Speaker 1: The seventy Sixers are back at home and on Saturday
Speaker 1: they'll be in the national spotlight against the Los Angeles Lakers.
Speaker 1: A big challenge playing really well. It's gonna take you, obviously,
Speaker 1: guy Lebron. I am amazed at how good he is
Speaker 1: for as long as he has been good as a team.
Speaker 1: The execute the game playing well, and the coaches dab
Speaker 1: looking all day. Be gonna see how the game goes
Speaker 1: well of coach they play against Lebron James, It's gonna
Speaker 1: be a lot of challenge and go in the court.
Speaker 1: I think we gotta we preview a big primetime pairing
Speaker 1: with the Purple and Gold with our digital reporter Lauren
Speaker 1: Rosen on this episode of the broadcast, how are you
Speaker 1: doing out there? Seventy Sixers pod people, Brian Selter bidding
Speaker 1: you hello once again, thanks as always for checking out
Speaker 1: another episode of the podcast, or if you are a
Speaker 1: first time listener, welcome aboard. Yes, the seventy Sixers. They
Speaker 1: have a major matchup coming on Saturday at the Center
Speaker 1: against the Los Angeles Lakers, annually one of the most
Speaker 1: anticipated dates on the home schedule, but certainly so this year.
Speaker 1: With the seventy Sixers and the Lakers, both playing at
Speaker 1: the level that they are to the top contending teams
Speaker 1: for this year's NBA title. You would think the Lakers
Speaker 1: staking their claim on the Western Conference past the halfway
Speaker 1: point of the season with a record of thirty six
Speaker 1: and nine four and a half games in the league
Speaker 1: for first place out West. We'll dive into the details
Speaker 1: of the game with our digital report to Lauren Rosen.
Speaker 1: Lauren will also give us a recap on some of
Speaker 1: the storylines that emerge from these sixers most recent road
Speaker 1: trip against the Knicks, Nets and Toronto Raptors. But before
Speaker 1: we get going, a reminder that to subscribe to the podcast,
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Speaker 1: surface in your search engine. Lauren good to not just
Speaker 1: have you back on in the podcast, but back on
Speaker 1: seventy six ers ground proper it's been a while, it
Speaker 1: has it's been a minute. I apologize to anyone listening
Speaker 1: to this for the scratchiness happening in my voice. I
Speaker 1: can promise it was much worse a few weeks ago,
Speaker 1: which is part of why you haven't heard from me.
Speaker 1: I wouldn't say scratchiness to me. It just sounds perhaps
Speaker 1: not quite as full or strong as it normally would.
Speaker 1: Tell the people, what have you been battling and enduring?
Speaker 1: We're getting there. I had the flu, despite getting the
Speaker 1: flu shot and making all of our co workers also
Speaker 1: get the flu shot, and then afterwards I got laryngitis,
Speaker 1: couldn't quite come back from it due to a lot
Speaker 1: of travel, lost my voice entirely for like two weeks,
Speaker 1: and have been on the mend ever since. In the
Speaker 1: grand scheme of things, it could be much worse, but
Speaker 1: it was certainly irritating. You want to be on the
Speaker 1: team plane for the grub, for the chocolate chip cookies.
Speaker 1: As far as the air quality, it's a different scenario.
Speaker 1: It's a different thing. I would imagine it's better air
Speaker 1: quality than a commercial flight, though, Or do you think
Speaker 1: it's all bad? I think if people are dealing with
Speaker 1: some sort of midwinter virus. It's a plane's a plane.
Speaker 1: A plane's a plane. Well, for what it's worth, not
Speaker 1: being on the plane has not spared people from being
Speaker 1: sick or ill. It's just that time of year. So
Speaker 1: the Sixers were on the road. They have it on
Speaker 1: the road a bit. They're going to be on the
Speaker 1: road a bit more before we look ahead to the
Speaker 1: big Saturday night primetime game against those Los Angeles Lakers.
Speaker 1: Why don't you give us, say, a recap, as it were,
Speaker 1: of your trip through the Atlantic Division, stopping at New
Speaker 1: York City against the Nicks, and then across the bridge
Speaker 1: of the Brooklyn Nets and then up north to Toronto.
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously you have to start with the fact
Speaker 1: that it was great to get a couple wins on
Speaker 1: the road under our belts short staffed. I think the
Speaker 1: fact then, beyond just getting those wins, it's great to
Speaker 1: see different players shine on different nights because, as we know,
Speaker 1: when playoff time comes around, that's going to be really important.
