Rewind vs. Detroit Pistons - 10/15/19

put Detroit away. I'm Brian Seltzer. Our postgame coverage underway from down here at the Center. Bring on Tom McGinnis in a moment. We hope to hear from Brett Brown as well. We'll give you some highlights and the final box score. Two. Joel Embiid was at his best in three preseason games so far. Twenty four points. Went on the attack early, pretty smooth from the field, got some mid range jumpers to go down early. He got to the free throw line again eight times, had all eight

of his shots eight rebounds in twenty two minutes. Think that based on this performance by Joel and b tonight, very reassuring that he is headed in the right direction going into next Wednesday's regular season opener. Ben Simmons and al Horford, two regular starters, did not play tonight. Ben Simmons had a little bit of back tightness and the Sixers held him out. Al Horford didn't play tonight because of Rasso. In their place, the Sixers went with Matisse,

Stybel and fur Concorkmas. I thought both those guys had some really good nights. I mean Matisse right now. It's like, you know, you don't want to overreact to what you see in exhibition games. But in my opinion, Matisse has shown enough good things consistently now three times against NBA competition where there's reason enough to be excited. He had seven points, knocked down a three pointer. But where your eyes really light up is seeing the four steals, the

two block shots, the six rebounds, and beyond that. Just watch these games, listen to them. He is all over the place, tenacious, a maniac on the defensive end of the court, causing havoc, creating deflections, taking the ball away, forcing turnovers. More good stuff from Atise. And as for Corkms, the Sixers have been giving him some opportunities. He knows his top priority is to make shots. Hit two three pointers. Tonight finished with ten points, four rebounds. He was plus twelve.

That was a team high. Encouraging signs from fur Con Cork Mos Tobias Harris hitting some tough shots. He finished with ten points, five rebounds, and twenty four minutes. Josh Richardson ran the point in the starting role for the seventy sixers with Ben Simmons out. He looked good again with eleven points, six assists and five boards. Thirteen points off the bench for Norvelle Peal plus five block shots

and four rebounds. Playing the entire fourth quarter, it was fun to watch seventy sixers down Detroit one oh six to eighty six, an under convincing preseason victory. We go to Tom McGinnis now, who had the call of tonight's action down here at the center. Seventy sixers unbeaten four preseason games. You know the time, I'm trying to reconcile with myself. You know, what do you make of preseason evidence?

And it's probably a question that you can only best answer once the games begin to count and you have hindsight. But seeing what we're seeing. I mean, this is just more good stuff from the six. I hate to keep going back to that refrain, but that's the evidence we answer so far. No particularly four player like thy Ball, who is never playing in the NBA. And again he

stated that he feels comfortable and clearly so. But you know, like the more and more he can get his legs sort of speak underneath them, the better it's going to be when the actual season rolls around, because it's not gonna be perfect. You know, he's going to have his ups and downs, as any first year player would be. But the thing that at least individually, and you spoke

about him, so I'll address that first. But he makes it look so easy, like oh, like he got Kannard got around him at one point and maybe he wasn't even guarding him, but he ran from behind him, just blocked it. Like oh that's an easy play to make, or just it's clear, like you know you've heard the phrase act like you've been here before. It's to him, it's just like it's just a simple defensive play. He gets run down, you know he does. He has and I try to work this out of him when we

talked to him last week. A lot of it's intuitive, and he was a little maybe hesitant. He didn't want to, I think maybe self congratulate. But that's what it appears to me, that it's just something he's done for his basketball career, and he's been doing it even at this level. With the four steals and the blocks, very impressive and you know, like you say this preseason, but what I like is not only have the Sixers starters had their moments.

Sometimes it's been Harris not particularly tonight, and Joel was by far the best that he's been and he had a great touch, and we can get into that in a moment, but it's when the reserves get in there, and tonight they outscored them by ten in the last seven minutes of the game. It was eighty six seventy six, and the Sixers outscored him twenty to ten down the stretch. And again it's their deep reserves against your third team.

But you know, again, you're trying to get guys confidence and prove that they can play and take advantage of opportunity, and a lot of different guys have done that multiple times. Seventy Sixers knock off Detroit one oh six eighty six down here at the center there a four oh on the preseason. What'd you think, Tom, of Josh Richardson getting the primary ball handling responsibilities once again? You know, I thought he looked good, you know, I mean, he looked very,

very confident. He's definitely, you know, like a strong ball handler where you're not gonna harass him and force him to He gets to his spots and get you into the offense. He's able to initiate the offense. And again part of it too with the Sixers, like, yes, you if you don't get something going, you throw it back to him. But a lot of you have multiple ball handers with them, so it's not like back in the day when you had Maurice Cheeks bringing it up and

getting every half court set up that way. That's that's not how it works anymore. You get a lot of action on the perimeter with dribble handoffs that don't involve

necessarily the point guard. But Richardson has proven more than capable in the last two games, and I think the Sixers knew that, and Brett Brown kind of gave himself of a blueprint going forward that he's going to be able to do that, and again, I think maybe the number one characteristic you get out of Richardson at both ends of the floors, he's rugged, he's gonna play tough, and he's gonna get it done no matter what it looks like. And he did that again the night Sixer

