Speaker 1: This is the Philadelphia has seventy Sixers postgame show. If
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Speaker 1: right now on ninety seven five. The panetic tough one
Speaker 1: for the seventy Sixers in South Florida tonight, a one
Speaker 1: oho two, one oh one lost the Miami Heat and
Speaker 1: a key Eastern Conference game that now has resulted in
Speaker 1: the Heats pulling within a game of the Sixers for
Speaker 1: seventh place in the Eastern Conference standings. Brian sells you
Speaker 1: with you from Sixers dot com or expecting to hear
Speaker 1: from Sixers head coach Brett Brown following a hard fought
Speaker 1: battle tonight. Everything was what you would expect in a
Speaker 1: game that featured a lot of postseason implications. Let's go
Speaker 1: to the head coach to dissect this one right now.
Speaker 1: You know, it's the twenty three turnovers. You're always looking at. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, I think that there's some things defensively, to
Speaker 1: be even more particular, that we can improve on. But
Speaker 1: I feel like we're playing decent basketball. We lost to
Speaker 1: a good team here on their home. It's a game
Speaker 1: we feel like going down the stretch. We could have
Speaker 1: in many waves, should have won. We didn't, but I
Speaker 1: liked the way we're trending. Thank you, Reef. Comments from
Speaker 1: the Sixers headman Brett Brown after tonight's loss. You heard
Speaker 1: him perhaps saying right at the beginning of his address,
Speaker 1: twenty three turnovers in the game that led to twenty
Speaker 1: six points off turnovers for the Miami Heat, a key
Speaker 1: separator in tonight's one point outcome one O two, one
Speaker 1: on one the Heat over the Sixers. Sixers big man
Speaker 1: Joel andb the All Star. He had to battle foul
Speaker 1: trouble throughout most of the evening. He had five personal
Speaker 1: fouls all said and done, but picked up number five
Speaker 1: very early on within the first minute fifteen seconds of
Speaker 1: the fourth corner. Did finish with twenty three points, eight
Speaker 1: rebounds and four assists. Had a big basket that helped
Speaker 1: the Sixers build their lead up to one hundred two
Speaker 1: ninety seven, but Dwayne Wade went to the line to
Speaker 1: lock things up with three free throws. Ben Simmons was
Speaker 1: intentionally foul by Wade with twenty three point eight seconds left.
Speaker 1: He split the free throws, missed the first connected on
Speaker 1: the second to make it one oh one two one
Speaker 1: hundred and then with five point nine seconds ago, Dwayne Wade,
Speaker 1: who scored a season high twenty seven points, including fifteen
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter, connected on a step back jumper
Speaker 1: top of the key, as Tom McGinnis said, vintage Dwayne
Speaker 1: Wade in tonight's game, in his sixth game back with
Speaker 1: a Heat since the trade deadline, and he was a
Speaker 1: huge factor in the Heat getting by and this one tonight.
Speaker 1: Hassan Whiteside very impactful with fifteen points eleven rebounds. Kelly Olenick,
Speaker 1: back from injury off the bench nine points, three rebounds,
Speaker 1: three assists, but he was a presence that seemed to
Speaker 1: bother Joel and Beads somewhat as the two of them
Speaker 1: went at it throughout tonight's game. Grundragics very steady for
Speaker 1: the Heat, the All Star with twenty one points and
Speaker 1: three three pointers, and Miami with just enough to get
Speaker 1: past the Sixers tonight thanks to a throwback effort from
Speaker 1: Dwayne Wade's twenty seven points, hitting the decisive jumper with
Speaker 1: five point nine seconds to go as the Heat win
Speaker 1: this one one O two to one on one again
Speaker 1: now within a game of the Sixers for seventh place
Speaker 1: in the Eastern Conference, and the four game season series
Speaker 1: stands at two to one in favor of the Sixers,
Speaker 1: But a rematch coming a week from Thursday. Down at
Speaker 1: American Airlines Arena. Once again, Tom McGinnis is standing bible.
Speaker 1: Go to next. It's the postgame showing the Sixers rating
Speaker 1: network seventy Sixers falling at American Airlines Arena by the
Speaker 1: final score of one h two to one on one.
