Mike, Tom mcguinnis crossed away. Thank you for joining us. You had the hot hand from three. That spot in front of the Hawks bench served you well as you dropped home a pair from deep in that corner. Must have felt good to get those long shots that helped the ball club to a victory tonight over your old team. Yeah, yeah, I felt good. It was good to see a lot of the guys with the Hawks, and um, you know, I think we passed the ball really really well tonight,
thirty three assists. The ball was moving. That's when it's fun to play. So you're getting into rhythm, huh after the first week back. Yeah, yeah, I've been. I've been in the gym a lot. Um, it feels really good to be back playing with these guys. It's such a fun team to play with. So I'm fortunate to be back and just trying to take a one game at a fun. Mike, leaning on your inside a little bit, but it's it was kind of a sloppy first half. You're tied at forty seven. I was curious what was
it like in the locker room where the coaches. I know they're not, you know, showing desperation, but but obviously they got to try to send a message. What was it like at halftime. Yeah, they were just challenging us to lock in and not give up as many offensive rebounds as we had in the first half, and me include I'll at up a few and just to get back on transition defense as well. And they show a crowd and I think we did. We did a really good job of that in the third period and that
kind of set us up for the win. Where'd you think of Simmons tonight? Oh? Man, he was awesome. His athleticism and him pushing the ball in transition. It's a real treat to play with and look forward to more of it for the trophy year. Thank you, Mike, good Luck, appreciate it. Thank you, Mike Muscala of the Sixers. Sixers Win one, thirteen ninety two. Coming out postgame coverage including Brian Seltzer of Sixers dot Com, Sixer's head coach Brent Brown.
We'll put the game in summation. They'll be highlights and a lot more as we roll on from South Philadelphia the Sixers over Atlanta. This is the Sixers Radio Network, ninety seven five. The Fanatic Sixers Win one, thirteen ninety two. They had a sixteen to four run to start the third, and then as I mentioned, you could go the other way. They ended the third out of twenty six to nine runs.
Simmons was incredibly yet fifteen points a career best for points in a quarter in that third, and then he either scored or assisted in the first twenty two points by the team in that third quarter. So Ben Simmons was brilliant. I mentioned he is our Independence Blue Cross player of the game. I'll betche he's the bell ringer as the Sixers with that little ceremony in the locker room and at the end of the game Amir Johnson and the receiving end of a long Marquel Folts pass.
Folts ended up with seven assists and Johnson with an easy slam our Dunkin' Donuts dunk of the game. So the Sixers win one thirteen to ninety two. Ben led the way with twenty one points, twelve rebounds, nine assists. He also had a block sixteen points for Folts his career high seven assists, four rebounds, eleven for Robert Covington. Dario four points, nine rebounds and an assist plus a steel Joel emb ten points, six boards, six assists, four turnovers,
two blocks. Again they were double teaming Joel, and you know at times he passed a well. He had six assists, but four turnovers. That kind of threw him off a little bit. I thought he was catching the ball a little further away from the basket than it would be most you know, prudent or helpful, you know, if you were to catch it a little bit closer. But credit to Alex land for four seeing him out, and then Basemore was coming with that double team action off the bench.
Two players of fourteen, Reddick and Muscot. They combined for eight main three's thirteen for Landry Shammon he had a pair of three's fourteen total from beyond by the Sixers, and then other players got in the scoring column. Amir Johnson was six rebounds, two points, two points off the bench for both McConnell, Kirkmis and Boldin had four for Atlanta, eighteen for Basemore, eleven apiece for both three Young Deadman and Amer Spellman, and those were their only double figure scores.
They're two and four and the Sixers are four and three. We'll have more postgame coverage after you hear this, this is the Sixers A Radio network ninety seven five the Fanatic. The Sixers with a huge third quarter and a big second half, pull away from Atlanta and win tonight's game one thirteen to ninety two in front of a sellout crowd of over twenty thousand, two hundred fans on hand.
Here tonight we mentioned what the Sixers did offensively in the third Simmons getting the first well having a hand in the first twenty two points, and then fifteen points of his own in that quarter. The big runs by the Sixers included an eleven oz spurt. Reddick had a big three in that span, but they also forced Atlanta into just six of twenty four from the field with six turnovers. They only scored thirteen points in the third quarter.
