Rewind | Milton Comes Through in Clutch

about that? With just over seven seconds to go, Young Shake Milton poised unflappable, delivering after a tough start for Shake Milton and seating play for the seventy Sixers on Saturday, the second year guard out of SMU coming through with the clutchest of clutch shots tonight to put the seventy Sixers over the top in a one thirty two one thirty victory over the San Antonio Spurs. I'm Brian Seltzer. We're expecting to hear from the Sixers head coach Brett

Brown via zoom in just a few moments. We'll get some thoughts from Tom McGinnis as well in playback some of his highlights. Got to feel great for Shake Milton. He came out of the gates tonight, I thought, with a really aggressive approach after going over one from the field scoreless in a Saturday's reopener against the Pacers, seemed a little bit lost in that game, but tonight he was aggressive, he was confident, He made plays and the biggest shot of the night for the Sixers to put

them over the top. He was six of nine from the field, two of four from outside the arc, had five rebounds, three assists, and didn't seem rattled by what took place on Saturday. And that is what we've come to know and expect from Milton, a guy who's very even keeled, mellow, takes things in stride, and certainly right before the suspension of play back in March, he was

playing terrific basketball. Joel Embiid was awesome twenty seven points, nine rebounds and five assists, did a great job passing tonight out of the post. Tobias Harris with twenty five points, nineteen for Josh Richardson and twelve for fur Concork Moise Brett Brown, speaking after tonight's thrilling win one thirty two, one thirty over the Spurs, he did a good job

of pressuring al Horfan. Probably was no secret who we wanted to go to, and just because of that crowd and the fact that you had somebody that could, you know, pass the ball in and make a shot, um, you know, proof to to win us the game as a result of, you know, shake sort of confidence because you know, normally a lot of people aren't gonna, you know, fall in love with that shot, and he did. He didn't hesitate

until your point. Given his performance in the first game, it's a great way to, uh for him to help us get that win. Thanks coach. Thanks, We're gonna go to Paul Hendrick. Hey, Bret Um was shake too. I mean, I know, you guys talked about it, you know, being a healthy, you know thing yesterday the other day where you know that that's the kind of thing that happens. But was shaken seemed like a little bit out of character for him as well, because he always talk about

how calm and how poisy was. How in that moment that you know, he kind of kind of working back to that. You know, that seemed like the shake Milton that we've kind of grown to know. Yeah, and we needed it, like any any time a player cannot make stuff up and they react to what the sports says. And he wasn't garden. They threw him the ball and he didn't think. He just shot it, and you know, shake for all of you. When I know you have you interview him and you listen to him, it's quite

clear he's an articulate, intelligent young man. And the poise and kind of grace that he goes about his business with I think was reflected. You know in that moment. He just was very calm and took a lot of belief in himself and ended up maybe with one of the biggest shots of his career. Thanks Brett, I'm gonna take two more, starting with Mark mark Less Trout. You're Mike, Yes, Brent, I just wanted to ask you about the fourth quarter. Two games in a row. You've had a tough time defensively. Hey,

how about that. Well, that's one way to comment on it. I think it stinks. I think it's not anything that we are or believe in or talk about. We were very lucky to win tonight, you know, when two closeout periods and then against Indiana it was forty six tonight it was forty three. That that is not going to get anything of any importance done. And the good news, like I told them, if you went and you you looked at genuinely looked at a roster and like felt

like this team can't shoot, this team can't score. It's hard to like wind up things and fix that part of it. If it were true. It's not true. We will find ways to score. We've shown that both nights and so the bad news the numbers that I just said, the good news, it is well within our reach immediately to like flip the switch. We have to have an immediate paradigm shift and admittance that you know, we can't afford to pick and choose, and in the last two

games we have done that. I give credit to both Indiana and certainly the Spurs tonight, like those guys scored, and you know their three scorers scored. But in general, it ain't gonna get it done. It's not who we are and it needs to be fixed, and fixed it will be, and it needs to start with the mentality. And I know our players understand that it's not like that speech I just gave as a mystery. This smart

enough to know it to be true. I gotta respect that about the seventh yer head coach of the seventy six ers, Brett Brown him, it's the elation and excitement of a last second victory cap by Shake Milton with the game winning three pointer with seven point two seconds to go. He's also really speaking truths about some of the stuff that went down in tonight's game, namely the

fourth quarter. Seventy Sixers gave up forty three points in the fourth quarter, second straight games since returning in Orlando, that the Sixers have given up over forty points in the fourth period. For the Sixers to get to where they want to go, as Breton Brown said, that's not going to get it done. But Shake Milton did get it done tonight. Sixteen points for the young man, six of nine from the field, two for four from three.

