Speaker 1: An excellent way for the seventy six Ers two end
Speaker 1: the two thousand and seventeen calendar year on New Year's
Speaker 1: Eve knocking off the Phoenix Suns one twenty three to
Speaker 1: one ten. Brian Selzer from six Ers dot Com with
Speaker 1: you on the postgame show. Brett Brown speaking right now
Speaker 1: in progress, just it had to be a team effort,
Speaker 1: you know, the attention that he received on pick and roll,
Speaker 1: especially with Joel Ladario Amia, whomever was was usually two people.
Speaker 1: And I think that that covering Robert did a really
Speaker 1: good job. You know, we had we had foul trouble
Speaker 1: for a lot of the game, you know, and I
Speaker 1: think four out of our five staters were playing with
Speaker 1: you know, four or five fouls throughout the fourth period.
Speaker 1: And uh, I think that we did a really good job.
Speaker 1: I think Robert was excellent on BOOKA. He is really
Speaker 1: hard to guard. Really, you know, if you weren't coaching
Speaker 1: against him, he's somebody you'd pay to go see. I
Speaker 1: think he's got a real balance and a real ability
Speaker 1: to put to put points on the board. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: it's always concerned. You get caught up in the game.
Speaker 1: You're just trying to win the game at that stage,
Speaker 1: and you know, it's always on your mind. The way
Speaker 1: he plays is always there's always a chance, you know,
Speaker 1: and it's like with everybody but him especially. I think
Speaker 1: the fact that he just hasn't practiced, you know, the
Speaker 1: awkward moments, the the unorthodox moments, scare you a little
Speaker 1: bit more um because of of what I just said.
Speaker 1: But we'll we'll learn more. And I think that when
Speaker 1: you look at sort of his plus minus a plus
Speaker 1: thirty two, you know, I haven't seen that before. I
Speaker 1: don't remember seeing that before. That that's indicative of what
Speaker 1: he means to us. You know. It was that time
Speaker 1: when he got his fourth out, we took him out
Speaker 1: that they went on that that run when we are
Speaker 1: up eighteen and so we'll learn more about Joe very soon.
Speaker 1: I don't know, I assume. So do you feel like
Speaker 1: you're teams st um? I think that we have an
Speaker 1: appropriate fear that we're not. I think the the the
Speaker 1: goal of trying to grow our program and make the
Speaker 1: playoffs is always there and we understand, you know, what
Speaker 1: really has to be done if you had to achieve that.
Speaker 1: I use it all the time as a way to
Speaker 1: say that that is not of playoff standard that that's
Speaker 1: not going to get it done and or that is
Speaker 1: going to get it done. And I think that the
Speaker 1: locker room and the spirit and their work ethic, their
Speaker 1: their ability to understand the development going forward and put
Speaker 1: it in good days, and they do add up all
Speaker 1: that normal stuff that you've heard me say for all
Speaker 1: my days in Philadelphia. You know, it resonates. I think
Speaker 1: it's part of our culture and they feel like they
Speaker 1: are getting better. Whatever it is, let's let's bottle it
Speaker 1: up market it we'd all be rich. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: he he's a team favorite. You hear me say that often.
Speaker 1: The team loves him, and you know, with his broken
Speaker 1: English and his big heart, there is a fondness that
Speaker 1: we all have for Dario in a respect that we
Speaker 1: all have. And uh, you know him and Joel peering
Speaker 1: up and him playing off Ben when we post Ben
Speaker 1: and finding open spots, and you know, making the threes
Speaker 1: always is a great thing. Him stretching the floor, but
Speaker 1: he sure is lately playing good basketball. Handled all those
Speaker 1: extra free throws in the fourth. I thought he was great.
Speaker 1: I thought Ben down the stretch, you know, down the
Speaker 1: stretch we went on. I'm told like an eighteen to
Speaker 1: six run to close out this game, and you know,
Speaker 1: I thought we executed things really well. I think that
Speaker 1: Ben took control of the game, and I think he
Speaker 1: was confident going to the line. I think he jumped
Speaker 1: back in this. You know, he had a down game
Speaker 1: in Denver. We were lucky to win with him really
Speaker 1: not playing to his best. And I thought that him
Speaker 1: making three throws, him just walking down a game at
Speaker 1: the end and executing things, I thought he was special tonight.
