Speaker 1: You're listening to rewind, they'll listen back on press conferences,
Speaker 1: highlights and analysis from the seventy six ers previous game.
Speaker 1: The seventy Sixers approved to ten and oh down here
Speaker 1: at the Center with a one h three ninety four
Speaker 1: victory over the Utah Jazz. I'm Brian Selzn right now
Speaker 1: we join in progress the winning head coach, and that
Speaker 1: would be none other than Brett Brown. Yes, and we
Speaker 1: felt Al's pain in another uniform doing the same thing.
Speaker 1: And you know, it's I think that there are still
Speaker 1: to me two styles of play there. There is like
Speaker 1: a how do you want to play with Joel Embiid
Speaker 1: and there is a clear identity that we're trying to grow.
Speaker 1: And then it's hit comes Alhofan and there is a
Speaker 1: different type of team, that's a different type of track
Speaker 1: meet going on and they're both different. And then there
Speaker 1: are periods of the game, you know, to start and
Speaker 1: the finish and so on. In the start of the
Speaker 1: third like they collide, Joel and Al collide, and then
Speaker 1: that's that that area that uh, you know, we're trying
Speaker 1: to figure out a little bit. And I think there
Speaker 1: to their credit, they communicate, well, there's a mutual respect
Speaker 1: that from a fit from afar. Like watching these guys
Speaker 1: grow as teammates. I love it seeing Al get a
Speaker 1: little more comfortable and kind of nowhere. His scoring opportunities
Speaker 1: are very lately, and that first quarter he seem like uh,
Speaker 1: you know and the half ward really yeah right right
Speaker 1: in Yeah, I think so when it's like, shame on
Speaker 1: us if we think all this is just going to
Speaker 1: happen just because he's good, like, you know, it takes
Speaker 1: time and he's prideful any kids. He's trying to fit in.
Speaker 1: You know, he's not a pig scorer, like he's a teammate,
Speaker 1: and so him trying to find his place where he
Speaker 1: can make a difference on this team, you know, comes
Speaker 1: from I'm assuming through his eyes, it feels like it
Speaker 1: through my eyes, with a level of care. Yeah, he's
Speaker 1: trying to, you know, navigate this whole new city and
Speaker 1: this new team with an element of class and care.
Speaker 1: And I think that he's done that. And I feel
Speaker 1: like as time unfolds, he's gonna and I talk like
Speaker 1: to them like I just talked to you. It's like
Speaker 1: you got an alhof A team. You know, this is
Speaker 1: how it's sort of planned that you got a Joe team,
Speaker 1: and now all of a sudden, you guys coexist and
Speaker 1: we can put him in things. You know, we tried
Speaker 1: to post him on Bogdanovitch as an example tonight when
Speaker 1: he was a five man. I pick him, pop him
Speaker 1: and make Rudy come out and you know, try to
Speaker 1: guard him far away from the basket. And so we're
Speaker 1: all kind of learning how to use what we have.
Speaker 1: What have you seen front Tobias and the pick and roller?
Speaker 1: Seems like you've gone to that action a little bit
Speaker 1: more recently with him. I mean, it's all I get
Speaker 1: a kick out of it, and and I ask myself at
Speaker 1: times the question too. It's like, who's the closer, you
Speaker 1: know who on this team? And what we should all
Speaker 1: admit is that we have we have options. We have
Speaker 1: a variety of people. On a given night, you know
Speaker 1: that you might be able to go to win through
Speaker 1: you know, we all kind of think it's going to
Speaker 1: be Joel a lot, and so do I. But to
Speaker 1: your point, you know, I felt like Tobias was able
Speaker 1: to generate his own looks, you know, either through an
Speaker 1: isolation or if you hold it a little bit, you
Speaker 1: know that equals. Come get me, give me a pick
Speaker 1: and roll, and we did. And I thought he made
Speaker 1: some timely baskets in a funny part of the game.