is beat Detroit one oh six eighty six. There a record of the preseason staying perfect at four. And oh, I don't think Joe Ellenbiid in any way, shape or form needs a good preseason game to reassure anyone out there that he's capable of doing what he's shown himself to do in the regular season. However, that being said, it was really nice to see this type of game tonight. Not to say anything about his first two preseason games,

but he was in rhythm early. The Sixers went to him right off the jump and that seemed to unlock him for his best preseason game right and you know, he was able to catch the ball down on the left block, which is as Brett Brown likes to call in many different ways, the honey spot. That's where he really that's his spot and what he does more than anything from there as he draws fouls and you know, you know, God forbid that you're a defender that can't

stop him, and that unfortunately for them. That's what Thonmaker was tonight. Even when Wood came in there. Joel is gonna take you to the cleaners. He's gonna draw fouls and then to me and you know at some point, you know, because he's he's very good down there on that block and that is where you want to get

the tallest, most talented player of the ball. But his to me where I think, and again this is only my opinion, when he faces up at like seventeen feet at the elbow and with that touch, which is what he displayed here tonight, I believe he was like four of six on those those types of shots because he's got the footwork, he's able to elevate, he's got great up bakes, and he just and then guys know that he could put it on the deck and take it

to the basket. He's unstoppable when he shoots that seventeen foot feathery jump shot. And then he got to the line, I believe he made his first eight free throws. And that's just at the offensive ent, and he's a huge factor at the other end, clearing boards and really creating havoc being that rim protector that the Sixers want to key their whole defensive off of Sixers over Detroit one oh six to eighty six. Tom McGinnis, a final happy

birthday wish to you. Seventy Sixers. Get hey, it's a win, a preseason win, any type of win, mark the occasion, fitting style. We will talk to you on Friday, final preseason game. Mercifully. Let's go right yep, good night, bub Seventy Sixers get a win in their fourth preseason game. They remain undefeated on the exhibition slate, one oh six to eighty six. My name is Brian Selzer. Time for us now to listen back to highlights called by the

birthday boy, mister Tom McGinnis. One of the storylines for tonight, Josh Richardson starting at point guard because Ben Simmons sat out with some tightness in his back. Jay rich operating the controls real well, and he showed his toughness and gotten the scoring act too. He'll buy Richardson. Sixers on the move, Jameson, Richardsons in on Woods up at what a drive by h Richardson put the Sixes up by ten twenty at eighteen. It was a pretty competitive first half.

Del and bad made sure the Sixers stayed in control in the second quarter, six Ers going to a beat in the high post seventeen beat straight away, up, faked jab step and step back shot good so. With Richardson is starting at the one spot for the seventy Sixers tonight, that opened up his place at the two, which meant Matisse Thible was bumped up from the bench into the starting lineup, and Thible, as he has done throughout the preseason,

continued to make the most of his opportunities. Baseline feels him back out and drows it Dualquin when turn goes a Thible for the jam nicely doug backcut by batist Thibal for the score at forty thirty six in favor of the seventy six or Sixers led fifty one forty seven at the break. In the third quarter, they started to pull away more from Jay rich drud said playing at point guard role drives it on Galloway and jams and Josh Ruchardson right down the shoot well him up

hand a jam sixty eight sixty two. The seventy sixers were in the driver's seat going to the fourth. Don't tell that to Norbelle Pell. If you follow the Blue Coats last year in the G League, you know how intense this guy is at the rim on both ends of the court. He was unstoppable. Fool gets it again. He's twisting it up up the glass. But that's so good. He does get the everybody he bats at Durbell and Pell with another slap and a foul. On Detroit, Norvel

Pell is great. Thirteen points, five block shots in all twelve minutes of the fourth quarter. He was a forrest. Detroit had no answer for seventy Sixers beat the Pistons by twenty one oh six eighty six. Defense excellent again held the Pistons to thirty two and a half percent from the field, six of twenty six from outside the arc.

The rebounding tremendous for the Sixers. They were plus twenty on the glass, plus eight in terms of offensive rebounds twenty four points for Joel and Bid to go with eight rebounds twenty four points, his best total of the preseason. Get this, He's now twenty five for twenty six from the free throw line in just three preseason game thirteen for pel off the bench, eleven for Josh Richardson to

go with six assists and five rebounds. Batistible in his first preseason start with seven points, six rebounds, four steals and two block shots. Ten apiece for fur Con Corkmas and Tobias Harris. Shake Milton I thought had a pretty nice game. He had six points, but what won't show up in the box score the defense he played while he was out there. He was good. And Kyle O'Quinn continues at least for me to impress. Eleven rebounds, five assists and a couple of block shots for the veteran

big man in thirteen minutes. All right, So the seventy sixers hoay put a rap on the preseason coming up on Friday, they have the Washington Wizards at seven o'clock and then only five days from that until the regular season opener. Hallelujah, one final time. The final score. The seventy six Ers stay perfect through four preseason games with a one oh six eighty six win over the Detroit Pristons.

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