Speaker 1: This is seventy Sixers rewind time now to listen back
Speaker 1: to postgame reaction from the team's most recent game. We
Speaker 1: can close the books on history tonight as the seventy
Speaker 1: Sixers do something they have never done before, which has
Speaker 1: beat the Oklahoma City Thunder in OKC. What a game
Speaker 1: two teams missing a pair of MVP candidates, the seventy
Speaker 1: Sixers without Joel Embiid the Oklahoma City Thunder without Paul George,
Speaker 1: and the seventy Sixers got off to a great start.
Speaker 1: They had some really timely runs throughout the game, and
Speaker 1: they hang on one o eight, one oh four for
Speaker 1: a big win against the current three set out of
Speaker 1: the Western Conference, the Oklahoma City Thunder. Brian Selzer bidding
Speaker 1: you good evening. This is gonna be a fun one
Speaker 1: to dissects. Certainly, it was not a game for the
Speaker 1: faint of hearts to bias Harris stepping up with the
Speaker 1: game tied at ninety three, helping the seventy Sixers churn
Speaker 1: out at key ten nothing run to vault them into control. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it was not easy whatsoever in the two minutes that
Speaker 1: followed after that, but the seventy six Ers, they were
Speaker 1: finally able to get the execution they wanted in the
Speaker 1: closing seconds after Russell Westbrook had a pair of free
Speaker 1: throws with just under a half minute ago JJ Reddick,
Speaker 1: they were able to get the ball to him at
Speaker 1: JJ with the free throws to ice the game, and
Speaker 1: all of that following a monstrous offensive rebound from Ben Simmons,
Speaker 1: who picked up another triple double, his ninth on the year,
Speaker 1: with eleven points, thirteen rebounds, and eleven assists. Tobias Harris
Speaker 1: though thirty two points, he had sixty one total points
Speaker 1: on the two game road trip between the win another
Speaker 1: nail biter on Monday at New Orleans and tonight's game
Speaker 1: in Oklahoma City, Jimmy Butler rose to the occasion at
Speaker 1: various points, twenty points, eight rebounds. He tied a season
Speaker 1: high with eight assists, two steals, some quality defensive plays
Speaker 1: JJ Reddick with a monstrous three pointer down the stretch.
Speaker 1: He finished with twelve points. Despite somewhat of a show
Speaker 1: He's shooting night at three of thirteen overall, two of
Speaker 1: nine from three point territory. Mike Scott with some key
Speaker 1: baskets he had nine points. All around. Great effort by
Speaker 1: the seventy sixers shorthanded tonight asked for the thunder Russell Westbrook.
Speaker 1: Yeah he got thirteen points. Yeah, he had eleven rebounds
Speaker 1: and eleven dimes for another triple double, eight of twenty four.
Speaker 1: I mean, all things considered, seventy sixers are going to
Speaker 1: live with that. He really was not able to do
Speaker 1: anything in terms of with his jump shot. He was
Speaker 1: one of nine from three point territory. All of his baskets,
Speaker 1: off the top of your head when you're replaying the
Speaker 1: game in your mind, came in transition sequences. That was
Speaker 1: something the seventy sixers did have trouble containing, but in
Speaker 1: the end four points better than the Thunder one O eight,
Speaker 1: one o four In the win. Steven Adams got going
Speaker 1: in the second half, particularly in the third quarter. That
Speaker 1: opened things up and let Okase get back into the game.
Speaker 1: Former seventy six er Jeremy Grant played great. He had
Speaker 1: twenty three points on ten of seventeen, shooting two to
Speaker 1: three pointers. Dennis Shrewder with fourteen points, started the game
Speaker 1: off the bench. Started the second half the seventy sixers.
Speaker 1: They fend off the Thunder one O eight, one oh four,
Speaker 1: first win over the OKC franchise, going all the way
Speaker 1: back to two thousand and eight, which was Oklahoma City's
Speaker 1: first season of existence. All right, let us go to
Speaker 1: Chesapeake Energy Arena. Tom McGuinness standing by Tom, How you
Speaker 1: doing after this one? Well, I'm doing good, Brian. And
Speaker 1: you know, one thing that strikes my mind is that
Speaker 1: if you're going to get to the success like the
Speaker 1: Sixers appear to be headed toward another fifty plus win season,
Speaker 1: there's a few things that have to go into that formula.
Speaker 1: And one is, as we've talked about before, where you
Speaker 1: have to be kind of five hundred on the road
Speaker 1: and be dominant at home. They're doing that. They're now
Speaker 1: two games over five hundred on the road. They've obviously
Speaker 1: had an impeccable or home record so far this year.
