You're listening to rewind, they'll listen back on press conferences, highlights and analysis from the seventy sixers previous game. It is nice to be talking about a win following a seventy Sixers game. That is for sure, one nineteen one oh seven to seventy Sixers route the Memphis Grizzlies, a game in which the Sixers led by as many as thirty three points as the seventy Sixers snap out of their four game losing streak in dominant fashion. This is
precisely what the seventy Sixers needed tonight. You could feel it from the outset and perhaps not so surprisingly that the Sixers back at home, they had a different type of energy about them, a different type of demeanor about them. That's not to excuse the struggles of this team on
the road, you know what. The circumstances called for a victory in the most dire of ways, and it just so happened that a three game homestands started tonight and the seventy Sixers took advantage against yes, a young Memphis Grizzlies team, but also a Grizzlies team that had been great as of late. They were thirteen and three coming
into Tonight's game. Over the last sixteen, Ben Simmons I thought was a huge tone setter tonight twenty two points, ten assists, nine to fourteen from the field, hit four of his five free throws. Equally, if not more important, was the defense he helped provide on Rookie of the Year front runner Jean Morant. Morant held to fifteen points, four of twelve from the field, seven of nine from
the free throw line. So yeah, Morant got to the line, but John Morant didn't do much in terms of his shooting. Ben Simmons helping apply some of the pressure The Sixers defensively overall really effective, holding the Grizzlies to under forty one percent, shooting just five of twenty one from three
point territory. And on the opposite end of the floor, this Sixer's offense, which in its last four road games in particular on this previous trip, really had problems with spacing the floor creating some room to operate for guys, and the roster who liked to get down loan inside also struggled to hit their three pointers consistently. Tonight, it was an entirely different deal. The Sixers collectively converted fifty three and a half percent of their field goal opportunities
fourteen of twenty five. That's better than fifty five percent from outside the arc. That a major factor in tonight's one nineteen one oh seven win. Also encouraging. In addition to the victory, Joel Embiid he did not play in the second half. That, of course, was not encouraging. But the encouraging part was that the Sixers figured out how to adapt with Adam. They went back to that up tempo,
speedy style of play. They were able to get out and run space the floor for their perimeter shooters, and those shooters, namely fur Con Quorkmis, they were there to capitalize. Quorkmis with thirty four points, as you heard if you were following along, obviously a career high for the Turk
thirteen of seventeen. Overall, it's amazing that he even missed four shots seven of nine from the perimeter, Furkon becoming just the thirteenth player in franchise history to hit seven three pointers in the game and the second youngest of all time to get at least seven threes. Now we're gonna go to Brett Brown post game I mean, I think it's human nature. Sadly, I hear your question, and
it's the great challenge coaches go through. You know, if if teams always let their offense dictate their defense, it means they're really not that good of a team and they're not going to be playing that long. And that is the challenge, and the connection is real. It's a human nature thing as i've as I see it, and that's the challenge that you have to navigate through. You've got to continue to coach. It's easy to play defense when you're happy in scorn and people get touches. It's
harder when you got to grind things out. But grinding things out equals May and June, you know, late April, and that that's the mission that I am on as it relates to stuff going on on the road with us. I liked his defense, like we're all gonna remember him shooting,
and it's true and he hit some timely shots. But I think that when when you take a deep dive into the tapes as we have, and you know, you come back from the road playing against East Royalty in the three teams the last three games that we saw people that used to pick on him, don't pick on him as much, And people that like put him in pick and rolls don't do it as much. Or trying to pick on him and pin down walk away wide type angles, coming off screens, off ball stuff, don't pick
on him as much. And when they try to, I think that he slid on leveling people, moving his feet, showing his hands, chesting all that, you know, defensive scheme technique stuff. Of course, his scoring was needed. I thought that his teammates Ben especially did a good job finding him, But I thought holistically he was pretty good. Tonight, seventy six Ers head coach Brett Brown after ten nights victory
one nineteen one oh seven over the Memphis Grizzlies. Yeah, you know what, at the beginning of the night, who knew what we were going to see from the Sixers based on how things had gone over the previous four games. Brett Brown said he wanted to see a maniacal level of competitiveness from his team, and that's what they came
out and gave him. And the fan base, which you might be able to hear in the background cheering loudly, there's maybe about five to, you know, six or seven or so dozen fans seated just below us, right off the court. Those are the proud card carrying members of the Mike Scott Hive out in full force, and their guy, Mike just made his way out of the seventy sixers locker room to hang with the hive for a little bits.
