WEBVTT - Radio Rewind 38/82: Sixers vs. OKC Thunder Game Recap 0:00:49.259 --> 0:00:51.779 I'm Tari's Mexi and you're listening to the seventy six 0:00:51.859 --> 0:00:55.379 Ers Insiders podcast. This podcast is part of the seventy 0:00:55.419 --> 0:00:58.179 six Ers podcast network, presented by Stern and Cohen Law. 0:00:58.299 --> 0:01:01.299 Search seventy six Ers Insiders wherever you get your podcasts. 0:01:01.659 --> 0:01:04.419 Suffering an injury at work can cause physical pain, but 0:01:04.499 --> 0:01:07.659 also great uncertainty about your rights. You need to retain 0:01:07.699 --> 0:01:10.419 a worker's compensation law firm that is a winner like 0:01:10.499 --> 0:01:13.379 our Sixers, a firm that gets some of the best settlements, 0:01:13.459 --> 0:01:15.539 but is also willing to go toe to toe with 0:01:15.659 --> 0:01:19.379 the insurance company. No settling on the cheap. This is Philly. 0:01:19.539 --> 0:01:21.939 We have grit and fight in us. 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Sixers playing without eight players, 0:02:08.139 --> 0:02:11.299 including the Big three of MB, George and Maxi, their 0:02:11.339 --> 0:02:14.979 record is now fifteen and twenty three. Matt Murphy here 0:02:14.979 --> 0:02:18.099 with you on our Parks Casino post game show. I'll 0:02:18.099 --> 0:02:23.259 reconnect with Tom McGinnis. Shortly, we'll hear from Sixers coach 0:02:23.379 --> 0:02:27.339 Nick Nurse his postgame comments in a game that a 0:02:27.379 --> 0:02:31.019 shorthanded Sixers team clawed their way all the way back 0:02:31.299 --> 0:02:33.619 into this a six point game going to the fourth 0:02:33.659 --> 0:02:37.779 quarter eighty seven eighty one, and you would may have 0:02:37.819 --> 0:02:40.339 expected with increase playing time that guys would hit career 0:02:40.419 --> 0:02:43.499 high totals, and Jeff Didton Junior and Justin Edwards were 0:02:43.579 --> 0:02:47.099 up to the task off the Sixers bench. In thirty 0:02:47.099 --> 0:02:51.099 five minutes, Edwards goes for eighteen em best twenty five points, 0:02:51.619 --> 0:02:54.219 which is a new NBA career high. He had eleven 0:02:54.259 --> 0:02:57.019 in the Brooklyn game on the road last weekend or 0:02:57.019 --> 0:03:01.859 two weekends ago. I guess Dalton had eighteen tonight. He 0:03:01.899 --> 0:03:04.939 had twelve in the second half, twelve on the number 0:03:05.139 --> 0:03:09.979 was his NBA career high coming into this one. Seventeen 0:03:10.019 --> 0:03:13.299 for Yabusele, thirteen for Ricky Council, the fourth who made 0:03:13.339 --> 0:03:18.179 his first career NBA start, Eric Gordon had ten for 0:03:18.219 --> 0:03:22.339 Philadelphia as a starter. Game high honors went to Shay 0:03:22.419 --> 0:03:26.419 Gilgis Alexander Goes for thirty two. He averages thirty one 0:03:26.499 --> 0:03:28.579 point four, which is tied for Giannis to lead the 0:03:28.659 --> 0:03:32.659 NBA rankings thirty two points, nine assists, did have four turnovers, 0:03:33.459 --> 0:03:37.819 shot twelve of fifteen. Caseon Wallace had a season high 0:03:37.859 --> 0:03:42.019 eighteen points. Jalen Williams in between them with twenty four. 0:03:42.739 --> 0:03:46.939 The Santa Clara Jalen Williams, who is their second leading scorer. 0:03:47.059 --> 0:03:51.019 Chet Holmgren is still out twenty four points for Jalen 0:03:51.059 --> 0:03:55.979 Williams on eight of fifteen shooting. They turned the ball 0:03:55.979 --> 0:03:59.059 over eighteen times, but twelve of those were in the 0:03:59.059 --> 0:04:02.219 first half. Sixers turned it over twenty two times. That 0:04:02.299 --> 0:04:05.619 led to twenty nine points, eight of those in the 0:04:06.099 --> 0:04:08.899 in the second half. Six in the game for Council. 