Speaker 1: Seventy Sixers head coach Brett Brown after the Sixers one
Speaker 1: twenty three one ten victory, twenty seven points for Dario Charts,
Speaker 1: twenty two piece for Joel and beating JJ Redick. Ben
Speaker 1: Simmons with eleven of the Sixers final points in the
Speaker 1: last six minutes of regulation. He ended the night with
Speaker 1: twenty one. Tom McGinnis is standing by. We'll talk about
Speaker 1: this one a little bit more. A New Year's Eve
Speaker 1: victory for the Sixers one twenty three, one ten over
Speaker 1: the Suns. It's the postgame showing the Sixers raiding network,
Speaker 1: Sixers closing out a five game season high tying road
Speaker 1: trip in Phoenix to night they're winners won twenty three
Speaker 1: to one. Ten Brian Seltzer with you on the post
Speaker 1: game show. We joined Tom McGinnis now, who had an
Speaker 1: excellent call from Talking Stick Resort Arena. Tom. The starters
Speaker 1: really stepped up in particular, and Bead getting the Sixers
Speaker 1: going in that fourth quarter and Ben Simmons really finishing
Speaker 1: it off with some threes from JJ Reddick. Yeah, those
Speaker 1: guys were great. And again, when was the last time
Speaker 1: the Sixers had four players with twenty or more? And
Speaker 1: again JJ, that three sealed the deal by Reddick. But Simmons,
Speaker 1: what a great finish for him, Just really powerful play.
Speaker 1: And Embiid was good throughout in Spurs and again that number,
Speaker 1: that plus minus number of thirty two is incredible. It's
Speaker 1: I mean, Brett Brown said he doesn't know that he's
Speaker 1: ever seen that before. That's incredible. And it goes to
Speaker 1: more than just his points or his blocks. It's his presence,
Speaker 1: it's what he means in the lane, his ability to
Speaker 1: control the glass. Great win for the Sixers. Phoenix has
Speaker 1: been playing well and for the Sixers to come hit
Speaker 1: in here and you know, win to win back to back.
Speaker 1: This was a quick back to back. When you play
Speaker 1: in Denver's a long night there. It's a far far
Speaker 1: airport from downtown. And this game was at six and boy,
Speaker 1: they needed an energized in Bead And let's just cross
Speaker 1: our fingers and hope that that he's okay. But a
Speaker 1: great victory for the Sixers on the road. And that's
Speaker 1: pretty good to be ten and ten through twenty road games.
Speaker 1: And as you know, Brian done with the fire out games.
Speaker 1: In terms of the Western Conference, they just have San Antonio,
Speaker 1: Oklahoma and me because if memory serves in terms of
Speaker 1: their road trip, and that's never happened before that I
Speaker 1: can recall for the Sixers where they they have not
Speaker 1: taken a second half of the schedule, if you will,
Speaker 1: game and trip out West. So they're going to be
Speaker 1: any ease for most of the rest of the season,
Speaker 1: and that I think should bode well. Seventy six Ers
Speaker 1: topple the Phoenix Suns one twenty three one ten, big
Speaker 1: finish with thirty one points in the fourth quarter, and
Speaker 1: you step back, Tom, there was that stretch with the
Speaker 1: Sixers lost nine out of ten heading into the final
Speaker 1: week week and a half of the month of December.
Speaker 1: They were challenging schedule twists. They were a handful of injuries,
Speaker 1: but here they are two straight, three out of four,
Speaker 1: and you can start perhaps to see a light or
Speaker 1: maybe the schedule has some pockets where there's a little
Speaker 1: bit more at home, but all in all, a young
Speaker 1: group trying to find its way through the ups and
Speaker 1: downs to come hand in hand with a long season. No,
Speaker 1: it's true. And when you hear Brett Brown and you
Speaker 1: aired the press conference, Brian, and he looks at a
Speaker 1: coach you talk about long lens and bigger picture, like
Speaker 1: he almost has to be informed with what the home
Speaker 1: record is versus the road record, because as you know,
Speaker 1: to your point, he's looking at the development and progress
Speaker 1: and where the team hopes to go, and some of
Speaker 1: these things that we get into are he's looking at
Speaker 1: a bigger picture how the team is playing, because sometimes
Speaker 1: you can play better basketball and still lose. And you know,
Speaker 1: obviously the winning is the biggest thing, but as a coach,
Speaker 1: you can feel embolden. And I think Brett Brown, even
Speaker 1: during this spell for the Sixers, has felt like they've
Speaker 1: been making progress, and even tonight, like I thought, in
Speaker 1: the second quarter kind of gets buried a little bit.
Speaker 1: The Sixers had like an eight, ten, twelve point lead,
Speaker 1: and they had a rash of possessions that came away empty,
Speaker 1: whether it was turnovers or poor shooting, and it was
Speaker 1: a sloppy part of the game. And even Dario Shiret
Speaker 1: who came over, felt that way about the third quarter.
Speaker 1: And so I think that the Sixers can clean that
Speaker 1: up a little bit, be more protective of the basketball.
Speaker 1: Ratchet down their turnovers. They're averaging eighteen a League wars thirtieth.
Speaker 1: Get down, you know, try to get that thing down
Speaker 1: where it's not the twenty plus turnovers twenty one in
Speaker 1: this game. Get that. Do you protect that basketball? And
Speaker 1: there's a lot of areas for growth. But again, the height,
Speaker 1: excuse me, the fight and the spirit, it's just it's redundant,
Speaker 1: I know it, but it's it's such embodies what this
Speaker 1: team is about. It. It's a fun team to watch
Speaker 1: play and in bed makes it even more fun. The
Speaker 1: spirit always good enough beat from Tom McGinnis any time
Speaker 1: of year. Tom, A happy New Year to you, and
Speaker 1: hopefully you get a seat at that dinner party table.