And I think in a perfect world, when you look at a game like this, was it easy on the eyes or your stomach and gut at times? No, Probably a lot of people young at their radios and TV. But in a perfect world, this could be what you hope is a character building win for the seventy Sixers. Not only they kind of have to battle and slog through it, Shake Milton had lots of reason to feel confident.

I think it was great to see fur con Quark Mos hit some shots because he really wasn't making a lot of threes between the scrimmages and the first seeding game on Saturday, and also for the Sixers to find a way to get by without Ben Simmons. I mean Ben the box girls say he played twenty five minutes, but it was like you barely saw him out there because he was so hampered by fouls, and he fouled out with just over two minutes ten seconds to go,

finishing with eight points, five rebounds. I big, your pardon, eight points, two rebounds and five assists. So the Sixers they had to find a way to get it done tonight against the desperate San Antonio team trying to get into the playoffs, and they did nice first victory in

Orlando for the Sixers. Tom McGinnis had the call, great game winner by t mac Tom, And you're big takeaways from this one tonight with the seventy sixers getting back on track, Well, let's go to what I said, and Coach Brown echoed, I mean, and that is that shake took what was there, and you know you got it. Whether you're a second year guy just starting as the point guard, or you're in bed, or you're DeRozan or

whomever you gotta do with what's there. You gotta take what's there and you don't hesitate, and you can be confident in your own ability. And that's exactly what happened. De Jontay Murray, you know, doubled and in bed didn't even have the ball. Yet you can't leave a guy wide open like that. And Shake then had a little bit of airspace and he made them pay. He stepped right into what was an open three and nailed it.

And you saw him, Brian with that swagger, that confidence that he walked off the court with, and that's great to be able to celebrate like that. And then the Sixers getting to stop down the stretch, so as you said, not easy on the eyes, looked like it was going to slip away. And that's the thing like when you give an opportunity to a quality score like de Rosen or a scrappy team like the Spurs a chance to

get back in the game, they're gonna take it. And as I've said so many times over the years, and this was give or take. I'm not even sure it could have even been in the third where the Sixers had an eight ten point lead and they came down and had four empty possessions and you're like, well, what's

the death, there's sixteen minutes to go. Well, you score two or three of those possessions and instead of an eight ten point game, it's a sixteen point game or an eighteen point game, and you might knock him out of the box right there. It didn't happen. That was one little segment, but the Sixers were able to come back. I thought Himba played well. He could have played better.

He did a decent job passing on the post. He was a little turnover prone, but you know, as you say, Ben was out of the mix with the foul difficulties. But you got solid performances from cork Mas and Netta at times. Horford Richardson played better obviously shake with the game when he shot, and Tobias with steadies. Well, lest we forget, Harris had a big baseline dunk off a feed by him bad and he made the spurs pace.

So not perfect, not by any stretch, giving up one hundred and thirty points, forty three and the fourth, but you got the victory, and now you got Washington, and let's go. Let's get some confidence going, Let's get some continuity. If this is about being you know, solid in spirit, and health and play. You still got five games, six games with which to do it week and I have to go before the playoffs to try to be at

your best. And I think that's the thing time. You hope that this is something that the the Sixers had to battle through tonight that could hopefully jump start them moving forward through these final six seeding games into the playoffs. And speaking of Shake, Milton walking off the court after hitting that shot, how nice was it to see the first person over to give him a leaping high five

after that clutch basket? Right right? And I thought there was a couple of sequences where Shake got knocked down and Joel was right there and hey, look we've all had tips and that was not a good look in that game. But you know, even whether if it's within your family or your close friends or whatever, and you have to sometimes after a repair, if you will, you

become stronger together. And obviously for this group to go forward, every single person has to be together, particularly in this situation in the bubble where it really is it's thirty seven people, fifteen players, the coaches, the staff, everybody together rooting for one another, and you know you're up against twenty one other teams, and obviously in the East nine teams and obviously coming up in the playoffs. But togetherness and unity and the ability to execute and delivered together

is of paramount importance. A hardy time. We will talk to you on the earlier side on Wednesday when the seventy six Ers battle the Washington Wizards. All right, thank you in good night. Seventy Sixers outlast the San Antonio Spurs one thirty two to one thirty. Shake Milton finishes with sixteen. He has the last laugh, winning it on

the three with seven point two seconds to go. Twenty seven points, nine rebounds, five times for Joel and b twenty five points, six rebounds, four assists are stealing a block for Tobias Harris, twelve for fur Con Korkmas off the bench, nineteen for Josh Richardson. That was also good to see on a night that Ben Simmons had to battle through foul trouble. Seventy Sixers San Antonio Spurs second seating game for the Sixers. They're looking to bounce back