0:04:09.099 --> 0:04:11.659 Five in the game for the starting point guard Tonight 0:04:11.699 --> 0:04:15.099 Reggie Jackson, who played sixteen minutes and fifty three seconds 0:04:15.139 --> 0:04:18.819 for the Sixers. They shot forty four percent to Oklahoma 0:04:18.859 --> 0:04:24.539 City's fifty five point six They made Thunder made twelve threes. 0:04:25.219 --> 0:04:29.339 Sixers made thirteen again a one to eighteen one oh 0:04:29.499 --> 0:04:33.339 two Oklahoma City Thunder win. On the road. They have 0:04:33.459 --> 0:04:38.819 now won eighteen of their last nineteen games. They've got 0:04:38.859 --> 0:04:42.059 a huge rematch coming up on Thursday. They just ended 0:04:42.059 --> 0:04:45.979 a four game road trip here in Philly that began 0:04:46.059 --> 0:04:48.499 with a game in Cleveland, which is the top team 0:04:48.499 --> 0:04:50.499 in the East, Calves, the top team in the West, 0:04:50.579 --> 0:04:52.779 the Thunder. Now they'll get a visit from the Calves 0:04:52.819 --> 0:04:58.619 with a chance for revenge on Thursday. Here's Tom mcguinnis, 0:04:58.979 --> 0:05:01.859 how about that game on on Thursday, the Calves and 0:05:01.899 --> 0:05:05.459 the Thunder again. Everyone the NBA world will certainly be 0:05:05.459 --> 0:05:06.099 be watching that. 0:05:06.419 --> 0:05:11.739 Well, obviously the cliche would be potentially finals preview, but 0:05:12.619 --> 0:05:15.499 I'm sure Boston will have something to say about that. 0:05:15.579 --> 0:05:18.699 But nonetheless, those two teams have the best records. They 0:05:18.819 --> 0:05:21.379 just had a great game. This could have been a 0:05:21.419 --> 0:05:23.619 trap game for him, But no, I thought the Sixers 0:05:23.659 --> 0:05:27.499 young guys really, other than the turnovers, showed themselves. Well. 0:05:27.779 --> 0:05:30.179 Here is I believe coach Nick nurse. 0:05:30.379 --> 0:05:32.499 You know, for most but then we had a little 0:05:35.219 --> 0:05:36.219 you know, a couple of rebounds. 0:05:36.219 --> 0:05:38.339 We got three stops to start the fourth, but they 0:05:38.419 --> 0:05:42.379 got offensive rebounds on all of them. We had a 0:05:42.379 --> 0:05:45.899 couple of turnovers as well, so we kind of didn't 0:05:45.939 --> 0:05:49.859 take advantage of our possessions as a key to the game. 0:05:49.939 --> 0:05:53.619 And we certainly started off early just handed them the ball, 0:05:54.499 --> 0:05:58.299 all right, And then we had a little spat of 0:05:58.379 --> 0:06:00.499 that in the fourth as well, which kind of opened 0:06:00.499 --> 0:06:02.979 the game back up. But for the most part, you know, 0:06:03.059 --> 0:06:05.659 some of these guys played played pretty good, played played 0:06:05.659 --> 0:06:08.659 pretty hard, and executed pretty well. 0:06:10.739 --> 0:06:14.019 Yeah, really good. I mean, I think he's uh really 0:06:14.219 --> 0:06:17.699 really improving again. 0:06:17.779 --> 0:06:20.019 He seems to. He gives a really good effort on 0:06:20.059 --> 0:06:26.179 the defensive end. He's capable of guarding, you know, lots 0:06:26.179 --> 0:06:32.179 of lots of positions defensively, He's got a good feel offensively, again, 0:06:32.259 --> 0:06:34.939 the ball finds him because he's moving at the right 0:06:35.099 --> 0:06:37.499 to the right place at the right time. I thought 0:06:37.499 --> 0:06:39.859 he took a good number of threes that were there. 0:06:39.899 --> 0:06:42.699 I thought he drove when he was supposed to. I 0:06:42.739 --> 0:06:44.419 thought he got off at when he was supposed to 0:06:44.699 --> 0:06:48.219 the most part. So yeah, really really good bright Spot 0:06:48.219 --> 0:06:52.419 there did the tomorrow's game to back to back play 0:06:52.459 --> 0:06:58.739 into Paul, Uh, Maxie and and Kate did not playing tonight? Well, 0:06:59.299 --> 0:07:04.059 I don't know, listen, I I kind of always play 0:07:04.059 --> 0:07:08.139 Who's available? Right and uh I was told that by 0:07:08.179 --> 0:07:10.659 the time the game started, those three guys were out 0:07:11.219 --> 0:07:13.179 and so they weren't available. 