WEBVTT - The BroadCast: 2/21/2019 ~ Rewind vs. Heat

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<v Speaker 1>This is seventy Sixers. Rewind time now to listen back

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<v Speaker 1>to postgame reaction from the team's most recent game. Seventy

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<v Speaker 1>Sixers back from the week long All Star Game break

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<v Speaker 1>with a victory tonight one six, one h two over

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<v Speaker 1>Miami Heats. Brian Seltzer, welcome you into our postgame coverage

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<v Speaker 1>from down here at the Center. We're expecting to hear

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<v Speaker 1>from Brett Brown. Maybe a few players will touch base

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<v Speaker 1>with Tom McGinnis. One last time, good one for the

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<v Speaker 1>Sixers tonight. Boban Marnyaranovitch filling in for Joel and Beat

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<v Speaker 1>is gonna be out for at least a couple more

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<v Speaker 1>games with soreness in his knee. A great night nineteen points,

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<v Speaker 1>twelve rebounds, each of those numbers tying a season high

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<v Speaker 1>for the big man. He also was plus ten for

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<v Speaker 1>the game and a high impact first half, getting the

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<v Speaker 1>seventy Sixers started down the stretch to Bias Harris the

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<v Speaker 1>key sequence to tie the game up. Ben Simmons taking

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<v Speaker 1>over at one point in a clutch three from JJ

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<v Speaker 1>Reddick to put the seventy Sixers over the top. With

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<v Speaker 1>a minute ago one six, one two. The Sixers winn it.

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<v Speaker 1>And now I believe we do have Brett Brown at

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<v Speaker 1>the podium that I intended to have with say Bobon.

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<v Speaker 1>At what point, you know, does Zolnok punish that that matchup?

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<v Speaker 1>And so you're learning and I wanted to take it

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<v Speaker 1>as far as I could so that we have a

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<v Speaker 1>chance to learn what do we have in Bobon? And

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<v Speaker 1>I think that to your point when you say they willed,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the game to win, there is truth through

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<v Speaker 1>that in that the lineups and how we had to

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<v Speaker 1>go big and small and you know t J came

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<v Speaker 1>in and gave us a lift and Jimmy was a

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<v Speaker 1>point guard and you know, like we're still learning. I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's a fifth game with this group. And it

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<v Speaker 1>was my my um determination to come back in this

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<v Speaker 1>final third and try to figure some stuff out so

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<v Speaker 1>that where we want to be in April. What did

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<v Speaker 1>you see first opportunity? Well, initially I was always curious

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<v Speaker 1>about his conditioning. You know, is he going to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to sustain whatever period of minutes that I was

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<v Speaker 1>giving him? And I think I said pregame, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like I hope I'm going more like five minute clumps,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe six minute clumps. I'm not worried about if it

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<v Speaker 1>ends up thirty minutes, but I am the duration. And

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<v Speaker 1>he kept telling me he was fine, and the game

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<v Speaker 1>spun out in that first period and he was really good.

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<v Speaker 1>And then the game you know, left I think a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit where it went probably a minute and a

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<v Speaker 1>half longer than I had hoped. But in general I

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<v Speaker 1>thought that, you know, he was really good. There were

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<v Speaker 1>times that you knew the matchup wasn't favorable, and so

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<v Speaker 1>we got him out and then at the end, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we tried to use a foul because we had one

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<v Speaker 1>to get him back in and have some level of

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<v Speaker 1>room protection. I thought, in general he was very good

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<v Speaker 1>and he was our bell ringing tonight. FREDI went small

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<v Speaker 1>at the beginning of the fourth first with I believe

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<v Speaker 1>Mike was playing center, and yeah, what can you guys

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<v Speaker 1>do without a true room protector on the floor, So

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<v Speaker 1>I guess get stops. Yeah, it's a it's a good question,

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<v Speaker 1>and my immediate reaction is to try to I think

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<v Speaker 1>we have a better chance to keep the game in

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<v Speaker 1>front of us by switching everything. There's a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>you know, like on like bodies out there, and I

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<v Speaker 1>hope that there's not as much needed at the rim,

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<v Speaker 1>but in general we we miss it, you know, like

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<v Speaker 1>I felt that pain. I felt some level of pain

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<v Speaker 1>without a rim protector. M I think probably my simplest

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<v Speaker 1>Santa College what I said, I feel like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you just hope to keep the game in front of you.