Speaker 1: And then you have to start to knock off some
Speaker 1: of these things, and this is one of them. You know,
Speaker 1: you have to beat teams that you haven't beaten, you
Speaker 1: have to reverse trends. So obviously this is a big one,
Speaker 1: as you say, And the two that stand out there
Speaker 1: are what winning against Toronto in Toronto and beating Boston
Speaker 1: and that we won't play the Sixers will not play
Speaker 1: Toronto again in the regular season. They might play him
Speaker 1: in the playoffs up there. You have one more game
Speaker 1: at home against Boston. But those are two big things,
Speaker 1: and those types of things are you know, that's where
Speaker 1: that's like the pecking order. That's that's the process of
Speaker 1: getting to where you want to go. And tonight, again,
Speaker 1: as you said, it wasn't pretty, but they had again
Speaker 1: multiple performers that stepped up during key phases of the game.
Speaker 1: And that's how you do it, and that's particularly how
Speaker 1: you do it winning the game when you don't have
Speaker 1: your best player out there in Joel Ebeid, where during
Speaker 1: times of the game Jimmy was the man. Ben had
Speaker 1: a good all around game, as you said, numerically with
Speaker 1: a triple double. Tobias Harris a huge game, Mike Scott
Speaker 1: hit clutch threes, JJ hit a big three, made those
Speaker 1: free throws. You got performances. Even though a mirror had
Speaker 1: a lot of fouls, he buys you. Min As Jonah
Speaker 1: had a good start. Tj played well. And that's what
Speaker 1: it takes to be a team. You need everybody to
Speaker 1: step up and contribute one to wait one or four.
Speaker 1: The seventy Sixers defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder, a big win.
Speaker 1: They sweep this road trip time. There's obviously some tough
Speaker 1: games still to come. Let's talk about a guy who
Speaker 1: you touched upon right there, but he is in the
Speaker 1: lineup right now. He's playing healthy, he's playing great. Tobias
Speaker 1: Harris has been a flat out stud, especially these last
Speaker 1: two games. Yeah, what I like about him? And I
Speaker 1: really admired this from Afar when he was on other
Speaker 1: teams like Milwaukee, like Detroit, like Orlando a little bit
Speaker 1: with the Clippers. We didn't really see him that much
Speaker 1: with them. But he's so big, Okay, he's like six eight,
Speaker 1: and he's like a face up shooter in other words.
Speaker 1: You know, he's got moves, don't get me wrong, but
Speaker 1: he's not. And he had he had some dunks because
Speaker 1: he was a hard cutter on some good passes. But
Speaker 1: the strength of his game is really a face up
Speaker 1: jump shot. And one of the Sixers needed over this
Speaker 1: year's and that's guys that can make shots, and that's
Speaker 1: his a Bill and you know he has his strength
Speaker 1: of just being able to dribble, pull up and knock
Speaker 1: it out right in front of you and that's that's
Speaker 1: really impressive, and that's what you need in the playoffs.
Speaker 1: You need even Mike Scott. I mean, their games don't
Speaker 1: hunjure up the same offensive image, but the ability to
Speaker 1: get a basket with the game on the line. It's
Speaker 1: not always gonna beat and beat on the block. It's
Speaker 1: not always gonna beat Jimmy Butler or JJ curling and
Speaker 1: catching and making the three. You need multiple It's gonna
Speaker 1: be some of that, but you need multiple options. And
Speaker 1: that's what I think Harris springs to the table again.
Speaker 1: I believe he's had six twenty point games and his
Speaker 1: eight with the Sixers tonight thirty two, as you mentioned,
Speaker 1: twenty nine in New Orleans and really helping to carry
Speaker 1: the load in these last few games without Joel seventy
Speaker 1: Sixers over the thunder one on eight, one on four,
Speaker 1: and just to fill up in that time. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's it's almost like I'm thinking back to last season
Speaker 1: when the seventy Sixers at JJ Reddick, and perhaps I'm
Speaker 1: guilty of not watching enough NBA basketball outside the Sixers,
Speaker 1: but anything else going on, you got twins or something.
Speaker 1: Seltzer's right, maybe, just maybe, but you get to see
Speaker 1: these guys on a more regular basis, and you just
Speaker 1: come to appreciate more and more of the subtleties of
Speaker 1: their game. And one of the things about Bias watching
Speaker 1: him when he's able to load up on the perimeter,
Speaker 1: the downhill speed he's able to generate going to the basket,
Speaker 1: to me is so impressive, like some of those trailing
Speaker 1: plays where he just cuts in for the dunk like
Speaker 1: he has. Like you said, he plays big, he's got
Speaker 1: some athleticism, but he can really get that downhill power
Speaker 1: going as well. Absolutely the big basketball IQ and you know,
Speaker 1: when somebody's doubled, it's when to make the cut, hard slash.