0:07:14.459 --> 0:07:17.419 Well did you reactul, you inspect them to be tomorrow 0:07:17.779 --> 0:07:20.339 They don't have don't have an update yet on for tomorrow. 0:07:20.419 --> 0:07:22.499 What was your reaction when you found out before the 0:07:22.539 --> 0:07:24.299 game that those guys were not available? 0:07:24.379 --> 0:07:26.659 Unless you've been missing eight guys. 0:07:26.139 --> 0:07:28.859 Toll, Yeah, you know. 0:07:28.979 --> 0:07:31.579 My reaction is is about the same as it's you know, 0:07:31.659 --> 0:07:32.379 been most. 0:07:32.139 --> 0:07:32.539 Of the year. 0:07:32.619 --> 0:07:35.219 As you take a little bit of a gut punch, 0:07:35.259 --> 0:07:37.499 and then you regroup and figure out the starting lineups, 0:07:37.539 --> 0:07:39.539 and you figure out the rotations, and you figure out 0:07:39.579 --> 0:07:42.539 if what needs to change on the game plan uh 0:07:42.619 --> 0:07:45.659 as quick at as quick as possible and uh and 0:07:45.739 --> 0:07:46.419 then go play. 0:07:46.859 --> 0:07:47.939 Yup got third. 0:07:47.819 --> 0:07:50.459 Quarter plash the year? What really stood out to you? 0:07:53.499 --> 0:07:56.699 Well, we we got good shots almost every possession, right, 0:07:56.739 --> 0:07:58.899 we just we just I mean, yeah, we threw one 0:07:59.019 --> 0:08:00.979 or two in late in the shot clock, but most 0:08:00.979 --> 0:08:03.179 of them we just kept moving it. We were getting 0:08:03.179 --> 0:08:05.939 off the ball. We weren't trying to over dribble it 0:08:05.979 --> 0:08:08.099 when we were guarded. We were we were moving to 0:08:08.179 --> 0:08:10.499 the next side, moving it again and running next action. 0:08:10.619 --> 0:08:12.499 And then the guys were I thought they were hitting 0:08:12.539 --> 0:08:15.699 the paint and they play, They play really good. You know, 0:08:15.899 --> 0:08:17.819 they send a lot of bodies to the paint once 0:08:17.859 --> 0:08:19.499 you once you're in there, so you got to find 0:08:19.539 --> 0:08:20.579 a way to get get it out. 0:08:20.619 --> 0:08:21.939 And I thought our guys did a good job of. 0:08:21.899 --> 0:08:24.619 Getting up and over and out and relocating to be 0:08:24.699 --> 0:08:27.539 open on the perimeter to again create good shots. That 0:08:27.579 --> 0:08:30.299 guys just did a much better job of reading what 0:08:30.499 --> 0:08:30.819 was there. 0:08:31.979 --> 0:08:38.859 Sixers coach Nick Nurse Final score, Final score, the Thunder 0:08:39.419 --> 0:08:42.099 one eighteen, the Sixers one out two. This is our 0:08:42.179 --> 0:08:46.699 Parks Casino post game show. Tom McGinnis Nick Nurse talking 0:08:46.739 --> 0:08:51.859 about Justin Edwards and his career game of twenty five points. 0:08:52.459 --> 0:08:54.059 They liked him coming out of the draft. He went 0:08:54.139 --> 0:08:57.859 undrafted after one season at Kentucky. He is from Philadelphia, 0:08:58.139 --> 0:09:00.179 as I'm sure a lot of people know, had to 0:09:00.179 --> 0:09:01.739 be cool to play in front of iverson same for 0:09:01.819 --> 0:09:05.179 Jeff Dowton, who grew up idolizing Iverson. Both of those 0:09:05.179 --> 0:09:07.219 guys had career nights. I just saw Iverson in the 0:09:07.259 --> 0:09:10.419 back on his way out after the game. You grew 0:09:10.499 --> 0:09:12.459 up watching him too, right, I did. 0:09:12.499 --> 0:09:12.819 I did. 0:09:12.819 --> 0:09:15.459 When the Sixers were in Sacramento, it reminded me of 0:09:15.619 --> 0:09:17.419 coming here. My brother was a ball boy for one 0:09:17.459 --> 0:09:19.579 game against the Kings in two thousand and three, and 0:09:19.619 --> 0:09:22.979 it was Iverson against those Doug Christy, Mike Bibby Kings, 0:09:23.019 --> 0:09:26.659 that Mike Bibby King's team, but both of those guys. 0:09:28.019 --> 0:09:29.859 I got two tickets. My dad and I sat with 0:09:29.899 --> 0:09:33.699 the thundersticks behind the basket. So I remember and get this. 0:09:34.299 --> 0:09:35.579 I don't know if I mentioned this to you, but I 0:09:35.619 --> 0:09:37.579 think I said it during the halftime show that King's game. 0:09:37.699 --> 0:09:40.059 Sixers took one to three in that entire games in 0:09:40.059 --> 0:09:42.579 two thousand and three, and now the Celtics average fifty 0:09:42.619 --> 0:09:45.619 a game. But yeah, the good effort I mean, especially 0:09:45.619 --> 0:09:48.859 from those guys, but from the Sixers team overall without 0:09:49.259 --> 0:09:51.859 eight players. Any final thoughts heading into New York. 0:09:51.819 --> 0:09:55.099 Well, just like forget the Knicks for a second, but 0:09:55.179 --> 0:09:57.299 like justin like Coach was saying, I'd like to see 0:09:57.379 --> 0:10:00.419 him more. And then as goes the NBA season, like 0:10:00.539 --> 0:10:04.499 it eventually guys play right, I mean, because of all injuries, 0:10:04.859 --> 0:10:08.139 any number of reasons. And it's got to be a 0:10:08.259 --> 0:10:10.979 huge confidence boost for him because I gotta I gotta 0:10:10.979 --> 0:10:14.659 tell you, like even in training camp and like the 0:10:14.699 --> 0:10:17.659 primary part of his game is shooting. But eventually his 0:10:17.739 --> 0:10:19.059 coach said, you got to be able to guard, and 0:10:19.099 --> 0:10:21.299 he's proven that he could do that. Coach just louded 0:10:21.379 --> 0:10:23.779 him for that. But even in the Bahamas, he didn't 0:10:23.779 --> 0:10:26.339 he didn't shoot the ball well. And then like just 0:10:26.459 --> 0:10:29.339 two three weeks ago, coach Nurse was saying he didn't 0:10:29.339 --> 0:10:31.979 know what he was. And for a coach to say 0:10:31.979 --> 0:10:35.059 that about his own player, that's you know, it sounds 0:10:35.099 --> 0:10:38.499 like that's not well. He hadn't played enough, he wasn't sure, 0:10:38.579 --> 0:10:40.739 he wouldn't been able to define him. Now he has 0:10:41.299 --> 0:10:44.779 and he's beginning to, you know, check some boxes. And 0:10:44.819 --> 0:10:47.779 then you know, for a young player, the big part 0:10:47.939 --> 0:10:50.699 is can you be trusted in a big game, And 0:10:51.699 --> 0:10:54.379 he's starting to prove that. You know, for spot minutes, 0:10:54.419 --> 0:10:55.899 he might be all up to come out there and 0:10:55.899 --> 0:10:56.459 make a shot. 0:10:56.699 --> 0:10:59.939 He had a game for Kentucky last year against Alabama, 0:10:59.939 --> 0:11:02.499 who went to the Final four. He went he had 0:11:02.499 --> 0:11:04.779 twenty eight points. He went ten for ten from the field, 0:11:04.859 --> 0:11:06.619 four for four from three. I think his only miss 0:11:06.659 --> 0:11:09.419 was one of his handful of free throws. So he's 0:11:09.459 --> 0:11:12.099 not afraid of the moment. I mean, one of the 0:11:12.099 --> 0:11:13.939 best players in high school on the circuit, one of 0:11:13.979 --> 0:11:17.019 the top ranked players. And the Sixers, they they knew, 0:11:17.299 --> 0:11:19.299 they scouted him for the draft. They were excited to 0:11:19.299 --> 0:11:21.419 get him right after the draft undrafted, but they wanted 0:11:21.419 --> 0:11:24.019 to see what he could do lately after honing his 0:11:24.059 --> 0:11:25.099 skills with the Blue Coats. 