Mike Scott tonight knocking down a three point. He also had five rebounds and twelve minutes off the bench for the Sixers in their twelve point win over Memphis. The Sixers led by as many as thirty three points in this one. Fur Con Corkma is a new career hive thirty four, twenty two points, ten assists for Ben Simmons, twenty one point, six rebounds, and five assists for Tobias Harris. As Simmons and the Sixers contained John Morant for four
for twelve shooting and fifteen points overall. A most welcomed drubbing, Tom McGinnis of this Memphis Grizzlies team, wouldn't you say? Yeah? And like I said, the Sixers kind of needed somebody to step up, and it was obviously furkn with a career night just because it was a really late night last night. And you needed a jolt, and they got it from Quark Mos and what a night shooting the ball.
Just incredible, And you know he has shown that he and that That's what I was going to say, exactly what Brett Brown was talking about, because you know, with somebody like him, you know, they teams who tended to go at him a lot. And obviously if you're if you're on an island defensively and can't hold your own, you're not going to be able to stay in the game. So credit the fir Con. He's gotten stronger, he's gotten better.
I think, like as Brett Brown was talking about tactically defensively, where he's able the guard and the guys he's assigned to guard and keep him in front and do so without fouling. And that's important because you're not going to be able to play twenty five minutes or so if you can't stay out there because of your defensive a lack of defensive prowess. So he did a great job and then Harris had a you know, Tobias, we kind of take for granted, twenty points here, twenty points there.
He's averaging twenty points per game, and Ben was brilliant as well. I thought Ben was literally bound and determined from the jump to get into the lane, and they did a great job on job Moran. I mean, you can see the skill set for Morant with the quickness. I mean that was blazing speed at times. But I thought Matisse and Ben Simmons did a terrific job. And you're really he never really got on track here tonight, seventy six Ers by twelve over the Memphis Grizzlies one
nineteen to one oh seven. Six Ers after leading by one time through one quarter of play, really clamped down in the second quarter, cut down on their turnovers, and opened up things more in the third. They played fast, up tempo, speedy running down the floor after Joel Embiid went out with his next stiffness at halftime, and it was encouraging to see the group once again adapt and also they were welcoming back a familiar face, but one
who hadn't seen in parts of seven games. Josh Richardson, Yeah, just real quickly to go back and revisit those numbers. So eight turnovers in the first quarter and that match just season high for any quarter in terms of turns for the Sixers. But then they went out and got sixteen assists and only turned it two times over in the second and the third, and thirty nine points in the third set a record for the third quarter so far this year. Sixteen made three or field goals in
that quarter, and that's what created the separation. And you're right, Josh Richardson, he played fifteen minutes, and good for him to kind of get back in the groove and again timely shooting for the Sixers and again, sometimes a knockout punch. Sometimes it's in the final two minutes. You know, everyone says it's only the last two minutes. Well, tonight it was the third quarter, and they created enough separation to keep the Grizzlies at bay because you know, Memphis is
a young team. They're trying to get better. There's more at stake here for them than just you know, one forty eight minute game. They're trying to improve all the time, and they were going to keep playing, and their bench actually outplayed their starters tonight. I thought Tyas Jones was really good. We saw quite a bit from Brandon Clark, but overall, the Sixers with enough and you get Norvelle in there, and so now I would think by Sunday, you're gonna get Burkes and Robinson into the game, and
again now Josh back in the mix. You would hope and b would be able to get to situated and possibly be able to play on Sunday and then two big games here, especially after you know a little bit of a slump here with the road losses and the way the Sixers lost in their most recent road defeats.
But if you can beat Chicago, and if there's a one way you can beat the Clippers to come up with a victory and go in with a little momentum in the break, that would be huge for this Sixers as they cap off this section of the season heading into the All Star Break. It's funny how a game like this can totally change your outlook and perspective or just the way you feel a little bit, because you know, two and a half hours ago, it was like, well,
the Sixers are coming in. What's gonna happen tonight? They've dropped four in a row against some quality teams. They've got a team that's hot in the building tonight, and then right you know, you come out, you have a very convincing performance and you just reference the names the two new incoming players, and Alec Burks and Glenn Robinson the third, and you're like, well, you know they could handle team like Memphis tonight as convincingly as they did
without them. Well, now you think you add some extra firepower in there, and it looks like an even deeper roster that the Sixers could have, right for sure, And like you know, and that's the thing, like Furkon's not going away. He's gonna be in the rotation. He's proven to be and you need shooters. That's exactly what general manager Brand did in terms of going out and getting these guys. So you're just adding more to the talent based in terms of guys that can knock down shots.
These guys are both Burkes and Robinson having good years the ball. But the Sixers can take nothing for granted, you know what I mean. Nice win here, going to be able to take a breath in a much deserved day off tomorrow, but you got to come back and be loaded for Barrack. In Chicago with Levine, it's been I think the Bulls would have to agree there, it's been a little bit of a disappointing year for them.
