WEBVTT - The BroadCast: 10/29/18 - Rewind Vs. Hawks 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:03.320 Mike, Tom mcguinnis crossed away. Thank you for joining us. 0:00:03.800 --> 0:00:05.680 You had the hot hand from three. That spot in 0:00:05.680 --> 0:00:07.480 front of the Hawks bench served you well as you 0:00:07.600 --> 0:00:10.360 dropped home a pair from deep in that corner. Must 0:00:10.400 --> 0:00:12.879 have felt good to get those long shots that helped 0:00:12.880 --> 0:00:15.720 the ball club to a victory tonight over your old team. Yeah, yeah, 0:00:15.720 --> 0:00:17.200 I felt good. It was good to see a lot 0:00:17.239 --> 0:00:19.520 of the guys with the Hawks, and um, you know, 0:00:19.560 --> 0:00:21.440 I think we passed the ball really really well tonight, 0:00:21.560 --> 0:00:23.880 thirty three assists. The ball was moving. That's when it's 0:00:23.920 --> 0:00:26.320 fun to play. So you're getting into rhythm, huh after 0:00:26.320 --> 0:00:29.520 the first week back. Yeah, yeah, I've been. I've been 0:00:29.560 --> 0:00:31.480 in the gym a lot. Um, it feels really good 0:00:31.480 --> 0:00:34.120 to be back playing with these guys. It's such a 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:36.279 fun team to play with. So I'm fortunate to be 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:37.640 back and just trying to take a one game at 0:00:37.640 --> 0:00:40.280 a fun. Mike, leaning on your inside a little bit, 0:00:40.320 --> 0:00:42.280 but it's it was kind of a sloppy first half. 0:00:42.280 --> 0:00:44.920 You're tied at forty seven. I was curious what was 0:00:44.960 --> 0:00:46.960 it like in the locker room where the coaches. I 0:00:47.000 --> 0:00:50.120 know they're not, you know, showing desperation, but but obviously 0:00:50.200 --> 0:00:51.760 they got to try to send a message. What was 0:00:51.800 --> 0:00:54.240 it like at halftime. Yeah, they were just challenging us 0:00:54.240 --> 0:00:58.040 to lock in and not give up as many offensive 0:00:58.080 --> 0:00:59.600 rebounds as we had in the first half, and me 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:02.040 include I'll at up a few and just to get 0:01:02.040 --> 0:01:04.600 back on transition defense as well. And they show a 0:01:04.600 --> 0:01:05.880 crowd and I think we did. We did a really 0:01:05.920 --> 0:01:07.440 good job of that in the third period and that 0:01:07.720 --> 0:01:09.440 kind of set us up for the win. Where'd you 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:12.600 think of Simmons tonight? Oh? Man, he was awesome. His 0:01:12.680 --> 0:01:15.240 athleticism and him pushing the ball in transition. It's a 0:01:15.319 --> 0:01:17.480 real treat to play with and look forward to more 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:19.679 of it for the trophy year. Thank you, Mike, good Luck, 0:01:19.680 --> 0:01:23.560 appreciate it. Thank you, Mike Muscala of the Sixers. Sixers 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:27.840 Win one, thirteen ninety two. Coming out postgame coverage including 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:31.640 Brian Seltzer of Sixers dot Com, Sixer's head coach Brent Brown. 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:34.600 We'll put the game in summation. They'll be highlights and 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:37.080 a lot more as we roll on from South Philadelphia 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:40.760 the Sixers over Atlanta. This is the Sixers Radio Network, 0:01:41.440 --> 0:01:47.880 ninety seven five. The Fanatic Sixers Win one, thirteen ninety two. 0:01:48.040 --> 0:01:50.800 They had a sixteen to four run to start the third, 0:01:50.840 --> 0:01:53.800 and then as I mentioned, you could go the other way. 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:56.720 They ended the third out of twenty six to nine runs. 0:01:56.800 --> 0:02:00.360 Simmons was incredibly yet fifteen points a career best for 0:02:00.440 --> 0:02:03.720 points in a quarter in that third, and then he 0:02:03.800 --> 0:02:06.760 either scored or assisted in the first twenty two points 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:10.679 by the team in that third quarter. So Ben Simmons 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:12.960 was brilliant. I mentioned he is our Independence Blue Cross 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:14.760 player of the game. I'll betche he's the bell ringer 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:19.520 as the Sixers with that little ceremony in the locker 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:23.040 room and at the end of the game Amir Johnson 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:26.480 and the receiving end of a long Marquel Folts pass. 0:02:26.680 --> 0:02:30.480 Folts ended up with seven assists and Johnson with an 0:02:30.520 --> 0:02:35.040 easy slam our Dunkin' Donuts dunk of the game. So 0:02:35.120 --> 0:02:38.400 the Sixers win one thirteen to ninety two. Ben led 0:02:38.440 --> 0:02:41.080 the way with twenty one points, twelve rebounds, nine assists. 