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<v Speaker 1>The struggles you guys had, just guys are not necessarily

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<v Speaker 1>on the same page yet with a newness of the rotation, Yeah, familiarity,

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<v Speaker 1>I think there's I think there's a lot of that,

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<v Speaker 1>and I mean there were some miscues, you know that

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<v Speaker 1>they go in for, you know, gut layups. This certainly

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't a flow even offensively. When you start going small ball,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you start really trying to whittle it down

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<v Speaker 1>into simple and so I put Jimmy in a middle

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<v Speaker 1>pick and roll. You know, we tried to put a

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<v Speaker 1>link in that as much as we could. Then they

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<v Speaker 1>made the substitution, but it wasn't like we were living

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<v Speaker 1>in anything sophisticated offensively, which at times is just fine.

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<v Speaker 1>But to your point, you know, trying to figure it

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<v Speaker 1>out with that group was uh was was was hard out.

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<v Speaker 1>Hello Ama, my friend of meat at the trade then

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<v Speaker 1>might to get a backup center. I know that Harris

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<v Speaker 1>was the big acquisition. I think you were thinking about

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<v Speaker 1>getting another backup force. You and you know, we talked

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<v Speaker 1>about it. When when the media would come in, you

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<v Speaker 1>guys all say like, what do you need? Really did

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<v Speaker 1>I pivot? You know, we we always talked about, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>somebody that can come in and you know, help with

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<v Speaker 1>pick and roll defense. We talked about who ultimately, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the backup five. We were living with Mike and Jonah

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<v Speaker 1>for a while and Ken that is that sustainable and

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<v Speaker 1>you know plan B type stuff. And I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>the backup five in getting Boban in here to Elton

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<v Speaker 1>Brand's credit, was just a tremendous move because I think

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<v Speaker 1>that trade when you really study it with Tobias because

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<v Speaker 1>of how young and good he is. And then I

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<v Speaker 1>think that Mike Scott, you know, who ends up sort

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<v Speaker 1>of a Wilson Chandler, and Boban who ends up like

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<v Speaker 1>slotting in perfectly as the backup. It was an excellent

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<v Speaker 1>sort of accumulated trade. We really made money, I think

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<v Speaker 1>in multiple areas. So postgame thoughts from seventy six ers

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<v Speaker 1>head coach Brett Brown after tonight's one oh six one

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<v Speaker 1>h two win over the Miami Heat. Seventy six Ers

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<v Speaker 1>now thirty eight and twenty one on the season. The

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<v Speaker 1>Heat dropped to twenty six and thirty one. Talked about

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<v Speaker 1>this before the game. Had the Sixers as long as

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<v Speaker 1>things stay relatively intact right now, very much in line

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<v Speaker 1>for at worst the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot would have to happen for them to drop

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<v Speaker 1>down any farther than that. And with a win tonight,

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<v Speaker 1>as we get into the stretch of the year, we're

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<v Speaker 1>going into the evening, they're only twenty four games left,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, a chance to move up into the fourth

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<v Speaker 1>spot to night should Boston lose at Milwaukee. The Celtics

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<v Speaker 1>were trailing at the half, so a good way, all

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<v Speaker 1>things considered for the seventy six ers to start the

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<v Speaker 1>unofficial second half of the season. No Joe ellenbad in

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<v Speaker 1>the game, but Boban steps up with a big one

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen points, twelve rebounds, two assists, and a block shot.

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<v Speaker 1>He was tremendous in the first half. Tobias Harris all

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<v Speaker 1>around good game twenty three points, eleven rebounds for him,

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<v Speaker 1>He was a team best plus nineteen Ben Simmons a

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<v Speaker 1>strong stretch in the second half twenty one point seven

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<v Speaker 1>rebounds and four times. I thought TJ McConnell had a

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<v Speaker 1>huge impact in the game. He only played just over

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<v Speaker 1>eleven minutes, all eight of those in the second half

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<v Speaker 1>in the fourth quarter, and he gave the team a

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<v Speaker 1>spark when they needed it the Sixers were down. TJ