And again, sometime game that comes down to the last shot and it's the last two or three minutes to determine the outcome, but other times it's other aspects, other phases of the game. Of tonight, it was the third quarter, as it was even at forty seven, but the Sixers pull away. They were a little lackluster, be short to be sure. Early in the game shooting a poor percentage, high turnover rate, and yet we're able to pull it
together and knock off the Atlanta Hawks. So the Sixers are unbeaten at home, looking for their first road win of the year. It'll be tomorrow night in Toronto. Tough back to back. The Raptors are in Milwaukee. They've cut it to eight in the third and again a big score elsewhere in the NBA. We mentioned Golden State in Chicago and racking up. They already have one hundred and two points in the third. They had ninety two at halftime. Clay Thompson had ten threes. Kind of a startling result
from around the NBA. So that'll do it from now again. Our thanks to Marty Dickerson, Sam Fletcher, and Tyler Zuli, our engineers. Brian Seltzer Sixers dot COM's next final score from the Center one thirteen ninety two Sixers over the Hawks. Tom McGinnis saying, thanks for listening. I'll have a slice of that postgame coverage, but Brian Seltzer will handle it,
including Brett Brown from outside the locker room. Right after this on the Sixers Radio Network ninety seven, The Fanatic seventy six Ers beat the Atlanta Hawks one thirteen to ninety two. My name is Brian Selz. Let's go right now to Brett Brown his postgame press conference extracting that off and how do you think you guys, Yeah, yes, we were expecting it, maybe not to the blatant way that they did it, but yes we were expecting it. And I think that we did a better job in
the second half of going to floor spots. I mean, wild double teams, you know, from the top of the key or from one side of the floor normally don't
happen in our league. And so I thought that Joe did a pretty good job of knowing that they're incredibly always leaving Marquel from whatever part of the floor, and then they did it to Ben, but a lot with Marquel, and then Markuell basket cut and almost like the best play you could run would be to throw it to Joel and just have Markuell, no matter where he was, just follow his man and get to the front of the rim with a paint And I thought we did
a better job of that. But it was some aggressive double teams and Coach PS's scheme made us head to think a little bit. Both Ben and m Mark Kelsey might be more asserted and confidence with themed by it when they are just running the show. Just how do you channel that it, like the confidence, the mental side of that when they're sharing the It's a challenge. It's a challenge early because it comes back to some spatial issues that affect Joel And so it's it's deeper than
what you're saying, which is true. And what I'm trying to do is have it all like you can play him a little bit together, then separate him and give one the ball, then the other person the ball. I've said quite candidly. You know that Markel is a point guard and Ben is the rookie of the year as a point guard, and you know we mix and match a little bit. But it is a challenge. It is a challenge. I think Mark Tellen had been played when
they play together. I think we just spoke about it, you know, just go to and although it's early days, I'm aware of that. I'm aware of the numbers and you know Columes said it and then the numbers would would prove you to be right. And right now, it's it's a struggle for spatial reasons as much as anything and you know, you can just like bury your head in the sand and just keep doing it and doing it and doing it. And you could do that. I choose to walk that line of trying to grow it
and win. And you know that that's part of that's part of my challenge, right. I know that the corner three was a big point about Asis from you guys who drew those paid spots. Yeah, Mike seemed to have a lot of success. I thought it was his best game, um that he has played with us. And it's easier for me to say that when he makes shots, Like when he's making shots, you get flashbacks of Earsign and you know we need that from Dario and from Mike. We need them to make threes. And I thought that
that stood out. I thought that his ability to switch and like really move his feet and show a side of athleticism, um, impresses me. I really like him, Like you look at him and to me, he's a modern day type of player where he can switch and make a three, and he runs the floor and he's a he's a good teammate. He's got some toughness and good sort of human traits. I thought he was excellent tonight the new Yeah, he's there's nothing, and he's more than.