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:45.160 He also had a block sixteen points for Folts his 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:50.239 career high seven assists, four rebounds, eleven for Robert Covington. 0:02:50.919 --> 0:02:53.959 Dario four points, nine rebounds and an assist plus a 0:02:54.040 --> 0:03:00.000 steel Joel emb ten points, six boards, six assists, four turnovers, 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:03.840 two blocks. Again they were double teaming Joel, and you 0:03:03.840 --> 0:03:07.040 know at times he passed a well. He had six assists, 0:03:07.320 --> 0:03:09.400 but four turnovers. That kind of threw him off a 0:03:09.440 --> 0:03:10.880 little bit. I thought he was catching the ball a 0:03:10.919 --> 0:03:13.960 little further away from the basket than it would be 0:03:14.360 --> 0:03:17.679 most you know, prudent or helpful, you know, if you 0:03:17.720 --> 0:03:19.640 were to catch it a little bit closer. But credit 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:21.360 to Alex land for four seeing him out, and then 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:24.520 Basemore was coming with that double team action off the bench. 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:28.000 Two players of fourteen, Reddick and Muscot. They combined for 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:30.880 eight main three's thirteen for Landry Shammon he had a 0:03:30.919 --> 0:03:34.880 pair of three's fourteen total from beyond by the Sixers, 0:03:35.880 --> 0:03:39.400 and then other players got in the scoring column. Amir 0:03:39.560 --> 0:03:42.760 Johnson was six rebounds, two points, two points off the 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:47.520 bench for both McConnell, Kirkmis and Boldin had four for Atlanta, 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:51.240 eighteen for Basemore, eleven apiece for both three Young Deadman 0:03:51.320 --> 0:03:54.640 and Amer Spellman, and those were their only double figure scores. 0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:57.000 They're two and four and the Sixers are four and three. 0:03:57.080 --> 0:03:59.600 We'll have more postgame coverage after you hear this, this 0:03:59.680 --> 0:04:03.560 is the Sixers A Radio network ninety seven five the Fanatic. 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:07.480 The Sixers with a huge third quarter and a big 0:04:07.520 --> 0:04:10.680 second half, pull away from Atlanta and win tonight's game 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:13.240 one thirteen to ninety two in front of a sellout 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:16.440 crowd of over twenty thousand, two hundred fans on hand. 0:04:16.480 --> 0:04:19.560 Here tonight we mentioned what the Sixers did offensively in 0:04:19.600 --> 0:04:23.160 the third Simmons getting the first well having a hand 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:26.440 in the first twenty two points, and then fifteen points 0:04:26.480 --> 0:04:29.960 of his own in that quarter. The big runs by 0:04:29.960 --> 0:04:32.560 the Sixers included an eleven oz spurt. Reddick had a 0:04:32.600 --> 0:04:36.400 big three in that span, but they also forced Atlanta 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:39.839 into just six of twenty four from the field with 0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:43.799 six turnovers. They only scored thirteen points in the third quarter. 