Speaker 1: So especially to see Ben in Brooklyn just have this
Speaker 1: this career outing Simmons with a one hand tap for two.
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons is dominating this late section here on the
Speaker 1: third quarter. Brett said after the game he just wasn't
Speaker 1: going to let the team lose, that he had something
Speaker 1: about him. His first thirty point triple double in his career.
Speaker 1: He and Mattise shared nine steals, nine of the teams
Speaker 1: twelve steals. It was just that was a cool game
Speaker 1: because the team was down, they fought back. We had
Speaker 1: a huge game from Ben, great contributions from others. That
Speaker 1: was probably the highlight of the trip. And then going
Speaker 1: to Toronto a challenge, even with Josh Richardson. Then losing
Speaker 1: Josh was to see some of the younger guys step up.
Speaker 1: We got some minutes out of Shake Milton, which we
Speaker 1: haven't seen in a while, so that was good to see.
Speaker 1: But in the end, the healthier home team was able
Speaker 1: to pull it out. But overall, a good trip, I think,
Speaker 1: a good trip for basketball and a good trip for Morrele.
Speaker 1: I think the tone that Brett Brown struck after the
Speaker 1: game in Toronto was totally appropriate given the circumstances. I
Speaker 1: thought that we competed. There was a physical difference I
Speaker 1: felt from them to us as the game started to
Speaker 1: you know, get going in the fourth period like they
Speaker 1: I give them credit. You know, when you play in June,
Speaker 1: there were lessons that you learn that spill over into
Speaker 1: the regular season, and there's there was a physicality to
Speaker 1: the game that you felt. And you know, we got
Speaker 1: Matisse and Firk and Shake and Norvelle and the young
Speaker 1: guys that have feeling what it's like to play against
Speaker 1: an NBA champion and we will, we will come out
Speaker 1: of this thing, I think, more realistic of what it
Speaker 1: really takes to play as deep into the calendar as
Speaker 1: we hope to. You know, you had guys who are
Speaker 1: thrust into action that as you alluded to, especially someone
Speaker 1: like a Shake. Milton probably wasn't expecting to play over
Speaker 1: twenty two minutes in a game, the second most he's
Speaker 1: ever played in a game as a seventy sixer. Hadn't
Speaker 1: been with the team in terms of an on court
Speaker 1: role consistently for a while. But you know, they I
Speaker 1: thought that they fought against the Raptors. It was a
Speaker 1: pretty competitive game. It certainly got off to a great start,
Speaker 1: and Toronto was a little bit healthier playing at home.
Speaker 1: Toronto wins that game. Okay, you know they'll meet up
Speaker 1: again at some point at the Center within the next
Speaker 1: couple of weeks and the home team has held serve
Speaker 1: every single time. But I agree, I thought it was
Speaker 1: great to see wins on the road, and especially the
Speaker 1: way the seventy sixers got them. We know that the
Speaker 1: team wants to be based around defense and built around defense.
Speaker 1: They really locked down in the fourth quarters of those
Speaker 1: games against the Knicks and the Nets. Absolutely, and I
Speaker 1: think that that's Brett's been saying it all year long.
Speaker 1: The defense has to start it. I think the players
Speaker 1: are really buying into that. That's something that coach Brown
Speaker 1: expressed at practice one of the days they all ran together,
Speaker 1: but he said that he feels like the team has
Speaker 1: sort of earned the right to start winning more and
Speaker 1: to just play better as a unit through all the
Speaker 1: good days. He's been talking a lot about good days
Speaker 1: adding up, and then you heard some of the players
Speaker 1: using that same messaging in their own media availabilities, which
Speaker 1: makes it seem like they really are all buying into
Speaker 1: these count up as many good days as possible. Let
Speaker 1: defense inform your offense. And I think they all are
Speaker 1: just proud of themselves for the work that they've put in,
Speaker 1: because overall they are starting to see some rewards coming
Speaker 1: from that hard work. I feel like I'm probably guilty
Speaker 1: as charge, but I feel like you're a great case
Speaker 1: in point. The more time you spend around Brett Brown,
Speaker 1: the more you begin speaking like him. I think that's
Speaker 1: probably true. As the board, Yes, well, we cannot let
Speaker 1: a look back of the road trip pass us by
Speaker 1: without highlighting the continued excellent play of our man from Turkey,
Speaker 1: Furky with a Turkish touch, furk On Korkmas riding a
Speaker 1: career high streak of five straight games in double figures
Speaker 1: and continuing to shoot the ball rather well. This has
Speaker 1: been a great two weeks for furk On, A really
Speaker 1: good a really really good thing to see from firk On,
Speaker 1: And I think not only is it great to see
Speaker 1: him succeed, but it's awesome to see his teammates rally
Speaker 1: around him, to see Brett express this pride. I asked
Speaker 1: Brett during one of his media availabilities in Brooklyn. He
Speaker 1: had mentioned that firk On has this fearlessness about him, unafraid.