It looked like they might be in the mix, but you know you can't take anything for granted, and you got to slowly climb your way back into that possibility of getting a home court advantage because and again you watched here tonight, what a deal for the six twenty three wins and two losses, So to be able to get a first round home court advantage would be enormous. And like I said, you just got to incrementally keep getting better and better, get healthy, get continuity, find out
this offensive identity. As you said, they played fast, without a beat in the second half, move that ball around, hit the threes, and an all around nice victory and a much needed win obviously for the Sixers, No dad about it, Tom McGinnis, thank you very much. Seventy sixers rolled past the Memphis Grizzlies one nineteen, one oh seven. Seventy sixers back at home, and you figured that would hopefully be a very fortuitous and good thing for the
team tonight. Indeed it was the Sixers you could tell came out right off the jump with a different type of demeanor, attitude, energy, and a big part of that for the home squad was none other than Joel Embad Kyle Anderson was cut off. He kind of double pumped to put it softly up and Valentunas tapped it in, and now the Grizzlies down by one years A beat
for gree and that's good. Joella beat from out top, knocking down the three point field goal, and Beat had ten points, ten rebounds, three assists, two steals in a block shot in fifteen minutes in the first half. He wouldn't return after that due to next stiffness. At that point, the Sixers led by four, twelve to eight. Ben Simmons helped cap off the first quarter. A lot of the
coaches have been wearing Kobe Bryant bottle sneakers. Whoa Ben Simmons with a wake up call for the grizz right down lay with a right hand slam, Simmons dunk to the Sixers lead by four. He was aggressive throughout the evening. The seventy six was led by one, twenty six, twenty five. After one in the second quarter of the Sixers clamped down on defense for con Cork Mos got going and
things started to open up. As we headed towards the half Ben outside left against melt drives baseline cut off picks up his dribble cross court skip Horford not a furk on another three by cork Boss is good four three, sixteen points and Corkbos has looted the Sixers to an eight point league and that lead would increase even more to fourteen points at intermission fifty eight to forty four.
In the third quarter of the seventy sixers, they were clicking even though they didn't have Joel and beat out there again he didn't return with next stiffness. Batis Stybel got the starting nod with his vacated spot talking about him beating the third quarter and a Matisse did not disappoint, so Bias Harris takes the challenge of Jared Jackson, jumps
into the Labatis and Thible gets a jam. So Harris drew two defenders and Batis Steibel with a well timed cut from off the ball from the right perimeter angles in the lay catches it and jam. And a little bit later on in the third quarter, Thibile showed his perimeter stroke. Tea's being blocked it from behind. Thible missus, here's Simmons with it. He's got Bible on the right side. Thible go with the jam Fatistible with the right hand
jam and the Sixers are picking apart the Memphis Grizzlies. Well, another interior stuff right there by matisse Thible making it seventy four fifty one. The Memphis Grizzlies, they took a time out and the Sixers they would be well on their way to season control of this game. As we moved on to the fourth quarter, Memphis made a little bit of a run. Al Horford is part of keeping the opposition at bay and now Memphis has scored seventeen to will last nineteen points in the game. Simmons with
it out top Horford for three and that's good. Al Horford with a triple that re established some order. The Sixers back up by twenty one one o two to eighty one. We'll leave the last highlight to our guy for Quartermas Sivens twenty points, ten assists. Here's Corkbas for another three and he thrills it and the fan, the fans on the pass over to Corkbos rising as one.
They're feeling it. The fans were feeling it. Indeed they chanted some select fans you heard MVP chants or whenever fur Con Corkmas, you know, towed the line late in this one tonight. It was a great performance by him. He got a standing ovation as he went to and then took a seat upon the seventy sixers bench. Late. Sixers needed someone to give them a shot in the arm between Ben Simmons and fur Con Corkmas in particular,
that was the antidote for the Sixers tonight. Six Ers shot over fifty three percent for the game, fourteen for twenty five from outside the arc. They kept Memphis in check, shooting under forty one percent from the field in five to twenty one from three. The Sixers were plus ten
on the glass. Overall. They did commit twenty one turnovers, but between the second and third quarters when the Sixers really he sees control, after committing ten turnovers in the first quarter, they cut down on that number and that helped them again kind of get in the driver's seat
of this one tonight. Thirty four points a new career high for Corkmas, twenty two points and ten assists for Ben Simmons, twenty one points, six rebounds five times for Tobias Harris, ten points for Al Horford to go with eight rebounds and six assists and as I mentioned, ten and ten for Joel and beat in fifteen minutes in the first half. He went out with next stiffness fifteen for John Morant, just four of twelve from the field. He did go seven to nine from the line, fourteen
points for Rionis Valancunis plus ten rebounds. Jaren Jackson Junior held to two for nine, shooting six points sixers. With the win and their four game losing streak, they're now thirty two and twenty one and twenty three and two. Here at the Center, Memphis loses for just the fourth time in seventeen games. They're twenty six and twenty six overall. You've been listening to Rewind. Look out for fresh episodes the day after every seventy six Ers game this season.