0:04:43.960 --> 0:04:46.839 And again, sometime game that comes down to the last 0:04:46.880 --> 0:04:48.640 shot and it's the last two or three minutes to 0:04:48.720 --> 0:04:52.360 determine the outcome, but other times it's other aspects, other 0:04:52.400 --> 0:04:54.599 phases of the game. Of tonight, it was the third quarter, 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:57.840 as it was even at forty seven, but the Sixers 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:00.719 pull away. They were a little lackluster, be short to 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:03.840 be sure. Early in the game shooting a poor percentage, 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:06.440 high turnover rate, and yet we're able to pull it 0:05:06.520 --> 0:05:09.560 together and knock off the Atlanta Hawks. So the Sixers 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:12.480 are unbeaten at home, looking for their first road win 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:15.560 of the year. It'll be tomorrow night in Toronto. Tough 0:05:15.600 --> 0:05:19.039 back to back. The Raptors are in Milwaukee. They've cut 0:05:19.040 --> 0:05:21.640 it to eight in the third and again a big 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:24.960 score elsewhere in the NBA. We mentioned Golden State in 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:27.760 Chicago and racking up. They already have one hundred and 0:05:27.760 --> 0:05:30.239 two points in the third. They had ninety two at halftime. 0:05:30.279 --> 0:05:33.520 Clay Thompson had ten threes. Kind of a startling result 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:36.720 from around the NBA. So that'll do it from now again. 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:40.320 Our thanks to Marty Dickerson, Sam Fletcher, and Tyler Zuli, 0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:44.159 our engineers. Brian Seltzer Sixers dot COM's next final score 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:48.440 from the Center one thirteen ninety two Sixers over the Hawks. 0:05:48.440 --> 0:05:51.080 Tom McGinnis saying, thanks for listening. I'll have a slice 0:05:51.080 --> 0:05:53.880 of that postgame coverage, but Brian Seltzer will handle it, 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:56.240 including Brett Brown from outside the locker room. Right after 0:05:56.279 --> 0:06:01.200 this on the Sixers Radio Network ninety seven, The Fanatic 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:05.040 seventy six Ers beat the Atlanta Hawks one thirteen to 0:06:05.160 --> 0:06:07.280 ninety two. My name is Brian Selz. Let's go right 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:11.040 now to Brett Brown his postgame press conference extracting that 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:14.040 off and how do you think you guys, Yeah, yes, 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:18.720 we were expecting it, maybe not to the blatant way 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:21.800 that they did it, but yes we were expecting it. 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:26.200 And I think that we did a better job in 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:30.039 the second half of going to floor spots. I mean, 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:33.600 wild double teams, you know, from the top of the 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:35.920 key or from one side of the floor normally don't 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:39.360 happen in our league. And so I thought that Joe 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:43.680 did a pretty good job of knowing that they're incredibly 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:49.080 always leaving Marquel from whatever part of the floor, and 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:51.680 then they did it to Ben, but a lot with Marquel, 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:55.280 and then Markuell basket cut and almost like the best 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:56.960 play you could run would be to throw it to 0:06:57.080 --> 0:07:00.400 Joel and just have Markuell, no matter where he was, 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:02.280 just follow his man and get to the front of 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:04.200 the rim with a paint And I thought we did 0:07:04.200 --> 0:07:08.000 a better job of that. But it was some aggressive 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:12.520 double teams and Coach PS's scheme made us head to 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:15.960 think a little bit. Both Ben and m Mark Kelsey 0:07:16.120 --> 0:07:19.600 might be more asserted and confidence with themed by it 0:07:19.640 --> 0:07:23.400 when they are just running the show. Just how do 0:07:23.480 --> 0:07:26.600 you channel that it, like the confidence, the mental side 0:07:26.600 --> 0:07:30.680 of that when they're sharing the It's a challenge. It's 0:07:30.720 --> 0:07:35.840 a challenge early because it comes back to some spatial 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:39.880 issues that affect Joel And so it's it's deeper than 