0:11:25.179 --> 0:11:28.059 Yeah to you say, not afraid, like I love that 0:11:28.139 --> 0:11:31.699 about players, Like they just they hoop right like. But 0:11:31.979 --> 0:11:33.779 on the other hand, there was a couple of drives 0:11:33.779 --> 0:11:36.699 where he had shay whoop. Yeah, ranked it a rim 0:11:36.819 --> 0:11:38.979 but no, but like you know, obviously he's one of 0:11:39.019 --> 0:11:41.299 the best players in the NBA. It's so good and 0:11:41.379 --> 0:11:43.619 he was, I mean, he made it look so easy, 0:11:43.699 --> 0:11:47.499 right sgat. Let's be on. That's they jumped out with 0:11:47.579 --> 0:11:50.739 thirty seven points in the open quoter. He was ten 0:11:50.819 --> 0:11:54.099 for ten before he missed. That's party. They let their 0:11:54.099 --> 0:11:55.379 guyard down a little bit right. 0:11:55.419 --> 0:11:57.979 Half as many free throws for him as the last game, 0:11:58.019 --> 0:12:00.819 but he controls the pace of the game so well. 0:12:00.939 --> 0:12:03.779 Some of those were and ones. He goes seven for eighty, 0:12:03.859 --> 0:12:07.059 gets a game high thirty two points. It's not always 0:12:07.139 --> 0:12:10.939 like three point shooting, obviously, JAM but although he's doing 0:12:10.979 --> 0:12:12.219 better in that era, again. 0:12:12.019 --> 0:12:15.019 He's an elite, world class player. He's like I said, 0:12:15.139 --> 0:12:18.579 he's right there for MVP was the runner up a 0:12:18.619 --> 0:12:21.819 year ago. But he's like MAXI. He's first one in, 0:12:21.979 --> 0:12:24.539 last one out. He puts in so much work and 0:12:24.579 --> 0:12:27.899 when you couple that with an unsatiable you know, drive 0:12:27.979 --> 0:12:30.619 and competitives, you you get one of the best most 0:12:30.619 --> 0:12:33.859 talented players in the league. And they're a remarkable story. 0:12:33.899 --> 0:12:36.739 And they still have a war chest of draft picks, 0:12:36.819 --> 0:12:40.539 including if I'm not mistaken, thus Sixers pick this year, right, 0:12:40.579 --> 0:12:41.499 it's the Sixers. 0:12:41.859 --> 0:12:45.259 It's the Thunders pick unless it's in the top six, Okay, 0:12:45.739 --> 0:12:48.419 and then it would be the Sixers pick. Sixteen point 0:12:48.499 --> 0:12:50.819 loss for the Sixers at home to the Oklahoma City 0:12:50.819 --> 0:12:53.459 Thunder who are a league a Western Conference best thirty 0:12:53.459 --> 0:12:55.739 three and six. Matt Murphy and Tom McGinness here on 0:12:55.779 --> 0:12:59.219 our Parks Casino postgame show. Hartin's dine a big second half, 0:12:59.259 --> 0:13:02.619 rebounding eleven out of his sixteen boards with nine points tonight. 0:13:02.659 --> 0:13:05.939 He's a former New York Nick. Now the Knicks are 0:13:05.979 --> 0:13:09.699 coming here tomorrow night. They had a big win over 0:13:09.779 --> 0:13:12.299 Milwaukee and then lost the second end of the back 0:13:12.339 --> 0:13:15.739 to back too and upstart Detroit Pistons team yesterday. But 0:13:15.779 --> 0:13:17.859 we know what the Knicks are about. They they don't 0:13:17.899 --> 0:13:20.859 have a ton of depth, but their starting lineup is incredible. 0:13:20.979 --> 0:13:24.539 Karl Anthony Towns is the reigning Eastern Conference Player of 0:13:24.579 --> 0:13:27.179 the Month. Bruntson the head of the snake, as they say, 0:13:27.219 --> 0:13:31.059 and Bridges coming off rebounded well from a couple rough 0:13:31.099 --> 0:13:31.699 shooting games. 0:13:31.739 --> 0:13:32.859 We got a great year though. 0:13:33.139 --> 0:13:35.939 Yeah against this Okay s team, he had an nine 0:13:35.979 --> 0:13:37.499 over seven from three games. 