Speaker 1: We needed, we needed some buckets to truly close this
Speaker 1: game up. Seventy six Ers head coach Brett Brown after
Speaker 1: tonight's nine point one oh three ninety four win of
Speaker 1: the Utah Jass seventy six Ers now fifteen and six,
Speaker 1: ten and oh at the center. Second straight season, the
Speaker 1: Sixers have started by winning their first ten home games,
Speaker 1: just the sixth team ever in NBA history to achieve that.
Speaker 1: Feat Tobias Harris, as you heard Brett Brown talking about
Speaker 1: just a few seconds ago, big in this one, twenty
Speaker 1: six points. Ten of his points in the fourth quarter.
Speaker 1: He had two pivotal jumps, shots that re established a
Speaker 1: twelve point lead for the seventy Sixers after the Jazz
Speaker 1: claud back to within ten and kind of quelled a
Speaker 1: Utah run. And for as big as Tobias was in
Speaker 1: closing time, Al Horford was enormous in getting the seventy
Speaker 1: Sixers started. He hit the first five shots he took
Speaker 1: on the night. He was great picking and popping against
Speaker 1: Rudy Gobert seventeen points, Horford finishing three for three from
Speaker 1: outside the arc. He also had eight rebounds, five assists,
Speaker 1: two block shots. Ben Simmons fourteen points, eight rebounds, nine assists,
Speaker 1: He had four steals plus nineteen in the game. And
Speaker 1: Matisse Thybal with a really nice game off the bench.
Speaker 1: He was perfect for three on three attempts for the
Speaker 1: second time in four games. You go back to that
Speaker 1: Sacramento Kings game. Thible with nine points off the bench,
Speaker 1: three steals, and he actually got the start in the
Speaker 1: second half, replacing for concork Bons. Seventy Sixers shut down
Speaker 1: the usually typically good three point shooting at Utah Jazz tonight,
Speaker 1: beating the one h three ninety four. Rudy Gobert finishing
Speaker 1: with twenty seven and twelve. Joel Embiad had sixteen and eleven.
Speaker 1: Sixers rode the hot start to the finish and pick
Speaker 1: up their fourth straight win, joined now by Tom McGinnis
Speaker 1: following this nice nine point victory. It was one of
Speaker 1: those games times where the Sixers got off to such
Speaker 1: a dominant, convincing start, leading by twenty six points with
Speaker 1: three minutes to go in the first half. I think
Speaker 1: that probably no one wants to hear this. It's got
Speaker 1: to be some human nature that sets in. It's probably
Speaker 1: so difficult to maintain your focus from start to finish
Speaker 1: in a game where you are are that much in
Speaker 1: control early on. Yet that is the task and challenge
Speaker 1: for an NBA team with championship desires and the Sixers
Speaker 1: they needed to buyas Harris in the end to seal
Speaker 1: the deal. Yeah. No, you're right about the human nature,
Speaker 1: because I raised the exact same point. And yet you
Speaker 1: know you almost have to be playing for yourself and
Speaker 1: playing againsters By that, I mean, you know, for the Sixers,
Speaker 1: you're striving to get better and play the more complete
Speaker 1: forty eight minute game, and you know, to go up
Speaker 1: by twenty six, and then again the ease with which
Speaker 1: it was coming, you get to steal by thible of
Speaker 1: the past to Ben for the jam. And right after
Speaker 1: that Nis made a three and Horford begins the game
Speaker 1: five for five, making three threes. As a group, you
Speaker 1: make eleven threes in the first half, more than any
Speaker 1: other half, but even that it was an eighteen point game.
Speaker 1: And then what happens is you start to rush things
Speaker 1: a little bit. Maybe you take a shot that you
Speaker 1: would move the ball in another situation. Just incrementally, little
Speaker 1: things happen, and you talk. To their credit, came back
Speaker 1: and stuck with it and in the end they made
Speaker 1: it a seven point game. And to your point, Tobias Harris,
Speaker 1: like one of the strengths of his game, he's six
Speaker 1: to nine off the dribble, able to shoot over people great,
Speaker 1: facing up from around seventeen to eighteen feet, made some
Speaker 1: shots from that area and even closer midpost right side.