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:43.640 what you're saying, which is true. And what I'm trying 0:07:43.680 --> 0:07:46.880 to do is have it all like you can play 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:49.240 him a little bit together, then separate him and give 0:07:49.240 --> 0:07:51.440 one the ball, then the other person the ball. I've 0:07:51.480 --> 0:07:54.480 said quite candidly. You know that Markel is a point 0:07:54.520 --> 0:07:56.800 guard and Ben is the rookie of the year as 0:07:56.840 --> 0:07:59.920 a point guard, and you know we mix and match 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:02.440 a little bit. But it is a challenge. It is 0:08:02.440 --> 0:08:05.280 a challenge. I think Mark Tellen had been played when 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:09.120 they play together. I think we just spoke about it, 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:11.920 you know, just go to and although it's early days, 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:15.200 I'm aware of that. I'm aware of the numbers and 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:18.320 you know Columes said it and then the numbers would 0:08:18.440 --> 0:08:22.120 would prove you to be right. And right now, it's 0:08:22.160 --> 0:08:25.960 it's a struggle for spatial reasons as much as anything 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:30.280 and you know, you can just like bury your head 0:08:30.280 --> 0:08:32.160 in the sand and just keep doing it and doing 0:08:32.200 --> 0:08:34.080 it and doing it. And you could do that. I 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:36.520 choose to walk that line of trying to grow it 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:43.120 and win. And you know that that's part of that's 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:45.960 part of my challenge, right. I know that the corner 0:08:46.080 --> 0:08:48.160 three was a big point about Asis from you guys 0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:52.080 who drew those paid spots. Yeah, Mike seemed to have 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:57.400 a lot of success. I thought it was his best game, 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:01.280 um that he has played with us. And it's easier 0:09:01.360 --> 0:09:04.160 for me to say that when he makes shots, Like 0:09:04.160 --> 0:09:08.080 when he's making shots, you get flashbacks of Earsign and 0:09:08.280 --> 0:09:10.960 you know we need that from Dario and from Mike. 0:09:11.120 --> 0:09:14.319 We need them to make threes. And I thought that 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:18.000 that stood out. I thought that his ability to switch 0:09:18.080 --> 0:09:21.000 and like really move his feet and show a side 0:09:21.000 --> 0:09:25.200 of athleticism, um, impresses me. I really like him, Like 0:09:25.240 --> 0:09:26.880 you look at him and to me, he's a modern 0:09:26.960 --> 0:09:29.079 day type of player where he can switch and make 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:31.640 a three, and he runs the floor and he's a 0:09:31.800 --> 0:09:33.920 he's a good teammate. He's got some toughness and good 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:36.559 sort of human traits. I thought he was excellent tonight 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:41.720 the new Yeah, he's there's nothing, and he's more than. 0:09:43.360 --> 0:09:47.720 He gets immediate acceptance from his teammates because he works, 0:09:48.840 --> 0:09:52.400 and the players know that you want to passport into 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:55.880 a locker room or a passport into somebody's in a 0:09:56.000 --> 0:10:01.679 circle of friendship, it starts for all of us. It's respect. 0:10:02.480 --> 0:10:06.800 And he gains respect because he works. He gains respect 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:10.040 because he's got some toughness to him. He gains respect 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:15.280 because he's a prideful student of a game plan, and 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:18.320 you want to go to what was somebody like that? 