Speaker 1: But it's all set up by what I was saying,
Speaker 1: with that ability to just rise up and make an
Speaker 1: outside shot. And when that happens, teams close out on you,
Speaker 1: so they're running out on you, getting into your feet,
Speaker 1: trying to force you off the line, and that too,
Speaker 1: is what sets up his ability to get to the basket.
Speaker 1: And all these guys are good all around players, and
Speaker 1: that's what I think is exciting. That's what allows the
Speaker 1: coaches to switch defensively schematically, and that's a huge asset
Speaker 1: in many cases it's hurt the Sixers a little bit
Speaker 1: in other pick and roll scenarios, particularly against Boston. But
Speaker 1: Harris is another one of these guys with the size,
Speaker 1: with the length, like Jimmy, like Ben obviously Joel, Mike
Speaker 1: Scott could be thrown into that mix. And even Ns
Speaker 1: off the bench played well tonight and gave you some minutes.
Speaker 1: It has that ability defensively. So no, Tobias Harris is
Speaker 1: a tremendous asset and we're seeing it right off the
Speaker 1: jump here in his first two or three weeks with
Speaker 1: the team. All right, So now now we can look
Speaker 1: ahead to Saturday, ABC primetime television game that you can
Speaker 1: hear on your local radio, Golden State visiting the Center
Speaker 1: for the only time in the regular season, coming off
Speaker 1: two tough losses in the state of Florida, first to Miami,
Speaker 1: they lose to Orlando tonight. I can't wait. It's gonna
Speaker 1: be great enough. Yeah, you know, so people kind of
Speaker 1: talked about the time when you know, just four seasons
Speaker 1: ago the Sixers had ten wins, and you know, what's
Speaker 1: amiss or all? That must have been so hard, But
Speaker 1: to me, it's weekend games, like what we're talking about
Speaker 1: or this game here tonight, this whole stretch obviously with
Speaker 1: the Sixers, but that anticipation, the marquee matchup, the buzz
Speaker 1: in the arena, the buzz in the city, and it's
Speaker 1: going to be exciting, no doubt about it. The Sixers
Speaker 1: beat them out there at Oracle. It's obviously a team,
Speaker 1: particularly now with Cousins playing at a level. Maybe that's
Speaker 1: got going a little bit since he got back from injury.
Speaker 1: And I mean, these guys, you know, when I also
Speaker 1: think of two is you know, Philadelphia entertains or is entertained,
Speaker 1: has some of the top talent in the world that
Speaker 1: comes to play at stages right and this is the
Speaker 1: basketball arena. And you got again Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry
Speaker 1: Thompson one of the greatest shooters in the world, the
Speaker 1: Marcus Cousins one of the top talents, and everybody for
Speaker 1: the Sixers in a competitive, exciting environment. This is why
Speaker 1: we play. This is the NBA's motto, and welcome to
Speaker 1: the moment. It's all going to come together on Saturday
Speaker 1: night and hopefully an eye on the future in terms
Speaker 1: of playoff games of this notoriety. I'm not saying against
Speaker 1: the Warriors hopefully in the finals. But you know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying, where these kind of games are coming down
Speaker 1: the pike with a little bit more regularity, and it's
Speaker 1: all good. Alrighty Tom, talk to you on Saturday from
Speaker 1: the center. Seventy Sixers and the Warriors should be a
Speaker 1: great one to have an easy trip. Thank you, Bryank,
Speaker 1: Good night. Seventy six Ers beats the Oklahoma City Thunder
Speaker 1: in Oklahoma City for the first time ever. The last
Speaker 1: time they knocked off this franchise on the road was
Speaker 1: at a place called Key Arena on New Year's Eve
Speaker 1: two thousand and seven, when the Oklahoma City Thunder were
Speaker 1: the Seattle SuperSonics. Great win by the team, these last
Speaker 1: two on the road. Not easy, but getting it done
Speaker 1: shorthanded and a nice way to rebound following a tough
Speaker 1: loss to the Portland Trailblazers five days ago before the
Speaker 1: team set out for this road trip. We're gonna get
Speaker 1: to some highlights and some final thoughts coming up after this.
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Speaker 1: seventy six Ers. This was kind of a longest short
Speaker 1: or short longest, however you want to describe at road trip.