Speaker 1: Brian Seltzer with you from Sixers dot Com. Tough one
Speaker 1: for the team tonight. This really did take on a
Speaker 1: spirited postseason feel. Points were at a premium, defense was
Speaker 1: ratcheted up. You could tell that both clubs since the
Speaker 1: requisite urgency and hunger in this one tonight. It was
Speaker 1: not to be for the Sixers. They committed twenty three
Speaker 1: turnovers in the game. Dwayne Weighed the game winner with
Speaker 1: five point nine seconds to go to Ell and b
Speaker 1: battling foul trouble throughout the night. For entertainment value, Tom McGinnis,
Speaker 1: this was a great game tonight, giving you a preview
Speaker 1: in terms of the Sixers hope will being about a
Speaker 1: month and a half from now. The old veteran stepping
Speaker 1: up down the stretch and putting his team over the top. Yeah,
Speaker 1: absolutely preview, Yes, but you know, these are the types
Speaker 1: of games that you, you know, you try to win.
Speaker 1: Competing it's just such a deflating thing. I gotta be honest.
Speaker 1: That was a really hard, fun game. The Sixers, you know,
Speaker 1: quote unquote, had the game for most of the game,
Speaker 1: but Wade was just too much down the stretch. That
Speaker 1: running shot, the free throws, the game winning shot, I mean,
Speaker 1: fifteen points in the fourth, you know, and the Sixers
Speaker 1: were really hard pressed for offense down the stretch. And
Speaker 1: that's something that that's how playoff basketball. If that's if
Speaker 1: they're fortunate enough to get into the playoffs, that they
Speaker 1: play their way in amongst the top eight in the East,
Speaker 1: that's how it goes in the playoffs. I mean, they
Speaker 1: shot forty two percent tonight, thirty five at eighty four.
Speaker 1: And it's, as Brett Brown said, this certain that you
Speaker 1: know your weaknesses are revealed. There's no secrets when you
Speaker 1: play a team five to six seven times, and that
Speaker 1: that's the kind of game it was. I thought they
Speaker 1: took time, a little too much time at points getting
Speaker 1: into their offense. But all told, just an absolutely incredible game.
Speaker 1: I mean, just Wade, like I said, found the fountain
Speaker 1: of youth. He's a gold medalist, a three time NBA champion,
Speaker 1: came back in and he sensed the moment and he
Speaker 1: found his shot. And that's what the superstar players do.
Speaker 1: And obviously he's in the waning portion of his career,
Speaker 1: but he comes back to Miami tonight, he comes back
Speaker 1: a hero. Seventy six ers drop a one o two,
Speaker 1: one on one decision to Miami. Joel Embiide with twenty
Speaker 1: three points, nine of sixteen from the field, had to
Speaker 1: deal with foul trouble throughout the night. Thought Tom that
Speaker 1: dario scharge was tremendous, giving this team a needed boost
Speaker 1: in the second half. He finished with twenty one and
Speaker 1: shrugged off of first half where his shot just wasn't
Speaker 1: going down. Oh, Dario is just he's unbelievable. He plays
Speaker 1: so hard, he's so easy to root for. He's just incredible,
Speaker 1: And you're right, he had a tremendous game. And because
Speaker 1: of his size, because he oftentimes spaces the floor, he
Speaker 1: gets open and he battles for rebounds, he just dives.
Speaker 1: I thought that was a very tough call that he
Speaker 1: was whistled on the foul on Wayne in the corner.
Speaker 1: And let's face it, in a game that came down
Speaker 1: to the very end, three free throws for Dwayne Wade
Speaker 1: that was pivotal, So you know, you can't fault Thario.
Speaker 1: He was just incredible in terms of the way he
Speaker 1: battled and fought in this game and quite frankly, you know,
Speaker 1: helped the Sixers, put them, put them in a position
Speaker 1: where they were down the stretch. He played great. Sixers
Speaker 1: come up one point short one o two, one oh
Speaker 1: one on the road at Miami, and the bench time
Speaker 1: had its moments tonight two at various points in the game,
Speaker 1: no doubt I thought so I thought that the bench,
Speaker 1: you know, in terms of the Sixers reserves outscored them
Speaker 1: or outplay them. You know. The scoring maye me not
Speaker 1: because it was offset by wage twenty seven and they
Speaker 1: got nine from Kelly Olinok. But Marco Belinelli had a
Speaker 1: good night off the bench, and certainly the hustle and
Speaker 1: play just not necessarily just stats, but the way we're
Speaker 1: Sean and TJ played really helped out the Sixers. McConnell
Speaker 1: had seven points, three assists, three rebounds were Shawn had
Speaker 1: six points and that was the bulk of the scoring
Speaker 1: for the seventy six ers. Infect those are the only
Speaker 1: three because they had twenty six points. Weighed himself at
Speaker 1: twenty seven, but that group a mirror. Even though he
Speaker 1: didn't have a he didn't score and a couple of
Speaker 1: times he was denied by Whiteside. He played well at times.