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<v Speaker 1>ignited things with a steel, a couple of baskets and

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<v Speaker 1>scores himself. So he was doing what he does, providing

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<v Speaker 1>high energy plays with some scrap and some hustle and

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<v Speaker 1>some grits. TJ McConnell with a key role off the

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<v Speaker 1>bench for these seventy six Ers. One O six one

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<v Speaker 1>h two Sixers beat the Heat. We'll speak with Tom

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<v Speaker 1>seven six. Seventy Sixers outlast the Miami Heat one oh

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<v Speaker 1>six one h two back and forth game that featured

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<v Speaker 1>thirteen lead changes in ten times. Brian Seltzer with you

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<v Speaker 1>from down here at the center as we are rejoined

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<v Speaker 1>by Tom McGinnis after an exciting game. Listen. We know

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<v Speaker 1>that from the playoffs last year, this is a hard

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<v Speaker 1>fighting Miami Heat team. The seventy six ers shorthanded for

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<v Speaker 1>the short term at least with actual all embiid. But

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<v Speaker 1>from the outset time it was clear boban Majanovich he

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<v Speaker 1>was ready to play. He really was. He was dramatic.

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<v Speaker 1>We had him as our player of the game, Brett

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<v Speaker 1>Brown also signaling that he was in there, and he

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<v Speaker 1>got to ring the bell, which is basically player of

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<v Speaker 1>the game as chosen by the coaches. So a tremendous night.

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<v Speaker 1>And again he's so big, he's not really even leaping

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<v Speaker 1>to catch that ball. He's around the basket. He showed though,

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<v Speaker 1>great hand eye coordinations, scoring that ball with agility around

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<v Speaker 1>the basket, made free throws, got back in the game late,

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<v Speaker 1>made a big free throw, and he was really terrific.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, there were a lot of questions, as Brett

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<v Speaker 1>Brown said, would it be his stamina, Would it be

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<v Speaker 1>his ability to guard in the perimeter, which was challenged

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<v Speaker 1>when Olenak got out there. But here's the other thing.

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<v Speaker 1>They couldn't guard him. He dominated whiteside here tonight and

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<v Speaker 1>one of the best games of his career and the

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<v Speaker 1>Sixers needed it. In a clutch performance by him against

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<v Speaker 1>Miami Sixers knock off the heat one O six, one

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<v Speaker 1>or two. One of the other teams that Brett Brown

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<v Speaker 1>spoke about yesterday when the team regrouped for practice for

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<v Speaker 1>the first time since the break, was who's going to

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<v Speaker 1>step up in the absence if someone like him beat

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<v Speaker 1>especially on the offensive end, we saw at various stretches,

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<v Speaker 1>Jimmy Butler getting really aggressive attacking the bucket. He was great.

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<v Speaker 1>Finished with eighteen points, six or rebounds, six assists. Tobias

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<v Speaker 1>Harris had that swing of five straight points to tie

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<v Speaker 1>the game up at eighty six when the Sixers fell behind,

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<v Speaker 1>and then in crunch time, really in the guts of

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<v Speaker 1>the game, Ben Simmons did a lot with a run

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<v Speaker 1>of eight consecutive points. Right, Well, let's start with Jimmy Butler,

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<v Speaker 1>because they had four fouls as a team in the

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<v Speaker 1>final frame with eight minutes, as you know, they commit

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<v Speaker 1>that next foul, they put the Sixers in the bonus.

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<v Speaker 1>So Butler, he was the primary ball handler out top,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's such a good driver and slasher and such

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<v Speaker 1>an excellent foul shooter. That was a really good strategy

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<v Speaker 1>and it allowed Ben Simmons to play off the ball

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<v Speaker 1>down load to your other point, where Simmons was very

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<v Speaker 1>effective around the basket. Not only that, though Ben had

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<v Speaker 1>some of those classic his number one skill set on

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<v Speaker 1>folders play and that is grabbing the rebound and driving

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<v Speaker 1>the ball the length of the floor. They had a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of defensive breakdowns, particularly in the first half, where

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<v Speaker 1>he was able to just get running slam dunks. He

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<v Speaker 1>was phenomenal. And then again part of the reason you

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<v Speaker 1>love the acquisition of Tobias Harris. He's a closer. He

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<v Speaker 1>can make shots until your point about five in a row.