He gets immediate acceptance from his teammates because he works, and the players know that you want to passport into a locker room or a passport into somebody's in a circle of friendship, it starts for all of us. It's respect. And he gains respect because he works. He gains respect because he's got some toughness to him. He gains respect because he's a prideful student of a game plan, and you want to go to what was somebody like that? You want to go play a basketball game with somebody
like that. And his human qualities in his his prideful side of being a pro are a powerful combination that is as good a way to get into a team as I can think of. Seventy six Ers winning head coach Brett Brown talking about bench man Mike Muscala after a really nice one thirteen ninety two victory over Muscala's former team at the Atlanta Hawks. Muscala with fourteen points
off the bench. But the big story for the Sixers tonight the third quarter, in which they outscored the Hawks thirty one to thirteen, and they're all that Ben Simmons. Playton had twenty one points overall for Simmons twelve rebounds,
nine assists, just two turnovers. But in that third quarter Simmons scored feen points himself and he had to say either scoring or assisting on the Sixers first twenty two points coming out of the gates after a first half that was quite frankly bumby, tough, scrappy at times, the Sixers went into the locker room against a young, retooling Atlanta team tied at forty seven at the break, but it was Simmons, with a really determined, spirited effort at
who got the Sixers going. Simmons lit the fuse and the Sixers never looked back from there and route to their biggest margin of victory on the year, one thirteen to ninety two. The final score Joel Embiid, as Brett was talking about at the start of the portion the press conference that we heard double team for really the majority an entirety of the playing time that he was out there. Finished with ten points, three of nine from
the field, six rebounds. He made some good reads passing with six assists, but the Hawks, as you expected, made it difficult on him. The Hawks coach by former Sixers assistant Lloyd Pierce, so the Sixers had to adapt and adjust, and was almost as if Ben Simmons coming out of the locker room said enough is enough, mate, and then he took to the Hawks from there. One thirteen ninety two. The final score. We got Tom McGinnis and some highlights coming up as we get going with our postgame coverage
here at the Center. It's the postgame showing the Sixers raiding Network seven five the fanatics against the Atlanta Hawks night here at the Center. They wrap up their modest two game homestand in winning fashion, one thirteen to ninety two, six Ers all four of their wins in seven games this season, coming right here in South Philadelphia. Brian Seltzer with you from Sixers dot Com. Ben Simmons terrific, terrific as well. The man who had the call of tonight's game,
Tom McGinnis. That was a slightly bumpy beginning, Tom to tonight's game. For the first twenty four minutes, tied up at forty seven, you could tell the Sixers even seemed a little bit restless with how things were going, and there was the raining rookie of the year coming out of the gates with the head of steam in a lot of termination right in a sense, a tale of two halves because as you said, turnover half and poor
shooting for the sixers. But Ben he was attacking, and much like he did against Charlotte, but this time he was getting better clearance, if you will, In other words, that defenders weren't all over him, and he was fluid
and getting to the basket. And then as you say, in the third quarter, fifteen points matches a career high for the best career best in a quarter for him points wise, and then a hand and twenty two of the points with the assists, and that eleven oh run and twenty six to nine run to close it out, and the great separation and they got they were getting good shots in the first part of the game where they were missing those threes, and now they started a fall.