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:20.280 You want to go play a basketball game with somebody 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:25.240 like that. And his human qualities in his his prideful 0:10:25.280 --> 0:10:29.319 side of being a pro are a powerful combination that 0:10:29.679 --> 0:10:31.160 is as good a way to get into a team 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:34.040 as I can think of. Seventy six Ers winning head 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:37.240 coach Brett Brown talking about bench man Mike Muscala after 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:40.880 a really nice one thirteen ninety two victory over Muscala's 0:10:40.920 --> 0:10:43.840 former team at the Atlanta Hawks. Muscala with fourteen points 0:10:44.160 --> 0:10:46.520 off the bench. But the big story for the Sixers 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:48.920 tonight the third quarter, in which they outscored the Hawks 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:51.800 thirty one to thirteen, and they're all that Ben Simmons. 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:55.520 Playton had twenty one points overall for Simmons twelve rebounds, 0:10:55.600 --> 0:10:59.080 nine assists, just two turnovers. But in that third quarter 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:02.200 Simmons scored feen points himself and he had to say 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:05.640 either scoring or assisting on the Sixers first twenty two 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:08.439 points coming out of the gates after a first half 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:13.640 that was quite frankly bumby, tough, scrappy at times, the 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:17.560 Sixers went into the locker room against a young, retooling 0:11:17.559 --> 0:11:20.320 Atlanta team tied at forty seven at the break, but 0:11:20.400 --> 0:11:24.360 it was Simmons, with a really determined, spirited effort at 0:11:24.400 --> 0:11:27.240 who got the Sixers going. Simmons lit the fuse and 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:29.160 the Sixers never looked back from there and route to 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:32.240 their biggest margin of victory on the year, one thirteen 0:11:32.280 --> 0:11:35.240 to ninety two. The final score Joel Embiid, as Brett 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:37.280 was talking about at the start of the portion the 0:11:37.280 --> 0:11:40.080 press conference that we heard double team for really the 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:42.599 majority an entirety of the playing time that he was 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:44.760 out there. Finished with ten points, three of nine from 0:11:44.760 --> 0:11:47.679 the field, six rebounds. He made some good reads passing 0:11:47.679 --> 0:11:51.560 with six assists, but the Hawks, as you expected, made 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:53.880 it difficult on him. The Hawks coach by former Sixers 0:11:53.920 --> 0:11:57.200 assistant Lloyd Pierce, so the Sixers had to adapt and adjust, 0:11:57.520 --> 0:11:59.839 and was almost as if Ben Simmons coming out of 0:11:59.880 --> 0:12:03.520 the locker room said enough is enough, mate, and then 0:12:03.559 --> 0:12:05.679 he took to the Hawks from there. One thirteen ninety two. 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:08.000 The final score. We got Tom McGinnis and some highlights 0:12:08.000 --> 0:12:10.439 coming up as we get going with our postgame coverage 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:13.000 here at the Center. It's the postgame showing the Sixers 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:23.600 raiding Network seven five the fanatics against the Atlanta Hawks 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:25.920 night here at the Center. They wrap up their modest 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:29.800 two game homestand in winning fashion, one thirteen to ninety two, 0:12:29.840 --> 0:12:32.600 six Ers all four of their wins in seven games 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:35.720 this season, coming right here in South Philadelphia. Brian Seltzer 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:38.600 with you from Sixers dot Com. Ben Simmons terrific, terrific 0:12:38.640 --> 0:12:41.000 as well. The man who had the call of tonight's game, 0:12:41.080 --> 0:12:45.679 Tom McGinnis. That was a slightly bumpy beginning, Tom to 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:47.880 tonight's game. For the first twenty four minutes, tied up 0:12:47.920 --> 0:12:50.640 at forty seven, you could tell the Sixers even seemed 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:52.480 a little bit restless with how things were going, and 0:12:52.840 --> 0:12:54.400 there was the raining rookie of the year coming out 