0:13:37.219 --> 0:13:43.139 Before that incredible stretch. They're you know, like the playoffs 0:13:43.259 --> 0:13:47.019 were amazing, like for them, right, I mean nobody. I 0:13:47.099 --> 0:13:49.739 talked to Dante DiVincenzo in the preseas when the Sixers 0:13:49.739 --> 0:13:53.059 were in Iowa playing the or the Wolves, and you 0:13:53.099 --> 0:13:55.299 know that second game. They'll never forget that at the 0:13:55.339 --> 0:13:58.099 Garden and Hartenstein was a big part of that. But 0:13:58.299 --> 0:14:00.619 as you say, now they have towns. But what I 0:14:00.659 --> 0:14:02.539 remember too, first of all, they've already come in here 0:14:02.579 --> 0:14:05.419 and beat the Sixers this year. What I remember is 0:14:05.499 --> 0:14:09.459 last year, the first matchup was in January, and you know, 0:14:09.539 --> 0:14:12.219 you're thinking, oh, whatever it was. Then they go, this 0:14:12.259 --> 0:14:15.179 is the Sixers, and they came out and they played 0:14:15.339 --> 0:14:19.259 so hard and they were sprinting Plastic City. They dominated, 0:14:19.699 --> 0:14:22.379 and that I remember then talking to coach subsequently, and 0:14:22.779 --> 0:14:24.939 then they won the second game here and when we 0:14:24.939 --> 0:14:26.539 were in New York and I was talking to coach 0:14:26.579 --> 0:14:28.899 and we were doing our pregame and I was saying 0:14:28.939 --> 0:14:31.939 something whatever I said, like framing it like tonight a 0:14:31.939 --> 0:14:35.059 tough one against the Knicks, and like he knows more 0:14:35.099 --> 0:14:38.059 than anybody, He's like, yeah, like we better like he 0:14:38.219 --> 0:14:41.779 was talking about, we better get back. They sprinted by us. 0:14:41.819 --> 0:14:44.499 Like if that doesn't wake you up, that's how they 0:14:44.499 --> 0:14:47.899 play there. I mean, you know, you know under coach TIBs, 0:14:47.939 --> 0:14:50.019 they're going to play hard. So so hopefully the Sixers 0:14:50.019 --> 0:14:52.459 will have a couple more of those players, if not 0:14:52.579 --> 0:14:55.539 more than a couple in the game, that would be 0:14:55.619 --> 0:14:59.379 certainly beneficial. But another huge game. They're always key against 0:14:59.419 --> 0:15:02.499 the division rival it's going to be a tough one, 0:15:02.499 --> 0:15:04.299 to be sure. And that that's you know, the second 0:15:04.379 --> 0:15:06.019 nd of a back to back for the Sixers, but 0:15:06.619 --> 0:15:09.139 just against the Knicks. And now you know, it's not 0:15:09.219 --> 0:15:11.659 just Boston you got to get by. It's not just Cleveland. 0:15:11.659 --> 0:15:13.939 I mean the Sixers obviously in eleven. There's a lot 0:15:13.979 --> 0:15:15.939 of teams they gotta get by. But you're not going 0:15:15.979 --> 0:15:18.419 anywhere unless eventually you can beat New York. And that's 0:15:18.819 --> 0:15:21.619 here we go with a matchup tomorrow against them. 0:15:21.499 --> 0:15:23.539 And here we go looking at the injury report as well, 0:15:23.619 --> 0:15:25.979 right because then Bead's day to day with the foot sprain. 0:15:26.419 --> 0:15:28.379 He was listed as out for this one, but Maxi 0:15:28.499 --> 0:15:32.579 and Paul George were late ads to it. Max would 0:15:32.619 --> 0:15:35.179 say the handsprain from the Orlando game, and Paul George 0:15:35.259 --> 0:15:36.619 was right ankle soreness. 0:15:36.739 --> 0:15:39.979 And here comes Justin Edwards out and right before the 0:15:40.019 --> 0:15:43.019 game and coach and again he's being optimistic, but he 0:15:43.099 --> 0:15:45.899 said Joel is day to day and hopefully have a 0:15:45.899 --> 0:15:47.579 good day tomorrow and be able to play. So he 0:15:47.619 --> 0:15:48.499 didn't rule them out. 0:15:49.219 --> 0:15:51.819 So we shall see the New York Knicks here tomorrow night. 0:15:51.859 --> 0:15:53.699 Tonight A lost to the Thunder Tom Againnis, thank you 0:15:53.739 --> 0:15:56.299 as always, all right night Murph one eighteen one oh two. 0:15:56.299 --> 0:16:00.819 The final score SGA thirty two points for OKC, Jalen 0:16:00.859 --> 0:16:05.419 Williams with twenty four and Justin Edwards, who is back 0:16:05.459 --> 0:16:08.579 out on the court right now taking photos signing autographs 0:16:08.619 --> 0:16:13.019 with some young fans. The Philly native had a career 0:16:13.099 --> 0:16:15.539 high twenty five points to lead the Sixers. He shot 0:16:15.659 --> 0:16:18.699 nine