Speaker 1: Those were clutch baskets and help the Sixers over the top,
Speaker 1: and that's why he was our player of the game.
Speaker 1: Seventy sixers not off. The Utah Jazz split the two
Speaker 1: game regular season series one oh three to ninety four,
Speaker 1: twenty six for Tobias Harris, al horfor Tom seventeen points,
Speaker 1: eight rebounds, five assists, And one of the comments that
Speaker 1: we heard Brett Brown discussing the post game was just
Speaker 1: how Al has gone about trying to fit in find
Speaker 1: his way, Brett using a phrase I don't think i've
Speaker 1: heard him use before, He's not a pig score, which
Speaker 1: I kind of thought was an apt and interesting way
Speaker 1: to put it. But it's like, yeah, Hall's got that
Speaker 1: vibe a bad him where he's not going to tread
Speaker 1: on anyone's turf. He knew the deal when he was
Speaker 1: coming in and signed here, and how the Sixers team
Speaker 1: was constructed. Yet he is finding spots. And listen that
Speaker 1: stretch when it was him and Gobert when the Sixers
Speaker 1: really got the lead in the second quarter, I mean
Speaker 1: he was huge. Well, that is a derivative of ballhog.
Speaker 1: That was one of the worries that we described it
Speaker 1: growing up. And know what he is though, is smart
Speaker 1: and savvy and talented, and so he has like in
Speaker 1: many instances where he scored, he had Bogdanovitch on him
Speaker 1: and he knows that that's not mcdonovic. Even though he's
Speaker 1: six eight, he's not a The strength of his game
Speaker 1: is not defense and b it's not interior defense. So
Speaker 1: in many cases Al was going to work on him
Speaker 1: and then he runs to the line. He's he's really
Speaker 1: a depth a knowing about the space scene and a
Speaker 1: lot of his threes come in trail positions or from
Speaker 1: the top where he's been so good over the years
Speaker 1: of quarterbacking and offense, and he gets good looks and
Speaker 1: he catches and shoots. He doesn't Deley Delhi around when
Speaker 1: he gets that ball out front. So his three point
Speaker 1: efficiency Saturday early on against Indiana, when he started three
Speaker 1: for three, was matched and duplicated tonight by making his
Speaker 1: first three threes. And you know, he had twelve points
Speaker 1: in the opening quoter of fifteen and a a halftime, and
Speaker 1: that was part of that substantial lead. When the Sixers
Speaker 1: built up a twenty six point lead, A lot of
Speaker 1: it was due to the efforts offensively at Horford Sixers
Speaker 1: over the Jazz. One of three ninety four thought Mat
Speaker 1: Stibel was really good tonight. Brett Brown has described his
Speaker 1: offense at times as being a little bit wild, and
Speaker 1: the Sixers understandably trying to harness that. But you can
Speaker 1: see his defense, what he's able to do, how he
Speaker 1: impacts things so quickly. I mean that steal that he
Speaker 1: had that then led to the alube dunk for Ben
Speaker 1: Simmons that I don't know how you felt, but that
Speaker 1: was like, all right, the Sixers have got this one
Speaker 1: in their grasp right now. They then got another drive
Speaker 1: by Ben after that, and James n his corner three,
Speaker 1: and that was really when they put their grip on
Speaker 1: this game, and it's like you see stuff like that.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's early on Amatiz's career and we've seen
Speaker 1: some ups and downs, but he has made his presence
Speaker 1: known defensively, there's no question about done. And I think
Speaker 1: he's becoming more consistent. I think early on he was
Speaker 1: he had difficulty finishing. You know, he had a couple
Speaker 1: of games where he struggled on you know, like left
Speaker 1: the right reverses. But once you gain the confidence, clearly
