, baby, and then made it fifty
Speaker 1: six to fifty two. James and Is the third coming
Speaker 1: alive big time in the third quarter, and he got
Speaker 1: the thing all tied up. Simmons on a drive Portis
Speaker 1: cuts him off out the birth perk rund An angle
Speaker 1: of the bluff corner and Ennis, he's open, free ball
Speaker 1: shot in the here. It's good tie game sixty six all.
Speaker 1: Ennis was open there prior to the time out, and
Speaker 1: they drew it up and he got it back and
Speaker 1: he knocks it out. And not too long after that,
Speaker 1: and as the third would help the seventy sixers ride
Speaker 1: some amentum into the fourth quarter with a seventy to
Speaker 1: sixty eight lead. He had another three pointer that gave
Speaker 1: them a five point lead. He had Tobias Harris. I
Speaker 1: feel like one of the things he's done this year
Speaker 1: is step up in timely moments more often than not.
Speaker 1: In tonight that is the case, especially with some tough buckets.
Speaker 1: Thible with it to pel and the young guys operating
Speaker 1: pick and roll to Bias with a Harris pulls up
Speaker 1: baseline left, tight shot, got it Robinson there, Randall there,
Speaker 1: and Tobias Harris has been brilliant here in the second half,
Speaker 1: made it eighty one to seventy seven. R J. Barrett
Speaker 1: started to come alive a bit for the Knicks. The
Speaker 1: seventy Sixers had an answer. Eighty seven All Sixers ball
Speaker 1: half bourt clock already down at twelve. It beat battling
Speaker 1: with Robin said. Joel catches on the block back, he
Speaker 1: draws the file, puts it up and he got the
Speaker 1: road off the back of the yard. Big one for
Speaker 1: Joel Embiid. The and one made it ninety eighty seven
Speaker 1: in favor of the seventy Sixers. Barrett then scored for
Speaker 1: a second straight possession to cut the Sixers lead down
Speaker 1: to one. But the Sixers they got a key timely
Speaker 1: deposit from Tobias Harris to make it ninety four to
Speaker 1: eighty nine. After a couple of free throws from Joel
Speaker 1: Embiid and then Ben Simmons helped put this one away.
Speaker 1: Ben guards Barrett. Barrett trying to break free out near
Speaker 1: mid court and Ben back to that. Simmons stole the ball.
Speaker 1: Benny Simmons in the plane, slap up. The Sixers are
Speaker 1: gonna beat the next. Barrett couldn't get it. Simmons took
Speaker 1: the deflected it ran it down at chapter. It wasn't
Speaker 1: a straight line from there on out, But in the end,
Speaker 1: the Sixers did get across the finish line. In their
Speaker 1: one O one on ninety five win over the New
Speaker 1: York Knicks, seventy Sixers and the Knicks both shot just
Speaker 1: a touch over forty three percent from the field, the
Speaker 1: Sixers with seven three pointers, the Knicks with eight of them.
Speaker 1: But where the Sixers had two key advantages were these
Speaker 1: next two areas. The Sixers thirty two to forty from
Speaker 1: the free throw line, the Knicks nineteen of thirty three.
Speaker 1: The Sixers were plus nine on the glass overall, and
Speaker 1: that was a major, major key for them as they
Speaker 1: were able to pull this one out tonight, surviving sixteen
Speaker 1: turnovers in the game. Joel em b twenty seven point
Speaker 1: seventeen rebounds, three block shots, Tobias Harris with nineteen point
Speaker 1: six rebounds, fifteen points. For Ben Simmons, he had five
Speaker 1: boards and eight assists to go along with two steals.
Speaker 1: James Ennis the third three to four from outside the arc,
Speaker 1: nine for nine from the free throw line. He was phenomenal.
Speaker 1: A game best plus seventeen in twenty one minutes of action.
Speaker 1: I get it. Sometimes plus minus does tell you the
Speaker 1: whole story. That is a pretty representative number tonight as
Speaker 1: far as James, and it's the third's impact in the game.
Speaker 1: Sixers with the winner now thirteen and six winners of
Speaker 1: six out of their last seven. They're going to come
Speaker 1: home for a game on Saturday against the Indiana Pacers
Speaker 1: at seven o'clock and try to improve to nine and
Speaker 1: oh at the center of course, sentimental spirit figures to
Speaker 1: be strong inside the building tomorrow night. TJ McConnell is
Speaker 1: going to be back in the house. He's signed with
Speaker 1: the Pacers over the offseason, and statistically, TJ having the
Speaker 1: best year of his career this season if you look
Speaker 1: at it on a per game average basis, and especially
Speaker 1: if you look at the per thirty six minute stats, points, rebounds,
Speaker 1: assists in those three areas in particular, TJ is statistically
Speaker 1: playing the best basketball of his career. One final time.
Speaker 1: The final score seventy six Ers one to one New
Speaker 1: York Knicks ninety five. You've been listening to rewind look
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