Speaker 1: So I mean, the Sixers starters, Bryan, you tell me,
Speaker 1: but numericaly, I guess they're the best in the NBA.
Speaker 1: And I think he needed a little bit more off
Speaker 1: the bench, to be sure. But they certainly played with
Speaker 1: a lot of heart and fight. It was hard, you know,
Speaker 1: and Beat had a good game. He was nine of sixteen,
Speaker 1: but most of his game for the most of his
Speaker 1: points came from the outside, where he was keeping Whiteside
Speaker 1: away from the basket. It was tough, though. The Sixers
Speaker 1: go in there there. They're a very good defensive team.
Speaker 1: They really recovered well. They clogged up the middle. It
Speaker 1: was difficult. That's where a lot of the Sixers turnovers
Speaker 1: came in the middle. Thinking they had a guy Beat
Speaker 1: and then they would get in there and all of
Speaker 1: a sudden there was no space, and then they would
Speaker 1: try to pass it in tight quarters in the lane.
Speaker 1: And these players are too big, too athletic, they cover
Speaker 1: too much space. They're great defensively, and that's really kind
Speaker 1: of NBA players in general. And it was difficult. So
Speaker 1: the Sixers got to clean things up a little bit offensively.
Speaker 1: This was a game you hope to kind of get
Speaker 1: back on track after a tough loss in Washington. And
Speaker 1: like I said, they played, they played so well, they
Speaker 1: had Miami at bay and yet the heat able to
Speaker 1: come back and I'll score the Sixers in the second
Speaker 1: half and come away with a victory and sets up
Speaker 1: another big game, you know in March here when the
Speaker 1: Sixers return, but again on Thursday, you know, against Cleveland
Speaker 1: who has obviously changed their course of their season with
Speaker 1: a big trade earlier this month. And you know, it's hard.
Speaker 1: It's life in the NBA in terms of playing well
Speaker 1: and having the game and yet losing and then having
Speaker 1: last second shot that didn't go. But you got to
Speaker 1: come right back with renewed injury energy and try it
Speaker 1: again and do it again on Thursday day night. Good
Speaker 1: veteran perspective as always from the one and only Tom
Speaker 1: McGuinness After a tough one for the Sixers tonight one
Speaker 1: O two, one on one, Tom talks to you on Thursday,
Speaker 1: and it's definitely been something and a theme that Brett
Speaker 1: Brown has hit upon as of late. It's like, what
Speaker 1: are you focusing on this time of year? You're looking
Speaker 1: at the standings every day, and Brett's response has been
Speaker 1: pretty consistent in that, No, we're trying to get time, score,
Speaker 1: situational things down at this stage of the year, figuring
Speaker 1: stuff out. And it's going to be neat to go
Speaker 1: back at this one and dig in a little bit
Speaker 1: closer as far as who was on the floor when
Speaker 1: in crunch time of this game for the seventy sixers,
Speaker 1: because that could very well give a preview of what
Speaker 1: could happen for the Sixers, or at least at this stage,
Speaker 1: what they might be thinking about as far as simulating
Speaker 1: and drawing up for the playoffs, or maybe they take
Speaker 1: a few things away, learn a few things, and do
Speaker 1: things differently the next time. The good news for the
Speaker 1: Sixers is they still have a couple games in hand,
Speaker 1: and they're two in front of the Heat and the
Speaker 1: lost column. Although Miami moves to within a game. Officially,
Speaker 1: of the Sixers in the standings, they have the Cleveland
Speaker 1: caval There's coming up next, as Tom said on Thursday,
Speaker 1: but before we talk more about that matchup, we'll get
Speaker 1: to some highlights on the other side. It's the postgame
Speaker 1: show on the Sixers Raider Network seventy Sixers and the
Speaker 1: Miami Heat at American Airlines Arena. Round one of two
Speaker 1: between these two teams or the course of the next
Speaker 1: two weeks and their final two matchups of this season,
Speaker 1: really entertaining battles the first two times round up here
Speaker 1: in the Delaware Valley, a chance to move it to
Speaker 1: South Florida for key games in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
Speaker 1: As we recapped this one tonight, the Sixers and the
Speaker 1: Heat pretty even the first six minutes of play. It
Speaker 1: would stay that way as the Heat jumped in front
Speaker 1: seventeen to fifteen and the Sixers got a big run
Speaker 1: going capped off by this play to end the first quarter.
Speaker 1: And here's allowed to comming. Tonny Japson hook one hand,
Speaker 1: Robert Comington throws it down. Well, that works, Miami stunned.