Speaker 1: Did you always know that he had this sort of
Speaker 1: fearlessness in him? You could sense that, yes, you could,
Speaker 1: Like if you even just study for a second him
Speaker 1: playing with his national team, he was never afraid to
Speaker 1: make a play, and you know, we all sort of
Speaker 1: look at him make shots and I dig a deep
Speaker 1: and dive. Watch what he can do in a pick
Speaker 1: and roll, you know, Watch some of the clever passes
Speaker 1: he can make out of a pick and roll. Any's
Speaker 1: six foot six, you know, so it's not like he's
Speaker 1: he's small trying to look look over people. A lot
Speaker 1: of times he looks over them, and I feel like,
Speaker 1: you know, that side of his game doesn't get talked
Speaker 1: about a lot. We all see him make shots and defensively,
Speaker 1: you know what I think of his improvement, but he's
Speaker 1: always kind of had that in a confidence where he's
Speaker 1: not afraid of the moment. And now we're starting to
Speaker 1: see what Brett is talking about with this confidence that
Speaker 1: he has, whether it was that last shot in Portland
Speaker 1: or now these this string of great games that he's
Speaker 1: had at another game winner to his belt. When we
Speaker 1: were in New York, and it's awesome. I mean, it
Speaker 1: couldn't be happening to a better dude. Also, while you
Speaker 1: were in New York, you had the opportunity to accompany
Speaker 1: a couple of the players on a very exciting excursion
Speaker 1: of edification and broadening of horizons, and just sounded like
Speaker 1: a place where two great humans who having to play
Speaker 1: basketball professionally, could blend in with the crowd. So why
Speaker 1: don't you give us some insights as to what your
Speaker 1: trip to the Strand Bookstore was like. It was phenomenal.
Speaker 1: So we took Matisse Thybel and Tobias Harris to the
Speaker 1: Strand Bookstore, which is a bookstore in New York City
Speaker 1: that was open in nineteen twenty seven, so now almost
Speaker 1: one hundred years old. This is a book Yeah, like
Speaker 1: I said in that car, there's a big difference. I know.
Speaker 1: And I said this was a now you said it
Speaker 1: was a lot. It is the largest independent bookstore in
Speaker 1: New York and one of the oldest still running bookstores
Speaker 1: in the country. It was really phenomenal because those are
Speaker 1: two players, Matisse and Tobias, who appreciate literature on a
Speaker 1: very high level and aren't shy about it. So to
Speaker 1: take them to this bookstore that has this rich history
Speaker 1: and such a variety of options, and then to see
Speaker 1: them light up and get really excited about being there
Speaker 1: was special because I think not that many people get
Speaker 1: to see what they're interested in off the court and
Speaker 1: just how normal they are, how they can walk into
Speaker 1: a situation that makes anyone that likes books excited and
Speaker 1: be really excited about it. So that was really special.