Speaker 1: he's able to make those kinds of shots. And now
Speaker 1: he's beginning to and you know, as he just said postgame,
Speaker 1: when he joined us, see a three shooter of three
Speaker 1: and that is he's not backing down. He's in catching
Speaker 1: shoot scenarios, able to get that ball from deep. And
Speaker 1: so again, as I said the other night, because he's
Speaker 1: been contributing more and more. When you have Richardson out,
Speaker 1: it creates a more minutes on the back end, and
Speaker 1: he's been playing a little bit more and delivering, and
Speaker 1: you know he's going to hold his own defense. I mean, honestly,
Speaker 1: I think he gets called for a lot of things
Speaker 1: that aren't necessarily fouls, and I think that'll change after
Speaker 1: a certain point, he's going to get a lot of
Speaker 1: respect and that that comes with the calendar when he
Speaker 1: becomes a second year player, and you know, the referee
Speaker 1: say that there's no distinction of fouls of foul, but
Speaker 1: trust me, he gets called for a lot that in
Speaker 1: the coming years he won't get called for. You'll be
Speaker 1: able to stay out there longer. But he is rock solid.
Speaker 1: And as I said, if he can become a consistent
Speaker 1: contributor where he maybe is the seventh guy out there
Speaker 1: with Nis or whomever. And really, I mean, he's going
Speaker 1: to be able to help the Sixers because if this
Speaker 1: is a program built on defense, that's the strength of
Speaker 1: his game. And then three and D is also a
Speaker 1: way to describe his play, and he's been bringing that
Speaker 1: for the ball club, aren't he? Tom? And are the
Speaker 1: next two days of idle time? Little school? I got
Speaker 1: the Bluecoats tomorrow, that's right, got Toronto? Hey where can
Speaker 1: we find that game? Not exactly sure? I'll be a
Speaker 1: check local listings, all right, Well, Tea Mac keeping it
Speaker 1: going tomorrow, Wilmington, Delaware, Love It seventy sixers Knock off
Speaker 1: the Jazz one or three ninety four plays. Some of
Speaker 1: Tom's highlight calls coming up. Seventy Sixers bidding for win
Speaker 1: number ten at home Here tonight? Could they? Would they
Speaker 1: do it against the Utah Jazz. Early signs where this
Speaker 1: might be a competitive game. Al Horford helped get the
Speaker 1: seventy sixers jump started. Touches ball four forty five to go,
Speaker 1: Ben out top the Tobias Harris on the move against
Speaker 1: Poydonovitch crossest one to the points back outside Horford three
Speaker 1: ball on the air by big out. It's good he
Speaker 1: made three Shaturday nineties. Got one already and it's at
Speaker 1: nineteen time man Al horford Is first five shots of
Speaker 1: the game, including two or three pointers. Seventy Sixers would
Speaker 1: open things up a bit in the final moments of
Speaker 1: the first quarter. The lead was thirty one twenty three
Speaker 1: heading into the second. That is where they tightened their
Speaker 1: grip even more. Here's sives, but it's deflected. They steal
Speaker 1: the ball Mike Conley as it picked up. Now Thiball
Speaker 1: steals it back from them in the late lob sevens.
Speaker 1: Ooh yeah, one of the best plays of the year.
Speaker 1: Bet seven stuffs at fuck taste, Thibal steals it lops
Speaker 1: in at seven slam. It was terrific and if the
Speaker 1: Sixers didn't have enough energy before that, that really provided
Speaker 1: a spark as the Sixers took a twenty point lead
Speaker 1: and they were still very much in the driver's seat
Speaker 1: as the first half was winding down. Here's Utah with
Speaker 1: another poor play. Bob Donovan crows it away to Bias
Speaker 1: with the dentist into three catches, driving shooting three balls.
Speaker 1: God oh man, the Sixers are blowing out the Utah chase.