Speaker 1: Great screen by Rashaun Holt and Comington throws it down.
Speaker 1: Sixers scored the final nine points of the first quarter.
Speaker 1: They extended that run to eleven straight going into the second.
Speaker 1: They increased their lead to thirty five to twenty three
Speaker 1: on an ice play by Ben Simmons, but the heat
Speaker 1: would have run in them. Over the next three and
Speaker 1: a half minutes, they scored fifteen points in a row,
Speaker 1: with Hassan white Side making an impact. The Sixers went
Speaker 1: to their special team's options and once again closed out
Speaker 1: the quarter with an energizing pivotal contribution. TJ looking looking
Speaker 1: and finally gets it in the JJ Reddick at mid court,
Speaker 1: Reddick with a dribble, Reddick at the Dario Darry with
Speaker 1: it's gone at the end of the opening clurt. Dario
Speaker 1: Shirt scores with a half a second to go. That
Speaker 1: was with a half second left in the second quarter
Speaker 1: of The Sixers went into the break leading forty eight
Speaker 1: to forty five. Miami trouble shooting. While both teams had
Speaker 1: troubleshooting outside the arc and perhaps the troubleshooting in general
Speaker 1: in the first half, but a couple of quick threes
Speaker 1: from Tyler Johnson early on in the third tied up
Speaker 1: the game and then sent the Heat in front and
Speaker 1: the race was on. Joel Embiid picked up his fourth
Speaker 1: foul early on in the third quarters to the Sixers
Speaker 1: were looking for some sort of boost. Dary charge more
Speaker 1: than willing to take on that responsibility. Ten ties. Tent
Speaker 1: Lee changes third quarter Sixers Baal weddeck outside right, Dario,
Speaker 1: he wants a three. It's up at it Dario Shark
Speaker 1: from J. J. Ruddick and the Sixers have gone from
Speaker 1: ice cold from beyond. It's a hot right every he fought, well,
Speaker 1: what would that make Dario scharche He would score the
Speaker 1: next nine points for the seventy sixers. Then had to say,
Speaker 1: in this one, but Ben gets it back into a mirror,
Speaker 1: not a Dario, don't look past it's a damn by seventh.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Dario Shark with a great beat and down
Speaker 1: lows I was saying, no, Look. It was sixty seven
Speaker 1: to fifty eight. At that point you start to think,
Speaker 1: all right, the Sixers putting themselves in a good spot.
Speaker 1: But Dwayne Wade Gon Dragicic got things going in the
Speaker 1: Heat's favor. It was a two point game, Sixers up
Speaker 1: seventy five seventy three going into the fourth, Joel and
Speaker 1: bead quickly picked up a fifth foul. Sixers bench got
Speaker 1: things wrapped up. Marco Belinelli with back to back three
Speaker 1: pointers where Sean Holmes giving some nice minutes in the
Speaker 1: front court ended in front court in La Lobster Shawn
Speaker 1: for Shawn bumped by James Johnson, no call back to
Speaker 1: Dower Innate charged laws that his loues. He gains it back,
Speaker 1: he dies, it's out the fer Shawn picks it up
Speaker 1: ag to shoot homes against Olynic, bores his shoulder into
Speaker 1: and puts it in a tough book by forshawn Home.
Speaker 1: Miami would respond with a run to the score of
Speaker 1: eleven to one. Game tied at eighty seven, Sharks with
Speaker 1: a go ahead three pointer, but the Sixers and the
Speaker 1: heat still neck and neck. Jj Reddick found while shooting
Speaker 1: a three, he knocked all three free throws down to
Speaker 1: make it ninety eight ninety five with one forty seven ago.
Speaker 1: Dwayne Wade with a basket to make it a one
Speaker 1: point game. Joel Ebad summing up some stuff playing down
Speaker 1: the stretch in foul trouble up a high screen by
Speaker 1: it beat back to Joel It beat drives out of
Speaker 1: whiteside in La Hanks puts it up. No good, he
Speaker 1: got it, check that he got it. Wait, put it
Speaker 1: in and teeter it on the rib. He dipped under
Speaker 1: whiteside and scored it. One hundred and ninety seven seventy
Speaker 1: sixers Dwayne Wade. He was found while shooting a three
Speaker 1: of his own own. He knocked down all three with
Speaker 1: twenty seven seconds left, one hundred a piece. Then Wade
Speaker 1: would intentionally foul Ben Simmons. Simmons missing the first, hitting
Speaker 1: the second with twenty three point eight seconds to go,
Speaker 1: and then it was time to go into the way
Speaker 1: back machine. Wait at the top of the geat Simmons
Speaker 1: is on him. Wait with a gribble step back shot
Speaker 1: in the air. It's good. Five point nine to go
Speaker 1: and Miami has taken a leak. No wait, wait, what's
Speaker 1: the heat up? One o two, one oh one. They
Speaker 1: would stay up. The Sixers got a great wide open
Speaker 1: look at the top of the arc to JJ Reddick
Speaker 1: as time was expiring. It was an inbounds play where
Speaker 1: Simmons took a given go from Reddick, dribbled to the
Speaker 1: side of the lane, drew the attention, kicked it to
Speaker 1: the corners. Charts then swung it up top, but Reddick
Speaker 1: was not able to get the three pointer to go,
Speaker 1: and the Miami Heat escaped with a one point win.