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:55.560 of the gates with the head of steam in a 0:12:55.600 --> 0:12:58.000 lot of termination right in a sense, a tale of 0:12:58.120 --> 0:13:01.319 two halves because as you said, turnover half and poor 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:06.760 shooting for the sixers. But Ben he was attacking, and 0:13:06.920 --> 0:13:09.040 much like he did against Charlotte, but this time he 0:13:09.080 --> 0:13:11.720 was getting better clearance, if you will, In other words, 0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:14.560 that defenders weren't all over him, and he was fluid 0:13:14.600 --> 0:13:17.160 and getting to the basket. And then as you say, 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:20.160 in the third quarter, fifteen points matches a career high 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:23.040 for the best career best in a quarter for him 0:13:23.080 --> 0:13:25.800 points wise, and then a hand and twenty two of 0:13:25.840 --> 0:13:28.720 the points with the assists, and that eleven oh run 0:13:28.800 --> 0:13:30.839 and twenty six to nine run to close it out, 0:13:30.880 --> 0:13:34.240 and the great separation and they got they were getting 0:13:34.280 --> 0:13:36.240 good shots in the first part of the game where 0:13:36.240 --> 0:13:39.040 they were missing those threes, and now they started a fall. 0:13:39.120 --> 0:13:42.360 Reddick hit a couple Mascala and Landry Shamm. It really 0:13:42.400 --> 0:13:44.880 added a lot of punch. Mascalars we just heard Bret 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:48.320 Brown talk about from the corner getting those threes. And 0:13:48.440 --> 0:13:50.960 even though in Bead had four turnovers, it didn't have 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:54.600 the gaudy numbers we've seen. He did get six assists 0:13:54.679 --> 0:13:57.280 and he was able to pass it out and I thought, folks, 0:13:57.360 --> 0:13:58.960 these you know, he had a great game. Coach called 0:13:58.960 --> 0:14:00.920 it his best game in the Sea and Saturday against 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:03.400 Charlotte and tonight he came out and really did a 0:14:03.440 --> 0:14:06.480 lot of good things and really had that lucy goosey 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:08.360 kind of play that you'd like to see where he 0:14:08.440 --> 0:14:11.480 attacks and moved the ball and did a nice job 0:14:11.480 --> 0:14:14.080 with a career high in terms of points and assists 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:16.640 as well. So this is a team they should have beaten, 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:19.000 and they did their four and oh at home, they 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:21.400 won thirty one games here last year. It's a great 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:24.880 home court advantage with the sellout crowd and twenty thousand plus, 0:14:25.080 --> 0:14:27.640 and they took care of business, particularly in that third quarter. 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:31.080 Terrific performance by aggressive Ben Simmons in the third one 0:14:31.280 --> 0:14:33.760 thirteen ninety two Sixers when their second in a row, 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:37.920 knocking off the Atlanta Hawks bench tom Real nice tonight, 0:14:38.040 --> 0:14:41.480 led by Mike Muscala with fourteen points. He was plus eighteen, 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:44.040 which means the Sixers had scored Atlanta by the eighteen 0:14:44.080 --> 0:14:47.120 points in the twenty bigger part in eighteen minutes that 0:14:47.160 --> 0:14:50.040 he was on the court. And then Landry's sham it 0:14:50.160 --> 0:14:52.560 really solid as well. And you throw JJ in there, 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:56.040 and that trio combined for forty one points. And again, 0:14:56.200 --> 0:14:59.160 you know, the Sixers, like so many NBA teams, their 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:02.200 offenses pre located on three point shots. Tonight they had 0:15:02.280 --> 0:15:05.440 forty five plus from beyond the arc. And when you 0:15:05.480 --> 0:15:08.840 start hitting them, you know, you you increase the lead. 