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<v Speaker 1>He got an open three he nailed it. Reddick was

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<v Speaker 1>brilliant when it mattered down the stretch, and you needed

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<v Speaker 1>multiple players, including Marianovitch to step up in the absence

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<v Speaker 1>of Embid, and the Sixers got a great team performance

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<v Speaker 1>overall seventy six ers with one oh six one h

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<v Speaker 1>two win over the heat Hey by tomorrow morning, they

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't well even sooner than that, being fourth place in

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<v Speaker 1>the East with Boston trailing Milwaukee by three in the

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<v Speaker 1>third quarter. But next time is a Portland Trailblazers team

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<v Speaker 1>that I guess maybe because it doesn't have the name,

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<v Speaker 1>Notoriete or some of the highest profile players, although you know,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously Damian Lillard is a few of the other teams

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<v Speaker 1>out west maybe not getting quite as much attention. But look,

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<v Speaker 1>they're in fourth place at a record of thirty four

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<v Speaker 1>and twenty three. And we know what happened the last

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<v Speaker 1>time around, rushed after Christmas, and guess who wasn't playing

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<v Speaker 1>in that game either, right, and Bid did not play.

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<v Speaker 1>And if we thought Yokich was good here, and he

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<v Speaker 1>was very good, and he had a triple double with

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<v Speaker 1>Denver against the Sixers earlier this season, not that long ago.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, the other game was just two weeks ago.

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<v Speaker 1>Well here comes Nurkics and he's maybe not as good,

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<v Speaker 1>but certainly a very talented big man for the Blazers.

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<v Speaker 1>And then you have Lillard and McCollum and a very

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<v Speaker 1>well coached team by Terry Stotts. So it ought to

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<v Speaker 1>be interesting, that's for sure. And you know it's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be It's gonna be tough. You got Anthony Davis on Monday,

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<v Speaker 1>you got the Thunder on Thursday. In terms of playing

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<v Speaker 1>without Embid. But tonight the Sixers, it wasn't perfect. It

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<v Speaker 1>was up and down. They got a big lead, Miami

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<v Speaker 1>came back, and yet they were able to kind of

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<v Speaker 1>copple it together to do a nice job and to

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<v Speaker 1>win this game. They didn't shoot the three well, they

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<v Speaker 1>shot just six of twenty three. Excuse me for the

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<v Speaker 1>six or seven of twenty six. Miami shot six of

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<v Speaker 1>twenty three, and uh, you know, important for the Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>to make some late and as you said, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>a hard faught win Miami, even though the Sixers have

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<v Speaker 1>dominated them here. I know Miami won that playoff game here,

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<v Speaker 1>but Miami makes it really tough. And the only other

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<v Speaker 1>thing I'll say is You know Dion Waiters, he's a

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<v Speaker 1>high volume shooter. But imagine if they had him in

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<v Speaker 1>that playoff series. Not saying it might have been different,

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<v Speaker 1>but it would have been a different Here you have

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<v Speaker 1>to contend with him, and you know, no, back to

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<v Speaker 1>your point about Portland, that should be And again, I

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<v Speaker 1>think for our fans, you only get to see some

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<v Speaker 1>of these players once a year, and it's a huge game,

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<v Speaker 1>huge game, one o'clock. But it's great to see some

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<v Speaker 1>of the top talent come in here. McCollum, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>played locally at Lehigh University, and he's one of the

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<v Speaker 1>best backcourt players in the NBA. They are arguably one

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<v Speaker 1>of the best duos in the backcourt where Lillard and

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<v Speaker 1>McCollum and the Sixers will have their hands full here

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<v Speaker 1>Saturday afternoon at one, all right, should be a good one. Tom,

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<v Speaker 1>talk to you that you got a bud seventy. Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>outlast the Miami Heat one oh six, one h two.