Speaker 1: At that point it was twenty five fifty two to
Speaker 1: twenty seven. Seventy Sixers lead would grow to twenty six
Speaker 1: for the first half came to a close. They were
Speaker 1: up in commanding fashion sixty to forty two going into
Speaker 1: the break and the third quarter. Joel Ebad and a
Speaker 1: tough matchup Tonight got himself back on the board thirty
Speaker 1: footer that makes it a seventeen point game. Horford against
Speaker 1: Boydanovitch and now the Sixers go to the same exact
Speaker 1: play and b with a one hand, right hand shot.
Speaker 1: Good That kept the Sixers in front by nineteen. They
Speaker 1: led by that margin eighty five sixty six going into
Speaker 1: the fourth. Now the Jazz started to creep a little
Speaker 1: bit closer. They got within fifteen points with just under
Speaker 1: nine minutes to go in the game. Tobias Harris a
Speaker 1: great fourth quarter scoring effort and then went on Saturday
Speaker 1: of the Pacers was large in the fourth quarter again tonight,
Speaker 1: which a sixteen point game. Here's a drive by Tobias
Speaker 1: goes off the glass and drive from the left wing,
Speaker 1: scores it on both the yang and angles, and Harris
Speaker 1: delivering when the Sixers needed boat man. That put the
Speaker 1: Sixers of ninety three seventy five. But Utah would twice
Speaker 1: trim the deficit to ten points, and in each instance
Speaker 1: it was Tobias Harris coming up with a timely play
Speaker 1: sevens with an Harris screens to Bias near way, gets
Speaker 1: it against Bitchell eight to shoot. Harris comes off, jumps
Speaker 1: it from seventeen and he rattles in. Tobias Harris scores it.
Speaker 1: They gave the Sixers a ninety seven eighty five lead.
Speaker 1: They would see it through to a one oh three
Speaker 1: ninety four victory, seventy Sixers getting by despite shooting under
Speaker 1: forty one percent from the field. They were thirteen of
Speaker 1: twenty six, though from three point territory eleven of those
Speaker 1: threes coming in the first half. The Jazz shot forty
Speaker 1: seven percent, but only five of twenty two from three.
Speaker 1: They entered tonight's game with the fifth best three point
Speaker 1: percentages a team in the NBA Sixers plus five on
Speaker 1: the glass, plus three offensive rebounds, but outscoring the Jazz
Speaker 1: by seven on second chances. Sixers defense had a really
Speaker 1: nice job when the game was really of consequence turning
Speaker 1: Utah over. They forced twenty turnovers, which they converted into
Speaker 1: nineteen points. The Sixers were led by Tobias Harris with
Speaker 1: twenty six Harris also with nine rebounds and three assists
Speaker 1: seventeen points. For Al Horford, he had eight rebounds, dimes,
Speaker 1: three for three from outside the arc, fourteen points, nine assists,
Speaker 1: eight rebounds. For Ben Simmons, he was plus nineteen and
Speaker 1: just under thirty four minutes, but Tis Thibal coming off
Speaker 1: the bench for nine. He was three for three from
Speaker 1: outside the arc. He started the third quarter after coming
Speaker 1: off the bench in the first half. Utah was led
Speaker 1: by Rudy Gobert. He finished with twenty seven and twelve.
Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell kind of an unimpactful night for him, six
Speaker 1: of nineteen, one of six from three for eighteen points.
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons Matis Thibal combined to do some nice work
Speaker 1: on him. Seventy six Ers are now ten and oh
Speaker 1: here at the center, their second straight season starting a
Speaker 1: year with ten wins on the home court, just the
Speaker 1: sixth team in NBA history to do that. Six Ers
Speaker 1: have won four straight and I think it's now eight
Speaker 1: out of the last nine. Pretty good stuff. They're fifteen
Speaker 1: and six overall, towards the top of the Eastern Conference.
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