Speaker 1: Sixers shoot just under forty two percent from the field,
Speaker 1: Miami forty four and a half percent. Twelve three pointers
Speaker 1: for the Sixers, nine for the Heat. Sixers, nineteen of
Speaker 1: twenty three from the foul line Miami plus two from
Speaker 1: the stripe in the game, twenty one of twenty eight.
Speaker 1: Sixers were plus six on the glass. With a big
Speaker 1: disparity in this one tonight, twenty three turnovers to Miami
Speaker 1: seventeen the Sixers minus eight in terms of points scored
Speaker 1: off turnovers, Miami had twenty six of them. Dwayne Wade
Speaker 1: a season high twenty seven points. This was his sixth
Speaker 1: game back with the Heat since the trade deadline. Head
Speaker 1: of sixteen from the field, two of four outside the arc,
Speaker 1: five of five from the free throw line. Joellanbiad led
Speaker 1: the Sixers with twenty three points and thirty minutes, three
Speaker 1: of six from outside the arc. He also had eight
Speaker 1: rebounds and four assists, but five turnovers and five personal fouls.
Speaker 1: Twenty one for Dario Charch seven of fourteen from the field,
Speaker 1: three of seven from three point territory, seventeen points for
Speaker 1: Charch in the second half, fifteen for Edick Ben Simmons
Speaker 1: with eleven, six and six. He had four personal fouls
Speaker 1: and four turns in the game. Marco Belinelli off the
Speaker 1: bench with thirteen and Rashawn Holmes with six points, seven
Speaker 1: rebounds and a couple of blocked shots. Once again good
Speaker 1: minutes from him playing alongside Joellen biad for a decent
Speaker 1: portion of tonight's game, Eleven lead changes and thirteen ties
Speaker 1: in the matchup seventy sixers, with the lost now thirty
Speaker 1: two and twenty seven, the Miami Heat improved to thirty
Speaker 1: two and twenty nine. Sixers game their lead for seventh
Speaker 1: place in the Eastern Conference standings now at a game.
Speaker 1: The four game season series between the Sixers and the
Speaker 1: Heat is two to one in favor of the Sixers,
Speaker 1: but a rematch coming in eight days. Back in American
Speaker 1: Airlines Arena in South Florida, looking at the scoreboard of note,
Speaker 1: the Cleveland Cavaliers pulled one out against the Brooklyn Nets
Speaker 1: one twenty nine to one twenty three. That means Cleveland
Speaker 1: is now three and a half games in front of
Speaker 1: the Sixers for third place, and the Milwaukee Bucks fall
Speaker 1: at home to the Washington Wizards one oh seven two
Speaker 1: one oh four. So, on the one hand, the Sixers
Speaker 1: stay within the game of Milwaukee for sixth place in
Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference, but within the last two games the
Speaker 1: Sixers fall farther back behind the Washington Wizards. See this
Speaker 1: is we can tell this staring to get a little
Speaker 1: bit much to process buyers, truly. But with the win,
Speaker 1: the Wizards are now two and a half games in
Speaker 1: front of the Sixers for fourth place in the East.
Speaker 1: Time to give you off to a man who's fresh
Speaker 1: and ready to take your phone calls at six zero
Speaker 1: six three two zero nine seventy five. His name is
Speaker 1: Von Gibbons. He's the Fanatics Sixers insider and evening host.
Speaker 1: Extraordinary standing by big thanks to Alan Yates and Tyler Zulie.
Speaker 1: Back here at the studio now for the radio voice
Speaker 1: of the seventy six Ers, Tom mcguinnis Brian Selzer saying
Speaker 1: so long for now. On final time, the final score
Speaker 1: heat on Dwayne Wade's game winner one two one oh one. Over.
Speaker 1: The Sixers have a great rest are Tuesday Night, from
Speaker 1: all of us here at the Sixers Raider Network.