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<v Speaker 1>Bobie with nineteen points twelve rebounds, tying season highs in

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<v Speaker 1>both categories, played a season high twenty seven minutes, Tobias

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<v Speaker 1>harsh to twenty three points eleven boards, Ben Simmons with

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<v Speaker 1>twenty one, seven and four. Jimmy Butler a very nice

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<v Speaker 1>all around game as well with eighteen six and six

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<v Speaker 1>t J McConnell a great spark off the bench. All

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<v Speaker 1>that combining on a shorthanded night to be enough for

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<v Speaker 1>the Sixers as they fend off at Miami. Final segment

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<v Speaker 1>Revolution today. Seventy Sixers back at it tonight for the

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<v Speaker 1>All Star Game break back Without one of their all

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<v Speaker 1>stars in Joel Embiid, Who would step up? Who would

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<v Speaker 1>help fill the void? Well, perhaps the most obvious answer,

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<v Speaker 1>as it became apparent very early on tonight when the

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<v Speaker 1>Sixers host in Miami heat for the only time this season.

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<v Speaker 1>Down here at the center, big Man Boban Mariyanovitch was

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<v Speaker 1>ready to playing, but Connell stops and stars troubles awand

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<v Speaker 1>Winslow goes to Boban, a runner by the big man.

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<v Speaker 1>You pick up. Bobon Marianovitch just putting on a clinic.

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<v Speaker 1>The Sixers lead by ten. He's got eleven point seven

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<v Speaker 1>rebounds and that would end up being his first quarter line.

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<v Speaker 1>He was a phenomenal four for four from the field

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<v Speaker 1>in the first eight minutes twenty six seconds huge, plus

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<v Speaker 1>ten in the first quarter, plus eighteen in the first half,

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<v Speaker 1>helping the seventy sixers to a lead of twenty nine

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<v Speaker 1>twenty one after twelve minutes of play. In the second quarter,

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<v Speaker 1>Miami went on a run of twenty two to eleven

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<v Speaker 1>between the stretch that Boban was on the court, so

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<v Speaker 1>that even more indicative of the effect that Marianovitch had

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<v Speaker 1>on the game. But Bobi, when he got back out there,

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<v Speaker 1>he would do his part to help re establish a

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<v Speaker 1>double figure lane. Ben keeps its rise. It loves a

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<v Speaker 1>Bobon Marianovitch h by whiteside, and he started whiteside like

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<v Speaker 1>a boxer in a ropetope mood in a fifteenth round?

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<v Speaker 1>What kind of defense is Dad leaning on Bobon like

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<v Speaker 1>he's gonna tire him out? And Bobon Marianovich lays it

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<v Speaker 1>in again. I had made a forty nine thirty nine,

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<v Speaker 1>seventy Sixers up at intermission at fifty seven. At two

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<v Speaker 1>fifty in the third quarter, Miami would charge back. They

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<v Speaker 1>would take a brief lead of sixty nine sixty five.

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<v Speaker 1>Ben Simmons, the All Star in his first game back

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<v Speaker 1>following his first All Star Game appearance, playing like one,

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<v Speaker 1>here's Ben on a drive round the lane, in the lane,

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<v Speaker 1>got it and at the time out taken by the

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<v Speaker 1>heat well, he dribbled right around Winslow and Ben Simmons

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<v Speaker 1>a court length drive scores it to tie it. Second

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<v Speaker 1>basket for Simmons in a stretch of four in a

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<v Speaker 1>row for the seventy sixers. He would put the team

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<v Speaker 1>in front momentarily, but Miami would be in the lead

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<v Speaker 1>seventy five seventy three. Going to the fourth, Sixers were

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<v Speaker 1>trailing by five. Tobias Harris changed that. Here comes Harris

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<v Speaker 1>with a screen slips it. Now catches it on the

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<v Speaker 1>perimeter He's now guarded by Wade and drives it. He

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<v Speaker 1>goes right at him and makes a lamp and a timeout.

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<v Speaker 1>Tobias Harris shoots and scores tie game eighty six apiece.

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<v Speaker 1>Miami would jump back ahead. In ninety six ninety two,

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<v Speaker 1>Ben Simmons was part of a comeback charm five O

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<v Speaker 1>five to go. Josh Richardson has it knocked away by

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<v Speaker 1>t j U Steele. He's got Simmons in front. TJ

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<v Speaker 1>loves and it's a dug by Ben seven and the

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<v Speaker 1>Sixers are running rough. Todd under Miami heat. Dwayne Wade,

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<v Speaker 1>last game in South Philadelphia in the regular season, caught

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<v Speaker 1>fire late, putting the Heat up ninety nine to ninety eight.