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:12.120 And it's just it's amazing how quickly they rack up 0:15:12.200 --> 0:15:15.600 when you're shooting them and making threes. And that's obviously 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:17.840 why why they do it. It's driven by analytics, and 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:21.120 it's when it works, it's it's amazing. So uh and 0:15:21.280 --> 0:15:24.320 and j JJ is gonna keep shooting him. Even though 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:26.880 he shot a high volume, like I said, he ended 0:15:26.960 --> 0:15:29.600 up with fourteen points. That's pretty much just a little 0:15:29.600 --> 0:15:33.320 bit under what he's been averaging. So uh. You know, 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:35.440 it's like you just gotta keep shooting them that you 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:37.520 here coaches say that all the time. Guys were getting 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:40.800 good looks, they're gonna drop. Just keep working for him, 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:43.000 you know. And if you execute and get a good shot, 0:15:43.000 --> 0:15:45.120 a coach can live with a miss because they're not 0:15:45.160 --> 0:15:47.240 you're not gonna make them. And guys should thirty five percent. 0:15:47.280 --> 0:15:50.840 It's a pretty decent percentage from beyond. So, uh yeah, 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:53.560 all told good things and uh you know, a lot 0:15:53.560 --> 0:15:55.800 of positives and certainly a lot to talk about when 0:15:55.800 --> 0:15:58.840 they get together mid day tomorrow to plan and try 0:15:58.880 --> 0:16:03.160 to plot stright for the Raptors, because this is I mean, obviously, 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:06.880 the opening game against Boston was huge, the Milwaukee game 0:16:06.960 --> 0:16:09.640 was big. But to now this one right here circled tomorrow, 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:12.480 Toronto versus a city you got to go through Toronto, 0:16:12.640 --> 0:16:15.320 especially with the start they're off to, and I honestly 0:16:15.360 --> 0:16:17.840 I didn't think they got enough pub or hype if 0:16:17.840 --> 0:16:20.920 you will, in the preseason and when their team was 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:23.760 the same. Granted they changed their coach, but they added 0:16:23.760 --> 0:16:26.280 a better player and DeMar or DeMar de Rosen was terrific. 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:28.440 But let's face it, Leonard's one of the best players 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:31.480 in the league and he didn't play tonight, so he'll 0:16:31.480 --> 0:16:34.760 be rarer to go tomorrow. Great show down tomorrow live 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:36.640 from Toronto with seven I was gonna say, after this 0:16:36.680 --> 0:16:39.640 one thirteen ninety two win tonight, I cannot wait to 0:16:39.720 --> 0:16:42.080 watch tomorrow's game. I mean, these are as you said 0:16:42.400 --> 0:16:45.640 to the top teams building the Eastern Conference. You forget Sergibaka. 0:16:45.640 --> 0:16:48.280 I mean he's got twenty six points in the game tonight, 0:16:48.360 --> 0:16:51.360 Raptors trailing at Milwaukee by fourteen towards the end of 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:54.400 the third. But Danny Green thrown in the mix as well. 0:16:54.440 --> 0:16:56.920 And this young bench that seemed like it came out 0:16:56.920 --> 0:16:59.080 of nowhere for the Raptors. Now their bench was really good. 0:16:59.160 --> 0:17:02.240 Van Fleet really came on last year. Siakam gives them energy. 0:17:02.280 --> 0:17:04.159 Ogi on Anobie was a starter for much of the 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:06.720 early part of the last season, and now he's coming 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:10.480 off the bench with Ibaka in the middle. Now Valatunis 0:17:10.560 --> 0:17:13.119 is coming off the bench. So it's so important for 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:16.280 these elite teams that there's obviously gonna be a little 0:17:16.359 --> 0:17:18.760 drop off. There's a reason the first five our starters. 