Speaker 1: They say they want to go back, so maybe the
Speaker 1: Strand has earned some new regulars. Maybe the coolest thing though,
Speaker 1: was the New Yorkers just they are unfhased by celebrity,
Speaker 1: which I thought was cool and I think that the
Speaker 1: guys enjoyed as well. I think we were there for
Speaker 1: almost two hours. They were approached once and it was packed,
Speaker 1: so it was pretty It was just cool to see
Speaker 1: them embrace a different side that we don't get to
Speaker 1: see as often. The setting, no question about it, seemed
Speaker 1: neat and different. But the bigger picture story is is
Speaker 1: it appears as if there is a genuine big little
Speaker 1: brother relationship at work. Correct Absolutely, Matisse doesn't have a
Speaker 1: big brother in real life, and so there's a lot
Speaker 1: of joking involved between the two of them, a lot
Speaker 1: of back and forth banter, as is the case with
Speaker 1: real life brothers. You know, Bobby, that's my guy, He's
Speaker 1: just a rookie. But beneath that joking sort of facade
Speaker 1: is a really strong bond. I think that they've started
Speaker 1: to grow, and I think Matis really trusts to Bias
Speaker 1: and can look to him as a role model as
Speaker 1: someone who's been through things that Matiss is going through
Speaker 1: now and has been really successful. And then I think
Speaker 1: Tobias really enjoys being that sort of mentor or positive
Speaker 1: influence on Matise because he sees a lot of himself
Speaker 1: in Matise. He said he hopes that when Matis has
Speaker 1: been in the NBA for nine years, that he's treating
Speaker 1: the rookies the way to Bias is doing now. And
Speaker 1: I just think that it was really cool to get
Speaker 1: to see that, and they were very gracious and we
Speaker 1: were really lucky to get to be a part of it,
Speaker 1: and so shout out to them. Awesome. No, we had
Speaker 1: some great content from that visit to the Strand Bookstore
Speaker 1: with Tobias and Matisse already pushed out on our channels,
Speaker 1: but some more good stuff on that still to come,
Speaker 1: So be on the lookout on all your sixer social feeds. Lauren,
Speaker 1: thank tight, We will get back to this very fine
Speaker 1: chat in just a minute. I know that you're aware
Speaker 1: of this, but in case some of the people out
Speaker 1: there in podcast land are not a date worth circling
Speaker 1: on your calendar is March ninth, two twenty and that
Speaker 1: is the date of the fifth Annual Sixers Youth Foundation
Speaker 1: Evening on the Court Gala presented by Vip Wireless. Seventy
Speaker 1: six Ers players, coaches and alums will be at the
Speaker 1: twenty three hundred Arena in South Philly right to fund
Speaker 1: as the entire organization works to create a brighter future
Speaker 1: for the leaders of tomorrow. You two can help our
Speaker 1: youth develop in the next generation of innovators by donating now.
Speaker 1: Visit Sixers Youth Foundation dot org slash gala to support
Speaker 1: today once again, the fifth Annual Sixers Youth Foundation Evening
Speaker 1: on the Court Galla is going to be March ninth,
Speaker 1: twenty twenty percent by Vip Wireless at the twenty three
Speaker 1: hundred Arena in South Philadelphia. All Right, So the seventy
Speaker 1: six Ers day were idle on Thursday, a well deserved
Speaker 1: day of rest after being on the road for five days.
Speaker 1: Set the scene for me Friday, when the team regrouped
Speaker 1: at the training complex in Camden in lieu and ahead
Speaker 1: of Saturday's big game against the LA Lakers on ABC.
Speaker 1: Part of the ESPN NBA primetime package. I saw a
Speaker 1: lot of cameras, a lot of people. It was a
Speaker 1: crush of media when the Lakers come to town. You notice,
Speaker 1: I think. I mean, obviously, the morale was high for
Speaker 1: the majority of this trip, and it was nice to
Speaker 1: see it seemed like that carried over to practice. Obviously
Speaker 1: they're relieved to be at home, but I think the
Speaker 1: team is very together right now, which is something you'll
Speaker 1: hear coach say, you'll hear the players say, and that's
Speaker 1: always nice to see. And then obviously the other big
Speaker 1: difference was Joel being a full participant in practice and
Speaker 1: expected to continue progressing and be back relatively soon. So
Speaker 1: I think there was the excitement of being home, There
Speaker 1: was the excitement of having him back in the gym,
Speaker 1: and then obviously the excitement of having one of the
Speaker 1: league's best coming into town. So it was pretty buzzy.
Speaker 1: I would say, it's buzzy a word buzzy, sure in
Speaker 1: this case. Absolutely, any words we want to use here
Speaker 1: on the podcast we can use. Well, why don't we
Speaker 1: stay on the guy who will not be playing in
Speaker 1: Saturday's game for a moment, Joel Embiid. He was named
Speaker 1: an NBA All Star Game starter for the third time
Speaker 1: in as many years on Thursday. He is just the
Speaker 1: eighth player in franchise history to start in a minimum
Speaker 1: of three consecutive All Star Games. What was his mood like,
Speaker 1: We haven't heard from him for a while. Well, I
Speaker 1: think again, he's a competitor. We know this about him.
Speaker 1: He's relieved to at least be back in the gym,
Speaker 1: getting in reps, being with his teammates. It's great, you know,
Speaker 1: just trying to get it. They can progress. Uh necessary. Um,
Speaker 1: but this quart I can only imagine how difficult it
Speaker 1: is to be such an important part of this team.
Speaker 1: But it also an important part of this league and
Speaker 1: have to watch from the sidelines. That can't be easy. Um.