Reddick hit a couple Mascala and Landry Shamm. It really added a lot of punch. Mascalars we just heard Bret Brown talk about from the corner getting those threes. And even though in Bead had four turnovers, it didn't have the gaudy numbers we've seen. He did get six assists and he was able to pass it out and I thought, folks,
these you know, he had a great game. Coach called it his best game in the Sea and Saturday against Charlotte and tonight he came out and really did a lot of good things and really had that lucy goosey kind of play that you'd like to see where he attacks and moved the ball and did a nice job with a career high in terms of points and assists as well. So this is a team they should have beaten, and they did their four and oh at home, they
won thirty one games here last year. It's a great home court advantage with the sellout crowd and twenty thousand plus, and they took care of business, particularly in that third quarter. Terrific performance by aggressive Ben Simmons in the third one thirteen ninety two Sixers when their second in a row, knocking off the Atlanta Hawks bench tom Real nice tonight,
led by Mike Muscala with fourteen points. He was plus eighteen, which means the Sixers had scored Atlanta by the eighteen points in the twenty bigger part in eighteen minutes that he was on the court. And then Landry's sham it really solid as well. And you throw JJ in there, and that trio combined for forty one points. And again, you know, the Sixers, like so many NBA teams, their offenses pre located on three point shots. Tonight they had
forty five plus from beyond the arc. And when you start hitting them, you know, you you increase the lead. And it's just it's amazing how quickly they rack up when you're shooting them and making threes. And that's obviously why why they do it. It's driven by analytics, and it's when it works, it's it's amazing. So uh and and j JJ is gonna keep shooting him. Even though he shot a high volume, like I said, he ended up with fourteen points. That's pretty much just a little
bit under what he's been averaging. So uh. You know, it's like you just gotta keep shooting them that you here coaches say that all the time. Guys were getting good looks, they're gonna drop. Just keep working for him, you know. And if you execute and get a good shot, a coach can live with a miss because they're not you're not gonna make them. And guys should thirty five percent.
It's a pretty decent percentage from beyond. So, uh yeah, all told good things and uh you know, a lot of positives and certainly a lot to talk about when they get together mid day tomorrow to plan and try to plot stright for the Raptors, because this is I mean, obviously, the opening game against Boston was huge, the Milwaukee game
was big. But to now this one right here circled tomorrow, Toronto versus a city you got to go through Toronto, especially with the start they're off to, and I honestly I didn't think they got enough pub or hype if you will, in the preseason and when their team was the same. Granted they changed their coach, but they added a better player and DeMar or DeMar de Rosen was terrific. But let's face it, Leonard's one of the best players in the league and he didn't play tonight, so he'll
be rarer to go tomorrow. Great show down tomorrow live from Toronto with seven I was gonna say, after this one thirteen ninety two win tonight, I cannot wait to watch tomorrow's game. I mean, these are as you said to the top teams building the Eastern Conference. You forget Sergibaka. I mean he's got twenty six points in the game tonight, Raptors trailing at Milwaukee by fourteen towards the end of the third. But Danny Green thrown in the mix as well.
And this young bench that seemed like it came out of nowhere for the Raptors. Now their bench was really good. Van Fleet really came on last year. Siakam gives them energy. Ogi on Anobie was a starter for much of the early part of the last season, and now he's coming off the bench with Ibaka in the middle. Now Valatunis is coming off the bench. So it's so important for these elite teams that there's obviously gonna be a little drop off. There's a reason the first five our starters.
But this this second unit for them has been been really good and so it shapes up. Then that's been a difficult place for the Sixers to play. Again. The Sixes have beaten them over the last couple of years, but for the most part during the last few years they've dominated. So at some point you got to get through Boston, you have to get through Toronto and hopefully it starts tomorrow. For the Sixers, a man Tam Mac talked to you from north of the border tomorrow. You
gotta thank you, Brian. Good Night. Seventy Sixers runaway from the Hawks one thirteen ninety two TIMS, highlight calls and recap plus some stats on the other side. This is the postgame showing the Sixers rate a Network ninety seven five the fanatic seventy Sixers and the Atlanta Hawk closing out a two games stop at home in South Philadelphia for the Sixers. Let us get two tonight's highlight calls.
Sixers who welcing back former assistant coach Lloyd Pearson the last five years here as an original member of Rett Brown's coaching staff. No surprise, the Hawks came out playing some tough defense, Sixers battling for everything they could get, and the Sixers go to Mascalo Mascala two and beat the left to keep back down. Marquels and Foals will get a layup, so they're double teaming and beat and Joel makes them pay as Foals with a good cut to the right of the rim. The Sixers were down
twenty five twenty after twelve minutes in play. In the second quarter, the Sixers fell behind by five. They were looking for some sort of spurting verse JJ Reddick who was behind a very strong run JJ opened three. Boy, he's got to hit this one, and he does J J Reddick from Simmons, Reddick scored eight and row for the seventy Sixers to put them up by a six. But the Hawks closed out the first half by scoring six points in a row. It was tied up with
forty happening going to the break. Onto the turning point of tonight's game, there was no question about it. The third quarter, Ben Simmons left a stamp an imprint on this game. Ben with it against Urry and Prince eight to shoot in the lane around one man, right in shot, running around and gun in a foul on Atlanta and the Sixers showing signs of life and in large part because you could tell the rookie of the Year came out with his mind made up. He was going to
try and take over this game. Six Ers scored the first five points coming out of the break. Ben Simmons factor in the first twenty two points of the third quarter before he came out via substitution and this basket was part of that. Simmons out to JJ, thank you three, stepping up a line free ball by runneck Is in the air, bottom swish j J Rennick with a three, twelve point lead, and finally the Sixers snapped out of the dold rooms. They have scored eleven in a row.