0:17:19.240 --> 0:17:21.960 But this this second unit for them has been been 0:17:22.000 --> 0:17:24.479 really good and so it shapes up. Then that's been 0:17:24.480 --> 0:17:26.520 a difficult place for the Sixers to play. Again. The 0:17:26.560 --> 0:17:28.600 Sixes have beaten them over the last couple of years, 0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:31.720 but for the most part during the last few years 0:17:31.800 --> 0:17:34.600 they've dominated. So at some point you got to get 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:37.359 through Boston, you have to get through Toronto and hopefully 0:17:37.400 --> 0:17:40.120 it starts tomorrow. For the Sixers, a man Tam Mac 0:17:40.200 --> 0:17:42.399 talked to you from north of the border tomorrow. You 0:17:42.480 --> 0:17:45.399 gotta thank you, Brian. Good Night. Seventy Sixers runaway from 0:17:45.440 --> 0:17:48.320 the Hawks one thirteen ninety two TIMS, highlight calls and 0:17:48.480 --> 0:17:51.280 recap plus some stats on the other side. This is 0:17:51.280 --> 0:17:55.960 the postgame showing the Sixers rate a Network ninety seven 0:17:56.080 --> 0:18:00.600 five the fanatic seventy Sixers and the Atlanta Hawk closing 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:03.280 out a two games stop at home in South Philadelphia 0:18:03.280 --> 0:18:07.280 for the Sixers. Let us get two tonight's highlight calls. 0:18:07.280 --> 0:18:11.200 Sixers who welcing back former assistant coach Lloyd Pearson the 0:18:11.280 --> 0:18:13.640 last five years here as an original member of Rett 0:18:13.680 --> 0:18:17.320 Brown's coaching staff. No surprise, the Hawks came out playing 0:18:17.359 --> 0:18:20.800 some tough defense, Sixers battling for everything they could get, 0:18:21.880 --> 0:18:24.520 and the Sixers go to Mascalo Mascala two and beat 0:18:24.560 --> 0:18:27.160 the left to keep back down. Marquels and Foals will 0:18:27.200 --> 0:18:29.720 get a layup, so they're double teaming and beat and 0:18:29.840 --> 0:18:32.160 Joel makes them pay as Foals with a good cut 0:18:32.200 --> 0:18:34.720 to the right of the rim. The Sixers were down 0:18:34.760 --> 0:18:37.240 twenty five twenty after twelve minutes in play. In the 0:18:37.280 --> 0:18:40.280 second quarter, the Sixers fell behind by five. They were 0:18:40.280 --> 0:18:43.160 looking for some sort of spurting verse JJ Reddick who 0:18:43.200 --> 0:18:46.600 was behind a very strong run JJ opened three. Boy, 0:18:46.640 --> 0:18:48.760 he's got to hit this one, and he does J 0:18:49.240 --> 0:18:53.080 J Reddick from Simmons, Reddick scored eight and row for 0:18:53.080 --> 0:18:55.160 the seventy Sixers to put them up by a six. 0:18:55.280 --> 0:18:58.280 But the Hawks closed out the first half by scoring 0:18:58.320 --> 0:18:59.600 six points in a row. It was tied up with 0:18:59.680 --> 0:19:03.160 forty happening going to the break. Onto the turning point 0:19:03.200 --> 0:19:05.800 of tonight's game, there was no question about it. The 0:19:05.840 --> 0:19:08.439 third quarter, Ben Simmons left a stamp an imprint on 0:19:08.480 --> 0:19:10.840 this game. Ben with it against Urry and Prince eight 0:19:10.920 --> 0:19:13.560 to shoot in the lane around one man, right in shot, 0:19:13.640 --> 0:19:16.240 running around and gun in a foul on Atlanta and 0:19:16.359 --> 0:19:19.800 the Sixers showing signs of life and in large part 0:19:19.840 --> 0:19:22.120 because you could tell the rookie of the Year came 0:19:22.160 --> 0:19:24.159 out with his mind made up. He was going to 0:19:24.200 --> 0:19:26.439 try and take over this game. Six Ers scored the 0:19:26.440 --> 0:19:29.359 first five points coming out of the break. Ben Simmons 0:19:29.440 --> 0:19:32.080 factor in the first twenty two points of the third 0:19:32.160 --> 0:19:35.680 quarter before he came out via substitution and this basket 0:19:35.720 --> 0:19:39.720 was part of that. Simmons out to JJ, thank you three, 0:19:39.800 --> 0:19:41.600 stepping up a line free ball by runneck Is in 0:19:41.640 --> 0:19:45.560 the air, bottom swish j J Rennick with a three, 0:19:45.680 --> 0:19:49.280 twelve point lead, and finally the Sixers snapped out of 0:19:49.280 --> 0:19:51.920 the dold rooms. They have scored eleven in a row. 0:19:53.160 --> 0:19:55.800 They were up by twelve, sixty three to fifty one. 0:19:55.880 --> 0:19:58.200 And you know what when Ben Simmons subbed out, when 0:19:58.200 --> 0:20:00.119 he passed them the time to Marquel Fault, it was 0:20:00.160 --> 0:20:02.600 like the good juju just was passed right along with it, 0:20:07.720 --> 0:20:10.399 and that would give the Sixers. After Marquel Foltz was 0:20:10.440 --> 0:20:13.600 involved in a dunk seventy eight to seventy eight to 0:20:13.600 --> 0:20:16.119 sixty lead going into the fourth quarter. We talked with 0:20:16.160 --> 0:20:18.320 Tom mc ginnis about the way the bench played in 0:20:18.359 --> 0:20:21.920 this one. JJ Reddick was really good, Landry Shammon as well, 0:20:22.080 --> 0:20:25.359 and Mike Mscal perhaps most of all. JJ up to 0:20:25.400 --> 0:20:27.879 Marquel fourth looking at the three, won't shoot it to 0:20:27.960 --> 0:20:30.159 the corner of Mascotta for three? He will, and he 0:20:30.320 --> 0:20:33.600 knocks it down. The boost gets the three, Marquel with 0:20:33.640 --> 0:20:38.160