Speaker 1: And he was in high spirits. He was pleased with
Speaker 1: with the All Star nod. I thought it was really nice, though,
Speaker 1: he said he was excited about the All Star nod,
Speaker 1: but he was even more excited to see Pascal Siakam
Speaker 1: also become a starter on this All Star team. A
Speaker 1: lot of us longer than opportunity, So I was happy.
Speaker 1: I was excited. I was more excited about you know Pascal,
Speaker 1: you know, two guys from Cameroon. You know, we barely
Speaker 1: started playing basketball about nine eight nine years, nine years ago.
Speaker 1: So to see us, you know, especially I started us
Speaker 1: means a lot. Think he means a lot. Uh. I'm
Speaker 1: proud of me, you know, from Camero and from Africa.
Speaker 1: I'm representing. Thought that was a really cool thing to
Speaker 1: hear him say, was that, Yes he was excited for himself,
Speaker 1: but he's even more excited for his buddy. And you
Speaker 1: just you'll love to see it. Seventy six Ers will
Speaker 1: be going forward without Joel Embiid and without Josh Richardson
Speaker 1: in Saturday's game against the Lakers. Lakers are thirty six
Speaker 1: and nine. This will be the final stop on a
Speaker 1: five game road trip, most of which has been played
Speaker 1: in the Northeast. They are three and one are the
Speaker 1: Lakers on this road trip, and perhaps to the surprise
Speaker 1: of no. One, with the likes of Lebron James and
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis and Danny Green, they have been outstanding. James
Speaker 1: averaging just over twenty five points, seven and a half rebounds,
Speaker 1: and nearly eleven assists per game, shooting just under fifty
Speaker 1: percent from the field. Here's where Prep Round had to
Speaker 1: say following Friday's practice about the King. I have been
Speaker 1: in the league to see Lebron, you know, come in
Speaker 1: the league and we beat Cleveland a long time ago,
Speaker 1: when an NBA championship, and I've seen the evolution of him.
Speaker 1: I stand back and I am amazed at how good
Speaker 1: he is for as long as he has been good
Speaker 1: for the duration of his time in the NBA. How
Speaker 1: he handles himself, you know, with kids in the media.
Speaker 1: He doesn't ever seem to like Featcha had stuff going
Speaker 1: on at two in the morning and on the next
Speaker 1: you know, the next day's front page. I think he's class,
Speaker 1: and he's a champion, and he's incredibly important to all
Speaker 1: the league. And obviously anytime Lebron James comes to town,
Speaker 1: it's going to be difficult. It's going to be a challenge.
Speaker 1: But something that felt like a three line from Brett
Speaker 1: to al to Joel the people who spoke today, is
Speaker 1: that they really embrace these sort of challenges. And we've
Speaker 1: seen them play really well at home against really good opponents,
Speaker 1: and so I think that the spirit is high, they're
Speaker 1: ready for the challenge, they're going to welcome it. I
Speaker 1: thought it was interesting that Brett Brown said specifically that
Speaker 1: Matisse would be bearing a lot of a defensive load tomorrow,
Speaker 1: which we of course expect, but it's got to be
Speaker 1: a huge moment for a rookie to go up against
Speaker 1: not only the King, but also a team that has
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis that's been so successful. It should be an
Speaker 1: exciting matchup. Then there's also the factor for the Lakers
Speaker 1: that they have some size on the front line. I mean,
Speaker 1: there's Lebron James and he is at the top of
Speaker 1: the scatter report, no question, or is he actually when
Speaker 1: you think about it more, because then there's Anthony Davis,
Speaker 1: who's putting up around twenty six points, nine rebounds, two
Speaker 1: and a half blocks per game, shooting over fifty percent
Speaker 1: of the field, clearly taking the Lakers to another level.
Speaker 1: And not only do the Lakers roll out Anthony Davis,
Speaker 1: but they could also roll out Dwight Howard. So if
Speaker 1: you have the two of those guys starting in the
Speaker 1: seventy sixers or shorthanded something like dwell Ebid, then how
Speaker 1: will the Sixers go about the front court matchup that
Speaker 1: the Lakers present. Well, this has to be one of
Speaker 1: the things that Elton Brand was thinking about over the
Speaker 1: summer when we went after Al Horford, who's been playing
Speaker 1: really well recently in is heading into tomorrow's game the
Speaker 1: ultimate professional as he always is, sort of welcoming the
Speaker 1: challenge but also acknowledging the fact that it will be
Speaker 1: a knowledge it is they're playing really well. It really
Speaker 1: it's gonna take, you know, every single guy to come
Speaker 1: in there and do their thing and to give us
Speaker 1: a chance to win. I think this will be a
Speaker 1: really exciting opportunity for Horford and also a moment to
Speaker 1: really step back and be grateful that we have Horford.