Speaker 1: The team played only two games, New Orleans on Monday
Speaker 1: and Oklahoma City tonight, but the two idle days in
Speaker 1: between sutlely made it feel longer. But let us get
Speaker 1: to some of the highlights. Sixers without Joel Embid and
Speaker 1: boban Marianovich in this one tonight, So you're thinking, all right,
Speaker 1: having gonna come out against Oklahoma City on the old
Speaker 1: Westbrook Adams. No Paul George though for OKAC had of
Speaker 1: his seventy sixers come out like their hair was totally
Speaker 1: full of fire. Harris in the half court for the
Speaker 1: Sixers six forty to go to JJ quit jack three
Speaker 1: out top and it's good. Five in a row, time
Speaker 1: out thunder twenty one to eleven, seventy Sixers putting an
Speaker 1: early stamp on this one. They were up thirty seven
Speaker 1: to twenty six after a quarter, and early in the
Speaker 1: second Tobias Harris kept momentum on their side, Butler in
Speaker 1: the lane downloaded TJ. Conald to Harris and Harris with
Speaker 1: a slam. They're doing a good job covering the baseline,
Speaker 1: but Harris with a cut from out top, gets it
Speaker 1: gathers it in a two hand jam. One of the
Speaker 1: many good plays to Bias Harris is a part of
Speaker 1: in tonight's game. OKAC started to chip its way back
Speaker 1: into it for the seventy sixers had a strong finish
Speaker 1: to the first hand Jimmy with it back to Mike
Speaker 1: Scott back into the lane. Ben Simmons with a right
Speaker 1: hand thrown out and he bellows out to try to
Speaker 1: put a little punctuation mark on that jam. Simmons was
Speaker 1: out and the seventy Sixers punk to it the second
Speaker 1: quarter with six straight points. They had a sixty to
Speaker 1: forty nine lead at the break. In the third quarter,
Speaker 1: the Sixers would experience some pressure as Oklahoma City went
Speaker 1: on a twelve nothing run to draw within two seventy
Speaker 1: three to seventy one, but not too long after that's
Speaker 1: the man of the game. Tobias Harris was vital for
Speaker 1: the first of two major runs he was part of
Speaker 1: in the second half until the seventy sixers steady themselves
Speaker 1: grant one on one with Ben on the drive bangs
Speaker 1: into him. Ben got a hand on it and Simmons
Speaker 1: steals the ball down the court. He goes to TJ
Speaker 1: butcconnell to a trailing Harris had a flight two hand
Speaker 1: jamp by to Bias Harris. Westbrook lift for three. That's
Speaker 1: still good. Sevens of the ball, Harris for three, and
Speaker 1: that's good. Seventh straight a touchdown by Tobias Harris and
Speaker 1: the Sixers go back up by nine, Tobias Hairs scoring
Speaker 1: the first seven points of a vital nine nothing run
Speaker 1: for the seventy Sixers. After the thunder had closed within two,
Speaker 1: seventy Sixers went in the fourth with an eighty six
Speaker 1: seventy nine league, but Oklahoma City would not go away.
Speaker 1: They would tie it up at ninety three seventy. Sixers
Speaker 1: had another response three and a half to go, four
Speaker 1: to shoot Harris in the lane off bella shot, but
Speaker 1: Tobias Harris with twenty nine for the second straight game
Speaker 1: and made it ninety eight ninety three, and Harris or
Speaker 1: they have won more basket in him. Mike Scott to
Speaker 1: Tobias eight to shoot Harris, I'll top against Adams three
Speaker 1: on the clock rising three point shot gout again. Tobias
Speaker 1: Harris has rained another triple and the Sixers go up
Speaker 1: by eight thirty two for Tobias Harris and the Sixers
Speaker 1: got another stop after that. Ben Simmons dunked at home
Speaker 1: to make it one oh three ninety three with one
Speaker 1: fifty two left in the game, but OKC ripped off
Speaker 1: the next seven points to make it one oh three
Speaker 1: one hundred fifty seconds left. Another one of the newcomers clutch.
Speaker 1: So what will the Sixers op with? They go to
Speaker 1: Mike Scott, He's wide open shoot to three and in
Speaker 1: Mike Scott knocking down the triple and that gives us
Speaker 1: Sixers a six point lead. With that wide open attempt,
Speaker 1: they still were not entirely in the clear after that,
Speaker 1: as Oklahoma City scored four points in a row, the
Speaker 1: last two on Russell Westbrook free throws, but the seventy
Speaker 1: Sixers were able to get the ball to well. First,
Speaker 1: they got a huge offensive rebound from Ben Simmons, and
Speaker 1: then they were able to get the ball to JJ Reddick.