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<v Speaker 1>Ben Simmons would put the Sixers back in front one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred two ninety nine, and JJ Reddick after a wave

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<v Speaker 1>miss two pointer with Lock fins up with a one

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<v Speaker 1>point lead. The Sixers with a bowl twelve on the shot.

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<v Speaker 1>Crock Here's Butler on the drives Butler. The Butler skids

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<v Speaker 1>to a stop. I'll stop kJ KK pace payers three ball,

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<v Speaker 1>It's good. J. J. Rudnick puts it in, delivers a

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<v Speaker 1>big play. Had the Sixers go out by four one

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<v Speaker 1>h three ninety nine with a minute left, and the

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<v Speaker 1>Sixers would do enough to stay in front and hang

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<v Speaker 1>on for a one oh six one h two win.

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<v Speaker 1>They shot forty five percent for the game. Miami took

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<v Speaker 1>thirteen more shots in the seventy Sixers that doing parts

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<v Speaker 1>of the Sixers committing six more turnovers in the game.

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<v Speaker 1>Miami forty seven and a half percent from the field.

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<v Speaker 1>Sixers seven three pointers, but got what they needed from

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<v Speaker 1>outside the arc late down the stretch. Miami just six

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<v Speaker 1>of twenty three from outside the arc. Free throw line

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<v Speaker 1>advantage pivotal for the Sixers in such a tightly played

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<v Speaker 1>game like tonight, Sixers outscored the Heat by a total

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<v Speaker 1>of nineteen points from the free throw line. They outrebounded

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<v Speaker 1>the Heat by eleven, including five on the offensive glass.

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<v Speaker 1>For the Sixers, leading the way, it was to Bias

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<v Speaker 1>Harris with twenty three points. He also had eleven rebounds

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<v Speaker 1>for a double double. Right behind him Ben Simmons with

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<v Speaker 1>twenty one point, seven rebounds and four assists. Bobon Manyanovitch

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<v Speaker 1>with the fourth double double a bigger part than the

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<v Speaker 1>fifth double double of the season for him nineteen points

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<v Speaker 1>twelve rebounds, both of those numbers tying season highs. He

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<v Speaker 1>also had a block shot and finished plus ten to

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<v Speaker 1>be Butler with eighteen points, six boards, and six assists

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<v Speaker 1>off the bench, cannot overlook TJ McConnell mentioned this earlier,

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<v Speaker 1>but if you tuned in late six points on three

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<v Speaker 1>or four shooting, five assists and three steals when the

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<v Speaker 1>Sixers needed a spark in the fourth quarter, loan behold

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<v Speaker 1>grit man TJ. McConnell checking in and getting the job done,

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<v Speaker 1>helping the Sixers to a one oh six, one or

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<v Speaker 1>two victory. Seventy six Ers now thirty eight and twenty

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<v Speaker 1>one on the season, while the Heat they dropped to

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<v Speaker 1>twenty six and thirty one. Taking a look at the

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<v Speaker 1>scoreboard right now, the game of note in terms of

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<v Speaker 1>where things are in the Eastern Conference, the Milwaukee Bucks

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<v Speaker 1>leading the Boston Celtics seventy nine seventy one just underway

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<v Speaker 1>in the fourth quarter. Were that trend to continue and

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<v Speaker 1>the Bucks to hang on and beat the Celtics, seventy

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<v Speaker 1>sixers move into fourth place over Boston. All right, that's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna do it. From down here at the Senative on

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<v Speaker 1>Gibbons is standing by within the post that's coming up next.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll be sure to give him a call at six

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<v Speaker 1>one zero sixty three, two zero nine seventy five. Big

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<v Speaker 1>thanks to Brian McLaughlin and Tyler Zulie. Back in the studio,

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<v Speaker 1>Marty Dickerson here now for the radio voice the seventy

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<v Speaker 1>six or Tom McGinnis, Brian Selzer saying so long for

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<v Speaker 1>now in final time, the final score it was the

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<v Speaker 1>seventy six Ers one oh six in the Miami Heats

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<v Speaker 1>one oh two. Have a great rest of your Thursday

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<v Speaker 1>night from all of us here at the Sixers Raider Network.

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