of sixteen, four for nine from three, and three 0:16:18.779 --> 0:16:21.019 for four at the line. He had six rebounds and 0:16:21.059 --> 0:16:24.939 four assists along with his twenty five points. We'll have 0:16:25.019 --> 0:16:27.699 audio highlights of this game, stat of the game, box 0:16:27.739 --> 0:16:30.579 score breakdown from the Sixers and the Thunder. On the 0:16:30.619 --> 0:16:33.659 other side, the Sixers fall one eighteen one oh two. 0:16:33.739 --> 0:16:37.619 And this is the Parks Casino postgame show Sixers and 0:16:37.659 --> 0:16:41.059 the Thunder tonight in South Philadelphia. It's the front end 0:16:41.099 --> 0:16:43.739 of a back to back which brings the New York 0:16:43.819 --> 0:16:47.619 Knicks to town tomorrow night. The Thunder are the first 0:16:47.619 --> 0:16:50.859 place team in the West. They get another chance at Cleveland, 0:16:50.859 --> 0:16:53.499 the top team in the East, on Thursday at home 0:16:53.579 --> 0:16:57.579 after they wrapped up a four game road trip Tonight 0:16:57.619 --> 0:17:01.699 against a Sixers team that did not have its Big 0:17:01.819 --> 0:17:05.819 three of Embiid, Maxie and Paul George and did not 0:17:06.299 --> 0:17:12.539 have the services of five other players either, and that 0:17:12.619 --> 0:17:20.579 goes down the list of Andre Drummond, both Martin's, Kyle Lowry, 0:17:21.059 --> 0:17:25.059 Jared McCain. Of course, so Maxie and George were added 0:17:25.099 --> 0:17:28.259 to the injury report today and did not play in 0:17:28.299 --> 0:17:33.939 this game against Shay Gildess, Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder. 0:17:34.699 --> 0:17:37.819 Matt Murphy back with you on the Parks Casino postgame 0:17:37.979 --> 0:17:41.979 show after this Sixers Thunder game. Let's hear how it 0:17:42.139 --> 0:17:45.539 sounded as called by Tom McGinnis. All the key plays 0:17:45.579 --> 0:17:48.419 in this one and of course the end result. Sixers 0:17:48.459 --> 0:17:52.259 Thunder in Philly. The Sixers in blue uniforms the Thunder 0:17:52.419 --> 0:17:56.939 in orange. Sixers use their twenty fourth different starting lineup. 0:17:58.099 --> 0:18:00.899 They were facing a Thunder team without Chet Holmgren, Aj 0:18:01.059 --> 0:18:03.979 Mitchell and their first round pick number twelve over yall 0:18:04.139 --> 0:18:08.739 Nicola number twelve overall, I should say Nicola Topiic Sixers 0:18:08.739 --> 0:18:13.699 started Reggie Jackson, Eric Gordon, Kelly Oubrey, Junior gershaon Yabusele, 0:18:13.779 --> 0:18:16.979 and Ricky Council, the fourth who made his first career 0:18:17.099 --> 0:18:20.459 NBA start against this Oklahoma City defense, which is the 0:18:20.499 --> 0:18:23.739 top ranked defense in the NBA. Alan Iverson was in 0:18:23.779 --> 0:18:27.859 attendance along the right baseline and council in his first 0:18:28.579 --> 0:18:31.299 start as in the NBA with an and one on 0:18:31.379 --> 0:18:32.419 that side of the floor. 0:18:32.579 --> 0:18:34.659 In the lelank Hearts team. But yaboo good to hand 0:18:34.659 --> 0:18:37.859 on that ubre steals it. Six is going left to right, 0:18:38.499 --> 0:18:41.499 Ricky Council in the lelane. Rimy good and he's foul. 0:18:43.219 --> 0:18:45.699 Kind of threw that up over his shoulder after they 0:18:46.059 --> 0:18:47.979 made the foul call, and he's gonna go to the 0:18:48.059 --> 0:18:50.739 line for which could be a three point played, a 0:18:50.819 --> 0:18:54.859 chance for the Sixers to pull them within one. 0:18:53.979 --> 0:18:59.379 Ten to nine game Oklahoma City Council in thirty five 0:18:59.459 --> 0:19:02.579 minutes and twenty three seconds had thirteen points, four rebounds, 0:19:02.579 --> 0:19:06.299 four assists on five of fifteen shooting, took eight threes, 0:19:06.379 --> 0:19:10.259 making one, and he went two for three at the line. 