They were up by twelve, sixty three to fifty one. And you know what when Ben Simmons subbed out, when he passed them the time to Marquel Fault, it was like the good juju just was passed right along with it, and that would give the Sixers. After Marquel Foltz was involved in a dunk seventy eight to seventy eight to sixty lead going into the fourth quarter. We talked with Tom mc ginnis about the way the bench played in this one. JJ Reddick was really good, Landry Shammon as well,
and Mike Mscal perhaps most of all. JJ up to Marquel fourth looking at the three, won't shoot it to the corner of Mascotta for three? He will, and he knocks it down. The boost gets the three, Marquel with another dish and the Sixers lead eighty eight sixty nine. Sixer would end up winning this one and going away one thirteen and two ninety two all Sixers in the second half. They wound up shooting forty one and a
half percent from the field. Atlanta held to thirty seven percent from the floor, six or fourteen three pointers to Atlanta's eight Sixers, only one miss from the free throw line on eighteen attempts. They outrebounded the Hawks by seventeen were plus six on the offensive glass. Here's a very six Ers e stat and really for the first time this season getting a correlation like this, but we saw it a lot last year. Thirty three assists on forty
one made baskets, nineteen turnovers. That a season high for the Sixers. They had. They been doing a really good job keeping the turnovers down. That was something that caught up to them early on in the game. Some individual notes. Kent Baysmore led the Hawks in scoring with eighteen points, where kie Trey Young was five or thirteen from the field one of six from outside the arc. You finished
with eleven points and eight assists for the Sixers. Ben Simmons tremendous twenty one points plus nineteen twelve rebounds and nine assists. It was his sixth career, twenty one point, ten rebound game, and as we mentioned earlier, fifteen points in the third quarter alone, fifteen out of the thirty one points the Sixers scored in that period. Sixteen from markul Folks that a career high. He had four rebounds, seven assists. He was seven of sixteen from the field,
one of five from three point territory. Joel and b ten points doubled throughout the night six rebounds, six assists, Robert Covington plus twenty one in the game with eleven and six plus three steals off the bench, JJ Reddick with fourteen, Mike Muscalo with fourteen, and Landry Shammon with thirteen. Real good night for the reserve corps for the Sixers. With the win, the Sixers back over five hundred four and three. The Atlanta Hawks with the loss, dropped a
two and four up. Next for the seventy six ers a match up tomorrow night at seven thirty versus the Toronto Raptors. Toronto and Milwaukee in a battle of two six and OZ teams tonight at Fiser Forum in Wisconsin. Right now, the Bucks leading that game ninety seven eighty five, No Kawhi Leonard for the Raptors in that game. No Janis Atakupo for the Bucks in that game, but Leonard is expected to play in Toronto tomorrow night, with the
tip time at seven thirty. Pre game coverage on some of our Sixers A Rated Network affiliates begins at seven twenty. Looking forward to speaking with you at that point in time. Big thanks to everyone involved in tonight's broadcast. We had Sam Flesh and Tyler Zulie back at the studio, Marty Dickerson here, we've got Divine Gibbons in the post. Love It Love the new name of the extended postgame coverage
that's coming up next. Now for the radio voice the seventy six Ers, Tom McGinnis, Brian Selzer saying so long for now, one final time in the final score, seventy six Ers, one, thirteen Atlanta Hawks and ninety two have a great rest of your Monday night from all of us here at the Sixers of Radio Network