after a tough loss on Saturday. Shake Milton not much of a factor in that game. On Saturday versus the Indiana Pacers, but early on he showed some aggression in the first quarter. Five seconds ago. Milt with the ball shake on a drive, keeps it left hand. Scoop good with point, bread to go and it Bead helps him up. You gotta love it. Sixers lead after one thirty five

thirty two. Great way to punctuate a strong first quarter by the seventy sixers, and in particular shake Milton not only good see him getting going early, but fellow backcourt starter Josh Richardson as well. Seventy six Ers up three thirty five thirty two after twelve minutes of play. In the second quarter of the seventy sixers, we're trying to put their stamp on the game, but the Spurs they wouldn't go awid quietly Joel and Bead was able to

flex his muscle a couple times tonight. Now they're gonna get Richardson on an angle to throw it to Joelli goes against Tyler Zeller. It'd beat backing with seven on the shotgun, turns faces baked, sit up and go nice. Touched by a Bead. He's four of six from the field. He's got nine has the Sixers go off by four. Sixty to fifty six was the score. Then the seventy sixers held a narrow two point sixty four to sixty two lead at intermission. In the third quarter of the

seventy Sixers wide the gap into double figures. They were starting to get wrong, even though Ben Simmons picked up his fourth personal foul sixteen seconds into the third. One thing that I kind of like to see in that third quarter fur Con Quark Moss seeing some shots go down. Simmons with the ball Sixers, a blue going left, the right out top Quarkbos. Simons screens fur Con for three and that's good. He got wide open. It will get his feet underneath them, and Quark Bos knocked out here.

Second tray of the game, Sixers like ninety nine eighty seven. After three and the fourth quarter, Ben Simmons would return. Get a tough night, but this was a key basket day. On a drive, goes in on a beat and Joel blocked it. Simmons has a numbers for the Sixers four on two, then with another hand scoop ribbing good in the form of the ice man. Then Simmons with a

finger roll and it's good. Seventy Sixers would lead by nine midway through the fourth quarter, but the Spurs would start the comeback charge led by DeMar DeRos and the Sixers. They needed a basket to keep themselves in front. Sixers big possession they lead by one. Shake Milton with a buff a screen by to bias. Milton, I'll top to it, beat inside, beat at the bias. He taps it up

and then he didn't even captured. He's had it with the right head on his back to the basket and spores the ball terrific, claiming eighteen sixers just under four minutes to go and have the Spurs. From there, they went on a nine to two runs to the seventy sixers. They were trying to chip and claw their way back into it after trailing by four with under two minutes ago.

Joell and Beat hits a big fadeaway, Tobias Harris gets a cutting dunk, and even though the seventy sixers were down two one twenty eight with ten and a half seconds to go, there was still enough time for one man, in particular, Richardson comes to the ball. They're looking to throw it in. Milton goes to Horford ho for back

to shake Milton for three. Shot up, my god, he made it was six seconds to go and the Sixers have taken the lad He stepped right into a tree well beyond the arc, and the Sixers made a defensive stand in the ensuing possession. The officials reviewed and at a bound's call and overturned it in the seventy six ers favor, so dwell Embiid was fouled hit the first intentionally missed the second. Sixers win it one thirty two to one thirty against the Spurs to pick up their

first win since the suspension. The Sixers now forty and twenty seven on the year. They shot fifty three percent from the field, held San Antonio to forty nine and a half percent overall. The Sixers fourteen of thirty one for forty five percent outside the arc. Spurs were twelve to twenty six for forty six percent. Seventy six or twenty six of thirty from the free throw line San Antonio twenty six of twenty nine. The Sixers overcame a minus nine differential on the glass, did a good job

with turnovers tonight, limiting themselves to just thirteen. Big improvement from the twenty one turnovers in Saturday's loss, twenty seven points for Joel Embiid that was a team high. He also had nine rebounds, a team high, and he tied

for the team lead in assists with five. Tobias Harris twenty five points, four assists, Shake Milton, as I mentioned, sixteen points, six and nine from the field, two to four from outside the arc, five rebounds and three assists, nineteen for Josh Richardson on three for eight from outside the arc. He also got to the line a bit twelve for fur con Quork Miles off the bench, Al Horford with an underrated nine points a night to go with six rebounds and three assists. Ben Simmons found out

with two twelve to go. Just twenty five minutes played for him, and he finished with eight points on four for six shooting, two rebounds and five assists. Seventy six Ers will next play on Wednesday afternoon, a four o'clock game against the Washington Wizards. You've been listening to rewind, look out for fresh episodes the day after every seventy six Ers game this season.