0:19:11.379 --> 0:19:16.299 Now soon after shake Gildess Alexander who's second in the 0:19:16.419 --> 0:19:19.019 or third in the NBA and steals per game, coming 0:19:19.099 --> 0:19:22.539 in at two a game behind Tyrese Maxy, who among 0:19:22.579 --> 0:19:25.659 eligible players is second two point one. Paul George's fourth 0:19:26.379 --> 0:19:28.459 at one point nine steals per game. These are two 0:19:28.499 --> 0:19:30.659 of the best at that. They're the two best at 0:19:30.699 --> 0:19:34.619 forcing turnovers. The Thunder average the most steals as a team. 0:19:34.699 --> 0:19:37.419 He had a steal to Jalen Williams got it back 0:19:37.419 --> 0:19:40.259 for a twenty nine to eleven lead, and then after 0:19:40.299 --> 0:19:44.539 a missed three by Williams, Shake Gildess Alexander second chance 0:19:44.579 --> 0:19:48.339 three gives the Thunder, who never trailed in the game, 0:19:48.419 --> 0:19:50.259 the largest lead of the night. 0:19:50.699 --> 0:19:54.219 Jalen Williams too hard with a three attempt, Paul Lucy 0:19:54.259 --> 0:19:56.379 George gets it to thunder Or to get back on 0:19:56.539 --> 0:19:59.539 d but Gilgess Alexander comes back and nails a triple 0:20:00.699 --> 0:20:04.259 and the Sixers hearing it a little bit from the crowd, 0:20:04.739 --> 0:20:06.619 the nurse is gonna take a time out. 0:20:07.459 --> 0:20:09.939 It was thirty two to eleven. That was on a 0:20:09.979 --> 0:20:13.139 twenty two to two run for the Thunder, who took 0:20:13.139 --> 0:20:16.139 a thirty seven to twenty one lead into the second 0:20:16.179 --> 0:20:20.379 quarter in Philly. Justin Edwards, though, had a quick nine 0:20:20.459 --> 0:20:23.419 points off the bench in this game, and here's how 0:20:23.419 --> 0:20:23.899 he got there. 0:20:24.739 --> 0:20:27.699 Alex Caruso for three. No good at Damn Bona with 0:20:27.739 --> 0:20:30.219 a rebound. I'll let Justin Edwards. Here's Edwards down l 0:20:30.259 --> 0:20:33.979 l ain't up in good nifty move timeout thunder nine 0:20:34.139 --> 0:20:36.219 fifty three to go in the first half. That makes 0:20:36.219 --> 0:20:39.539 it a forty two to twenty seven game, and Justin 0:20:39.659 --> 0:20:43.619 Edwards leads the Sixers with nine points. 0:20:43.659 --> 0:20:47.219 He made nine field goals overall at the by the 0:20:47.259 --> 0:20:51.419 end of the night, nine for sixteen for Edwards, four 0:20:51.499 --> 0:20:54.059 for nine from three, three for four from the line. 0:20:54.059 --> 0:20:56.019 We'll hear more from him on his career night of 0:20:56.059 --> 0:20:59.939 twenty five points. Right after that, Gershan Yambusele made it 0:20:59.979 --> 0:21:02.819 a twelve point game with a three. Eric Gordon made 0:21:02.819 --> 0:21:06.579 it a nine point game with a three, but Oklahoma 0:21:06.619 --> 0:21:10.579 City pushed out in front again. And that steal connection 0:21:10.779 --> 0:21:14.059 of Shake Gildess Alexander that I was talking about defense 0:21:14.139 --> 0:21:17.579 leading to offense for the thunder, Well that happened right 0:21:17.699 --> 0:21:19.739 before the halftime buzzer. 0:21:19.939 --> 0:21:22.819 Oh, Gildes Alexander steals it. He's got two seconds, he 0:21:22.859 --> 0:21:26.099 cruises it and duncts it with point three. So they 0:21:26.139 --> 0:21:28.819 steal it and score it, and it's now halftime as 0:21:28.819 --> 0:21:31.779 the Sixers are down fifteen fifty eight. 0:21:31.659 --> 0:21:33.779 To forty three. Gildas Alexander didn't miss a shot in 0:21:33.819 --> 0:21:36.019 the first half, eight for eight, made his only three 0:21:36.179 --> 0:21:39.099 missed one free throw, two for three, nineteen points in 0:21:39.139 --> 0:21:42.539 the first half in seventeen minutes for Shake Gildess Alexander 0:21:42.579 --> 0:21:47.859 Thunder fifty eight six Ers forty three, and in the 0:21:47.899 --> 0:21:51.699