Speaker 1: Right Well, I gotta be honest, I was invited, but
Speaker 1: my mother lives out here in the opportunity to spend
Speaker 1: some time with her and always special. But Brian, thanks
Speaker 1: to you and happy New Year as well. All righty,
Speaker 1: Tom McGinnis calling a good one tonight, a win for
Speaker 1: the Sixers to cap two thousand and seventeen one twenty
Speaker 1: three to one ten over the Suns. Sometimes highlight calls
Speaker 1: coming up as we close out the post game, showing
Speaker 1: the Sixers Raider Network seventy six Ers one last time
Speaker 1: in two thousand and seventeen. This is a part of
Speaker 1: the story of how it went. It was a really
Speaker 1: auspicious beginning to tonight's game as the Sixers snapped off
Speaker 1: a string of fourteen consecutive points and here's Cobby did
Speaker 1: for three wide open but a good weekside rebound charge
Speaker 1: back in the lane, Ben, he goes up with the
Speaker 1: right hand lamps. Sorry by Tyson, Jandler and the rest
Speaker 1: of the Suns. Sixers would take a thirty eight thirty
Speaker 1: two lead and a quarter number two. The second period
Speaker 1: began in some really good form much like the first did,
Speaker 1: as the Sixers went on a fifteen to three run.
Speaker 1: Suns started to charge back, but Ben Simmons made sure
Speaker 1: the Sixers had some energy going into the half three
Speaker 1: o the clock. Back the Roddick, they double team. He
Speaker 1: throws it up and it hit the glass and it
Speaker 1: got rib and now here's Simmons with a slam. What
Speaker 1: a play by Rddick. He flicked it up just so
Speaker 1: it hit the rib and inside Simmons gets it from
Speaker 1: a mirror and Ben Simmons throws it down. Sixty three
Speaker 1: forty nine Sixers in front at the break. They would
Speaker 1: open up the lead to as many as eighteen points
Speaker 1: on multiple occasions in the third quarter. Then the Sons
Speaker 1: got going with Marquis Chris and TJ. Warren and Devin Booker.
Speaker 1: They went on a twenty four to six run even
Speaker 1: took a lead at eighty seven to eighty four. Joel
Speaker 1: Embiad steady things down in the final minutes of the
Speaker 1: third It bead handles it against Josh Jackson leads there
Speaker 1: to help give coverage. Joel shoots it and gets it
Speaker 1: at a foul so Joel Embiid helped send the Sixers
Speaker 1: to a ninety two eighty nine lead going into the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. He would also score the first four points
Speaker 1: of the final frame Sixers, keeping the Suns at bay.
Speaker 1: They twice closed within a point. In the final five
Speaker 1: minutes of regulation, JJ Reddick throwing the hammer down with
Speaker 1: his touch from outside the arc. Joel handles it against
Speaker 1: Tyson Chandler. JJ off a goalscreen. He's up and the
Speaker 1: shot is good. JJ Reddick off a driple hand off.
Speaker 1: I about to say and it Beat hands it off
Speaker 1: and Reddick puts it in. That helped make it a
Speaker 1: one nineteen one, a eight game in favor of the Sixers,
Speaker 1: as they would close out the Suns to win their finale.
Speaker 1: Of twenty seventeen. Seventy six Ers shoot fifty six percent
Speaker 1: from the field, the Suns forty two and a half
Speaker 1: percent each team with ten three pointers the six or
Speaker 1: twenty seven to thirty four from the line Phoenix twenty
Speaker 1: six of thirty four the Sixers plus eight on the glass.
Speaker 1: They survived a total of twenty one turnovers. Dario Charitch
Speaker 1: led the way with twenty seven points nine to thirteen
Speaker 1: from the field, four to five from three, twenty two
Speaker 1: points apiece for Joel and Beat and JJ Reddick and
Speaker 1: Beat also with nine rebounds and five assists plus two
Speaker 1: block shots. He finished with a plus thirty two rating
Speaker 1: in the game Ben Simmons with eleven points in the
Speaker 1: final seven minutes. He finished with twenty one overall, nine rebounds,
Speaker 1: six assists, three steals, and three blocked shots seventy Sixers.
Speaker 1: With tonight's win, they get their second in a row.
Speaker 1: They go three and two on the road trip, and
Speaker 1: they are now seventeen and nineteen heading into two eighteen,
Speaker 1: while the Suns dropped to fourteen and twenty four. Next
Speaker 1: game for the Sixers is on Wednesday, seven o'clock versus
Speaker 1: the San Antonio Spurs. Pregame coverage on some of our
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