Speaker 1: Another big man that the Lakers can roll out there
Speaker 1: is JaVale McGee. Now he didn't play in the game
Speaker 1: that the Lakers had on Thursday in Brooklyn because he
Speaker 1: was dealing with the flu, so he could be back
Speaker 1: out there. They typically do bring Dwight Howard off the bench,
Speaker 1: but there is that possibility. It's gonna be Anthony Davis
Speaker 1: out there and another player with considerable size and strength
Speaker 1: of the front court. So we'll be standing by to
Speaker 1: hear what Brett Brown does with the starting lineup. There's
Speaker 1: a veteran like Mike Scott who could assume the spot
Speaker 1: at the four, maybe Dubias plays a little bit farther
Speaker 1: download defensively, give Al Horford the minutes at the five.
Speaker 1: Possibilities it will be it will be interesting. But we
Speaker 1: also saw them have a lot of success on this
Speaker 1: road playing small, so maybe when they zig will zag.
Speaker 1: I really I'm not a basketball coach, and this is why.
Speaker 1: But you have to imagine Kyle O'Quinn could see some
Speaker 1: time this weekend, maybe even Jonah Bolton in the absence
Speaker 1: likely of Norville Peal. So I think it'll be an
Speaker 1: interesting opportunity, especially for those youngsters to sort of get
Speaker 1: more minutes, get their feet wet, and take on a
Speaker 1: challenge it. As you said, who knows, perhaps someone like
Speaker 1: a Ben Simmons could resurface playing at the five for
Speaker 1: a bit so the Sixers. This begins to stretch looking
Speaker 1: ahead where there are some challenging games on the horizon.
Speaker 1: Initially at the start of the year, when every team
Speaker 1: was healthy, just about you were looking at a Lakers
Speaker 1: Golden State Warriors stop at home and thinking, WHOA, this
Speaker 1: could be a real challenge. Now we knew Clay Thompson
Speaker 1: at the time wasn't going to be playing, but now
Speaker 1: there's no Steph Curry, and the Warriors look entirely different.
Speaker 1: But then it's down on the road for four more
Speaker 1: for the seventy Sixers, stop at Miami, at Boston, and
Speaker 1: also the Bucks, not even necessarily in that order. It's
Speaker 1: going to go Atlanta, Boston, back down to Miami two
Speaker 1: days off, then the Bucks. I mean you're talking about
Speaker 1: between Miami, Boston and the Bucks. Those are three out
Speaker 1: of the four teams ahead of the seventy Sixers in
Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference standings. It is going to be a
Speaker 1: very formative time for the team. I like the way
Speaker 1: that Josh Richardson put it actually prior to the game
Speaker 1: in Toronto, he said that when you're facing maybe everybody
Speaker 1: knows sees it this way, but it was the first
Speaker 1: time I had heard it, when you're facing one of
Speaker 1: those teams that you're sort of battling with, jockeying in
Speaker 1: the standings, he says that those all count as two,
Speaker 1: and I think that we're going to have a lot
Speaker 1: of games coming up, especially on that road trip, that
Speaker 1: are going to count as two. So you could see
Speaker 1: the Sixers end up in a very different position in
Speaker 1: the standings. You could see them end up in the
Speaker 1: same position in the standings, but either way, it's going
Speaker 1: to be some great basketball and there are going to
Speaker 1: be some challenges that they're going to have to rise to.
Speaker 1: Seventy six you're looking to stave off a season series
Speaker 1: lost in the Miami Heat, looking to sweep the season
Speaker 1: series against the Celtics, and aiming to take a two
Speaker 1: nothing advantage in the season series against the Bucks. So
Speaker 1: all enticing storylines on the horizon, it's gonna be some
Speaker 1: great stuff. You'd expect, nothing less, always a great report.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Lauren. I don't know if I can say great,
Speaker 1: but you are most welcome, all right that I'll do
Speaker 1: it for this episode of the podcast. Reminder that every
Speaker 1: day following a seventy Sixers game win loser otherwise, you
Speaker 1: can check out a rewind episode of the podcast in
Speaker 1: your feed, so be on the lookout for that. Thanks
Speaker 1: a lot to Lauren Rosen for taking the time and
Speaker 1: to sit down and chats. Thanks to you for listening,
Speaker 1: and we will speak to you next time here on
Speaker 1: the broadcast. Se