Speaker 1: He was fouled and he got some insurance free throws
Speaker 1: to secure the one o eight, one oh four win
Speaker 1: for the seventy Sixers at Oklahoma City. As the Sixers,
Speaker 1: they continue to find ways to get things done in
Speaker 1: the absence of arguably their best player and one of
Speaker 1: the best players in the league in Joel and b.
Speaker 1: Let's take a look at some of the final stats.
Speaker 1: Sixer shot forty five and a half percent for the game,
Speaker 1: Oklahoma City forty three and a half percent, seventy Sixers
Speaker 1: four more three pointers than OKC twelve to eight. Oklahoma City,
Speaker 1: you know, they outscored the seventy Sixers by eight from
Speaker 1: the free throw line, but in a game this narrow,
Speaker 1: Oklahoma City twenty of twenty eight from the line, and
Speaker 1: given how tight things were, obviously the thunder would have
Speaker 1: loved to have had a few of those back. Sixers
Speaker 1: early on controlled the glass, but then Steven Adams got
Speaker 1: going in the second half. Both teams finished with forty
Speaker 1: four boards in the game. The seventy Sixers had thirty
Speaker 1: three assists on forty two made field goals. That was impressive.
Speaker 1: Sixers turned the ball over fourteen times. Oklahoma City twelve
Speaker 1: individual notes. Tobias Harris a season high as a seventy
Speaker 1: sixer eleven of nineteen from the field, five of seven
Speaker 1: from three point territory, five of five from the line,
Speaker 1: thirty two points to go with five rebounds and three assists,
Speaker 1: twenty points, seven rebounds. Bigger part in twenty points, eight
Speaker 1: rebounds and eight assists plus two steals for Jimmy Butler,
Speaker 1: he was plus seven and he was also the seventy
Speaker 1: sixers bell ringer tonight. But Joona Bolden, we didn't get
Speaker 1: to talk about him, but he got the Sixers off
Speaker 1: to a nice start. Finished with fourteen and three. Filled
Speaker 1: in well in these starting center role for the Sixers.
Speaker 1: JJ Reddick with a dozen. Ben Simons with ninth triple double,
Speaker 1: eleven points, thirteen rebounds, eight assists. T J McConnell off
Speaker 1: the bench with just two points but six assists. Mike
Speaker 1: Scott great in a reserve role with nine points and
Speaker 1: three rebounds. He also had three pointers twenty three points
Speaker 1: for Jeremy Grant and also Russell Westbrook. Westbrook, though eight
Speaker 1: of twenty four from the field one of nine from
Speaker 1: three point territory. He did have eleven rebounds and eleven assists,
Speaker 1: but all this field goals essentially coming in transition, so
Speaker 1: the seventy six ers picked their poison. Obviously, Westbrook excels
Speaker 1: in that part of his game, but in regards to
Speaker 1: everything else, he was not able to find his stroke Tonight.
Speaker 1: Up next for the seventy six ers, after going two
Speaker 1: and oh on this road trip, they have an eight
Speaker 1: thirty game on Saturday at the Center versus the Golden
Speaker 1: State Warriors. They of course beat Golden States last month
Speaker 1: a little bit over four weeks ago by the score
Speaker 1: of one thirteen to one oh four on January thirty
Speaker 1: first at Oracle Arena. That would be something for the
Speaker 1: seventies sixers to possibly sweep the season series against the
Speaker 1: Golden State team that's dropped two in a row in
Speaker 1: kind of collapse fashion in both games against the Miami
Speaker 1: Heat the other night and the Orlando Magic tonight. But yes,
Speaker 1: all eyes will be glued, you would think in the
Speaker 1: NBA on South Philadelphia on Saturday, all eyes glued on
Speaker 1: South Philadelphia, the entire Dealaware Valley these days anyway, with
Speaker 1: the Phillies News Bryce Harper, So that is great. The
Speaker 1: seventy sixers keep the vibes going with their one o
Speaker 1: eight one oh four win over the Thunder tonight. Divine
Speaker 1: given standing by at the Flagship ninety seventy five to
Speaker 1: the fanatic for in the post. Maybe it could be
Speaker 1: a duel in the post in the pen tonight or
Speaker 1: in the cage. Whatever. It is just a lot of
Speaker 1: good stuff in Phillies sports, so enjoy the moment. Big
Speaker 1: thanks to the guys back at the studio Tyler Zuli
Speaker 1: and also Brian McLaughlin. Now for the radio voice in
Speaker 1: the seventy Sixers, Tom McGinnis, Brian Seltzer saying so long
Speaker 1: for now one final time. The final score it was
Speaker 1: the seventy six Ers one O eight in Oklahoma City
Speaker 1: Thunder one oh four. Have a great rest of you
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